I am excited to share about the beautiful Jesus Journaling Workbook that you can use with any Bible study! Whether you are following a study through your church, on the internet or doing your own study this resource was made with you in mind! It comes with beautiful worksheets that can be used with the passage or verses of your choice. You can even print it off over and over again as you start a new Bible study for your Quiet Time. Most of the time, Quiet Time workbooks go along with a particular study and there is a real need for a workbook that will work for your exact … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Go Deeper with God Through Bible Journaling
Journaling as part of your Quiet Time is an awesome way to go deeper with God. It can be a tool to help you experience a closer relationship with Jesus. I am challenging you to Go Deeper with God using the 30-Day Bible Reading & Writing Challenge and this mini-series that I hope and pray will wholeheartedly bless you!! Sharing about Bible journaling is one of the things I love to talk about most. I have been recording my Quiet Time journey for at least fifteen years now. I am clueless about why I never started one sooner because I have been totally hooked. I have used 3-ring binders, … [Read more...]
Going Deeper with God Bible Reading & Writing Challenge
I am so excited that you might join me in Going Deeper with God in the next 30 Days with the perfectly FREE Bible Reading & Writing Challenge. Somewhere along the line, I stopped making these each month. Many things fell off-track while I was making many trips to help my parents during their last year before going to be with Jesus. It was such a blessing to spend so much time with them! Going deeper with God shouldn't be something we do only for this challenge. We should be going deeper with God every. single. day. for our entire life as a Christ-follower. This is a journey I have … [Read more...]
Make Your Bible Journaling Facebook Posts into a Legacy
What kind of legacy do you make when you post about your Bible journaling art on Facebook? Do you share your artwork with a devotional in Facebook groups? I want to challenge you to preserve your devotional posts for the next generation. When your posts are pushed down in the newsfeed your work would be difficult to find. I want to encourage you to find a way to organize and preserve them as a legacy. These are questions that my readers have been asking and today I am sharing some tips that will help you to leave a legacy for your precious children and grandchildren. Leave a Legacy … [Read more...]
Tutorial on Using a Cross for Bible Journaling
I am going to show you how easy it is to incorporate a cross into Bible journaling. It doesn't matter whether you are an experienced artist or new at drawing. You can do this! I am going to take a sketch pad and I'm going to demonstrate how drawing a cross can be really simple. The picture of the cross below was drawn in a sketch pad and turned into a PRINTABLE. You can DOWNLOAD it HERE then color it in and write out the verse of your choice or use it for tracing into your sketch pad or Bible. I will also be sharing some examples so you can get a better idea of how you can … [Read more...]
How To Choose the Best Bible for Creative Journaling Art
Since I wrote about how to choose a Bible for journaling, the choices for finding the best Bible for creative journaling art has totally exploded! There are so many choices that you could easily be overwhelmed but if you follow my suggestions it will help narrow down your search. Before Beginning Your Bible Search Searching for a new Bible is exciting and especially when you are looking for a creative journaling Bible. Before beginning your search, you might want to pray that God will help you in finding the right Bible. There are many choices and making a decision on which one is … [Read more...]
Creative time with Jesus through Bible Journaling
How to be creative in your Quiet Time with Jesus through Bible Journaling You might be the woman who thinks you have no creative gene in your body! Think again! Most of us who are sharing our 'artwork' over at our Jesus Journaling Facebook group had not drawn so much as a stick figure since we were in elementary school!! Truth! So, pull up a kitchen chair and grab a cup of mocha and let's sit down for a chat about Bible journaling. Yes! You can do this! Remember. It doesn't matter whether you went to art school or not. All that matters is that you love Jesus and want to have … [Read more...]
Jumpstart Your Bible Journaling with 6 Examples
You might want to jumpstart your Bible journaling journey but have no idea where to start. These 6 examples will give you ideas that are easy to implement. Whenever I am clueless about how to illustrate a verse that spoke to my heart, I head over to Pinterest and type 'Bible Journaling' into the search bar. It works every single time! What I like about this is that the creativity of others gives me ideas that I would never have thought of in a million years. I might 'borrow' an idea from several pins and by the time I'm done, it isn't at all the same. That is why I am going to … [Read more...]
Creating Awesome Journaling Art Using Coloring Pages
Have you considered the benefits of using coloring pages to create your Bible journaling art? In this workshop, I will show you how to use the tracing technique to draw beautiful pictures and bring your artwork to the next level. I have been sharing about how to create beautiful Bible journaling art when you aren't even artistic at all. God created you for the purpose of praising and glorifying Him and one way to do that is through illustrating in your Bible. If you are afraid to draw or paint in your Bible, you can use a journaling notebook or this Free Printable. Adult coloring books … [Read more...]
How Gratitude Turns to Joy and Changes Everything
Have you ever wondered why gratitude comes before joy? Everything changes when your heart is filled with thanksgiving and gratefulness. Then joy comes! It reminds me of an unbecoming caterpillar which compared to a butterfly isn't beautiful at all! After it weaves itself into a cocoon, in time it breaks out into a gorgeous butterfly. Are you the kind of woman that is constantly complaining about this and that? I've been there! When you take the initiative to start keeping a gratitude list, you will be like the caterpillar that goes into a cocoon and comes out as a beautifully created … [Read more...]
How To Create Simple Lettering for Beginners
Have you ever seen the Bible journaling art and wished that you could create beautiful illustrations in your Bible too? You might not be a born artist, yet you have a desire to illustrate verses in your Bible. There are some simple techniques that I want to share with you. They are doable even for the beginner. You can do this! When I was learning to write in cursive, we had to trace over the letters to learn the handwriting style being taught. I was expected to write with a fountain pen with perfect form and sizing of the letters. It wasn't easy! Even as an adult it is difficult … [Read more...]
Do You Really Know How To Magnify The Lord?
How much do we really magnify the Lord? I think most of us only understand a tiny bit of what it really means to magnify our Lord and Savior! Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:3 We were created to praise and glorify the Lord. That is our whole purpose on earth. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 1 Peter 2:9 A microscope magnifies things that are too small to be seen by our eye. A telescope … [Read more...]
Simple Bible Journaling Ideas When You’re Not Artistic
Have you been held back from learning creative Bible journaling art because you are not very artistic? If you are like me, you have seen gorgeous illustrations on Pinterest but couldn't imagine how to begin! I am so excited to share a few essential ideas that will help you get started. I want to build your confidence that God created you to have the ability to express your praise to Him in a unique way. Is there something deep in your heart that makes you want to give this thing a try? God is the creator of the whole entire universe. He is the Artist of all artists. I know that … [Read more...]
How God Corrects You When You Sin
God does correct you when you sin! How often we see something that happens in terms of being 'unfortunate' or 'bad' instead of seeing that it might actually be God's merciful discipline! I want to show you how God's correction really isn't a 'bad' thing when we accept what He is doing in our life. God isn't a harsh judge but a loving father. “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.” Hebrews 12:6 There are 4 Points in this Verse Do NOT … [Read more...]
Free Bible Journaling Template: Using the Tracing Technique
Have you been seeing the beautiful Bible journaling art all through your Pinterest feed but are clueless on where to start? Using this Free Bible Journaling Template you will learn how to use the tracing technique. I want this to be easy for you and tracing with this template will help you draw an amazing picture! I want to encourage you that, "Yes! You can do this too!" I only started coloring in my Bible just two years ago. You really can learn to draw too! That is why I chose a very simple picture to share with you of a cup, flowers, and easy-peasy lettering. I want you to … [Read more...]