Because I'm a lover of art, I've decided to share this wonderful project of recreating original settings of painted artwork by placing it in a modern, photographical scenery that captures the original mood of the painting. The first one was so captivating to me, that it made laugh. That's how good the facial expression was mimicked. There are a total of 53 recreated scenes to view. As you can see, number 39 was my favorite. The book she's holding, made me think of my Dutch State Bible from 1902 🥰 The beauty of art is that it has the ability to give you a very personal experience, even though the artist who made the specific piece had a very different story to tell with what he or she made. Little fun fact about the Indian painter who made the original piece: he loved to paint his works in a European academic style, influenced by French painters such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Gustave Boulanger. Enjoy!
The believer is to resist the devil, so shake off its dust and shine in God's light, God's truth and God's righteousness 🙏🏽
Read the follow Scriptures as are mentioned by Pastor Stevens as a support for the words spoken in the video:
James 4: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Timothy 6: 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses
John 17: 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth
1 John 1: 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Christ Jesus, his son, cleanseth us from all sin.
Isaiah 52: 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Hosea 12: 2 The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.
Ephesians 2: 2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
John 14: 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and has nothing in me [👆🏽 Jesus Christ to Judas]
We can't serve God and the world at the same time, because we then serve two masters. This is mentioned in Matthew 6:24: "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
With mammon is meant material wealth, and greed. This type of wealth spoken of, is the wealth that comes from Satan, through greed and the love of money, fame or fortune. Guard your hearts from it. And guard your minds from it as well. Put on the full armor of God and... Stay focused on God and let not the world distract you into anything that keeps you away from God.
Love is what should matter in this world. The kind of love that can bring people together. But the truth is that we live in a world where love is scarse.
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds everything together in perfect unity ~ Colossians 3:14 NIV
Always watch the words that come out of your mouth. Just because society has made it normal to cuss or curse on a regular basis, it doesn't mean that it is normal. Because it honestly isn't. It's in fact profanity. Something our Bible teaches us to not indulge ourselves in. Here below Karine confirms the words I've just spoken out. 🙏🏽❤️👇🏽
Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic Church located in Hawzien, Ethiopia. It is situated at a hight of 2,580 meters and has to be climbed on foot to reach. The 6th century Church is dedicated to Abuna Yemata, one of the Nine saints who were important in the initial growth of Christianity in Ethiopia. ተዋህዶ ኦርቶዶክስ_ተዋህዶ_ፀንታ_ለዘለዓለም_ትኑር 𝓣𝓻𝓾𝓮 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮
Therefore if you have been raised with Christ[to a new life, sharing His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God – AMP
Cliffe Knechtle speaks on how difficult it can be to pray and keep on praying. Because praying is all about giving undivided attention to God. He also speaks on a few other things related to prayer. Have a good listen🙏🏽🕊 xxx Soraya Nadia