Category Archives: Bible Journaling

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Bible Journaling | Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

Take up your cross, and follow Jesus. It is still relevant to these days. What is our cross?

Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭8‬:‭34‬-‭38‬ ‭NLT‬‬

In this passage, Jesus clearly explained what it meant to be his true followers to those people who were following him around.

And this is also for us.

Taking up our cross and following Him will lead us to the victorious new life He has provided for all of us. Our cross is for us to carry but He never leave us alone on the journey.

Then He said about clinging on our life will cause us to lose it. God has provided a new life in exchange of our old life. The new life in Christ Jesus is to live in the God’s word and to live out the Gospel so the world can see we all are His followers so they may also come to follow Him.

Though the world will see that we are not part of this world system and rules, we are different. But nothing to be ashamed of to live in the truth of God’s word.

It is not easy. But possible because our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, has overcome the world and He gives us the Holy Spirit to help and empower us to live in obedience when we come to believe in Him and to receive the new life in Him.

How about you today?

As I was meditating on this passage and to remember Jesus’ command for me, I made this mixed media index card as a reminder of this truth.

On my mixed media index card, I used:

  • He Proved His Love Stamp Set
  • Blooming Tulips Stamp Set
  • Vintage Sheet Music Tile Stamp
  • Books of The Bible Stamp Set
  • Typewriter Alpha Stamp Set
  • Messy Block Stencil
  • Oval Mesh Stencil

Mediums I used were:

  • Distress Watercolour Pencils
  • Distress Inks
  • Distress Oxide Inks
  • VersaFine Clair Inks
  • Gold paint
  • White paint

I also joined the Creative Worship Stamps April Release Instagram Hop. We’re showcasing products from our April release that includes flowers, sentiments, music, and more.

Start to hop along here and comment for your chance to win a $25 gift code to Creative Worship Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today! Blessings.

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Psalm 148:13 | Praise The Lord

“Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven.” (Psalm‬ ‭148‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬)

“Praise The Lord” is the theme of Psalm 148.
We can read clearly, every single creation listed in this Psalm 148 is made to praise the LORD.

We are called to praise Him, to declare who He is so that He is known on earth and in heaven! Every creation will know how majesty and powerful He is.

When we are in situation when it is hard for us to praise Him, we do not need fancy words or long sentences to praise Him. We can simply praise Him by saying, “God you are holy and majestic. I praise you for who you are, the Lord of lords.”

I journaled this verse today on my ESV Journaling Psalter Bible using these supplies Creative Worship Stamps

  • None Other Name Clear Stamp Set
  • Vintage Butterflies & Blooms Clear Stamp Set
  • Stencil Alpha Clear Stamp Set
  • Oval Mesh Stencil

I stamped all the images using Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen Big Brush Black. I also use PITT Artist Pen S Black (0.3) to touch up the part that not stamped well. I used Gelatos with the stencil to add some border around the page.

My daughters voted to leave it be, no coloring. I agreed with them… So, what do you think?

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Death Is Defeated

Happy Easter to you and your family! May the LORD bless you all today, and the power that resurrected Jesus will be in you.

“He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.” – Matthew 28:6

Death is defeated. The Son has risen. Hallelujah Jesus is alive!!!

On my journaling Bible page, I used Becuase of Jesus stamp set and Cloudy Day Edge stensil/mask from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

It is a simple and quick way creating journaling page on the Bible.

I blended the VersaMagic Nigh Sky ink, VersaMagic Red Magic ink, VersaMagic Mango Madness ink, and VersaMagic Tea Leaves ink using blending brushes on the page. And then I stamped the image and sentiment on the page using VersaMagic Midnight Black.

I colored the mountain and sun with Prismacolors pencil colors.

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Bible Journaling | Confident In Jesus

Hello everyone… We are at the end of January already! Time flies fast and we cannot stop it. We can keep on going in faith and confident that we have hopeful future.

Today, I wanna share my Bible journaling page on this verse from 1 John 5:14-15.

From this Bible verses, we are encouraged to confident in Jesus when we pray. We need to know and have confident in Jesus that when we ask anything according to His will, he hears us.

Our God is the El Roi, the God who sees us, the LORD who will help us. He is here for you and me.

On my Bible journaling page today, I used Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps:

  • My Savior’s Love Clear Stamp Set
  • Sweetpea Alpha Clear Stamp Set
  • Skinny Caps Alpha Cleat Stamp Set

I stamped all images and alpha letters with VersaMagic Midnight Black, and then I loosely watercolored the flowers and pages using Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor paints.

After watercoloring, I ironed the wrinkle page so it was flat and smooth again for me to write on, plus, dried the paint completely.

I hope this truth encourage you today and you can step into the next month with confident and hope.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, have a wonderful blessed day!

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Mixed Media Tag | Wonderful Love

Sometimes, we find it is hard to sing praises and to pray in hard situation and circumstances. When our mind occupied by worries and problems, we can think of something else. But God has provided ways for us to continue praying and praising His name.

In the book of Psalm, we can read all kind of praises and prayers that we can also use as our praises and use the verses to pray to the Lord. They are God’s word. And God’s word never return void (Isaiah 55:11).

In the book of Psalm 17, David expressed what was in his heart to the LORD with this prayer.

He pleaded for justice and brought his case before Him to judge.

He had confident that the LORD would answer his prayer.

He asked the LORD to show him His wonderful love, guidance, protection, and judgement over his enemies.

We all can have hope and faith in the same GOD for He is the LORD who is faithful and just. You can call upon Him today for He will listen and for sure He will answer you, my friends… He loves you with His everlasting wonderful love!

I created my mixed media tag bookmark today using these stamp sets from Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps:

  • CreativeWorship: My Savior’s Love clear stamp set
  • Funky Texture clear stamp set

On the background, I used Distress Crayons, TCW Matte Medium, and stamping with VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink Pad, Faber Castell Big Brush Pen and PITT XS Pen.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed day!