His-Kingdom-Come Featured Artist: I AM A CHILD OF GOD. Videos and Printable.

Hello!

It's been awhile!  The long winter is over here in Alaska and I've been enjoying warmth and sunshine, spending time on the computer just has to wait!

But I have a treat for you today!  I am honored to be one of the featured artist for His-Kingdom-Come!  This is a wonderful group that has loads of bible art journaling, devotionals and other projects.  I am one of the many who have and are contributing to the year-long Take Me Deeper group (scroll down for the featured bible art journaling and bonus project).

Here is a description of the DNA:Take me Deeper group at His Kingdom Come (even more HKC info at the end of the blog!!)

Take Me Deeper™ is a free weekly journey at His Kingdom Come beginning Friday, January 2 2015.   Take Me Deeper™ will be a weekly devotional and verse that will prompt us to spending time in His word. It is about each of us encouraging, sharing and studying the word.

 Each week you will get the opportunity to translate bible study into art- mixed media, a journal, a photograph, or a digital page, poem, music. Every Friday HKC will post a verse, devotional, worship video and examples of how we interpreted the bible study in our art.  We pray that these 52 weeks will change how you approach, engage and apply God’s word in your life and art. At the end of the year regardless of how many weeks your participated, you will have created a legacy of the faith walk. This legacy will show you how God has moved in your life!

Don't forget to join the FACEBOOK group we have for TMD (we also discuss Logos365 in that Facebook group as well).

The theme for today's I AM statement is: I AM A Child Of God.

The verses I have chosen for this is John 1:12-13
   "But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor the will of man, but of God." (ESV)

How wonderful is that?  We often know that we are "born-again" but do we really understand that God Himself has declared that we are now HIS children, born of Him, when we accept Christ?

DNA is often used to prove who our parents are.  Since we are now God's very own children, born of Him, I like to image that we could see Christ's DNA grafted into ours, if we were able to view it through a spiritual microscope.  The Jesus Fish fits perfectly into our existing DNA!  I hope you enjoy watching me art journal this in my Crossway ESV Single Column Journaling bible.

Supplies used:

*These are the brands I have used in this video but please use whatever supplies you have!

TriArt Clear Gesso (available on Amazon)

Copic Multiliner SP Pen (available at Jetpens.come)

Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils

Schmincke watercolor paints

I have also created a bonus project!  Since God has declared we are His very own children, I thought it would be fun to make a birth certificate which God has declared us as His child!  Click on the photo to download the certificate or make one with your own wording.   It would be fun to include the day you were saved, the day you became a child of God, if you know the date.  (I don't know the date when I truly gave my life to Christ, so no date on mine).

Supplies used:

Laser printer ( I have an inexpensive Canon printer, approximately $60)

**You can also use a copier but not inkjet!  It must be a copy made with toner for the foil to stick

iCraft Deco Foil

tan colored copy paper

Copic Multiliner Sp pen

Double-sided tape

I printed my certificate at 5x7.   It is important to know that the foils only work with LASER OR COPIER prints.  It does NOT work with inkjet printing.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FROM DROPBOX
 OR RIGHT CLICK ON IMAGE AND SAVE.

I hope you have enjoyed these videos!  God bless!

 Come and join the faithart journey at His Kingdom Come! FREE weekly devotions, faithart inspirations, technique videos, faithart classes- combining techniques and bible study! Lots of faithart products– stencils, stamps, thermofax screens, canvas, and coloring books!  If you were part of Take me deeper in 2015, please sign up for the 2016 Take me Deeper, so that you have access to the devotions, techniques and discussions! Free planner/journal pages are found here. Take Me Deeper will be continuing in 2016 with the “I am statements” of Jesus and our Spiritual DNA. Looking for your “word” for 2016?  His Kingdom Come has prepared an EBook for free containing the idea of living one word, worksheets and all the prompts for 2016! Get it for free here Logos365  www.his-kingdom-come.com

 

I am honored to be one of the ladies interviewed by Rebekah R. Jones!    It's a wonderful article interviewing fellow bible art journalists, where we share a bit about our styles, supplies, favorite journaling we have done and how bible art journaling has impacted our lives.  

Click here to read the article

http://www.rebekahrjones.com/bible-art-journalists-roundup-interview-ep-2/

And while you are there, check out the rest of Rebekah's blog.  She has weekly challenges, tutorial videos, tips and tricks and supplies.  She also has a free online bible art journaling class!  How awesome is that?  She is so  generous with her time and skills and clearly is devote to Jesus Christ.  Thank you, Rebekah, for all you do!

New Bible Art Journaling Video! Luke 4:18-19 & 21

Hi there!!

I have a short process video today of how I drew/painted this illustration in my Crossway ESV Single Column Journaling  bible.  I have a new webcam and am pretty happy with it but finding an easy video editing program that does all the things I want it to do has been a challenge.

