Hello everyone...This is quite a late post as I had a busy Sunday. Today is also Father's Day so, I would like to greet my wonderful hubby, Joseph, "Happy Father's Day." We had a great day time in the Church learning about the Holy Ghost Healthcare. What was instilled in my mind by the message delivered by our Pastor today was that "There's no incurable disease in the Kingdom of God." Jesus, in His ministry here on earth, healed every manner of diseases. The following are scripture verses that proves this fact:
"Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people." (Matthew 4:23)
"Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill." (Matthew 12:15)
"When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick." (Matthew 14:14)
"One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were
sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from
Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal
the sick." (Luke 5:17)
"He went down with them and stood on a level
place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of
people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region
around Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all." (Luke 6:17-19)
"But the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and
spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed
healing." (Luke 9:11)
Now, in all these verses, we saw Jesus and His Power (Holy Spirit) working together to heal everyone in need of healing. Yet, we must also understand what came first before healing ever took place. The fact that people came and received it was because THEY BELIEVED first in the one Who gave them healing. Where there was unbelief, Jesus was unable to perform many miracles as He was rejected in his own town of Nazareth as accounted in Matthew 13:56-58 which says, "Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things? And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home. And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith." You see, it is God's will for us to be healed from all manners of sickness and diseases. That is why He died on the Cross, that we can be free from all bondage of the enemy (Devil). The scripture declares in Isaiah 53:5, "But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." When Jesus Christ ascended into Heaven, Hes sent us His Holy Spirit to dwell every believer. He is literally "God with Us." The Holy Spirit only operated within the parameters of the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Every promises of God that is fulfilled by the sacrifice of Jesus are delivered unto us by the the Holy Spirit. He is the very power that is released to every spoken Word of God. The Bible declares in Hebrews 13:8: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." The way Jesus healed every man that believed in Him in His time, is the same way we are healed at our day and time. It is solely by FAITH in Him. So, from the common cold to the dreaded cancer, we have healing in the Name of Jesus. He wanted us to be healed that He uses doctors and medicine to deliver His healing. But understand that if all else fails, we can come to Him like the woman that touched the hem of His garment in Luke 8:40-49 that caused healing power to come out of Jesus, we can ask for the manifestation of healing in our mortal bodies. Mark 9:23 says,"'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for one who believes."
Anyway, here's an inspiration card for our optional theme of "Someone Special (male)" at 613 Avenue Create. One of our sponsors this week is Rick St. Dennis and I am happy to highlight one of his images called "Country Lane" which I colored with my Promaker/Prismacolor/Spectrum Noir markers. My base card is a white CS measuring 5.5 inches square together with a white textured and olive green CS for panels and matting. I used Distress Ink (Pumice Stone) to age the sides of the image, embossed using a Paper Studio embossing folder, added several brads and included a wonderful sentiment from Tim Holtz Artistry Collection. Cards for male are always a challenge for many cardmakers but for me, I found out that simplicity with the right color selection is the key.
MOMENT WORTH REMEMBERING CARD:
MOMENT WORTH REMEMBERING CARD LAYERS:
MOMENT WORTH REMEMBERING CARD INSIDE:
MOMENT WORTH REMEMBERING CARD WITH ENVELOPE-BOX:
This Card is entered into the following Challenges:
Make it Monday---ATG
Aud Sentiments---ATG
Challenges 4 Everybody---ATG
OSAAT---Use a Digi
Digi Haven---ATG
Sister Act---ATG
Inspire Me Fridays---ATG
Creative Moments---Summertime
Hobby House---ATG
Paper Playtime---ATG
Alphabet Challenge---I is for Image
Oldie But A Goodie---Stitching (All materials used except for the image is more than a year old)
Craft-room Challenge---Here Comes the Summer
ART---Summertime
TTCRD---ATG
City Crafter---All About Him
Papertake Weekly---Hello Boys
Top Tip Tuesday---Masculine
Tuesday Throwdown---For a Boy/Man
Crafting for all Seasons---One for the Guys
Sisterhood of Crafters---Man or Boy
MilkCoffee---Father's Day/Male Inspired
Jellypark Friends---Masculine
Simply Create Too---Father's Day or Male
Card Crafter's Circle---In Stitches
One Crazy Stamper---Summer Fun
Oozak---ATG with Sentiment
This is all for now, my friends! I hope you'll join us at our Anything Goes Challenge at 613 Avenue Create. We always love seeing the wonderful projects you come up with each week. I will have another card highlighted for our Word Art Wednesday (WAW) Challenge this coming Wednesday. I pray that the peace of God, in Jesus Christ, be in your heart always. Hugs!
