The Sermon on The Mount

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:3 (NIV)
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"Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted."
Matthew 5:4 (NIV)
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"Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth."
Matthew 5:5 (NIV)
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"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness for they will be filled."
Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
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"Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy."
Matthew 5:7 (NIV)
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"Blessed are the pure in heart
for they will see God."
Matthew 5:8 (NIV)
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"Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God."
Matthew 5:9 (NIV)
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"Blessed are those who are persecuted
because of righteousness, for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:10 (NIV)
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"Blessed are you when people insult you,
persecute you and falsely say all kinds of
evil against you because of me."
Matthew 5:11 (NIV)
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Description of Illustration: scriptures of Matthew 5, illustration of Jesus in stained glass

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"Jesus I Trust You"

Description of Illustraton: The Divine Mercy painting by Adolf Hyla, restored and a transparent background added along with lighting effect for the web

The Divine Mercy painting by Adolf Hyła (1943). The English inscription at the bottom of our graphic reads: "Jesus, I trust in You" just as the original does in Poland.

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In response to the question below . . . Thank you, so much for the comment. I have uploaded a new version here with less blur. This is a very old image, altered in Photo shop; it was originally harvested from a free resource in the internet archives. I no longer have a larger resolution of it. For some reason my comment software here is not allowing me to update properly right now? 

Quotes From Saint Paul

Am I not free?
Am I not an apostle?
Have I not seen
Jesus our Lord?
Are you not my work
in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:1

For we do not preach
ourselves
but Christ Jesus
as Lord,
and ourselves as
your bond-servants
for Jesus' sake
2 Corinthians 4:5

"And He said to me,
'Go!
For I will send you
far away
to the Gentiles"
Acts 22:21

I am under obligation
bot to Greeks
and to barbarians,
both to the wise
and to the foolish.
So, for my part,
I am eager to preach
the gospel
to you also who are
in Rome
Romans 1:14-15

Description of Illustration: Stained glass window depicting the apostle Paul, scriptures from Romans, Acts, 2 Corinthians

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Vintage Sunday School Invites

A Pleasant Outing
Is all right if it's all right
But, O! How We Miss You When
You're out of our Sunday-school class
We'll be looking for you next Sunday
What a fine thing it is to have
every member present and on time
"See you Sunday, sure"

Fall In Line!
Ready, Forward, March!
No break in the ranks!
Our Aim
For Next Sunday
In Our
Splendid Bible Class
is
Every Member Present
Please be there, Bring a friend.

Description of Illustration: Vintage Sunday School Invitations, women, reminders to attend, mail, postcards

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Christmas Greetings from The Choir

Description of Illustration: text reads "Christmas Greetings - In sending friends a greeting, I may forget a few, But there is one thing certain It never will be you" poinsettia, choir boys, stained glass window

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Send a Little Christmas Blessing

"Good wishes for every Christmas joy and blessing."

"To wish you all the joy and peace of Christmas-tide."

"A Christmas filled with joy and every blessing I wish for you and yours."

Description of Illustration: old-fashioned, vintage churches with text blessings in blue, grey and brown colors

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Christmas Hymn Graphics

"And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing"

"The love-song which they bring;
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing"

"With peaceful wing unfurled,
And still their
heavenly music floats."

"The Prince of Peace their King"

Description of Illustration: set of four graphics with words inspired by Christmas carols in blue and white, angels and baby Jesus

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Died For Us

Description of Illustration: an American flag with a war memorial superimposed on it, these figures represent those who died serving their country, red, white and blue, stars and stripes, transparent background

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"Run The Race"

Description of Illustration: photo with words, "Run The Race",  text in the graphic is based upon the scripture, "I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me, the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace." Acts 20:23-24 (NIV), quote is from Paul, child running on the beach

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1 Corinthians 13:12

"For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled;
but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the
knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully,
even as I am fully known." 1 Corinthians 13:12

Description of Illustration: two versions, one with a black and another with a white background, of an illumination of 1 Corinthians 13:12, cursive font, from the Weymouth New Testament

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Saul Became Paul

Full color image of Saul, who became Paul.

Grayscale image of Saul, who became Paul.

Description of Illustration: a restored and enhanced vintage illustration of Paul on the road to Damascus, he is blinded by the Lord Jesus temporarily and called into the ministry, story found in Acts chapter 9

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Revelation 21:3

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Description of Illustration: stained glass graphic illustration of the Agnus Dei, scripture coupled with the graphic, "Behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them." Revelation 21:3

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Revelation 3:10

orange and black version

black and white version

 

Description of Illustration: two versions of Revelation 3:10 scripture, illustrated with a monk (scribe) bent over his work in a Medieval library, scripture reads "Because thou has kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that Swell upon the earth. (King James Bible)

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John 14:9

The original portrait of Jesus was drawn by hand.
 I uploaded it into Photoshop and added the reflection.

