Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The LORD forbid that I should do this to my lord the king. I shouldn't attack the LORD's anointed one, for the LORD himself has chosen him." I Samuel 24:6   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Seeing Others as God Does What I see is often not what God observes.Recently I was messaged on Facebook by a student I taught 22 years ago . . . A student who seemed to have no liking for me but who now was inf ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law." (Matt 7:28-29)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Left Desperately Wanting! Alive series, 23 There is a beautiful point on the western side of the Isle of Skye in Scottland, known as Neist Point. It faces the North Sea, and from the shore visitors can often see whales, dolphins and ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden." Matthew 5:14  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Fireflies I sat on the back patio in my ole rocking chair to clear my head of all that was going on around me. I was overwhelmed and feeling very low. The night was so dark, not a star in the sky, no moon, no lights at all. I noticed a group of fireflies dancing through the air. Th ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." (John 15:13)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Heart After our Heavenly Father. Marriage Bliss, 2 Marriage isn't geared towards having our own satisfaction. If so, sooner or later we will face a monstrous shipwreck. Marriage was meant for us to learn what true servant hood means.It is true that before we had the privile ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate . . . " Genesis 3:6  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Eating the Forbidden "So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods." (Galatians 4:8)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Join the Army? Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (6:20-23) "When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness (Side comment: Or in ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth." Proverbs 13:7  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us How to Become Rich Rosa and I stood at the entry way of a home in Bolivia. I placed a brand new Bible in her hands and hugged her tight. I patted her over her thick black braids that cascaded down her back. "I feel different," Rosa said, "I ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you." (Rom 8:11)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us How can we know if we belong to God? Kitch-Iti-Kipi Have you ever heard of Kitch-Iti-Kipi? Probably not, unless you travelled in Northern Michigan. It's Michigan's l ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Exodus 16:2 "There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron."   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Whiner's Corner "Could I really be a one?" I wondered. And not because number one was actually number one in this scenario. I wanted to be a three.I sat in the webinar listening to the speaker describe teachers. Ones, twos, and threes. We were categorized. The qu ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom." (Matt 5:10, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Committed to the Core. Majestic Mountain View, part 9 Who do we prefer to deal with: Committed or uncommitted individuals? Some believers like to have one foot in God's kingdom while the other remains in the worldly realm. Su ...Continue Reading