Scripture Doodles- February 2023

 

Scripture Doodles- February 2023

 The gatherings of a devotional thought

one day at a time.

Looking for the story

 of His faithfulness in my life.

A calendar and 4 colored pencils

and rich goodness.

Supplies:

Devotion- 

Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman

Fine-point Sharpie pen'

4 Colored pencils

Worship into the Week- Ash Wednesday

 

Worship into the Week- Ash Wednesday

Psalm 51: 1-19

Create a Clean Heart in Me, O God

We come with our list of realities: 

transgressions, iniquity, sin, evil.

But that isn't the end of our story.

You replace all of that with a new washing, 

making clean, and a restoration.

I have grown up with this passage as liturgy:

"Create in me a clean heart, O God, 

and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from your presence,

 and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and uphold me with a willing spirit."

It speaks to my spiritual formation 

and I appreciate the recentering 

for this year's Ash Wednesday 

and the beginning of Lent 2023.

Supplies:

Visual Faith Printable

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Worship into the Week Printable

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Watercolors 

Distress Ink

Colored  pencils

Magazine cutouts

Gelatoes 

Worship into the Week- Something More Sure

 

Worship into the Week-

Christ's Glory and the Prophetic Word

2 Peter 1:16-21

Apostle Peter is nearing the end of his life and ministry

 and his goal is to remind the church 

of where they stand and what they believe.

Faith is a living and vibrant part of their lives-

not stale, faint, or dead.

But, remember....

God's power grants all things for our life.

Jesus is Coming AGAIN.

Peter was an eyewitness of his majesty.

Jesus is God's Son.

Don't forget that it is the merits of Christ

 that make us Righteous.

The Bible is God's very own words-

 we have something more sure than stories.

God's Word is like a lamp that shows us the way-

PAY ATTENTION.

                                                Supplies:

Visual Faith Printable

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                             Worship into the Week Printable

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                                                Washi tape

                                              Sharpie pens

                                        Neo Color Crayons

                                               Distress Ink

                  

Ash Wednesday 2023

 

Gathering supplies for  Lent this year.

 Still deciding my approach and the journey.

It will be interactive, responsive, 

with mixed media.

Visual Faith Ministry has many new things

 for Lent this year.

www.visualfaithmin.org.

Spotted this at a Doctor's office today.

The bright yellow hope of Spring still tangled

 in the stark brown and dead looking bush branches.

That is really the story of Lent. 

Living with the barren 

amidst the hope of new life.

This cross is in the caves of St. Jerome

 under the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

He lived here in this place for years 

to translate the Vulgate Bible.

This image is a certain reminder 

of our Lenten journey.

Up to Jerusalem and to the cross -

ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

Worship into the Week- Plant, Water, Grow

 

Worship into the Week-

1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Divisions in the Church

Wherever humans are involved in ministry,

the relationship part causes stress and challenge.

We won't get this "teaming" part

 put together this side of heaven.

Yet, it is a helpful framework 

when we understand how the 

partnership is designed to work.

There are those who begin-"plant".

Then there are those who water- "sprout and reach."

Then there is the growth-that is God's doing

Each team person has a part in the ministry.

Each are called to do their part.

None are more important than the other.

The early church was racked with the 

partiality of people to their leader.

We see the same thing in ministry today.

Division always hurts all.

Division does not allow the 

furthering of God's Kingdom.

Each person will get their due reward.

v.9 "For we are God's fellow workers. 

You are God's field, God's building.

We must pray to have a mindset of unity

that allows all to work for the common purpose

 of proclaiming that the Kingdom is near.

Supplies:

Visual Faith Printable

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Worship into the Week Printable

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Watercolors

Sharpie markers

Vintage Stamps

Magazine cut-outs

Jerusalem the Golden

 

Morning light hits the pale limestone 

of the buildings in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem stone is a name applied to 

various types of pale limestone, 

dolomite and dolomitic limestone.

