tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43366796866304584172024-03-18T07:27:41.749-05:00Art ParablesContemporary Scripture Art- Paintings by Debbie Turner ChaversDebbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-85358336278484606512024-02-10T19:50:00.009-06:002024-02-11T09:48:42.900-06:00Take Up the Cross and Follow Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R0ENYG7ykqVBbu1M8TCR4ZipVatP514k3ss9v97L5YwVwVx5KBe8QVrP9e5bcRBMxFfqfJUsBhzPb-Ew8IQpccRf9DXv3EvR_A_uwmGWyP02SNkXuVUUlj0zrZy_V9mjepohZz2HrBnE2iljVn00HR53Q2ejQr1FqbVIAzBx8ij-1x44wAkim2S_SH5J/s2146/3510568D-1A7E-439A-8D3F-A6D1DB02FC6B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="2146" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4R0ENYG7ykqVBbu1M8TCR4ZipVatP514k3ss9v97L5YwVwVx5KBe8QVrP9e5bcRBMxFfqfJUsBhzPb-Ew8IQpccRf9DXv3EvR_A_uwmGWyP02SNkXuVUUlj0zrZy_V9mjepohZz2HrBnE2iljVn00HR53Q2ejQr1FqbVIAzBx8ij-1x44wAkim2S_SH5J/w400-h290/3510568D-1A7E-439A-8D3F-A6D1DB02FC6B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Take Up the Cross and Follow Me</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">© 2024 Debbie Turner Chavers </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Water-man Series </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5_UJXKMNGb4" width="320" youtube-src-id="5_UJXKMNGb4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vlog of Take Up the Cross and Follow Me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Read by the artist</div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>All art, writing, poetry, posts, video and photography, copyright © 2024 Debbie Turner Chavers. All Rights Reserved. See more of my work at <a href="http://debbieturnerchavers.com">http://debbieturnerchavers.com</a> and
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/debbieturnerchavers">http://www.youtube.com/user/debbieturnerchavers</a></div>Debbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-35172325391397880082023-11-07T12:42:00.000-06:002023-11-07T12:42:38.495-06:00Doors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JT3nyIfsXcuSxm7bFXGl-Y7tZGXSVWvEgH_vMg_2XUxbCCmOVzj-msYqq-Xbopytkoc0RZ_kUu7eNhzkgAYVwqajCbt-lKqp_G6-dZJBYYLnxOt17anUkw4tNel4_D_9r3AFgmwuGZJF5TrdYNdwtMuaiD2TwRz4-BKdI1171qvmerhH1EEz24RbPmTY/s2290/FE9A01B4-F240-48FB-A05C-F848615B439B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="1456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JT3nyIfsXcuSxm7bFXGl-Y7tZGXSVWvEgH_vMg_2XUxbCCmOVzj-msYqq-Xbopytkoc0RZ_kUu7eNhzkgAYVwqajCbt-lKqp_G6-dZJBYYLnxOt17anUkw4tNel4_D_9r3AFgmwuGZJF5TrdYNdwtMuaiD2TwRz4-BKdI1171qvmerhH1EEz24RbPmTY/w406-h640/FE9A01B4-F240-48FB-A05C-F848615B439B.jpeg" width="406" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Doors</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> © 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Water-man Series</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Will you be a house of holiness? Will you allow the LORD access to every room of your mind and body?</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Every corner? Every locked door? </span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The Word of God and the Holy Spirit of God will sweep each room clean and fill them with beauty.</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">You hold the keys. Your will, your choice.</span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Obey. Ask and receive. </span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">God has redeemed you, yet He will not forcibly enter your locked doors. He stands at the door and knocks. Open the door.</span></div><div>What we give up is never equal to the treasure and freedom we receive in Christ Jesus.</div><div><br /></div><div>~Debbie 🌻</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>John 10:10</b> The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ephesians 3:20</b> Now unto him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that workers in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>1 Chronicles 16:29</b> Give unto the LORD The glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Psalm 29:2 </b>Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>2 Corinthians 7:1</b> Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Revelation 3:20</b> Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will set up with him and he with me.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>All art, writing, poetry, posts, art/painting, video and photography, copyright © 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers. All Rights Reserved. <div> Can view more work at <a href="http://debbieturnerchavers.com">http://debbieturnerchavers.com</a> and
<a href="http://wordparables.com">http://wordparables.com</a> <div>Scripture references taken from the King James Bible.
