Expressions In Worship

Front of Card: Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. Psalm 126: 4-5 ---------------------------------- Back of Card: No one likes to go through the testing fires. They are hard and uncomfortable! But fire can bring about good as well. Fire refines and purifies us. God promises to bring us a harvest of joy if we position ourselves toward Him in the trials. So dare, in the midst of the heat and difficulty; lay your burdens at His feet, get up and dance, and know that His abundant joy is for you! I bless you with triumphing through the hard times. I bless you with reaping a great harvest for walking through the hardships of life. I bless you with the abundant joy of the Lord! In Jesus’ name, Amen! Artist: Kim Nieto Piece: AngelFire

Back of Card: This painting, “Awaken,” was inspired by the "Wakey Wakey" story told by Beni Johnson in which Beni shares about giant angels from the last big revival being awakend in paticular geographical areas. This picture depicts God's Glory covering the earth and the wave of His presence that will make all mankind realize that there truly is a God. Artists: Kristi Abercrombie, Kim Nieto and Margriet Leach Piece: Awaken

Back of Card: Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still and know that I am God;" So often we long to hear the voice of God; to experience Him. Yet, how often do we take time to be still before Him? How often do we miss seeing His hand at work in our life because we are so busy? I bless you with being still before our Mighty God. May you have eyes to see Him all around you and ears to hear His heart towards you. May God reveal to you the great purposes for your life and give you strategies to overcome the challenges you face. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen! Artist: Kim Nieto Title: Be Still...

Back of Card: The Year of the LORD's Favor The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 Artist: Kristi Abercrombie Title: Freedom!

Front of Card: O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:1-4 ------------------------------------------------- Back of Card God loves when we worship Him. In fact that's what we were made to do. When things get hard, worship may be the last thing we want to do. As our heart and soul cry out to God, He helps us remember who He is. We remember the victories He has given us in the past and gives us faith to believe He can do it again I bless you with being able to raise you hands in worship to God in all seasons of life and in all circumstances. May you always be reminded of the good things God has done. You can rely on God to help you in your present and with your future. Artist: Kim Nieto Piece: Hands

Back of card: When You said, " Seek My face," my heart said to You,"Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.” Psalm 27:8 Oh, the Father loves it when His children seek His face and cry out for Him! He cannot resist the desperate soul in search of His presence. . . Cry out for Him and He will open His arms to you. Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”

De-railed. I have to admit, I have found myself completely lost. I look back at the course of my life and see the destruction--some of it by my own hands, some of it by my own bad luck, whatever that is. But looking at my life now, I can see that my Father in heaven has managed to turn the shattered mess of my life into something amazing. Total restoration, as if I never screwed up. Total healing, as if I never had a brain injury that took me 8 years to recover from. Total favor and blessing as if I hadn’t wasted what I had been given. Even honor and fame as a teacher of digital imaging....as if could have ever pulled it all together on my own. Only He could reconstruct my life and turn it into something good. There was nothing left of me. Nothing left to salvage of the wreckage of my life...or so I thought. 20 years after my accident with a bull moose that almost ended my life, and brain damage that caused me to destroy whatever was left, I can see that God never wastes time. Even when I could see NOTHING GOOD come out of the pain and loss I endured! I felt like I had lost and wasted 10 years of my life, but He has turned it into good! How on earth does He do it? How can he turn around a totally broken person and a completely shattered life into a person stronger than I ever dreamed of and one who can support and help others? Only by His miraculous healing and love. Only through his kindness and patience when I could do nothing but cry. He loved me back to being whole. He gave me another chance, and he helped me do what I could have never done in a million years. He has even used my painful journey to be a story of hope to encourage others on theirs! He sent me support and helped me make one good decision at a time, and take one step in the right direction at a time, until I became whole. Along my journey, He healed every brain impairment. Words cannot describe the thankfulness I have for the miracle He did in me. I know I was saved for a purpose---His Purpose. And I am honored to spend my life loving and serving Him in everything I do. -Suzette Allen, Photographic Artist, Digital Imaging Educator I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! Phil 4:19 Artist: Suzette Allen Title: Never give up!

Back of Card: The river is flowing out onto the people and they are worshiping God and their lives are changing. Their hearts are softening. People like gold - the most precious mineral-and it's in the river from God and their love is going up to God. Hope Leach 2006 Age 8

Back of card: Seeing the Face of God, River of Gold For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. Deuteronomy 7:6 The face of God shines on you and he sees you as his treasure--so valuable to Him! Even though we might feel unworthy, God’s unconditional love sees us as perfect, forgiven, whole, beautiful and valuable. He values us so much that He gave up His own Son to redeem us and cancel out our every shortcoming. You are perfect in His eyes, worthy to be His child! Artist: Hope Leach, Age 11 Piece: Gold River

Back of Card: "But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.” Isaiah 66:2 Be confident that God hears you when you pray. When we surrender our will and our adjenda to Him and ask Him for His divine help and intervention, He hears us! His eye is upon the humble and surrendered heart; He will support and guide us. "For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 Artist: Suzette Allen Title: Surrender

“I will never forget the day that God healed my mom from crippling arthritis. She could barely stand up from a chair, and walking was a painful and tedious task. After we prayed a simple, short prayer, I asked her to stand up and see how she felt. Cautiously, she stood up, without assistance, her eyes getting wide--she took a step...and another...she nearly shrieked, “It doesn’t hurt! I can walk--look at me!!”, as she circled around the island in her kitchen! She sat down, she stood up, over and over, as tears ran down our faces. Tears of joy, almost disbelief, but Look!-- we could see the amazing evidence that it was true! We just witnessed a miracle~ She was healed!” Healing. God still heals today. The bible says “"If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14 God’s will is for all to be whole and healed. Will you pray now and ask for Him to heal you? You need only ask, and believe. Matthew 9:19-21 Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples. And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak; for she was saying to herself, "If I only touch His garment, I will get well.But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well." At once the woman was made well. Artists: Suzette Allen.com Piece: Victory Leap

Back of card: Praying that the time will be revealed. There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-- A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3