CARDS AGAINST Arrogance

To Enjoy Hard Work

Ecclesiastes 5:19-20 To enjoy hard work and accept your lot in life— this is indeed a gift from God. God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.   IMAGE DETAILS Art By:  @kiptoe1 Giddings, Texas Orsag’s, Inc. Giddings Pride Mural Winter 2023 www.sevenapples.art

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To Be Selfless

Galatians 5:26 Set aside self-interest. Instead, work together to create true community instead of a culture consumed by provocation, pride, and envy.   IMAGE DETAILS Jesus Prayer Candle Houston, Texas August Antiques Spring 2018 www.sevenapples.art

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To Bless

1 Peter 3:9 Do not pay back evil for evil, or insult with insult. Instead, be a blessing. That’s your job, to bless. If you are a blessing, you’ll be blessed.   IMAGE DETAILS United Arab Emirates Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Residential Gate Summer 2006 www.sevenapples.art

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To Speak The Truth In Love

Ephesians 4:14-15 We will not be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love.   IMAGE DETAILS Houston, Texas Christ Church Cathedral Stained Glass Window…

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To Love Each Other

Galatians 5:14-15 The whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you are always biting each other with bickering, watch out! In no time at all you will devour one another, and where will your freedom be then?   IMAGE DETAILS Houston, Texas Museum of Natural Science…

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To Do What Jesus Says

 John 2:5 Jesus’ mother went to the servants, and she told them, “Do whatever Jesus tells you to do.”   IMAGE DETAILS Monterey, California All American Antiques Painting of Mary Spring 2007 www.sevenapples.art

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To Grow In Wisdom

Psalm 51:5-6 I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.   IMAGE DETAILS Artwork By:  Andy Szabo Painting For Brooke River Bane Ulmer 2018   ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS What is some wisdom that may be gleaned from the process of…

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To Love All People

Isaiah 56:6-7 I will bless anyone who commits themselves to the Lord. I will bring them to my holy mountain and will fill them with joy in my house. I will accept every sacrifice and every offering that they place on my altar, because my house will be a house of prayer for all people.…

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To Look For The Good

1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 Be careful that when you get on each other’s nerves you don’t snap at each other. Look for the good in each other, and always do your best to bring it out.   IMAGE DETAILS The Woodlands, Texas Village of Grogan’s Mill Painted Rock Spring 2020 www.sevenapples.art

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To Recognize Him

Romans 1:20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.   IMAGE DETAILS Cross & Sea Pirate’s Beach Galveston, Texas Spring 2018…

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