Resources at http://biblegateway.com
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</a></div></div>Debbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-2453582485002633602023-10-18T16:09:00.002-05:002023-10-18T16:10:54.614-05:00Pentecost, One Accord<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgkFFhqak4FvqotQMfkvVnCRlutp3dXnIBwJWJNOsO8ShfwjNGh8liwVwkd0-YSLRgXc8nzh5Ti1DeWAtFLiu5DnOLHfaSVw-ZFaGWfPH5q8iUK-Wi2t5FatuhALcQe_KarDh_lsCCBCHA45l2wESyjc2tYEG8HtcKaiIiZlPaTjp0Xu8gsX7gKMzqJ_K/s2243/259F8D9A-95DF-44A8-A517-BA540A3844EB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="2243" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgkFFhqak4FvqotQMfkvVnCRlutp3dXnIBwJWJNOsO8ShfwjNGh8liwVwkd0-YSLRgXc8nzh5Ti1DeWAtFLiu5DnOLHfaSVw-ZFaGWfPH5q8iUK-Wi2t5FatuhALcQe_KarDh_lsCCBCHA45l2wESyjc2tYEG8HtcKaiIiZlPaTjp0Xu8gsX7gKMzqJ_K/w640-h333/259F8D9A-95DF-44A8-A517-BA540A3844EB.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pentecost</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">© 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Acts 2:1-4</b></div>And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.<div>And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. </div><div>And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. <div>And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Acts 2:17-21</b></div><div>And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:</div><div>And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:</div><div>And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:</div><div>The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:</div><div><b>And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Prayer</b></div><div><b>Father God, I call upon the name of the Lord.</b></div><div><b>Cleanse me of my sins and fill me with your Holy Spirit. In Jesus name. Amen</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div>All art, writing, poetry, paintings, posts, video and photography, copyright © 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers. All Rights Reserved.
<a href="http://debbieturnerchavers.com">http://debbieturnerchavers.com</a> and
<a href="http://wordparables.com">http://wordparables.com</a> <div>Scripture references taken from the King James bible.
Resources at http://biblegateway.com
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</div></div></div>Debbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-36471652080070714502023-10-12T22:14:00.002-05:002023-10-18T16:22:17.157-05:00The Mind of Christ<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YbL7sImLIIBdQU-R_2ThkIQOTIS2wHwLCwufOd74BUVuvy-kC8qk5_LFV5asy6GtC6Mt9Nspl0PA6yAHhDbsnmdC1wGhpwqFHtlAqVB4Oht982nWOCEFm7c1n8O5IQwnnpKOCCsMLRylsqEnDeVZjm8c26bk6FHYXfLZal0HqW5VwyiGdaDpurEhb3tB/s2200/89180744-27EC-45E1-9B02-C3696DCC2E17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2200" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0YbL7sImLIIBdQU-R_2ThkIQOTIS2wHwLCwufOd74BUVuvy-kC8qk5_LFV5asy6GtC6Mt9Nspl0PA6yAHhDbsnmdC1wGhpwqFHtlAqVB4Oht982nWOCEFm7c1n8O5IQwnnpKOCCsMLRylsqEnDeVZjm8c26bk6FHYXfLZal0HqW5VwyiGdaDpurEhb3tB/w640-h442/89180744-27EC-45E1-9B02-C3696DCC2E17.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The Mind of Christ -Art Parable</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">© 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I asked God for specific leading in praying for someone who suffers from mental instability and demonic forces/control. </div><div>As I began to pray the Lord showed me a lamb/sheep with its head glowing. It was as though a light was emanating from its entire head. The light glowed brilliantly yet was brightest on the crown of the head.</div><div>As I saw the image I heard the scripture “ the mind of Christ”.</div><div>I was reminded of the scripture in :</div><div><b>1 Corinthians 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I encourage you to pray the Word of God and plead the blood of Jesus Christ over those you love or care about. </div><div>After praying the Word over them began to thank God for healing their mind and returning them to their first love of Christ if they were previously born again.</div><div>In all cases ask God to give them to His Son, Jesus Christ.(see John 6:37)</div><div>I pray that the visual reminds others also to pray for those they love that suffer from demonic control, and/ or mental illness. Remember Mary Magdalene.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>John 6:35-40</div><div><br /></div><div>And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.</div><div>36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.</div><div><b>37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.</b></div><div>38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.</div><div>39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.</div><div>40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>All art, writing, poetry, paintings, posts, video and photography, copyright © 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers. All Rights Reserved.
<a href="http://debbieturnerchavers.com">http://debbieturnerchavers.com</a> and
<a href="http://wordparables.com">http://wordparables.com</a> <div>Scripture references taken from the King James bible.
