ABC Scripture Challenge with Patter Cross - #16 PORTION

This fortnight Patter has given us the word "Portion" for our Scripture Art.
The verse I found after going to BibleGateway was a verse I had not really meditated on before but it is such a true one to try and live by.   One day my  flesh and my heart will fail because this body of mine will not last forever but the faith I have in the Lord within my heart will last forever.  I am so thankful that I have this assurance because God's word tells me so.

My husband and I are more than half way through doing a Bible Correspondence lesson on Sharing Our Faith and it is teaching me so much and causing me to have more of a vision that my Evangelistic husband has for sharing God's word with others.

Here is my art for this fortnight:

For my digital art I have used a kit called "Valma May" by Chocolate Geranium Digital Designs. The font I used is called "My Font Isn't Funky Enough"

ABC Scripture Challenge with Patter Cross - #15 OTHERS

This fortnight Patter has given us the word "Others". When I did a keyword search on BibleGateway I came across the verse I have used on my page.  This verse reminds me of my husband who is always willing to help and give to others. He is a real inspiration to me.
Here is my page:

The digital kit I used for my page is called "Rejuvenation" by Trixie Scraps

ABC Scripture Challenge with Patter Cross - #14 - New

This fortnight Patter has given us the word " New" for our artwork.  Once I read the word in Patter's blog posting  the song I have shared ( part of ) on my page came to my mind.
I am a New Creation  and it is nothing I could do for myself other than having faith in the fact that Jesus died for me, He rose to life and now I also have that life... a new life. God's grace is a free gift.

I will now share from a little book I have by Oswald Chambers:
"Lord, that I may receive my sight."  Luke 18:41
Faith is not in what Jesus says but in Himself; if we only look at what He says we shall never believe. When once we see Jesus, He does the impossible thing as naturally as breathing.


For my digital art I have used a kit called A Family Affair by Nutkin Tailz Designs.

ABC Scripture Challenge with Patter Cross - #13 - Motive

This fortnight Patter has given us the word "Motive" for our artwork.

When I looked on Bible Gateway ( which is a great place for searching for scriptures)  for a verse to use I came across the one I have used , which is Proverbs 16:2.  This really spoke to me on top of the devotional thoughts that Patter shared. I realised that something I was getting very involved in was not what God wanted me to be doing. My motives were wrong. I was doing too much thinking of  "self" and not putting God first.  I was becoming too obsessed in my digital scrapbooking - spending too much time on the computer doing things that brought no glory to God whatsoever.  Now I have resigned from two Creative Teams I was on for digital scrapbooking and I am experiencing such wonderful peace.  

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:10-12

For my digital art I have used a kit called "Jubilant" by Amanda Fraijo-Tobin

ABC Scripture Challenge with Patter Cross - #12 LONELY

For this fortnight Patter has given us the word "lonely" and this is the verse that came to my mind to remind that I am never along and I do not need to be anxious.  It is a verse I used last year for one of the Scripture challenges and at that time I also shared a song from my days of Sunday School teaching which always comes to my mind when I read this verse.  Here is a link to my blog back then:  http://a-mscripturechallenge.blogspot.com/2010/07/scripture-challenge-with-patter-cross_20.html

For this time I have chosen a design which is a scraplift of a layout called Celebrating You Today by Vivre at Oscraps gallery/forum.  I thought the small pieces of paper represented the idea of loneliness. We can be lonely even in the middle of a crowd ( the leaf design on the red background paper ). The stitched heart represents God's love for each of us. The leaves -  we should be reaching out to others who are lonely. 

The digital kit I used is called Unconditionally by One Little Bird

ABC Scripture Challenge with Patter Cross - #11 Know

For this fortnight Patter has given us the word "Know" for our Scripture Challenge. In her devotional thoughts she shared about both sides of us needing to know God and the fact that God knows us intimately - closer than our husbands, children, parents.  He knows us even though we fail him and yet He loves us with the greatest love possible.
So the two verses I chose to use show both side of the "knowing" - us knowing and seeking God and His knowing those who believe in Him.

For my digital art I used products from Stamp Stuff by Rozanne Paxman of Scrap Girls

ABC Scripture Challenge with Patter Cross - #10 Journey

For this fortnight Patter has given us the word Journey.
When thinking about what verse to share on my artwork I thought I would see what was in Romans as I am attending a Ladies Bible Study and we are studying Romans at the moment.  When I found the Romans verse it lead me to remember a song I liked to sing along to by David Meece - The Gospel Train so I thought it would fit in with the theme of "Journey".
Here is a website  to look at and if you click on the link to "play all sample" you will hear the words I have shared on the train's smoke clouds:  http://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Train-LP-Version/dp/B00123FNVK

Then I found the verse in Colossians and thought I would share it as we are to walk in Him.... live our daily lives in Him... trust in Him....   He has paid the price - He bought my ticket to Eternal life. Nothing I could ever do or say would gain me the gift God gives so freely to " Whosoever will "

For my digital art I have used a template for the background papers by Scrap-a-Holic Designs and a kit called Chugging Along by Colies Corner