Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You do not have, because you do not ask." James 4:2b  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Asking Eighty-one year old Clarence Blackmon is an Army veteran. Blackmon also has cancer.Recently, upon returning to his North Carolina apartment after a hospital stay, Blackmon found his cupboards were bare, as was his pantry, his refrigerator, and freezer. With his stomach making earthquaky sounds, he contacte ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "They went out and preached that people should repent. They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them." (Mark 6:12-13)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Abundance Beyond the Norm. The Forgotten Message, Part 3 "Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits." (Mark 6:7, NIV2)What does this mean? ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Acts 2:38'  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Being Saved Years ago, a British express train was racing through the night. Its powerful headlamp speared the fog ahead. This train was special for it carried Britain's Queen Vic ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So sin was plenty alive, and I was stone dead. But the law code itself is God's good and common sense, each command sane and holy counsel." (Rom 7:11-12, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Forbidden Entrance. Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (7:11-12) How can something so good be so deadly?Have we ever walked by a door on which was written the following words: "Forbidden Entranc ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matt 28:20b, NIV2)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Where Was God When Life Was Dark? I love this little story by Clovis Chappell that I heard second-hand from Haddon Robinson. Here is how I remember it:Once a man married a woman from Kentucky. They were young and very deeply in love. Early in their marriage because of illness she los ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector." (Luke 18:10)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Empty Boasters and the Hearty Greeters. The Helpless Heroes and the Vindictive Prideful, Intro "To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:" (Luke 18:9, NIV2) This parable is a revelatio ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us His Plans for You There is a shop in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, which sells hot sauces. Now, when this shop, which is known as the Pepper Palace, sells hot sauces, they mean hot sauces. One of their premier palate burners is ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight." (Deut 6:18a)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Darkness Swallowed by Light! Majestic Mountain View Series, Part 17 "You know the next commandment pretty well, too: 'Don't go to bed with another's spouse." (Matt 5:27, MSG) To many, this is not a problem. However... "But don't think you've preserved your virtue simply by staying out of bed. ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "(Jesus asked) 'Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?' He said, 'The one who showed him mercy.' And Jesus said to him, 'You go, and do likewise.'" Luke 10:36-37  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Proper Priorities The time was 11 a.m. on a Wednesday morning. The place was San Antonio, Texas.On that day and time a funeral procession was slow ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear." (1John 4:18a)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Pauper or Royalty? What's Your Take? Dragon Tramps or Kingdom Heirs, Intro When I was a baby, uttering words that no one could understand, "Ga", "Oh", "Ou", I was shimmering in delight when my mom took me in her arms. I still remember what was going through my ...Continue Reading