Resources at http://biblegateway.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/debbieturnerchavers
</div>Debbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-32198690863698343192023-08-21T07:35:00.004-05:002023-10-18T16:22:35.796-05:00Harvest- John 4:35<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMQs4wOSTcUuAOwaky5qyqvSKeY73xVuRqEIFkMHywbSnvgWIFkomEQHvfM50zzuNWZOkEpPLLbSf7BxRSfXDOG4JB05Tm-eInTUkfP6JIyKh0gTPcR3HwjjMmz-FIE2M8Mt5Q7lYeKiOnNhI0yN1met90UaSEbYg-xsueS0SJ4EI1_29xxx4UWi6poof/s1214/101759A5-A424-4FD8-949F-5EC3396F2F3E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="913" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMQs4wOSTcUuAOwaky5qyqvSKeY73xVuRqEIFkMHywbSnvgWIFkomEQHvfM50zzuNWZOkEpPLLbSf7BxRSfXDOG4JB05Tm-eInTUkfP6JIyKh0gTPcR3HwjjMmz-FIE2M8Mt5Q7lYeKiOnNhI0yN1met90UaSEbYg-xsueS0SJ4EI1_29xxx4UWi6poof/w482-h640/101759A5-A424-4FD8-949F-5EC3396F2F3E.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Harvest- John 4:35</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>© 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div></div><div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">No man knows the day nor the hour when the harvest is ready. Only the Lord of the harvest knows the time. The Word of God is planted in men’s hearts. The door is open and waiting for all who would enter into the labor of the Lord’s fields. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Continue to sow the seed of the Word of God. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">The Word sown in good soil shall bring forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. </span><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">There will be a harvest. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Matthew 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">The parable of the seed in Mark 4:26-29</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground: and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth; immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">This planting and reaping plays out continually until death. Our walk in Christ is like a field that has his word (seed) sown and planted in our life.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Our layers of understanding ripen and reveal fruit. This fruit is cut and dispensed by the Lord of the harvest. The Lord grows us up, maturing us daily in His Presence, filling us with His wisdom and power.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">~Debbie</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">John 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and look on the fields: for they are white unto harvest.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Matthew 9:37-38 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1">Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers. Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">Let’s pray</span><span class="s1">:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold;">Father God, our times and our seasons are in your hands. Jesus told us to ask for laborers to be sent into the fields, so we are asking. Lord of the harvest ,send forth laborers into your harvest. In Jesus name. Amen.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>All art, writing, poetry, paintings, posts, video and photography, copyright © 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers. All Rights Reserved.
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Click on the link.</div><div><a href="https://debbiechavers.blogspot.com/2009/06/featured-friday-artist.html"><span style="color: red;">Salvation Prayer</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div>May God bless you,</div><div>~Debbie </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Read more about this art parable at</div><div><b><u><a href="https://debbiechavers.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-door-wide-open.html">A Door Wide Open</a></u></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>All art, writing, poetry, paintings, posts, video and photography, copyright © 2023 Debbie Turner Chavers. <div>All Rights Reserved.</div><div>Read more at <a href="http://debbieturnerchavers.com">http://debbieturnerchavers.com</a> and
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And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.<br />
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<b>Hebrews 12:2</b> Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and set down at the right hand of the throne of God.<br />
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The treasured blessing of taking communion.<br />
Can you see the shadow of the Cross?<br />
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<b>Luke 22:1-23</b> <br />
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.<br />
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.<br />
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.<br />
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.<br />
And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.<br />
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.<br />
Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.<br />
And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.<br />
And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?<br />
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.<br />
And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?<br />
And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.<br />
And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.<br />
And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.<br />
And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:<br />
For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.<br />
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:<br />
For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.<br />
And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.<br />
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.<br />
But, behold, the hand, of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.<br />
And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!<br />
And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.<br />
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We have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. (Revelation 19:9)<br />
Remember what Jesus has done for us and be a prepared people awaiting His return with joy and gladness.<br />
<b>The "flesh"served from the Table of Malice is not a "saved seat" for you.</b><br />
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We must have the mind of Christ and put on the new man and give no place to the Devil.<br />
Arise, do not sit in the seat of the unlearned.<br />
Do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.<br />
Gather the grace given by Christ and sup at the LORD's table.<br />
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<b>There is a dead mindset, a grave of error at the Table of Malice. The chairs of this mindset are rooted in Hell. </b><br />
I left these chairs empty on purpose, for as a child of God you are to be seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus and not among the dead. (Ephesians 1:3, Ephesians 1:20, and Ephesians 2:6)<br />
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There is much spiritual analogy within this painting.<br />
Allow the Lord to reveal His word to you in your own walk of faith and come out from among them.<br />
Arise, and be about your Father's business.<br />
The Water-Man represents you and I.<br />
<b>Sit no longer at this table</b>.<br />
In prayerful hope I have painted the Water-Man looking out. That stone he is sitting on can be used to arise from that pit he is seated in.<br />
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<b>Ephesians 4:31 </b>Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:<br />
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1. extreme wickedness<br />
2. a bitter root, and so producing a bitter fruit<br />
3. metaph. bitterness, bitter hatred<br />
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<b>Wrath</b>- (thymos)<br />
1. passion, angry, heat, anger forthwith boiling up and soon subsiding again<br />
2. glow, ardour, the wine of passion, inflaming wine (which either drives the drinker mad or kills him with its strength)<br />
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1. slander, detraction, speech injurious, to another's good name<br />
2. impious and reproachful speech injurious to divine majesty<br />
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4. anger exhibited in punishment, hence used for punishment otself<br />
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1. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure<br />
2. wickedness, depravity<br />
A. wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws<br />
3. evil, trouble<br />