Description of Illustration:Three versions of the same portrait of Jesus: one in grayscale, one in lavender, and the third in a teal green color, a reflection of Jesus in the water paired with words from the following scripture, Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, Show us the Father?" John 14:9

Lavender version. Click directly on the
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sizes.

Teal green version.

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"I Thirst!"

 

Description of Illustration: stained glass graphic illustration of Jesus on the cross, crucifixion with Mary and John standing at the foot of the cross, scripture reads "I thirst" and  "It is finished" from John 19:28

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Importance Of A Minute

 Importance of A Minute
by Benjamin Reynolds Bulkeley

'Twas only a minute that would not stay,

But how many noticed its flight?

And yet for one it parted the way,

Betwixt life's bloom and its blight.

It pointed the new-born baby's breath,

First felt on the mother's breast;

For another it sounded the summons of death

And weary one gone to his rest.

At that moment two souls were together wed

Till death should call them apart;

Another to virtue bowed his head

And consecrated his heart.

Ah! big was the moment that flitted away,

And hardly one noticed its flight;

And hundreds of minutes make up the day,

And hundreds are lost in the night.

Blue Dreidel

This dreidel shows the Gimel and the Nun.

Description of Illustration: a pastel drawing of a blue dreidel, transparent background, A dreidel (Yiddish: דרײדל‎ dreydl plural: dreydlekh, Hebrew: סביבון‎ sevivon) is a four-sided spinning top, played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. The dreidel is a Jewish variant on the teetotum, a gambling toy found in many European cultures.

tiny animated
dreidel

Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: נ (Nun), ג (Gimel), ה (He), ש (Shin), which together form the acronym for "נס גדול היה שם" (Nes Gadol Hayah Sham – "a great miracle happened there"). These letters were originally a mnemonic for the rules of a gambling game played with a dreidel: Nun stands for the Yiddish word nisht ("nothing"), He stands for halb ("half"), Gimel for gants ("all"), and Shin for shtel ayn ("put in"). In Israel, the fourth פ (Pei), rendering the acronym, נס גדול היה פה, Nes Gadol Hayah Poh—"A great miracle happened here" referring to the miracle occurring in the Land of Israel. Some stores in Haredi neighborhoods sell the ש dreidels.
side of most dreidels is inscribed with the letter 

This dreidel illustration includes the verse of it's song,  
"I had a little dreidel, I made it out of clay,"

This pastel drawing of a dreidel shows the "gimel" side

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A Lighted Lamp

"And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not" John 1:5

Description of Illustration: stained glass graphics with scriptures about light, one from Ephesians and the other from the gospel of John, oil burning lamp with a flame, Christian ICHTHUS, fish symbol, beige and transparent backgrounds

"Why he said, awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead,
and Christ shall give you light." Ephesians 5:14

 

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Limitation of Mercy

Says the old hymn:

"While the lamp hold out to burn,

The vilest sinner my return

       An old Saxon king had some serious trouble with his subjects: they murmured against him and at last rose up in rebellion. The king set out to subdue them, and soon the well-disciplined troops won a decided victory over the tatterdemalion horde opposing them. Having conquered, the king determined to shop mercy. He adopted the novel expedient of placing a candle in the window of his castle and proclaiming that all should be pardoned who returned "while the candle burns."

"Here I am To Worship" by Hillsong

Christ The Savior Is Born

Description of Illustration: a stained glass graphic depicting Jesus as a baby with The Holy Spirit and the Hand of God, two angels and Mary, text reads "Christ The Savior Is Born, Christ The Savior Is Born,

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by Caddo Mills United Methodist Church

The Four Gospels

Description of Illustration: a stained glass graphic depicting the four symbols of the Gospel books: St. Luke (flying ox), St. John (bird), St. Mark (flying lion), and St. Matthew (an angel)

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Psalm 127: 3,4, and 5

"Daughters are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him." Psalm 127:3 NIV (Sons was changed to "Daughters" but in English "Sons" implies both genders. I changed it to daughters because of the picture.)

"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth!" NIV ((Sons was changed to "children" but in English "Sons" implies both genders. I changed it to children because of the picture.)

"Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate." Psalm 127:5 NIV

Description of Illustration: an adorable, restored, vintage photograph of  a little Victorian girl, ribbons in her hair, Psalm 127: 3, 4, and 5

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Jesus, The Good Shepherd

Description of Illustration: a stained glass graphic depicting Jesus as The Good Shepherd

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Matthew 7:6

Description of Illustration: two graphics, one pink and brown the other black and white of a pig with the following verse inscribed across it's body "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs, if you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."

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Isaiah 9:6

Description of Illustration: Illustrated Scripture Isaiah 9:6, the wise men visit baby Jesus and Mary, stained glass graphic, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

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Isaiah 7:14

Description of Illustration: a vintage illustration of a little church covered with snow, the scripture "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14

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