"Think louder my sweet."

Description of Illustration: text, "Can you read my thoughts my love?" "Think louder, my sweet.", silent film stars, Arabs romancing in the desert, speech bubbles, embracing couple, head coverings, vintage photography

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Jesus and the Poor

 

Description of Illustration: text, "Jesus and the poor", stained glass, shapes, colors, lame man, child and widow or mother with dependent baby, halo

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Christmas frame depicting nuts and fruits

 

Description of Illustration: frame for the Christmas season, holidays, nuts and fruits, suggested outline of a Christmas tree, candles burning, baubles, add your own text, black and white frame

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"Sing praises to the LORD..."

Description of Illustration: text, "Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds." Psalms 9:11, bride praying, reflection, ivy and flower patterns, veil

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Santa having second thoughts...

Description of Illustration: text, "Santa having second thoughts, sermon topics, elves, Santa sits in his workshop carving wooden toy soldiers, sign hanging on the back wall reads, "Peace On Earth Good Will Toward Men", war toys, red suit, reindeer look through window, snow outside, North Pole, workbench

 
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"I'm the very soul of discretion"

Description of Illustration: vintage photograph of Mildred Davis Smith, text, "I'm the very soul of discretion", pearl necklace, speech bubble, gossip

 
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Breaking Waves

 

Description of Illustration: ship, shipping, sailing, sea voyage, symbolic of the church, ocean waves, sails

 
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Happy Mother's Day

Description of Illustration: text, "Happy Mother's Day", flower in the breeze, pinks, sunrise or sunset, field of blossoms

 
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"Do you miss me?"

Description of Illustration: text, "Do you miss me?", black and white photograph, old telephone, toddler talking on the phone,

 
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A Proverb For Parents

Description of Illustration: text, "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6

 
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Escape to Egypt

 

Description of Illustration: stained glass window design, escape to Egypt, the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus, donkey, staff, journey, travel, hiding from enemies where they least expect it

 
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"It must be Mother's Day again"

Description of Illustration: text reads, "It must be Mother's Day again" baby posed for the camera, nude in a basket with flowers and absurd sash, old photograph

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Rose Window: red flower

 
Description of Illustration: This lovely rendering of a stained glass rose window was designed around a red flower motif., transparent backgrounds, shapes, geometric design

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The Light Filled Church

light filled church in blue

Description of Illustration: comes in liturgical colors: blue, green, purple, red plus a beige color too, pews, arches, columns, windows, aisle

 

light filled church in green

light filled church in beige

light filled church in purple

light filled church in red

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Rose Window: small Agnus Dei surrounded by saints and their professions

Description of Illustration: This rose window depicts an Agnus Dei at it's center and then surrounds Him with the saints and gospels working for church/world, multi-colored illustration

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The Holy Trinity Window

 

Description of the illustration: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, descending hand of God The Father, Lamb of God who is God the Son (Jesus), Descending Dove who is God the Holy Spirit, stained glass window clip art, black background

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Little Twinkie Cake

Description of the illustration: birthday cake, birthday candles, blowing out the candles, cupcakes

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It's Your Birthday!

Description of the illustration: balloons, children, going to a party, colorful

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What is done in secret...

Description of the illustration:stained kneeling, praying, soldier, knight, armor, cape, praying hands, scripture, "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." Matthew 6:6

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 "War Room"

The tassel knot...

"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful" Colossains 4:2

Description of Illustration: rosary or prayer beads, praying, pray, obligation, remembering the points of prayer, open bible, husband and wife pray together

"From his temple he heard my voice my cry came before him, into his ears." Psalm 18:6

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"Put on salvation as your helmet..."

Description of Illustration: bronze helmet, "Put on salvation as your helmet..." Ephesians 6:7 beginning of the verse, soldier, transparent background

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The Organist

Description of Illustration: relief carving of an organist, music, musical instruments, robe, playing a tune, transparent background

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Queen Esther's Crown

"the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace
and favor in his sight more then all the virgins, so that he set the royal
crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti." Esther 2:17

Description of Illustration: feminine crown, brown text, white background, Book of Esther, favor with the king, gems, gold, floral crown, rubies, diamonds, ESV versions of scripture

"Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king,
 and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and
my people for my request." Esther 7:3

"Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Modecai the Jew,
"Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have
hanged him on the gallows, because he intended to lay hands
on the Jews." Esther 8:7

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The Sacred Heart and Rainbow

Description of Illustration: illustration of Jesus, Sacred Heart, clouds, rainbow, sun, mountains, landscape, transparent background

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Christ and Thomas by Verocchio

Description of Illustration: black and white sketch of a piece by Verocchio, Thomas doubts Jesus to be made of flesh and blood when he first sees him after Christ's crucifixion., Jesus tells Thomas to put his fingers in the scars were the wounds given him during the event. Thomas then believes Jesus is resurrected. sandals and halo

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Head of John The Baptist

 

Description of Illustration: from Lyonese Tile. British Museum, "And his head was brought in on a charger, and given to the damsel; and she brought it to her mother." Matthew 14:11, greyscale

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A statue of St. John the baptist

Description of Illustration: statue, St. John the baptist, shell, dressed in furs, lives in the wilderness, pointed to the coming of Christ, halo

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Be careful about how you judge another...

When I click on this the text disappears? No, the black text is on a transparent background and the blogspot slideshow software has black pages, hence it appears to disappear. However, if you upload it onto any other webpage that isn't black, the text will be visible.

Description of Illustration: scripture,"Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." Matthew 7:1, 2, halo, Jesus quoted, stained glass, cross in halo, transparent backgrounds, one with black text the other with white text

Why can't I see this text? Because it is white. Click on the image to see how it will look on dark web pages.

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Capacity Limiting Supply

       "You can limit the working of almighty power, and can determine the rate at which it shall work on you. God fills the water pots to the brim, but not beyond the brim; and if, like the woman in the Old Testament story, we stop bringing vessels, the oil will stop flowing. It is an awful thing to think that we have -the power, as it were, to turn a stopcock, and so increase or diminish, or cut off altogether, the supply of God's mercy and Christ's healing and cleansing love in our hearts. You will get as much of God as you want, and no more. The measure of your desire is the measure of your capacity, and the measure of your capacity is the measure of God's gift." - Alexander McLaren.

• The God of No Limits 
• Don't Limit God  
• Breaking All The Rules

Calls And Conveyances In The East

       A source of offense (in the East) are calls formal in character. One can ruin his social standing by going to make this call in a wrong style of conveyance. A friend of mine had bought a Chinese sedan-chair with shorter handles than those of an ordinary sedan. It was loaned to a millionaire from New York to bring him up from the river, and it caused the greatest excitement that the city had ever known. People were laughing for years over it. Why? Because those shorter handles made of that sedan a spirit chair, in which the ghost is carried at funeral processions. It was just as appropriate as if Dr. Anderson, of the First Presbyterian Church up here, should receive a visiting clergyman in a hearse down at the station and bring him up-town in it. It is safe to say that the sight of his guest looking out through the glass sides would not be forgotten. You have reached your place, and you desire to make a good impression; but you are in such haste that you leap down from your cart, or gharry. Well, if a lady should do this in China or India, she might just as well in America if she desired to make a good impression upon a new friend, approach this friend's house skipping, or on the run; or a gentleman might just as appropriately vault a fence to get over into the yard, instead of entering by the gate where he was going to make a call. - H. P. Beach, "Student Volunteer Movement," 1906. 

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