THE BREATHING GOD PODCAST: Positioning Ourselves for Encounter, Part 3 – Lectio Divina
Lectio Divina is the practice of encountering God through His Word. It is a beautiful and powerful way to experience Jesus as the Living Word.
Lectio Divina is the practice of encountering God through His Word. It is a beautiful and powerful way to experience Jesus as the Living Word.
Join Gretchen as discusses imaginative contemplation with her friend Eunice Combrink.
In this episode, I dive into the subject of contemplation, which is one way we position our hearts to encounter God. Regardless of who you are or where you are in your walk with the Lord, you can encounter Him!
You are going to be so encouraged by the two testimonies she shares of encountering Jesus. I truly believe that your faith for life-changing encounters of your own will explode after hearing this episode.
Today we talk about one of the ways you may be hearing or sensing God without realizing it. I also share a word of encouragement from Jesus that is vital for every one of us, regardless of the season we’re in.
Get comfortable and set aside distractions; we’re going to encounter the Lord together.
Join us as we discuss the beauty, intimacy, and value of creating with our Creator. Today’s episode is going to encourage the creatives and reawaken the dreams of others. It’s time to create!
My prayer continues. I lift my head. I look up beyond the moon, beyond the stars with my heart reaching further than my hands could ever stretch.
Is my artistic life a career or a ministry? Does my art serve me or do I use it to serve the Lord and others?
The role of the artist has always been a source of discomfort for those in charge of the Church. Artists are not good little soldiers who love to march in line.
Darkness overwhelms me / hide my face, for the night is long / Never losing hope / As I await Your coming dawn. / There – Light breaks forth ahead
The same Spirit who guides in the crafting of the work signals us with a release when we are done.
As I walk in the Spirit, I can go from work to work, creating the very things I was created to create! Long ago, the Lord planned my life for me.
This is my most recent painting, capturing what God is speaking to me about the metamorphic process we’ve been going through.
Talent, the ability to learn to do something, is a gift from God. Skill, the ability to do something, is our gift back to the Lord.
My eyebrows sank in disappointment, and the perfectionist inside me started to clench her fists. What do you mean, What happens if I disagree? What happens is that I don’t get a good grade!
If a person wants to begin to increase their creative production, it will be necessary to develop as many of these mental attitudes as possible.
Gary encourages aspiring artists to get to know themselves. He spent 25 years discovering his own inner values and finding the courage to let them show through his artwork. He believes that every serious artist must face the same difficulties of discovering who they really are and ultimately showing that person to the world.
It wasn’t until she was in her thirties that Margie Johnson even called herself a creative. “The Lord has given me a gift, so whatever I paint is from Him,” she explains. “He comes out in what I do.”
Michelangelo’s intense faith was the primary cause of the greatness of his work. His faith did more than affect the nature of his work—it affected his very thinking on the origin and function of art.
Making art is chancy. It doesn’t mix well with predictability. Uncertainty is essential, and tolerance of uncertainty is the pre-requisite for succeeding.