This is common in and around Jerusalem 

and has been a building material since ancient times.

I had heard of Jerusalem the Golden 

but in 8 trips to Israel -

 just had never quite seen the transformation.

Either we came into the city too late to see,

cloudy or rainy days obscured the light,

or maybe my hotel room 

was on the wrong side to witness the event.

 I have heard that sunset can do the

 very same thing as this morning glow.

Meleke, the "royal" stone is a white, 

coarse crystalline limestone

 and has been used in buildings like the Western Wall

 and other parts of the Herodian Temple.

It is easy to quarry, but exposure to air causes it to harden 

and develop the characteristic pale yellow hue.

The original Herodian stone on the Southern Steps

 dates back to the time of Jesus.

There is something about the 

streets of Jerusalem.

The narrow streets, the wide stairs

 and the cart ramps.

The laid stone that is the same

 as the walls of the buildings.

Jerusalem the Golden-

you are truly a unique and beautiful city.

Worship into the Week- Nothing but Jesus

 

Worship into the Week

1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

Wisdom from the Spirit

Sharing a faith story doesn't need to have

 fancy words or come from people

 with fancy education degrees.

When the Holy Spirt dwells in His people

we are supplied with the truths

 of wisdom to share.

We cannot understand the mind of God,

we don't have that ability.

Any ministry in the name of Jesus 

is a cross shaped ministry. 

All the gifts we have to carry out this ministry

 are given by the Holy Spirit. 

We give thanks for this equipping of God's people

for His work in the world.

Supplies:

Visual Faith Printable

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Worship into the Week Printable

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Jane Davenport Watercolors

Distress Ink

Prismacolor Color Pencils

Scripture Scribing- January

 

Scripture Scribing for January

A simple process.

Writing out verses connected to the Study

 theme for this month-

 Yahweh.

Index cards are prepped for the month.

Twelve Biblical texts.

Just writing them out by hand.

Praying the Scripture as I write them out.

Lord, touch my heart with the power

 of I AM- the one who exists.

Resource from Visual Faith Ministry-

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Worship into the week- God's Gifts

 

Worship into the Week-

Matthew 5:1-12

The Sermon on the Mount

The Beatitudes

These few verses of Scripture turn the world

 of the followers of Jesus upside down.

The Kingdom of heaven was not a gift

 held out only to the pious,

 righteous religious leaders,

but to the lowly and outcast.

Jesus lifts up things like mercy, peace, pure in heart,

the meek, the persecuted, and the reviled.

Yesterday I stood on this very same hill (probably) 

by the Sea of Galilee.

Listening to these controversial 

and "against the culture"

 of the day words.

 Jesus brought hope to the crowds of people.

These same words bring me HOPE.

So many times I might feel 

down and out, when am I going to get a break.

But, then and there.... I can't do it myself.

I need Jesus.  In the very lowest of the low spots,

He steps in.

The Kingdom Comes.

The Mount of Beatitudes- Israel

Adults huddled here listening to every word-

 nearly 2000 years later.

As I read the words slowly, carefully, thoughtfully.

They speak right to me- even today.

Jesus is near.

Supplies:

Visual Faith Printable

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Worship into the Week Printable

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Prismacolor Pencils

Vintage Stamps

Gelli Print

Scripture Doodles- January 2023

 

Scripture Doodles- January 2023

Phrases from my daily devotions.

 4 colored pencils.

Weaving in the study of the Name of God for this month-

YAHWEH- from Visual faith® Ministry.

Adding my Logos 365 Word for the year- Hineni-

Here I am. 

Looking for all the ways that the Lord 

makes sense of the things in the path of my life

 as He weaves it all together.  

My job is not to do the weaving

 but to notice and pay attention to what HE IS DOING. 

I give thanks for His faithfulness in my life.

Supplies:

Calendar resource- Concordia Publishing House

Devotion- Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman

Colored pencils

Finepoint Sharpie marker