Challenge #100 – Psalm 148:7-10

A blessed Sunday to you! Welcome to Stampin' Sisters in Christ, where our challenges are inspired by scripture. We pray you will be blessed by your fellowship with us, as we are blessed by yours!

This week we are celebrating our 100th challenge!!  Wow, how time flies when you’re having fun!!  Before we get to this week’s sponsor & challenge, we have some wonderful news!  Since several on our Design Team are taking a li’l break,  we have 2 fabulous ladies joining us as Guest Designers for the next few weeks starting with today’s challenge!!  Please help us welcome Traci Major, of Major Moments, and Teresa Kline, of Paperie Blooms!!  We know you will be blessed by their presence and creations during their time here *Ü*

And now we warmly welcome back Doodle Pantry as our sponsor!  One of you lucky ladies will win a $10 Gift Certificate to the store by playing in this week's challenge!

Please be sure to stop by Doodle Pantry and show them some Stampin' Sisters in Christ love!

Peggysue Turner is your challenge hostess this week.

Scripture:  Psalm 148:7-10 “Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, 8 lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding, 9 you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, 10 wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds.”

Wishing you a blessed Sunday in the Lord! Have you had a chance to go to church today? We all hope you have a place to connect with members of a local body of believers and join them in worship.

We can worship the Lord any time though, not just in church. The psalms can be soothing, encouraging or even exciting! Imagine if our ears were on the right frequency to hear all of creation praising the Lord, as it talks about in this psalm!

In 1 Chronicles 16:23 it says, "Sing to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day."
"Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them!"

Psalm 69:34
"The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork."

Psalm 19:1
However, the job of praising our creator also is ours, in fact it is primarily our job. In Luke 19:40 Jesus said that if men should hold their peace, or not praise God, "even the stones would cry out." Let's not outsource that job to a stone, let's use our voices and praise Him!

Each of the design team members has a wonderful praise song linked in their blog post, or song to recommend that will get your heart moving closer to the Lord in worship.

I love to listen to praise music as I create! I have so many favorite songs, but one that I like that we sang at the church we attended before we moved is a Chris Tomlin song, "Sing, Sing, Sing." You'll find it here on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGPN2Z-bgS0.

Challenge:

Once you've enjoyed your praise tour, in this week's challenge we invite you to use any type of creature from tiny (like an ant or a bug) to a very large creature (whale, or elephant) on your card or project. Have fun and enjoy singing!

Take a look at what the Design Sisters created to inspire you this week!

 

Kris Breach:  Ink Something

 

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

MariLynn DeGroot: Mississippi McGyver

Miesje Flach: Craft Room With a View

Peggysue Turner: Roses by My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough

Teresa Kline -  Paperie Blooms

Traci Major - Major Moments

We can't wait to see all of YOUR creations! You may enter as many times as you'd like! ** Please link us to your actual card/project post(s), not just to your blog or gallery, by 11:59 pm PDT (GMT -8) on Saturday, August 6. The prize winner will be randomly drawn and announced on Tuesday, August 9th.  Plus, three of you will be awarded the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Shining Star blinkie!

**If you are entering more than one card for this challenge, please leave a link for each card/project.

Have a blessed day!

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