Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit." (Mark 11:12 NIV)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us I Can't Wait for Trees! Only in Jesus, Part 15 Iceland used to have forests. In fact, trees once covered 50% of their island. But that changed, and at the present time, forests have dwindled to a mere 1%, despite the many initiatives at work to rever ...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 For His Enemies It was summer and the door to the Ragenbach, Germany, inn was open to let in a breeze, as well as the lunchtime clientele.The open door also provided an easy means of entry for a snarling dog, a mad dog. Sitting near the entrance, the village blacksm ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." (Prov 16:18)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Hilarious Odds. Facing unimaginable Odds Series, part 2 Israel was facing impossible odds: 900 iron chariots against men on foot (See Judges 4:3), experienced warriors against 2 women with no experience at all in warfare. In now-a-days terms we could compare this to indigenous people from ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I speak in parables, so that, though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand." (Luke 8:10b)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Hearing God I thought I heard him right, but I went to bed anyway.I was living in a single wide mobile home in the woods. Our section of the state was experiencing unusually inclimate weather. Temperatures dropped, winds gusted and sleet fell.As I ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves." (Phil 2:3)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Unexpected Spies of Spiez. Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (3:10-18) "There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there i ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." (Luke 18:1)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Persistent Call of His name by Faith The majority of people living in the Shire River Valley in the southern part of Malawi are peasant farmers. The crops they grow are those that resist the hot weather condition like sorghum, millet, maize, cotton and ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work." (John 14:10)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Out of Focus Do we have the authority to heal?It is clear that Jesus gave authority to His followers to heal: "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse:  "'So there is hope for your future,' declares the LORD." (Jeremiah 31:17a)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us When Hope Fails While writing this article I am overwhelmed with a sense of despair. I'm sure each reader can relate to this feeling, because most people go through a time where they are despondent and have lost the vigor that having a sense of hope brings. I know the feeling of being l ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." (Matt 26:42)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Blessed War. Broken for Revival, Conclusion Just before World War II, Iceland was going through a harsh economic time known as "the Depression". Many were unemployed and in despair. As Iceland is a nation consisting largely of Christians, ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." (John 15:2)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Pruned It was beautiful. Vibrant leaves. Gorgeous blooms. But it wasn't getting much taller.Crepe Myrtles are one of my favorite trees, so I planted one. The single trunk soon multiplied into many and suckers n ...Continue Reading