bible verse – Tiffany Brown

Happy John 316 Day ✝️

Happy #316day (made with the visual poetry app 7 years ago)

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“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

1 John 4:7 pocket bible journaling card

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7, ESV

I made this card last year using my phomemo printer & the pocket Bible kit that I got from By The Well 4 God.

If you want to check out the pocket Bible kit or the printer, I’ve linked them below. They aren’t affiliated.

https://www.bythewell4god.com/pocket-journaling-bible-kit-several-colorways-to-choose-from/ – pocket bible journaling kit from BTW4G

https://phomemo.com/products/m02s-portable-printer – I actually bought mine from Amazon, but here’s the official website link for the one I got.

Fruit of the spirit bible journaling page

One of my coworkers got me these cute puffy fruit stickers for my birthday, so I decided to use them in my NIV Journal the Word New Testament pocket Bible. They worked perfectly for me to write out the fruits of the spirit in Galatians 😁🍓🍇🍎🍉🍑🍊🍋🍍🥝

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1

Bible memorydex card I made 3 years ago using patterned paper from a Tim Holtz scrapbook paper pad. I typed up the verse on regular printer paper & cut it up into strips to fit on the card! 😁

“always be prepared to make a defense… but with gentleness and respect.” 1 Peter 3:15, ESV

I wanted to make this post because I had received a notification that someone had commented on one of my Instagram quote reels. The post was about God and the person had left a negative comment because of their own beliefs. My first thought was to respond and hope that I could say something that would possibly convince this person of why I believe the way I do or to change their mind. However, the Holy Spirit stopped me and changed MY mind. I decided that I wasn’t going to respond, but I’m going to pray for this person instead. I could sense this person was hurting & in my limited knowledge & understanding, nothing that I could do or say would make their hurt go away.

OUCH! DING DING!! HEART CHECK!!

I was so quick to reply in hopes of changing THEIR mind that the Holy Spirit had to stop me by changing MY mind instead regarding the situation.

Sometimes I think “we” as Christians instinctively have this need to “prove a point” and to tell everyone why “we’re right and everyone else is wrong”. I see it too many times, especially when tragedy strikes. Everyone is quick to jump on social media to voice their opinions and the moment someone comes along that disagrees with them, it gets ugly. We’ve suddenly forgotten how to respectfully disagree with someone and try to understand where they are coming from.

I do agree that we should stand up for what we believe in, especially when we see injustices done in the world, but I also believe that we as Christians shouldn’t be so quick to judge and point fingers. The moment something happens that we don’t like or agree with, instead of hoping on social media first to voice our opinions, or share a post that expresses our beliefs, we need to seek God’s face and see what He would have us do or say.

Life is too short! My peace & mental health are more important than trying to prove a point on social media. So, I’ve decided that I want to be known as someone who is loving, gentle, kind, and compassionate, especially with those who have different beliefs and opinions as I do.