Bold Promises
July 30, 2016"I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner. I would not have told the people of Israel to seek Me if I could not be found. I, the Lord, speak only what is true and declare only what is right." Isaiah 45:19
paper: Dramatic Backgrounds 2 by Holliewood Studios, page textures by me
Miseries
July 29, 2016Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. James 5:1-6
Note: This is not speaking against Christians living comfortably, but filthy rich unbelievers oppressing the poor and persecuting believers (the righteous). A true believer knows that their treasure is in heaven where their heart is and they will not put all of their hope and trust (and thus investments) in this temporary world. (1John 2:15-17, Matt. 6)
paper: Dramatic Backgrounds 2 by Holliewood Studios, elements: Life is Like a Rodeo by Captivated Visions
Consumed
July 28, 2016I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me; you will accept correction. Then your dwelling would not be cut off according to all that I have appointed against you.’ But all the more they were eager to make all their deeds corrupt. “Therefore wait for Me,” declares the Lord, “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation, all My burning anger; for in the fire of My jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.” Zephaniah 3:7-8
They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. For it was the stumbling block of their iniquity. Ezekiel 7:19
kit: I Need a Hero by Marta van Eck; texture by me
Wicked Officials
July 27, 2016If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked. Proverbs 29:12
kit: Love is in the Air by Createwings Designs (retired); template by Hummie's World
This Very Night
July 26, 2016And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry."' But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God." Luke 12:16-21
paper by Marta van Eck, elements: Country Love by Etc. by Danyale
Perceive the Majesty of the Lord
July 25, 2016Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD. Isaiah 26:10
paper by Marta van Eck, elements by Valentina Creations
Our Desire
July 24, 2016Yes, LORD, we wait for You in the path of Your judgments. Our desire is for Your name and renown. Isaiah 26:8
paper and elements by Holliewood Studios
Living Water
July 23, 2016On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink! The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.” John 7:37-38
kit: Altered Reality 3 by Holliewood Studios
King's Highway
July 22, 2016Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink water from a well. We will go along the King’s Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory. Numbers 20:17
(Edom refused to let Israel pass through their land after they left Egypt.)
kit: Vagabond Adventures by Holliewood Studios
Desire and Seek You
July 21, 2016With my soul I desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. Isaiah 26:9
kits: Altered Realtiy 3 and Vagabond Adventures by Holliewood Studios
Do Not Turn Aside
July 20, 2016Be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or the left. Deuteronomy 5:32
kit: Vagabond Adventures by Holliewood Studios, page overlay (blended paper) by Saskia Designs
Whole Counsel of God
July 19, 2016Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. Acts 20:26-27
kit: Under the Dappled Shadows by Lorie Davison
Watch of the Night
July 18, 2016Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. Mark 13:35-36
*third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.
frame paper & elements by Lorie Davison, bottom paper & rooster by Marta van Eck
Crooked Generation
July 17, 2016And with many other words he [Peter] bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” Acts 2:40
kit: Vagabond Adventure by Holliewood Studios, page overlay by Marta van Eck
Furnace of Affliction
July 16, 2016See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10
furnace by Marta van Eck; paper, overlay, smoke and fire by Holliewood Studios
Weighed and Found Wanting
July 15, 2016This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” Daniel 5:26-28
paper and scale by Marta van Eck, page texture by me
Sealed Vision
July 14, 2016For the Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries. All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, “We can’t read it because it is sealed.” When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.” Isaiah 29:10-12
paper and elements by Marta van Eck
Vulnerable
July 13, 2016Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. 2 Timothy 3:5b-9
kit: Altered Reality by Holliewood Studios
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But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:1-17
Your Faithul Love
July 12, 2016If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
Your faithful love will support me, Lord.
When I am filled with cares,
Your comfort brings me joy.
Psalm 94:18-19
paper by Marta van Eck, cluster frame by Valentina Designs
Roar Like a Lion
July 11, 2016They will follow the Lord;
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars, His children
will come trembling from the west.
They will come from Egypt,
trembling like sparrows,
from Assyria, fluttering like doves.
I will settle them in their homes,”
declares the Lord.
Hosea 11:10-11
kit: Altered Reality 3 by Holliewood Studios, page overlay by Marta van Eck
Parables
July 10, 2016Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” And He answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away." Matthew 13:10-12
kit: Altered Reality 3; key: Once Upon a Time; page overlay: All That Glitters by Holliewood Studios
Pronounced Judgment
July 09, 2016From heaven You pronounced judgment.
The earth feared and grew quiet
when God rose up to judge
and to save all the lowly of the earth.
Psalm 76:8-9
paper by Marta van Eck, cluster by Valentina Creations
By Stealth
July 08, 2016Beloved, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all. For certain persons, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. Jude 1:3-4
paper by Lorie Davison, cluster by Valentina Designs
Men Loved Darkness
July 07, 2016And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:19
trees by Createwings; paper, measuring tape by Marta van Eck; watch by Aimee Harrison; border by Scrapping with Liz
full passage:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” John 3:16-21
Under His Wings
July 06, 2016May the Lord reward you for what you have done, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge. Ruth 2:12
kits: Winter Friends and Feathered Friends by Createwings Designs (retired), paper by Marta van Eck
Beyond Measure
July 05, 2016Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
His understanding is beyond measure.
Psalm 147:5
papers (blended) by Marta van Eck, bird (blended) by Createwings Designs (retired), cloud shape created in PSE12
Sky Rolled Up
July 04, 2016The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a grapevine, or shriveled figs from a fig tree. Isaiah 34:4
paper by Marta van Eck, stars: Watch Out for that Moon (colors adjusted) by Lorie Davison
By the Spirit
July 03, 2016For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. Romans 8:13
papers (blended) and elements by Marta van Eck and Lorie Davison
Set Times and Laws
July 02, 2016He will speak against the Most High and oppress His holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time. Daniel 7:25
papers: Wild Wild West by Rucola Designs, books by Marta van Eck, elements by Lorie Davison
Trusted in Riches
July 01, 2016The righteous will look on with awe and will ridicule him: “Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior.” Psalm 52:6-7
paper & elements by Lorie Davison