Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.'" (Luke 1:30-31)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Promise. Faithful to the Cause of Christmas, Introduction Can we imagine being in Mary's position? She was a young girl of about 13 to 16 years of age, and was engaged to a godly man named J ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness." (John 12:46)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Birthday Candles Throughout my ministry, Christmas Eve was always a high point of the year, and some years, I put a lot of effort into developing a themed script, illustrated with projected slides. After the children portrayed the nativity story, we wo ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "A faithful ambassador brings healing." (Prov 13:17 AMP)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Encouragement Through our Presence Last Thursday I had a tough day at work. Problems arose one after another, and when I reached home I felt completely exhausted (Had any days like that lately?) When I checked the weather forecast it predicted heavy rain from Friday on that was supposed to last throughout the ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Luke 2:7 "And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Anticipation My grade six students always exchanged a chocolate bar (so that the cost of the gift could be well controlled), but they could wrap their "gift" however they chose. Some would come in ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'" (Matt 13:33)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us My Bread is Not Rising! Help! Do we Truly Believe? Part 4 Many, many years ago, so long in fact that it seems like eons, I was asked, along with several other church members, to go up to the altar to pray for those who we ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "She gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them." (Luke 2:7)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Christmas Memory "Christmas is no fun when you're poor," I thought to myself as I slowly climbed the steps to my cold, damp apartment. I was a young, struggling, substitute teacher whose calls int ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." (John 8:36)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Destroyed to Nothingness. Alive series, 26 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.& ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Isaiah 6:1 "In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Vision Of Jesus There was a time when I turned my back on God. I denied His existence. He took my best friend "my father" even though I prayed that He'd heal and keep him on this earth. I was only nine then ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." (Matt 5:17)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Fulfilled to Heart's Content. Majestic Mountain View, part 13 Have you ever had a dream that you wished would come true? I sure have had many. One of my dearest dreams was when I was in my twenties. I prayed that God would lead me to a wi ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." (2Cor 4:16)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Night that Changed my Life Finally at the grand old age of 52 I've started reading my Bible whenever I feel overwhelmed, which is pretty much most of the time. No, I'm not a new Christian. In fact up to this point I would have called ...Continue Reading