Category: quote or saying
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Complain or Rejoice
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” ~ Abraham Lincoln kits: Pumpkin Spice, with extra flowers (some colors modified) from Winter Garden, In the Garden, Bountiful, I Love You More, Forever in My Heart, A Star Led the Way, Emerald Dreams – all by Alexis Design Studio…
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Plant Kindness, Grow Love
PLANT KINDNESS AND GROW LOVE paper, torn paper stack, squirrel, foliage from November Digitalscrapbook.com blog train (mostly by MaryC); all ephemera by Connie Prince related: Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving…
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Lessons from Bears
LESSONS FROM BEARSProtect cubsGive bear hugsLove your honeyTake time for napsEnjoy God’s nature But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 1 Timothy 5:8 kit: Whispers of the Wind by Jumpstart Designs
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Simple Smile
WE WILL NEVER KNOW ALL THE GOOD A SIMPLE SMILE CAN DO template (modified) by Scrapbook Crazy Designs by Robyn; kits: Mindful Moments and Sweet Perfection by Jumpstart Designs, Shabby Apple by Raspberry Road Designs; wordart by Gina Jones related: I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face…
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Focus on the Good
FOCUS ON THE GOOD Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 kit: Breathe Nature collab by Gingerscraps designers, wordart: May 2024 MyMemories BT by…
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If You Have Time
IF YOU HAVE TIME TO WORRY, THEN YOU HAVE TIME TO PRAY kit: Forever Yours Family by Sweet Doll Designs; paisley and other elements from Creative Fabrica; chalkboard and chalk styles by KimB Designs Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at…
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You’re in Trouble
IF YOU ONLY PRAY WHEN YOU’RE IN TROUBLE… YOU’RE IN TROUBLE! Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by…
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Bloom Where You’re Planted
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24 BLOOM WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED mini-kits from Sept. 2024 DigitalScrapbook.com blog train
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Bigger Faith
Let your faith be bigger than your fear. This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:9b-11 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and…
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Wiser
WISER The answers to our prayers are wiser than our prayers. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 kit: Head in…
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Pray More, Worry Less
PRAY MORE, WORRY LESS Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 12:12 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? Matthew 6:27 frame, flourish: Creative Fabrica; kit: My Memories May 2024 Blog Train minis
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Pray, Wait, Trust
Pray, Wait, Trust kit: June 2024 My Memories blog train minis frame (sides made by me from original): Creative Fabrica
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Created, Not God
If it was created, then it is not God. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 1 John 5:21 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:14 “Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!” Jeremiah 16:20 “Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the LORD…
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Forgive and/or Forget
If you can’t forgive and forget, then pick one. Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” Luke 17:3-4 Then Peter came up…
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Pray On, Over, Through It
Pray on [it], over [it], through it. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace…
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Speaking Boldly
So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. Acts 14:3 CAN I GET A WITNESS? quickpage by ScrapChat Designs; paper strips w/staples by Merkeley Designs context: Now at Iconium they entered together…
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Kindness is a Gift
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Colossians 3:12-13 KINDNESS IS A GIFT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO GIVE kit:…
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Always Be Yourself
Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Psalms 33:1 Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Psalms 119:104 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalms 16:11…
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Salvation Is From the Jews
You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. John 4:22 kit: April ’24 mini by Connie Prince; template: Gimme Flowers by Lisa Rosa Designs KNOW GOD = PEACENO GOD = NO PEACE related: What then? If some Jews did not believe, their unbelief will…
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Don’t Judge Today By…
Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the…
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Share a Little Bit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR GOODNESS EVERYWHERE YOU GO mini-kit: Never Hide Your Wings by Jumpstart Designs
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Anxious for Itself
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? Matthew 6:26 But seek first the kingdom…
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Greed & Corruption
You cannot serve God and money. Matthew 6:24b For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. 1 Timothy 6:10a 1934 Congressional Address by House Representative Louis T. McFadden: “Mr. Chairman, we have in this Country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the…
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Proverbs 22:7
“I have never yet had anyone who could, through the use of logic and reason, justify the Federal Government borrowing the use of its own money… I believe the time will come when people will demand that this be changed. I believe the time will come in this country when they will actually blame you…
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Liberty
”If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.” Benjamin Franklin For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 kit: Wild Wild West Add On by Marta van Eck, blended flag photo by me