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* You can see part of the painting progress of this art parable by <b><u><a href="http://visionsofhisword.blogspot.com/p/on-easil-now.html">clicking here.</a></u></b><br />
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Imagery and our response to it can be powerful in its ability to refocus our attention.<br />
For the disciples the sight of Jesus on a cross had to have been emotionally crushing. Beholding the One in whom all their hope of a better life,of healing and freedom was there before them hanging on a cross.<br />
Although Jesus had told them beforehand the details and gave them assurance that it was expedient that He go away.<br />
<b>That it was for their good. It was for our good.</b><br />
Yet, the imagery of a bloody, bruised Jesus must have been bewildering to His followers.<br />
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I love that Christ Jesus did not leave that beaten, bloody image as the final one.<br />
He rose again and they were given the gift of seeing Him whole and one day every eye shall see Him.<br />
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The art parable "Following the Dragonslayer" is one of the ways I see Him. If you would like to see part of the creative process for this parable <i><u><a href="http://visionsofhisword.blogspot.com/p/on-easil-now.html">click here.</a></u></i><br />
Revelation says that he is the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, yet appears as a Lamb that was slain. ( Revelation 5:5,6)<br />
Click <a href="https://debbiechavers.blogspot.com/2020/01/poem-love.html">here</a> to read a poem with this painting.<br />
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<b>Isaiah 27:1</b> In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.<br />
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<b>Revelation 1:7 </b>Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.<br />
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<b>Matthew 16:21</b> From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised agin the third day.<br />
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<b>John 10:4-5</b> <span style="color: red;">And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.</span><br />
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<b>John 10:27-30 </b><span style="color: red;">My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">I and my Father are one</span><br />
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Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.</div>
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I was shown this imagery as my husband and I were driving and discussing several known difficult situations. As we discussed them, I heard in my spirit "Wrap your mind around how much God loves you, loves them." The difficulty and the pain associated led the conversation to the conclusion that we needed to process and act, yet not react to them. The problem or the people. This was the verbal conversation and at the same time I was telling my husband and the Lord that I felt the need to cocoon...yet break free all at the same time. I saw this imagery and told my husband what I had just seen and that "I am trusting God's perfect timing." He agreed and thus we arrived at Amen.</div>
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<b style="text-decoration: underline;">Every born again man is a type of Lazarus. One brought to life in Christ. We are redeemed, blood bought, blood covered kings and priests unto our God. We are wrapped in His righteousness, in the womb of His Word.</b></div>
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<b><u>The Word Of God birthed us - His shed Blood bought..redeemed us.</u></b></div>
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<b>Isaiah 46:3-4 </b>Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: </div>
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<b>Isaiah 53:4-5 </b>Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.</div>
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<b>1 Corinthians 15:49</b> And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.</div>
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<b>John 1:12-13</b> But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.</div>
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Luke 7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Christ Jesus came to the earth, died and resurrected to save us from our sins, He came to cut away every bondage, every lie of the devil. To set the captive FREE.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Isaiah 49:24,25,26</b> Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?</span></u><br />
<u><span style="font-size: medium;">But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.</span></u><br />
<u><span style="font-size: medium;">And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I am the LORD am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Consider the beauty and favor bestowed upon Israel and all who would call upon the name of the Lord. Do you want to be free? Then Call upon Him and be saved. God will give you beauty for your ashes. </span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Leviticus 26:11-13 </b>And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.</span></u><br />
<u><span style="font-size: medium;">And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.</span></u><br />
<u><span style="font-size: medium;">I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be bondsmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.</span></u><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Acts 2:21</b> And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.</span></u><br />
<u><span style="font-size: medium;">All of Romans 10</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">As we Praise God, as we proclaim( speak His Word) His Word breaks our bondage, cuts away the spirit of bondage and we are freed of our sins which so easily beset us. His Word, by His Spirit, changes our minds, renews our minds to the truth that is found only in God.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Acts 16:25-26</b> And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. </span></u><br />
<u><span style="font-size: medium;">And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every ones's bands were loosed.</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">*Meaning of bands ( desmos ) bond-band- string-chain.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Strong's definition: a band,i.e. Ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability: -band,bond,chain,string.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Romans 8:15 </b>For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba Father.</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">* I will post the painting at a later time.</span><br />
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I was given half of this Art Parable in September of this year. I knew it was to be an Art Parable by the initial imagery but was not sure what it pertained to at that moment. I started the painting and prayed as I painted, seeking the LORD for His peace that it was complete. As I started laying in the shadows of the headboard and wall. I realized how it was to be finished.<br />
The cities, the highways and the byways, we must compel them to come in.<br />
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<b><u>Luke 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.</u></b><br />
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No man knows the day or hour of Christ's return. But Returning for His Own,Will happen.<br />
Be prepared whether the time is short or lengthy.<br />
Be prepared and be found faithfully following the LORD and obeying His call to the whole world.<br />
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<b><u>Jonah 2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.</u></b><br />
<b><u>Jonah 3:1-2 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid you.</u></b><br />
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I may add more written content to this post but feel an urgency to share now.<br />
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You can read more about this imagery by clicking on the listed article titles:<br />
<b><u><a href="http://debbiechavers.blogspot.com/2016/12/countdown-to-failure-12-3-21-and-new.html">Countdown to Failure: 1,2 -3- 2,1 and New Leadership </a></u></b><br />
<b><a href="http://debbiechavers.blogspot.com/2017/04/crescendo.html">Crescendo</a></b><br />
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1 Kings 13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was <span style="color: orange;">disobedient</span> unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.<br />
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Do you find it difficult to follow what the Lord has told you? <span style="color: orange;">Disobedience</span> gives the devil a type of permission to devour and tear.<br />
