Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid." (Hebrews 13:5-6).  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us What is the Secret to Finding Confidence? We all want to have confidence, but where do we find it?A few years ago I was in California attending a writer's conference. A friend jokingly asked, "Do you want to drive?""Yes," I said with a grin."Are you sure?" she said."No, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world." (John 1:9)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Power from Above. The Forgotten Message, Part 1 That true light refers to Jesus. Unlike the many that base their messages solely on words, Jesus went way farther: "Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues (Notice, not His!), proclaiming the good news of ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone)." (John 1:42)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Chipping Away There's a story told about a man who had a huge boulder in his front yard. He grew weary of this big, unattractive stone in the center of his lawn, so he decided to take advantage of it and turn it into an object of art. He went to work on it ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matt 6:33-34)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Sand, the Sea and the Air. Alive Series, Conclusion We worry way too much about life, and not enough about the Kingdom, which, by ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope." 1 Thessalonians 4:13  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Good Mourning Part b "But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose ag ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not understand? Are you heard of hearing?" (Mark 8:17)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Kingdom Leaven. Do we Truly Believe? Part 6 In our last devotionals we discovered that there are two leavens that are detrimental to our soul:1. "Herod's leaven", refering to people who rely solely on their own prowess, living like atheists even ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Do not inflict me with love for money! Turn my eyes from worthless things." Psalm 119:36, 37  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Looking for the Worthwhile His discovery on January 24, 1848, changed the lives of thousands. James W. Marshall was prospecting at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, when he discovered gold. News of his find pummeled across the country. Over the next seven years, 300,000 ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "That's how much you mean to me! That's how much I love you! I'd sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you." (Isa 43:4 The Message)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us All I Want is More of You When I left home to attend college overseas, all I could think about was how exciting it was to go to a new country. I was completely oblivious to the fact that my mother's world ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Psalm 34:8a "Taste and see that the Lord is good."   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Sip And Savour All of my life, it seems to me that I have been in a hurry for some reason or other. For example, I have always been the first person at the table to finish my meal. I never thought much about it until recently, when God opened my eyes to some new truths.I was facing surgery and needed to lose some w ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." (Matt 14:27b)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Walk or Sink. It All Depends on our Perspective. Facing Unimaginable Odds, Conclusion We were on Highway A87 on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, headed for Portree, when it happened. A terrible accident occurred ahead of us, blocking the road in both directions. The only vehicles to move were of the emergency kind ...Continue Reading