Co-Heirs

"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him." 

Romans 8: 15-17

Romans 8 is just so much goodness wrapped into one chapter. These verses are ones that soak inside our hearts. Heirs. Heirs with Christ. God didn't just want us with him, but he wanted us to be inheritors along side Jesus. That's amazing. Because God could have just stopped at salvation making us right and bringing us to him, but He went further. He made us co-heirs with Christ. 

Heir: to inherit and continue the legacy of a predecessor

I think it's important to remember that "continue a legacy" part of the definition. Because the scripture also says, "fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him..." Our work doesn't stop with receiving Christ as our Savior. In fact, that's the beginning. Walking the path with Jesus isn't always sunshine and rainbows. We will face trials and hardships, scrutiny and judgment, but walking with Jesus through all of it makes the journey better. Our inheritance as children of God looks a little different, we don't just sit back and let it flow. Instead, we have a job to do and He has chosen us as his ambassadors for others to receive this inheritance. 

I used three different stamp sets for this bible page. The crown is from "Child of the King", the banner is from "Worthy King", and the wording co-heir is the "Mini Grunge Alpha." all links to stamps are listed below. :) 

Happy Beginning of Summer, 

Lynzee



Worthy King:
http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/creative-worship-worthy-king-clear-stamp-set/

Child of the King:
http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/creative-worship-child-of-the-king-clear-stamp-set/

Mini Grunge Alpha:
http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/creative-worship-mini-grunge-type-alpha-clear-stamp-set/

Romans 5:1-5

"Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

 

Hey friends! I was trying to figure out what scripture to journal last night and was drawing a blank. I turned to Romans because there's always some good stuff in Romans and I found this passage and was like WHOA. It tells us to rejoice in HOPE of the GLORY of God- but that's not even my favorite part... "Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

Basically even if you feel SO LOW and things are SO HARD...there's a bigger picture! We should know that every trial we come to our life we should give it to God. God gives us hardships in our life to make us stronger, better Christians! We should continue leaning on the Lord to make us stronger and we should always know that our hope is in the Lord, the maker of heaven and all the Earth! Remember that the trials he gives, he always gives for a reason...it may just to show you that you can do it, or so that the next person in your life that has such a problem hardship...but doesn't know the Lord will come to know the Lord through your help and guidance through their problem. One day we will be in his kingdom with no trials and thankful for all he has taught us and the character he's given us!

So remember

Suffering=Endurance
Endurance=Character
Character=Hope
Hope=Jesus

 

 

For this page I wanted to utilize a couple of our new stamp sets! I used Fantastic Flowers for the gorgeous flower and pretty leaves. That stamp set is huge, like the large flower is bigger than the palm of my hand! I love it! Then I used Mini grunge alpha, which is seriously the perfect size alpha! I also used our Child of the King set for "of" and "glory". Then I used Rebecca Script for "hope". I wanted God to be really big so I just freehanded that one!

 

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Thanks for reading!

<3 Brittany

IG: britcarleton

Personal Blog: https://journalingthroughmotherhood.wordpress.com/

 

 

Abba, Father

Because you are His sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are His child, God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:6-7

It's pretty special to be God's child. He is the ultimate "Abba" or Father. We become His children when we accept Christ as our Savior. John 1:12 tells us, "Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God." And if we are a child of God, then we are heirs. We have an inheritance. Jesus is the natural Heir. We get to be co-heirs in Him. What does that mean? All that belongs to Jesus will belong to us. How cool is that?! Take a minute and thank Jesus for what He has done for us. Because without His sacrifice, we would have nothing but condemnation. But through Him, we do indeed have the best Father and inheritance EVER!

Sweet n Sassy Stamps just released 2 of the sets I used for this page: Fantastic Flowers and Mini Grunge Type Alpha. I love, love, love this big, beautiful flower!! And it's not the only flower in the set. They're all gorgeous! And I love my alpha sets too. They are a go-to for me. I love the mini size of the new set. And the other set, Outline Alpha, is an old favorite of mine. (The website is having a sale too if you need to stock up on some sets!) 

I painted the background with acrylic paint. You may notice that part of "Abba" is white. That's because I didn't allow the paint to dry long enough and the StazOn ink pulled it up when I stamped the letters. Sometimes, ya just have to go with it! 

I stamped the flower on vellum and colored the underside with marker. That way I can fold the flower back to see the Scripture underneath.

Here's one other page I did with Fantastic Flowers and Mini Grunge. I also used Skinny Caps Alpha. These sets are so versatile! 

Have a blessed day, Friends! Andrea

The Lord Will Provide

The Lord Will Provide

Genesis 22:14

 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

So we had the pleasure this past Memorial Day weekend of attending a Bible Camp nearby that our friends introduced us to last year. We absolutely love it there, it may be our favorite place! So anyways Sunday we had an amazing speaker, and I tried my best to take some good notes! So I created this page ♥

I learned so many things I never heard of before! He told us God has given us more than 600 names for Himself. 18 are Jehovah names. He explained the name of the Lord is given to us so that we may know our Father. As we pray these names we are claiming His promises and covering ourselves. He really focused on this first one, Jehovah-Jireh, which means  the Lord WILL provide. Not he did provide, or he has provided, but that he WILL provide (future tense) ALWAYS.