Stay on the path, toward the LORD. Do not stray from the Way, the Truth, and the Life. If you have left God's known way and direction to you, make haste and repent.<br />
Ask God to forgive you and receive His mercy. He desires that no man perish, but that all come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)<br />
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The wounded one was "a man of God." He was sent on a mission to deliver a message unto wicked king Jeroboam. He was to deliver the message and then to return to Judah.<br />
A messenger came swiftly to him as he sat under an oak tree and proceeded to tempt him to ignore the LORD's clear directive. Scripture says the messenger was an old prophet in Bethel.<br />
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The man of God was told clearly by the word of the LORD to not eat bread, nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that he had come. (1 Kings 13:17)<br />
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Yet soon after he obeyed, he sat down under an oak tree and turned aside and followed the direction given to him by a lying prophet. The lying prophet sought out the "man of God" and said an angel told him to bring him back to his house. (1 Kings 13:17-18)<br />
Beware! Of any who try you or tempt you to leave the truth of God's word given to you.<br />
Why did "the man of God" believe a lie? Why did he follow a liar, instead of the clear directive of the LORD? We must take heed and try every spirit whether it be of God or not.<br />
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1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.<br />
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Man or woman of God, once you have accepted Christ and are following Him, do not return unto your old way. Do not be disobedient unto the Word of the LORD.<br />
The man of God in these scripture verses was slain, torn, and delivered to a lion. (1 Kings 13:26) due to his disobedience.<br />
We are warned.<br />
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.<br />
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Know, that as a child of God you can run to God.<br />
His arms are open.<br />
He loves you.<br />
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My understanding is that " the man of God" was torn and slain because even after his disobedience was brought to his attention..he did not repent.<br />
He was not a prodigal..He did not come to his senses and return to his Father.<br />
He ate and drank and left to go about "his way."<br />
In the last days it will be even so..<br />
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Let your eating and drinking be in remembrance (communion-the Lord's Supper) of what Christ Jesus has accomplished on the cross and continue to walk forward. Do not depart from the truth.<br />
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If you have been disobedient, repent quickly. Depend on the mercy of the LORD that would have all come to repentance and not perish. (2 Peter 3:9)<br />
As you read all of (1 Kings 13 ) you will see that even an evil king received mercy-but he did not repent.<br />
Let us run to God, not from God.<br />
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1 Kings 13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was again.<br />
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The man of God prayed for a wicked king who was given mercy and healed of a withered hand, yet the man of God did not repent and ask for mercy for himself.<br />
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In the art parable " FLEE, Be Not Deceived" consider the imagery in the light of eternity.<br />
Do not waste the gift of this life on temporary pleasure with a reward of death.<br />
For the wages of sin are death.<br />
Death is the separation from God, your Creator.<br />
So where will you allow your weary road to take you?<br />
Will you enter into the belly of despair or will you choose the path of Life where you will find joy everlasting?<br />
All whoredom leads to death in one form or another.<br />
Most lust and whoremongering appears as bright and shiny until your eyes adjust to the gloom.<br />
Be not deceived.<br />
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When the Lord showed me this image, I thought of Isaiah 5:13-14.<br />
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<b>Isaiah 5:13-14 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge:</b><br />
<b>and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst,</b><br />
<b>Therefore hell hath enlarged herself and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.</b><br />
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<b><u>Matthew 7: 13-14</u></b> Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:<br />
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.<br />
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<u><b>Ephesians 5:5 </b></u>For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.<br />
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<b><u>Proverbs 12:28</u></b> In the way of righteousness is life and in its pathway there is no death.<br />
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<b><u>Deuteronomy 11:16</u></b> Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them.<br />
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<b><u>1 Corinthians 6:9</u></b> Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?<br />
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers. nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,<br />
<b><u>1 Corinthians 6:10</u></b> Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.<br />
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<b><u>1 Corinthians 6:18</u></b> Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.<br />
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<b><u>Consider all of Matthew 13 and the parables that Jesus told us.</u></b><br />
God is not mocked.<br />
No matter what you sow..<br />
Life unto life. or death unto death.<br />
There will be a time of harvest.<br />
Will you be wheat or a tare?<br />
What have you decided?<br />
Do you think the Lord delays and does not see?<br />
You have been planted on this earth to bring forth much good fruit.<br />
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<b><u>Matthew 13:30</u></b> Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.<br />
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<b><u>Romans 6:23</u></b> For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.<br />
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If you have given the LORD your heart through confessing Him as your Savior, you have received the Spirit of truth, the Comforter from God.<br />
Read John 14:15-18: John 15:26; John 16:13.<br />
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Our fleshly nature within the natural man is lustful. As a child of God we have been given the Spirit of truth, the Spirit of God to overcome the works of the flesh: adultery, fornication, uncleaness, lasciv iousness (means unbridled lust, excess, shamelessness, wantoness, insolence..)<br />
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,wrath, seditions, heresies,<br />
Envyings,murders,drunkeness, revellings, and such like:<br />
of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in the past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21)<br />
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God loves you.<br />
Depart from iniquity.<br />
FLEE from that which entices you or binds you to Hell.<br />
FLEE from the wrath to come. Matthew 3:7 and Luke 3:7<br />
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God's word causes us to see ourselves. The glass is like a two way mirror! Walk His Way and forget what manner of man or woman you once were and see the new creation you have become.<br />
<b><u>We are called to be Christ followers-mirrored reflections of His perfection.</u></b><br />
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<b>James 1:22 </b> But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your ownselves.<br />
<b>James 1:23 </b>For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass.<br />
<b>James 1:24 </b>For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.<br />
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Studying this scripture I noted a few things. The hearing and doing required effort, due diligence. A steady walk and a continual study of God's word. Relationships are hard to maintain when effort is only put forth occasionally. Spend time with God in fellowship and study of His word.<br />
Even in our everyday life our appearance needs upkeep. Look into the mirror of His word daily.<br />
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<br />Read more at.. <a href="https://debbiechavers.blogspot.com/2022/09/difficult-times-difficult-people.html">Difficult Times, Difficult People</a><br />
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Scripture references taken from the King James bible.
