Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "When they (Magi from the East) saw the star, they were overjoyed." (Matt 2:10)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Promise. Hope in the Horizon, conclusion When my oldest son left for university, we had to adjust our lifestyle; but we still had one son at home. Besides, my oldest was attending a university only two hours away. We got to see him regularly to our utter delight.However when my young ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told." (Luke 2:20)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us When Kids Outshine Adults. Hope in the Horizon, part 5 One year, when I was teaching a class of ten-year-olds, we were given a challenge. Each class were given a Christmas song, and students had to make it special for t ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "In the beginning the Word [Jesus] already existed. The Word was with God and was God. So the Word became human and made his home among us." (John 1:1,14a)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us His Return Trip My brother-in-law, James Cameron, was dining in a restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland, when he felt that the service was not as good as it should be."I should tell you," he warned, "t ...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 The Christmas Gift His eyes welled with tears as he opened the envelope. The gift was the most unselfish act he'd ever witnessed.Harry* was about to experience the most agonizing Christmas of his life. A few months before he had taken out a consolidation loan. The loan seem ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" (1Cor 15:55)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Lost! Hope in the Horizon, part 3 We always hear about criminals, swindlers and thieves. Our world is truly an unsafe place. There are still many honest people, however, whose only purpose in life is to brighten the lives of others.As I began my work day one morning, I had no idea that I ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." (Rom 5:5)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Gift of Hope. Hope in the Horizon, part 2 A few months ago, we witnessed a powerful testimony in our church. Seven African sisters in faith danced to a song that conveys the message that Jesus breaks every chain ...Continue Reading

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Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Luke 2:11 "To you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord."  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us War Christmas Why is it that we rarely appreciate what we have, until it is taken from us by financial circumstances, natural disasters, or war?It was on November 30, 1939, my tenth birthday, that Russia attacked eastern Finland. We said goodbye to my father, who was ca ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "In his name the nations will put their hope." (Matt 12:21)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Crushed Crush. Hope in the Horizon, part 1 Hope is so precious that it gives us endurance. Remember the time you were counting the days until you were going to be married?Still, human hope is often left wanting, as more often than not it sizzles into nothingness.My first crush in life happened in grade 6. I ag ...Continue Reading