Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but Yours be done" (Luke 22:42).  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us No strings attached I wake up each morning feeling weary and beat up.Each night as I thank God for all the wonderful prayers answered I feel full and alive. I feel hopeful. I feel that everything and everyone I prayed for already had been taken care of.That's my kind ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Isa 41:10 NIV)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Did You Hit My Tree? It all started out as an ordinary winter day. As usual, I hadn't left myself enough time to get to school, and since I also needed to stop by the house of a colleague who ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: (The Lord said) "So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, you shall give them warning from Me." Ezekiel 33:7  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Heed the Watchman It was after dark when Police Chief Jerry Peralta pulled up in front of the oceanfront units of the Richelieu Apartments in Pass Christian, Mississippi.A man with a drink in ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "By your words I can see where I'm going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path." (Ps 119:105, MSG)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Answer. How Can I Make Right Decisions? Conclusion In a hectic world, it's quite easy to forget asking our Heavenly Dad for directions. However, how many times are we left wanting after making hasty decisions? "Had I known!" Leads us nowhere.Too often ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him." (John 12:26)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Servants My mother and I always joke about our cat, Simba, having servants. He seems to think that he is entitled to having everyone in the house "wait on him". This comes from the old joke about dogs havi ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "'Go, stand in the temple courts,' he said, 'and tell the people all about this new life.'" (Acts 5:20)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Nothing to Stop Us. Facing Unimaginable Odds. Part 24a The time after Jesus' resurrection brought many to believe in the cause. Jesus was so real to them that, "As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at lea ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience." (Hebrews 4:11)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Hard Work Of Working Less As a piano teacher, my job involves training students to work less. That's hard work for them! It sounds like a contradiction, but it's not. For example, overworking arm muscles interferes wi ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can't get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God's part." (Matthew 6:14-15, The Message)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Hole in My Tent. Alive Series, Part 19 Forgiveness can be illustrated by the hole we found in our tent. Let me ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Pigs were more important. Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged him to go away and leave them alone." (Matthew 8:34b)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us When Pigs are More Important Sometimes it's the little things that make us uncomfortable with God's presence.A few times in my life, I've owned a handful of pigs. Hog are unusual animals. They can be funny, mean, and dangerous ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?" (Rom 6:1-2)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Real Stuff. Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (Rom 6:1-2) Diamonds don't just happen. They are formed a hundred miles under terra firma and are brought up to the earth's surface through vol ...Continue Reading