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<br />Debbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-92067771559411789132016-05-10T14:26:00.001-05:002019-06-29T12:12:32.282-05:00Reflections/snoitcelfeR on James 1:22-24<b><br /></b>So the journey with this Art Parable started more than 20 years ago and I am still discovering the meaning of these scriptures. I am posting the initial drawing I sketched in 1996 of Reflections/snoitcelfeR ©1996 Debbie Turner Chavers.<br />
This is a bit of an introduction into how my scripture study, drawing, and painting of Art Parables processes over time, sometimes over years!<br />
*I will post the "finished painting" from this 1996 sketched version at a later date.<br />
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As with any endeavor in our walk with God, He has opened my eyes of understanding layer by layer.<br />
Twenty years ago I was living in Hawaii and obviously that translated to my sketch.<br />
When the Lord first showed me this particular image with James 1:22-24 I saw it quite personally. <br />
Yet as with most things in our life, knowledge and application of bible study have changed me as God has showed me the universal need of all to see Him.<br />
So a lot of my imagery for my art parables are Water-Men to represent everyone, male and female.<br />
At the beginning of my walk with Christ my thoughts were all about me, me, ME! and how His Word created "my life" imagery.<br />
Therefore in the beginning a lot of my sketches..150 or so were personal renditions and then I began to see the bigger picture :-)<br />
It is very clear that we were saved and gifted to share the Good News for all, all, ALL!<br />
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<b><br /></b>In the sketch I drew a forest with many mirrors. I drew the female who had dropped her pack but was walking away, back to whence she had come.<br />
An initial look into God's Word will not keep you free of your burdens. You may lay it down Initially, but life will attempt to give you more burdens to carry. But Jesus said in..<br />
<b>Matthew 11:28 </b>Come unto me, all Ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.<br />
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The surfer, he looked into the mirror and left. There are places that people left many years ago but the imagery and the impact of that time is still there. In the mirror of their hearts and minds. Jesus came to set the captive free. If freedom is desired, it has been provided.<br />
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<b>1 Corinthians 13:11-12 </b>When I was a child, I spake as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.<br />
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I be know even as also I am known.<br />
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I wrote a poem about this initial Reflection drawing/painting in 2010 titled "Through a Glass Darkly"<br />
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I thought I saw you<br />
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I thought I saw you<br />
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And the dawn broke free<br />
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I thought I saw you<br />
But it was a mirror<br />
And it was only me<br />
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<b>James 1:22 </b>But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your ownselves.<br />
<b>James 1:23 </b> For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass.<br />
<b>James 1:24</b> For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.<br />
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All writing, poetry, posts, art, and photography, copyright © 2016 Debbie Turner Chavers. Protected by US and International copyright laws. All Rights Reserved. Scripture references taken from the King James bible. Would you like to see what I am currently painting? Click on these links <a href="http://artparables.com/">http://artparables.com</a> or <a href="http://debbieturnerchavers.com/">http://debbieturnerchavers.com</a>Debbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-17731837580973989392016-05-05T23:10:00.000-05:002019-06-29T12:14:49.836-05:00Art Parable Painting Series-Light and Shadow 1and 2 I have been studying Ephesians 6 for a while now. I have completed two art parables of the Light and Shadow series. We are in a real war daily, unseen by most, yet evident to those in the battle. Remember God will NEVER leave or forsake you.<br />
Not if, but when the enemy comes in like a flood, remember your Savior Jesus Christ has overcome the forces of Hell and has secured your freedom and victory. We are more than conquers through Christ Jesus. Christ has given us a sure victory. We have the word of our testimony and the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ.<br />
We are composed of mind,body, spirit and soul, submit it all to God.<br />
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In version one the imagery is holding on..do not let go of the salvation that has been accomplished in you. In version 2 it is a reminder of the Water-Man in the keyhole of Ye Must Be Born Again (<a href="http://visionsofhisword.blogspot.com/2012/11/ye-must-be-born-again.html">click here</a>) to see it. In this version they have been born again and are walking in their blood bought freedom. From darkness to His glorious light. Redeemed.<br />
Consider- <b>Acts 5:15</b> Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.<br />
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The thought is that we see one another as a Water-man, the blue figure which represents us, but as I studied I was shown a duplicate spiritually. I have painted it as I saw it. <b><u>The blue Water-man is how we see one another, but the blood covering and what Christ has done for us is the shadow image. I believe it is how we are seen spiritually by principalities, powers, rulers of darkness of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places. </u></b><br />
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<b>Do as the word of God says: (Paraphrase mine..Ephesians 6:10-18)</b><br />
<b>Take unto you the whole armour of God,girt your loins with truth,have on the breastplate of righteousness, your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, take your shield of faith and your helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God and pray with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.</b><br />
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<b>Psalm 107:2</b> Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy.<br />
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<b>Revelation 12:10-11 </b>And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.<br />
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.<br />
