Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds ..." (James 1:2)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Shake it off There have been more good things happening in my life than bad. Sometimes, however, we choose to focus only on the bad. The good we take for granted.Don't!Today my car wouldn't start. Then my computer.It's the second time in about a week that the car wouldn't ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I have seen the Lord!" (John 20:18)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us It was Found Empty! It is with tears in my eyes that I am writing this devotional, this Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011. For over two months I have been praying daily for a miracle to happen in the life of a young girl named Haydelle, who I never had the opportunity to meet.Like any teenager, she had plans for a bright future, a ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect." (1 Cor 15:10)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us A Morning Gift Every morning when I wake up I find a neatly wrapped gift lying on my chest. Now I have to admit that in my past I always pushed this gift aside without even looking at it. I was too rushed and determined to get things done to even consider opening it. I ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things." (Rom 2:1)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us I Will Do it For You. Radical Grace from the Book of Romans (2:1) When I was growing up, I didn't feel much love at my elementary school. It didn't help that I had co ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:7)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Night Peace Found Me My oldest son turned 24 recently. When it comes to the soul, however, time is irrelevant and memory can melt away the years in a second. When I looked at my grown son my mind took me back to one very special time onl ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple." (Ps 27:4)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Alive at Jesus' Birth. Devotions from the Psalms (27:4) How I would have liked to be there in Bethlehem when Jesus was born. I can imagine falling on the ground in worship. ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." (Heb 6:19)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Anchored They were experiencing a long night of the soul. God's touch seemed to vanish. It was 1992. A father had died, health problems were rampant, and he was burned out after 19 years pastoring. His church was entering the first stages of a split. Summer arrived and his wife experien ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul." (Josh 22:5)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Lifeline. Holding On, Part 4 "Serve him and hold fast to him." (Deut 13:4 NIV)The HCMS Skeena, a Canadian destroyer commissioned on June 10, 1931, was a reliable warship that did its job well. It fought in the Battle of the Atlantic, escorted 88 convoys, defended the ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul." (Josh 22:5)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Lifeline. Holding On, Part 4 "Serve him and hold fast to him." (Deut 13:4 NIV)The HCMS Skeena, a Canadian destroyer commissioned on June 10, 1931, was a reliable warship that did its job well. It fought in the Battle of the Atlantic, escorted 88 convoys, defended the ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "He who has ears, let him hear." (Matthew 13:9)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us White Noise Have you ever heard of the term "white noise"? It's used by broadcasters to blank out unwanted sounds on radio, television, and satellite programs. On its own, it sounds like a lot of static, but when it's applied to a recording, the white noise gets rid of irritating sounds and unwanted frequen ...Continue Reading