Suggestions for editing software are welcome!

There is a little bit of drama in the middle of the video, but everyone survived and are A-OK.  :)

It is based on Luke 4 18-19 & 21 and 2nd Corinthians 3:17.  Jesus has declared that He is the the fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recover sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

How awesome is this?

Many times, we are bound by things we don't even realize, this can be anything from food, gossip, overspending, and the list goes on.  Some are more obviously harmful than others, but sometimes the seemingly harmless things are those that keep us from moving forward in our walk with Christ because we don't identify them as "being that bad" and can't identify that we are enslaved or bound by them.   

Yet, if we ask, our eyes can be open to the things that hold us captive.

But...(there always seems to be a "but" in there somewhere).. I admit that this is a scary step to take.  I don't always want to change.

"Captive", "blind", "oppressed"...those are such negative words.   Am I blind and oppressed?  I don't like to think so but if I really am blind, then I can't see if I'm oppressed, the effects of being oppressed, nor the freedom of what it is like to be released from the things that oppress me.  Reality is that I may be comfortable in my bondage, especially if it is all I know and doesn't seem to be a big deal.

In the book "The Pursuit of God", A. W. Tozer writes; "The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us. ” 

Soo...questions must be asked:
Do I really want to have my eyes opened spiritually and "see" what what oppresses and holds me back?
Do I choose to continue to be oppressed and held captive by things that don't seem "that bad"?  
Does God really know better than I do?
Do I trust God enough to relinquish control?
Is the liberty He speaks of really worth it and will I be happier and freer? Is "freer" really a word or should it be "more free"?    
Do I really have to come to the end of myself?

Why does that word "really" keep popping up?  I think it is a matter of faith; do I really believe or not?

A decision must be made.

I can take only one step at a time or it all just seems too big and overwhelming.  Baby steps.  Baby steps are better than no step at all.  So here I go, the first step of my journey to the liberty Christ has provided for us.

My first step is asking God to remove the spiritual blindness to the things that are holding me captive.

I can do this.  I must remember that God cares for us, He wants the best for us and wants us to be succeed. He will not ask me to do anything that is impossible.

It is His job to do the impossible, not mine.

The inspiration behind the illustration:

The cross is the most recognized icon of Jesus Christ and the sacrifice He made to save each and every person ever born on this earth.  His life was exchanged for ours, He broke the chains of sin and death which bound us all.  

  The Statue of Liberty is the most recognized icon of freedom in America.  While we all have different definitions of freedom and liberty, I am so incredibly thankful that I live in a country where I can freely have a bible and express my beliefs.  People may not agree with my beliefs but I am generally not endangered by my beliefs.   So many other places in the world people are imprisoned, beat and killed because of their beliefs.  They would literally be risking their lives just to hold a bible in their hands.  

Today is D-Day.  Thousands of people died in the fight to stop a big evil that was spreading through Europe and threatening the world.  History is repeating itself - a different place, different people, different reactions, but it's the same old story.  

As messed up as our country is, I thank God for the liberty we have.  I will always pray that will continue God to bless America and that America will be a blessing to God.  Where there is liberty, there is hope. 

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty.

A few months ago, I discovered Bible art journaling.  It immediately awoke a longing within me.

I have tried keeping a written journal before but never enjoyed it. When I use art in my bible, it is a like a picture is worth a thousand words. It is a meditation of the scriptures, the images are a personal connecting between myself and the Word of God.  It is deeply personal and expresses my heart and feelings without writing a word, unless I choose to add to it.  

Everyone has areas of chaos and turmoil in their lives.  Believers of Christ are not immune from this but we do not have to be held captive by the chaos and turmoil.  God has sent His Spirit through Jesus Christ to break the chains that bind and set us free.  It still requires us to walk away from the things that held us captive, we can choose to go back and put the chains back on, but we can also choose to walk away from those things.  It might just be one single step at a time but with the help and guidance of the Spirit of the Lord, we are never without hope, never without a second, third, forth or more chances to become totally free.  

The Statue of Liberty is the most recognized symbol of freedom in the USA.  Liberty and freedom are often misunderstood.  We tend to think it means we can do whatever we want but many things we want are very harmful to ourselves and others.  True liberty is freedom from being bound by things that hurt us and other, and that trap us and bring us down.  Thankfully, if we ask, the Lord will open our eyes to those things that bind us and set is on the path to true freedom.  If we choose. We can choose freedom or we can choose chains.  

Luke 4:18, 19, 21. 2nd Corinthians 3:17.

Faber-Castell Pitt Artist brush pens on page prepped with Liquitex Fluid Matte Medium.  

*i will be adding the video of the making of this bible page soon!  

(To see all bible art journaling in one place, select "Journaling Bible Art" from the menu above)