Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Psalm 84:1,4 "How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us What's Your Fixed Address? One night, I found myself awake, obsessing over a troubling situation. When I realized what was going on in my mind, I told myself, "That is not where I live!" And I turned to Psalm 84.Psalm 84:1, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But I the LORD will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay." (Ezek 12:25a)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us It Only Takes One Word. The Forgotten Message, Part 14 Words are powerful, far more so than we think. Just one word can change our world drastically, and our Heavenly Father is our best illustration: "So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come." (John 16:13)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Five Promises to Erase Loneliness I Zipped my suitcase shut. And my 4'10", white-haired Mom walked in. "I worry about you traveling alone," she said. " ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "That's why I don't think there's any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times." (Rom 8:18)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Longing with Passion. Grace from the Book of Romans (8:18-21) "That's why I don't think there's any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. The created world itself can hardly wait for what's coming next. Everything in ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." (Prov 19:21)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Making a Life I have had a lot of jobs over the last 30 years. I have bussed tables and washed dishes. I have mopped floors and carried out garbage. I have chopped wood and stacked lumber. I have shoveled sawdust and pushed a broom. I have substitute taught every grade fr ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "What is truth?" (John 18:38a)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Message to the Disillusioned. The Helpless Heroes and the Vindictive Prideful, Part 6 Wilhelm Hosenfeld, a hero of World War I, joined the Nazi party in 1935. He was excited about what the future would hold. As an officer, he was assigned to Warsaw throughout World War II, and he was proud of this assignment.One day, he read, " ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matt 11:28)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Young Calves Many years ago when I worked on a dairy farm, calves were taken away from their mothers at birth. The reason for this was so that the milk produced by the cows could be sold. The calves would be fed from a bucket with a small amount of their mother's milk for a few ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him!" (Rom 8:17b, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Being Eaten Alive. Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (8:17b) Let's be honest: Do we prefer bad times or good times?Imagine if we had good times all the time. Would we continue to depend on Jes ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Luke 15:20b "While [the son] was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him."   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Happy Horses One morning, I bravely asked God to do something, anything, that would distinctly stir my heart. God answered my prayer later that day. It seems worth sharing:I was driving in t ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can't get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God's part." (Matt 6:14-15, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Hug to Freedom. Majestic Mountain View Series, Part 26 When we pray, we are in the very presence of our Heavenly Father. We ar ...Continue Reading