Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation . . . For the LORD is a great God" (Psalm 95:1, 3)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Why Worship God I've been doing it since before I was born, but occasionally I stop and wonder why.Going to church was never an option while I lived with my parents. Other than my paternal grandparents, my first babysitters were the l ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Prov 3:5-6)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Admire, but Not Too Close! Facing Unimaginable Odds. Part 18 Jehosaphat, King of Israel's opinion of current events wasn't too appealing: "It was the LORD who called us three kings together to deliv ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing." Romans 7:19  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Stones in the Shoe It wasn't so long ago the evening news told the story of a man who had hitchhiked from coast to coast.Understandably, when rides were scarce, he ended up walking. In the interview the man was asked what was the most difficult thing he had to endure. ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." (1 Cor 10:13)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Mystic Beauty Amidst Rain Milford Sound, New Zealand, is quite an unique place, as it rains more than it doesn't. The da ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--His eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse." (Romans 1:20)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us See and Yet not Understand "Because our understanding is earthbound . . . Human to the core . . . Limited . . . Finite . . . We operate in a dimen ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. 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 5:3-5)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Hope on the Horizon. Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (5:3- ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us God's Transforming Power "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Romans 12:2 KJV) ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Examine your motives, test your heart..." (1Cor 11:28a, MSG).  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Let us Go for a Walk. Why Can't I Hear God? Part 1 I often encounter questions similar to this: "Why can't I hear God?" Generally those who ask these kinds of questions have been struck with adversity. They long to hear from God, but somehow they are unable to perceive His voice. They wonder if ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: Luke 15:4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?"   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Radio I share my office at work with the ambulance crew. One day the crew's chief misplaced a radio. She searched and searched but it was nowhere to be found. Yet still she couldn't rest, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on." (Mark 12:43-44)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Unknown Heroine. Worthy are the Unworthy, Conclusion "As he taught, Jesus said, 'Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in f ...Continue Reading