Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God's word, which is also at work in you believers." (1 Thessalonians 2:13)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Their First Encounter "Where has the time gone, anyway?" I was wondering out loud, looking at the date whi ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day." (Deuteronomy 5:15)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Phoenix. Restful Repose, part 3 "Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel an ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen." (1 John 4:20)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Human Spirit Last year the Northern Eastern coast of the States had been hit by hurricane Sandy.  Millions of people had lost their electricity and were facing ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the LORD with all his might" (2 Samuel 6:14)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us God's Dance Floor. P.S. Only in Jesus "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" (Luke 6:46, NIV2)No one ever taught me to dance. It's true that my Aunt Marie-Jeanne tried to teach me at my uncle's wedding: "All you have to do is take three ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." (Colossians 1:15-17)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Heavenly Glu ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness." (Romans 4:5)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Meeting our Waterloo. Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (4:4-5) Napoleon's latest campaigns, in Russia, Germany and France, had all been complete failures. On April 6, 1814 he was forced to abdicate the throne, and he was given th ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.""She caught him by his cloak and said, 'Come to bed with me!' But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house." (Genesis 39:11-12)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Confrontation There was an unusual day in my childhood that I will never forget. It was the day my dad and an an ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Why did the LORD bring defeat on us today before the Philistines?" (1 Samuel 4:3b)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Doubters. Facing unimaginable Odds Series, part 12 We were prepared. We had looked online and found all the train schedules that went from Schiphol, Netherlands to the coast of Belgium, and now that we were in the Netherland with this information at hand, we approached the TV s ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "They said to Moses, 'Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?'" (Exodus 14:11)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Overcoming A Complaining Spirit: Praying Through Problems I knew the story before she arrived. "She stepped on my foot. I don't think she meant to, but it hurt." "Are you ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one." (1 John 5:19)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Ragamuffin. Hell Tactics, Conclusion Dennis Vibert was far from happy. His little island home, known by the world as Jersey, had been invaded by the Nazis. His freedom had been curtailed and he didn't like it. He began to dream of freedom, and in Septe ...Continue Reading