Our God is a promise keeper. He NEVER fails in a promise. He loves us so much that He gave his ONLY son to offer eternal life to all who believe in Him. Though all the amazing Bible stories of God providing he will test your faith to make sure you believe then provide. He had a saying, God in never late, and he's never early. That He allows crisis into our lives so His name may be glorified. I could probably write pages about this but to sum it all up, He is our provider. 

-He provides more than enough

-What he promisies, he will do

-When He calls you, He will equip you.

-What God orders, He pays for.

So I created this very late, so I apologize I don't have progress pics. I first prepped with Dina Wakely clear gesso. Then stamped the phrase using the Chunky Alpha & the new Mini Grunge Alpha (which is seriously an awesome size!!) I then stamped the florals from the Scribble Flowers Set. I used Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black since it's waterproof.

I finished it off by adding watercolor, dating, and adding a super cute bow!

I was super excited to share this page with y'all after I've literally been thinking about it all week! Hope you guys enjoyed the (not so) little message ;)

Until next time lovelies! 

For more inspiration, you can follow me on Instagram @my.creative.worship  ♥

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Blessings ♥ Maria

Master of the Sea

Next to my journaling bible I like to have a sketchbook for my bible studies. Right now I'm reading a book with a lot of small studies and they're not about specific messages in the bible but more about how you can involve God in your daily life. So I decided to use my sketchbook for these studies instead of my bible so I can see all the pages right next to each other. Most of the time I use watercolor paper sketchbooks but this time I choose 'regular' paper. So I don't have the advantage of better paper in my sketchbook but I give myself more room to play with different materials than I do when I'm working in my bible. I can let go of my perfectionism in a sketchbook better than when I work in my bible ;). So I just like to have something to play next to my bible journaling.

So today I want to show you one of the pages I made in my sketchbook. For this page I combined two stamp sets that are perfect for each other: Master of the Sea and Living Water. The large waves from Living Water work great with the little ship from Master of the Sea. It shows the great power of God and the great power of the nature that God created. And because He created it, He can tell it what to do. He's the Creator of the universe, the Master of the sea, He controls everything. When there's a storm in your life, He can stop it. Or He can choose to carry you. In your little boat where you feel like everything's going the wrong way but where He is still with you.

For this page I stamped the images with black ink. The waves are from the Living Water stamp set and the other images are from the Master of the Sea stamp set. I created a border around the stamped images with a black pen and wrote down some words I had to think about during the study.

- Lucinde

Awaken Me

"Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel. When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the LORD. I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the LORD has spoken!’”"

Ezekiel 37:12-14

Do you ever feel like you're in a rut? It's like you're on a treadmill, moving but not really going anywhere. This is essentially me right now. We are nearing the end of school and it's always a crazy time of year, full of anticipation and eagerness for summer. The kids are restless, teachers are preparing for break, and everyone is just trying to survive. 

Yesterday morning I left my house in such a hurry that I forgot my coffee and immediately turned around to go back and get it. In all the bustle of the day, I need to remember to immediately turn to God for awakening. This has been my hearts cry for some time now, to simply dig deeper with God and refresh my worn out self. Lord, keep stirring. Awaken my tired bones to come alive in You. Refresh my mind and direct my focus back on You. 

Let our hearts be awakened and rejuvenated in Him. 

With love, 

Lynzee

Below I have taken a few pictures on how this page came about. I am using the "Fill Me Up" stamps and Pelikan watercolors. Link to the stamps below:

http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/creative-worship-fill-me-up-clear-stamp-set/

Step 1: "Fill Me Up" stamps

Step 2: Stamp and box in scripture 

 Step 3: Add color, doodles, and words

Living Water

Hey friends! So life lately has been crazy busy! Extra crazy , ya know?! My bible journaling pages lately have been pretty simple and because making time to spend with Him is priority, I have found if I don't about always have some amazing, time intensive page, I can fit bible journaling into my crazy schedule!

I really love in John 4 when Jesus is talking to the Samaritan Woman and in verse 5 Jesus says to her "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have gave you living water. Then in verse 13 He says "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst." Whenever I feel stressed or anxious, I know it's because I haven't spent enough time with Him and that I'm trying to rely on myself to get through life and I don't have to! Amen! Right?!

I added some watercolors in different shades of blues to a page protector sheet (it's 2 laminated sheets together so it's clear) then i flipped the sheet over on to my bible page and just pushed the color around a little with my hands. I pulled up the sheet and then used some of the extra paint to fill in here and there. I then stamped the living water from the stamp set Living Water and added some paint splatters of a little blue and white. I circled the verse and added a tab. Simple page but what a HUGE meaning this page is! I want to make sure that I always find the time to drink His Living Water!

I thought I would share this page I did a few months ago from the same stamp set! Just stamped the waves and clouds, drew that little boat and water colored. Check out the set I sued here I hope you have an amazing week and that you remember when you are thirsty go to HIM!