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All writing, poetry, posts, art, and photography, copyright © 2016 Debbie Turner Chavers. Protected by US and International copyright laws. All Rights Reserved. Scripture references taken from the King James bible which can be accessed online <a href="http://biblegateway.com/">http://biblegateway.com</a> Click on these links <a href="http://artparables.com/">http://artparables.com</a> or <a href="http://debbieturnerchavers.com/">http://debbieturnerchavers.com</a>Debbie Turner Chavershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14435422979332867116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4336679686630458417.post-3936046638700216352016-04-05T12:10:00.001-05:002019-06-29T12:15:34.595-05:00I Can See<br />
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I sketched this initial rendering of the Art Parable "I Can See" in 1996. The more I study scripture the more I see Jesus in the Old and New Testament accounts. When I sketched the drawing "I Can See" I put a suggestion of the nail pierced hole in Jesus' hand. As I drew the wound, I wondered why? He had not been crucified yet when He healed the blind man of Bethsaida.<br />
And now many years later, I can see "Why"<br />
Consider John 9..Jesus came to open blind eyes. To those who were once blind, He opens our eyes physically and spiritually. The world may not understand, the Pharisee may judge. Yet our deliverance through Him and His shed blood causes us to declare as the blind man declared.<br />
<u><b>John 9:25</b>..One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.</u><br />
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<b>John 9:32 </b>Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.<br />
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In essence we ALL are born spiritually blind. We have need for Jesus to touch our eyes of understanding. We see Jesus using his spit and clay to heal the blind man in Mark and John's gospel accounting. I see a creative miracle because man is made of the dust of the earth.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">The first time </span></u></b>God touches us is when we are created in our mothers womb. Our understanding is dim and we "see men as trees walking."<br />
But He came to redeem us, to restore us to perfect fellowship with God, the Father.<br />
If you will receive Him, turn your eyes and your heart to Him, He will open your eyes.<br />
He will touch your eyes <b><u><span style="color: blue;">a second time</span> </u></b>at your new birth and you will see Him clearly.<br />
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<b>Mark 8:22-25</b> And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and be-sought him to touch him.<br />
And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.<br />
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.<br />
After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.<br />
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Prayer:<br />
<b>Ephesians 1:17-23 </b>That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:<br />
<b>The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;</b> <b>that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,</b><br />
And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,<br />
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,<br />
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:<br />
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,<br />
Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.<br />
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In Jesus name. AMEN<br />
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Scripture references taken from the King James bible.
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<b><span style="color: yellow;"><u>Child of Light</u> </span><u>Rising</u></b></div>
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Water-man series</div>
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Water color and collage</div>
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Water-man series </div>
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As I started this particular Art Parable last year I felt the need to stop working on it. Every time I would approach it to begin researching the scriptures for it and painting I would feel a disconnect. After prayer I realized that my timing was off and there was something more that God wanted to show me. During this period of time my brother-in-law died unexpectedly and this Art Parable laid on my desk waiting. The loss of anyone not just a loved one leaves humans with so many questions.<br />
My family found comfort in God's word. I pray that you too will find comfort in God's word for any loss you may ever experience.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Word</span> Buoys-Life Preservers and this art parable concept came to me as I was journaling some questions to the Lord and looking for answers in His word early last year.<br />
It was many months before "Child of Light Rising- Child of Light Risen" was completed. The initial prayer started in February 2015 and was journaled and drawn from my prayer and question time with the Lord.<br />
Initial rendition painting started in early July and then a disconnect until after my brother-in-laws death. The time after Mark's death and Thanksgiving was a time of healing for me and my family.<br />
After our daily life began to return to a more normal schedule, I once again returned to this art parable and decided to sit quietly before the Lord and read His word.<br />
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Our experiences and time spent with God in fellowship help shape our understanding of where we are and where we are going. Our daily life and gifting in Christ can be a process. Do not struggle in the process, allow Him to show you the bigger picture. The picture that our natural eyes might not perceive.<br />
As I read and glanced over at the beginning rendition of this Art Parable I began to see a different final rendition of this particular Water-man. <br />
I painted the Water-Man's original outline, to only realize he was merely that...an outline.<br />
An outline of what he would eventually be. What all born again children of God will eventually be.<br />
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In conclusion..<b>Death is a hard thing to deal with, but death is not a final thing.</b><br />
In life there is a cycle of growth spiritually as well as physically.<br />
As children of God we move from glory to glory.<br />
The death of our flesh and our resurrection life in Christ is a new beginning. <br />
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To die in Christ spiritually is to rise a new creation on earth through His death, burial, and resurrection. <br />
