Stringed Instruments
November 01, 2017
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad; daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir. Psalm 45:9
kit: A Winter Evening by MDesigns (retired)
Put to Shame
October 31, 2017
Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His word: “Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for My name’s sake have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy’; but it is they who shall be put to shame." Isaiah 66:5
kit: Autumn Tones by Kristmess Designs
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They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. John 16:2-3
([The parents of the man who had been healed of blindness from birth] said these things [he's an adult--ask him] because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) John 9:22
I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. Revelation 2:9-10
The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:14
"Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you." Revelation 3:9
*Please also see the article I wrote for the 500th anniversary of the reformation here.
Believe
October 30, 2017
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent.” John 6:29
kit by Kristmess Designs
A Lasting City
October 29, 2017
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Hebrews 13:14
kit: Knightmares by Kristmess Designs
Everlasting Life or Contempt
October 28, 2017
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to shame and eternal contempt. Daniel 12:2
kit: Night Owl by Kristin Aagard, template by Zinnias & Swallowtails
Do Not Repay
October 27, 2017
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 1 Peter 3:9
kit: Rock On by Kristmess Designs, template: Little Green Frog Designs (retired)
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kit: Rock On by Kristmess Designs, template: Little Green Frog Designs (retired)
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For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 Peter 2:19-25
When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually. And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. And Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! The LORD has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.” Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.” But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’” And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to. It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing today.” So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust. And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself. 2 Samuel 16:5-14
Delivers Him
October 26, 2017
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Psalm 34:19
layout credits
pumpkins: Oscraps Great Pumpkin challenge
kit: Harvest of Memories by Creations by Tina
yellow polka dot alpha: When Summer Ends by Maya de Groot Designs
yellow alpha: Tweet by Vicki Stegall
black polka dot alpha: Awakening by TaylorMade Designs
Noonday Sun
October 25, 2017
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. Proverbs 4:18
papers and elements by Kristmess Designs
Incline Your Ear
October 24, 2017
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Proverbs 4:20-22
kit: My Lovely Baby by MDesigns (retired)
