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

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." (Ps 27:13)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us When Water Bubbles. Devotions from the Psalms (27:11-13) "Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors. Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. I am still ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken." (Ps 62:5-6)   By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Around and Around We Go At times life can be a harsh mind-shock, leaving its victim in state of utter unbelief and pain. The emotions involved with serious issues like: divorce, rape, sexual abuse, and other grie ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." (John 12:24)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us When Nature Calls. Broken for Revival, Part 8 Have you ever noticed in nature that there is beauty in brokenness? One kernel of wheat (or any seed for that matter!), is worthless unless it gets buried in th ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Freaked Out, Frazzled, and Buzzing on Busy Behavior I have become accustomed to a ritualistic behavior in my life, which has become a MUST in order for my mind to function: drinking my daily cup or cups of coffee (My doctor is not very fond of this practice - it has just become habit). The anxious ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord . . ." (2 Tim 1:7-8)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Hungering for God. Only in Jesus, Part 14b Rising above adversity is humanly impossible, unless we have our eyes fixed on the One who sustains us. Today we will discover three individuals who are ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable -- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -- think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me -- put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." (Philippians 4:8)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us The Broo ...Continue Reading

Welcome to the Illustrator Today's Bible Verse: "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." (Col 3:23-24)  By Answers2Prayer Subscribe Unsubscribe More Illustrations Contact us Hungering for God. Only in Jesus, Part 14a "Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." (1 Cor 10:31 NIV) How often do we truly do o ...Continue Reading