Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." Colossians 4:2 (NIV)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us How to Improve Your Vision Did you know that the English word "thanks" comes from the same root word as "think"? And they not only share a similar background, they are related in another way. It seems the more we think, the more we thank. One woman illustrated the ho ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Anyone who wants to live all out for Christ is in for a lot of trouble; there's no getting around it. Unscrupulous con men will continue to exploit the faith. They're as deceived as the people they lead astray. As long as they are out there, things can only get worse. But don't let it faze you. Stick with what you learned and believed . . ." (2 Tim 3:12-14, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Before they call I will answer, while they are still speaking I will hear." Isaiah 65:24  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Before they Call My grandson Matt and his Kenyan-born wife Kui, are missionaries. Matt served three years in Africa with Nairobi Chapel in Nairobi, Kenya He and Kui were married there. The two of them served a year in Monrovia, Liberia planting a church. The Lord then sent them ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "My brothers shun me like a bum off the street . . ." (Psalms 69:8, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Stuck under my Teacher's Desk. Oh No! Dragon Tramps or Kingdom Heirs, Part 2 I was so excited the day I began kindergarten. I couldn't wait to meet the other kids and make friends. It's true, I was also a bit nervous to leave my mom behind. For the first time in my life I would not be with ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: John 14:2-3 "Let not your heart be troubled. In my house there are many mansions.I am going there to prepare a place for you, but I am coming back for you."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Visiting Messengers It was a cold,drizzly evening as I reluctantly, left my husband at the hospital following his crucial and lengthy cardiac surgery.The rain clouded my vision as I made a wrong right turn, anxi ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." (Matt 19:6)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Romancing Out Any Stress! Marriage Bliss, 11 "Joined together!" May no one ever separate them, not even their own children!How easy it is to be distracted when we have toddlers. They are always crawling, running, needing our attention at all ti ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him." 2 Corinthians 3:18 (MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us I'm Going to Let it Shine It was a warm evening in June. I was a young dad, sitting in a lawn ch ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders . . ." (John 20:19b, NIV2)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Can we Go Back to the Miracles of the Early Church? Absolutely! Do we Truly Believe? Conclusion All of Jesus' disciples were cowering in fear. After all, their Master had been cruelly crucified. They could be next! Already they had little faith. Hadn't Jes ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I will certainly be with you." (Exodus 3:12).  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Not by Yourself Before she died, an elderly lady wanted to visit England, the home of her ancestors. She needed a passport, so she went to the Federal Office and applied."You must take the loyalty oath first," the passport clerk said. "Raise your right hand, please."The senior citizen raised her righ ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side." (Luke 10:31-33)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Mind Your Head We were sailing aboard a tour boat, heading for the Hole in the Rock in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Most of the tourists were at the ship's ...Continue Reading