Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, 'The righteous shall live by faith.'" Romans 1:16-17  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Opinions It is a rare week when our dinner hour isn't interrupted by somebody who ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You're blessed when you care. At the moment of being 'care-full,' you find yourselves cared for." (Matt 5:7, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hide? It's your Choice. Majestic Mountain View, part 6 We never were so welcomed than when we visited the peninsula of Gaspesie, especially in the town of Perce. We were truly welcomed like kings. At our campground, the owners su ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Colossians 2:25 "He who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done"  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Consequences of Sin The story is told of a man who tried to steal gasoline from a motor home. Attaching a siphoning hose to the vehicle, he started to work; but police found him shortly afterward writhing in agony in the street. It seems he had attached the hose, not ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Steaming Ahead. Facing Unimaginable Odds, Part 25c James Watt, a Scottish lad, was just an ordinary person like anyone else. When invited, he joined his dad's workshop, and it is there that he ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: (Jesus said) "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." Matthew 6:34  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us No Worries? Every once in a while, when I'm scanning the stories for our Daily Devotions, I come across a major news item, which seems to have been ignored by the media. This week, in a period of five minutes, I f ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? . . . You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness." (Rom 6:16, 18)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Attractive Wild Parsnip. Radical Grace from the Book of R ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Grenada or Granada? Grenada or Granada? Does the difference really matter? It does if you're trying to reach one instead of the other!A Maryland man is suing British Airways after the airline flew him to Grenada rather than his intended destination, Granada. While the ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Our Source of Comfort. Facing Unimaginable Odds, Part 25b Last time we discovered that Stephen had been falsely accused. An opportunity was given to him when the high priest asked him if these charges were tru ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Talk about Unfairness I wonder how old we have to get before we stop saying, "It's not fair." The oldest person I ever met was 104. Even at that venerable age, she still used the words, "It's not fair." Maybe the "it's not fair" expression ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold," (Matt 24:12)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Strangers in the Same Home. Marriage Bliss, Intro This is dedicated to husbands and wives, as well as to upcoming newlyweds. May these devotionals draw you closer to each other as well to the Lover of your soul."Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will gro ...Continue Reading