Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: James 2:1 "My dear friends, don't let public opinion influence how you live out our glorious, Christ-originated faith." (The Message)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Who Influences Whom? There's a story that Thomas Wheeler, CEO of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, tells on himself. He and his wife were driving along an interstate highway when he noticed that their car was low on gas ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:4-5)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Reliable Doorbell. Only in Jesus, Part 6 Have you ever no ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I will never leave you nor forsake you." (Heb. 13:5)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us An Unusual Runaway This is the story of the day my Mama ran away from home. Sometimes teenagers run away but surely not mothers!On this day in the early 1930s there were five of us children, very noisily playing, and sometimes scrapping in selfishness over little things. Lost in doing our own thing, we were obliv ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." (Matt 15:14)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Blinded Beyond Visibility. Jesus' Deepest Desires, Part 10 We humans, especially in this day and age, don't like the term "obedience". For some reason such a word angers us and fills us with discontent.For example, how would we feel if local authorities advise us not to wander ou ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "The people were amazed at His teaching, because He taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law." (Mark 1:22)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Power and Authority A year or two ago a friend offered me a ride in his custom Corvette. That machine was beautiful to look at, impressive to sit in. Riding a few inches off the ground, my friend put that contraption through its pace ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me." (Acts 26:17-18)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Fresh Air for 9$. Forgiven, Conclusion "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the thi ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so they could travel by day or night." (Exodus 13:21)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Mystery From time to time I help out a friend who cleans the government offices in our town. One night I was especially busy as some construction work had just been comple ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." (Ps 51:16-17)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us There is a Crack in my Floor! Broken for Revival, Part 2 What is the first thing we do when injustice happens to us? Don't we try to rectify it throug ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Then one of the elders addressed me (John), saying, 'Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?' I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'" (Revelation 7:13-14)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Blood What are you worth? Figur ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 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 15:1-2)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Sunset in the Vineyards. Only in Jesus, Part 5 My wife and I celebrated our last anniversary in a delightful little bed and breakfast set amongst the vineyards ...Continue Reading