This sentiment is just perfect and true! I love this card, just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing along with the Stitchy Bear Angels this week!
Hugs,
Chriss - OSAAT-DT
www.chrissandlou.blogspot.com
Absolutely stunning card! I love the image and your coloring is just beautiful! The whole card has such a lovely sharp and crisp look. So glad you joined us at A.R.T. for our 1st challenge! Come back again soon. Joanne
ReplyDeleteThis card is GORGEOUS JoAnn and I just love the texture and dimension you've achieved! Great job! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood ‘One For The Boy’s’ challenge and please come back again soon!
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The Sisterhood of Crafters
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Oh, I love your card! So elegant and clean! Hugs Lotta. I saw you on MiM.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and fabulous colouring. Thanks for joining us at The Hobby House.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Janine x
Quite a beautiful card. TFS!
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kren@http://afourthlife.blogspot.com
Hello again Jo Ann! I'm back again with a different DT hat on! I just can't quit looking at this beautifully colored image! Absolutely fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us at A.R.T. Hope you'll join us again next week!
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A.R.T. DT
DAR'S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Bee-utifully colored digi and layout of the card. Has a wondeerful artwork feel to it. Thank you for entering OSAAT Challenge #168 Use a Digi.
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"Sunshine Honeybee"
OSAAT DT
Wonderful creation! Thanks for sharing it with us at CCCB!
ReplyDeleteMay I make a comment about how your posts come in email format?
ReplyDeleteMany words are written in yellow- and as an older person with deteriorating eye sight, I struggle to read them while really wanting to as I love what you write and what you produce with the words in images.
Mary.
A fine creation indeed .Perfect showcasing of awesome image .
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on Card Crafter's Circle .
thank you for joining us for the Hobby House First Challenge
ReplyDeleteHugs Kate xx
This is stunning! ... Beautifully coloured image ... Thanks so much for playing along at CCCB!
ReplyDeleteOh my is this BEAUTIFUL JoAnn! What a lovely image, you really did an amazing job! Thanks for playing along with us at the A.R.T. Challenge, and we hope you'll join us again this Thursday for a NEW challenge! ~Cheryl, Senior DT
ReplyDeleteGreat card and a lovely layout!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining the challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog!
Sheena
xxx
Gorgeous card! Totally love the image and the colouring. Thanks for joining us at CCCB this week. Hugs, Wendy
ReplyDeleteFabulous image and gorgeous card like the design. Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments challenge good luck Ginny ♥
ReplyDeleteA handsome card, beautifully coloured. A lovely layout too. Thanks for joining Top Tip Tuesday. Elaine
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking card! So much detail, layers and stitching! Hope to see you again at the Alphabet Challenge Blog, thanks for joining us.
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Thank you very much for playing our Summer Fun challenge at One Crazy Stamper. A very nicely done card.
ReplyDeleteLeanne DT
One Crazy Stamper
WOW What a lovely CAS card, love the image and sentiment, thanks for joining our challenge at Jellypark, Gaynor DT x
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card with amazing detail! Your coloring is very pretty! Thanks for entering this week's Sister Act Card Challenge! Good luck!
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JUst GOrgeous! I LOve your colours..Thank you soooo much for joining us at Digi Haven.
ReplyDeleteChrissyxx
This is lovely, and your colouring of this image is really stunning! Thanks for sharing with us at the Craft-Room Challenge this fortnight.
ReplyDeleteMaria x
Wow! What an amazing card. May I post a link to it on my Manly Monday post? It's a post where I provide my readers with links to masculine cards as inspiration. Let me know by responding to this post. Thanks and I hope to hear from you
ReplyDeleteCindy
So beautiful, and love the sentiment! Thanks so much for playing along in my summertime wordplay saturday challenge at my creative moments.
ReplyDeleteSimply Breathtaking! Thanks for sharing at the Card Crafter's Circle!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing at Make it Monday!
Gosh, what a gorgeous card, I love your colouring on the digi-stamp. Thank you for joining in an OBAG challenge, hope you’ll join us again for a new challenge on Tuesday. Keep using up all that old stash!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Your colouring is just fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing at Oldie but a Goodie!
Helen x
Beautifully colored and designed card!! Thanks for playing with us at One Crazy Stamper.
ReplyDeleteHi Jo Ann,
ReplyDeleteJust popping over to Congrat you on being the winner over at Oldie but a goodie :) I wanted to come & see your design, which btw is gorgeous. Wow your colouring is amazing. I am totally loving your design. I can't stop looking at it lol. Thank you so much for sharing. Hugz, Lisa.
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Beautiful card, I love the coloring! Amazing job, thank you for joining the Oozak Challenge!
ReplyDelete-Samantha