Staying on The Ancient Path- Brotherly Love

Staying on the Ancient Path Devotional Art Journal - Using 2 Peter 1:5-8 to continue on the journey with adding brotherly kindness to our faith. Discussing how we can show brotherly kindness to people we know and especially to other believers.

To make the journal page we collage some of my botanical gel prints and 4 people holding each other arm in arm and walking down a wooded path in the early morning with the verse,

Galatians 6:10b “... let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

I also add stringed lights in the trees, use oil pastels to color it all in and ink to bring out the details.

Staying on the Ancient Path- Patience

Staying on the Ancient Path Devotional Art Journal - Using 2 Peter 1:5-8 to continue on the journey with adding patience to our faith.  Discussing how to have patience with joy in our hearts during hard times.  We look at the life of David in 1 Samuel when King Saul was pursuing and hunting David because he was jealous of him. During this time, which lasted years, David remained faithful to God and had much patience for God to work it all out.

To make the journal page we use some of my botanical gel prints in the background, draw some beautiful pink roses and write out the verse, 

Psalm 27:14, “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord

.” 

Staying on the Ancient Path- Temperance

2 Peter 1:5-8

 "But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control [a]perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither [b]barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."

We continue on the journey with adding temperance to our faith.  We discuss how knowledge will lead to action - sel-control.  Using some of my botanical gel prints to make the journal page.  

We use Psalm 119:11

”Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."

As the basis for the art journal page.

                

Staying on the Ancient Path - Taking the first Step - Gospel

"Heaven is a gift" tract is read and gives the gospel message.

Also, the story of Abraham and Isaac when God told Abraham to offer his only son

as a burnt offering on the altar and how God provided the Ram as a substitute.

This story gives a clear picture of what Jesus did for us on the cross.

Freedom 2024 word of the year- impromtu journal page

I've decided to have a word for the year for 2024.  It's the word - Freedom!  It's been popping up a few times recently and it would be a good word to use to focus my mind on.  There are 3 verses that talk about freedom that I want to think about:

Galatians 5:1-
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

It's talking about how Jesus made us free from our sins with his death on the cross and resurrection. We don't need to try to pay for our sins by doing all kinds of work and religious things.  He gave it to us as a free gift.  We can now worship Him in Spirit and in truth.

2 Thessalonians 3:1
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

The Apostle Paul wanted to be able to preach the Word of God freely and that it will spread throughout without any hinderance and be effective.  I pray that same prayer for me.

Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

A beautiful verse at the end of the Bible, showing that God wants everyone to come to Him, freely.  He wants to be involved in your life and help you and give you eternal life, if only you will freely come to Him.

Watch as I create an art journal page, with these thoughts in mind... 

Think on These Things - Virtue

Focusing on the word, "Virtue" in this installment of my video Devotional series on Philippians 4:8  "think on these things..."

I got re-acquainted again with Proverbs 31 - The virtuous Women. I can think of many ladies in my life, who fit this description.  I pray this will bless and encourage you as it has me.

Think on these things - Philippians 4:8- Lovely

 Think on these things - Philippians 4:8 - We are focusing on the word, "Lovely" in this ArtsyUs devotional series.  Let's spend this week writing down all the lovely things around us and in our lives.  Count them all as blessings and let's thank the Lord for them.  You will find that your negativeness will go away and gratitude and joy will fill your heart!

Think on these things -Just -Journal page

Continuing in the little art journal on Philippians 4:8- Think on these things: Today we are focusing on the word, "Just".