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Pray and Paint Gallery

This gallery is dedicated to the artists who have attended the pray and paint workshops,
All the paintings were inspired during prayer, they each have a message and are works of art regardless of artistic training.

Light in our hands

During the quiet time I saw a light with hands around it, it was so bright.

I didn’t finish the picture in the time but I will finish it at home








 

The cross in the light

During the meditation I saw a light (as many of us in the group did), in the centre of the light was the cross with a heart in its centre. While I painted I continued to pray and found incredibly that I was being guided inwardly. At one point I was not happy with a part of the picture but felt I should continue and then wet it all with a sponge, the result was, as I had wanted. I also felt very significantly to put my fingerprint on the heart in the cross.

When I first did this painting, I felt a little unsure because I had painted a similar picture previously. However when I put the two side by side I could see they were different, in fact the second seemed to be a follow on from the first.

Radiant heart

I had been experiencing many struggles,
what I saw spoke to me about how the heart of Jesus
is able to penetrate all hardship and shine upon us








 

JESUS

During the meditation I could see the figure of Jesus,
completely white with an array of colours radiating from Him.

WORSHIP

The one word ‘worship’ encapsulates everything in this painting.

God's Heart

We had a reading about the depths of the well of God the day before,
in the meditation I was thinking about this and saw that the heart of
God was right underneath everything; it was at the depths of the well

Eclipse.

Like the sun, God is always there even when life's pressures seem to block Him out.

Even though He may seem hidden from us, and we cannot feel His Presence, He still cares for us and watches over us. if we keep looking with all our heart, we will find Him again.

The morning of the prayer and paint workshop, I had been reminded of the footprints poem, and how the Lord carries us through the difficult times of our life.

During the workshop Kate had asked us to be still and listen to the Lord, as we prayed I saw a dark tunnel, with a light at the end of it, not knowing where this was going to lead me.

First I chose what to paint on…plywood, it was a bit rough and needed sanding, as I sanded in the silence, each rub made me cringe as I tried to do it quietly….but this reminded me of my sin, and the Lord gently smoothing me/ moulding me into what he wants me to be, and ready for His service, I set out to paint…with what, a nail brush?

As I painted the tunnel, the Lord reminded me of the footprints poem, and though the tunnel be dark, He was there with me, on a journey, (through the valley of the shadow of death) there are times when He carried me, and there are times when we walked together, and there are times when we stopped by the pools of still water psalm 23

If I had more time I might have added a track away from the Lord, when I have chosen to make my own way through life

I am not a painter, but this painting has spoken a lot to me since painting it, and constantly reminds me that the Lord is with me

"God is with you in the storms & brings you through to safe harbours and the journey continues in His Light and Presence".

"Worship the Lord with all of your heart"