But to die in Christ physically is to live with Him forever more.<br />
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In physical death our mortal remains are shed back into the dust. <br />
But those of us who die to our fleshly nature are reborn unto a new reality as born again believers in Christ Jesus<br />
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Those in Christ Jesus who experience actual physical death of their natural body are finally released to be evermore with the LORD.<br />
For the redeemed death will not and does not reign.<br />
We are redeemed, we are not without hope.<br />
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* I invite you to ask Him into your heart to be your Lord and Savior if you have not. <a href="http://visionsofhisword.blogspot.com/2009/04/welcome.html">Click here to be taken to a quick prayer to help you</a> get started on an amazing journey.<br />
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<b><br /><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+11%3A21-26&version=KJV">John 11:21-26</a> Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.</b><br />
<b>But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.</b><br />
<b>Jesus saith unto her, <span style="color: red;">Thy brother shall rise again.</span></b><br />
<b>Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.</b><br />
<b>Jesus said unto her, <span style="color: red;">I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?</span></b><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Thessalonians4%3A13&version=KJV">1 Thessalonians 4:13</a></b> But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Thessalonians+5%3A8&version=KJV">1 Thessalonians 5:8</a> </b>But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love: and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.<br />
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<b><u>2 Corinthians 3:18 </u></b>But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.<br />
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<b><u>Ephesians 5:8</u></b> For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.<br />
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Have you ever felt that you were in over your head in life or that you needed to accomplish something extraordinary? There have been times in my life when I thought how easy it would be to accept the invitation that was given to Peter by Jesus. To be fearless in my endeavors, yet instead, I grab hold of God's word and float!<br />
Peter was bold and as boisterous as the wind and the sea he was stepping onto. At that moment he was fearless. My thought is that those still in the ship were fearful.<br />
Have you ever wanted to believe the impossible could be possible? Yet fear or lack of faith kept you in the ship? No condemnation. Human nature says "There is safety in the boat with our companions." Yet Jesus gives us the opportunity to walk on the water, even in a contrary wind!<br />
God is able, He will preserve and keep you. Indeed if we fall, He will lift us up.<br />
Standing, seated, or walking on the water, the key is to keep your eyes on Jesus.<br />
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<b>Isaiah 43:2</b> When thou passeth through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.<br />
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<b>Jesus is the Word made flesh, so the written word is a buoy or life preserver to the believer and his walk of faith with the Lord.</b><br />
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These men walked with Jesus daily and yet they were fearful of that which they didn't understand.<br />
Sometimes it seems that, like the disciples we have been told to go before him to the other side while he sends the multitudes away. Jesus knew the different personalities and level of faith of each disciple in the ship. I find it comforting that Jesus immediately stretched forth his hand to catch Peter even as he said unto him,<span style="color: red;"> O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?</span><br />
Even though the other disciples attempted nothing extraordinary, they were obedient to Jesus' previous command to get into a ship, and go before him unto the other side. They all obeyed and were not rebuked by Jesus for remaining in the ship.<br />
All of us may not have the faith level of Peter to walk on water, yet we can all be obedient where God has placed us in our journey here on earth. Whether we are in the ship or walking on the water to Jesus, our response should be worship and the acknowledgement that he is the Son of God.<br />
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Be patient, Jesus is coming for His own. John 14:3<br />
~Debbie<br />
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You can read more articles featuring this Art Parable...<br />
<b><u><a href="http://debbies-encouragementjournal.blogspot.com/2015/06/someone-is-always-watchingour.html">Someone is Always Watching...Our Life...Persevere</a></u></b><br />
<a href="http://debbiechavers.blogspot.com/2016/03/water-in-season-and-out.html"><b>Water in Season and Out </b></a><br />
<b><u><a href="http://debbies-encouragementjournal.blogspot.com/2016/03/car-wash.html">Car Wash?</a></u></b><br />
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<b>Matthew 14:22 -33</b><br />
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.<br />
And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray, and when the evening was come, he was there alone.<br />
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.<br />
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.<br />
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit, and they cried out for fear.<br />
But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, <span style="color: red;">Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid.</span><br />
And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.<br />
And he said, <span style="color: red;">Come</span>. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.<br />
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid: and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord save me.<br />
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him<span style="color: red;">, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?</span><br />
And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.<br />
Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying Of a truth thou art the Son of God.<br />
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All art, writing, poetry, posts, and photography, copyright © 2015 Debbie Turner Chavers. All Rights Reserved. Encouragement? http://lolo-livingoutloudonline.com
Scripture references taken from the King James bible.<br />
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