Engage in an Intimate Relationship with God through Illustrated Faith Kit

Learn to engage in an intimate relationship with God through Illustrated Faith kit for Bible journaling. The devotional and supplies will guide you too.

Let’s be honest for a minute. We all go through slumps or valleys in life where we feel totally alone. The world seems to have abandoned us and so we go ahead and include God in that whole distortion of a thought. Of course our heart knows different that God is faithful and has never left us. He is actually calling for us to return to Him, to our first love, and to that intimate relationship that we once knew very well. And that, my friends, is the best news ever. It is a real joy and peace to me to know that God is waiting with open arms even when I feel like my spiritual walk has become so dry.

You all know that I love Bible journaling and have found a way to really grow my relationship and mediation on the Word. I am hoping that you will be able to do the same not only with your relationship with Jesus Christ but also with others in your life and community through this Illustrated Faith devotional kit for February. The kit is now for sale TODAY!

I want to be honest with you first as this kit and devotional has really impacted me. I have spent seasons of my life feeling like God was so close to me and walking right by me literally every step of the day. Then there are times when I feel as if the distance between us is so large I don’t know how to get that intimacy back. I know that I still love Him and want that relationship which is what triggers my heart to get back to my knees in prayer and really search Him out. Every time He has been there just waiting for me to return with love and grace for me. Please keep that in mind as you work through this devotional. You will start to see His love working through you and over spill into other relationships and your community.

Now what exactly is Illustrated Faith? Illustrated Faith is an online community and resource for Bible journaling with tons of resources. They also have a monthly devotional kit with lots of cute supplies to assist you in Bible journaling your way through the devotional if you choose. This month’s kit is designated toward having real and engaging relationships like I mentioned above. (How cute is that packaging when you open up your Happy Mail?)

They have partnered with the (in)courage community and Dayspring for February’s kit which is where the title of the kit, Craving Connection, comes from. Last week, I shared how to achieve real life engagement through the brand new devotional that (in)courage just launched titled Craving Connection. For more information on the devotional that would be great to use alongside this kit, check out this post now.

Before I show you too much of how I’m using the kit in my own journaling Bible, I want you to see all that is included.

• 1 plastic pouch
• 1 devotional booklet
• 1 clear stamp collection
• 1 roll of washi tape
• 1 sheet of cut-out paper pieces
• 2 cardstock sticker sheets
• 3 tip-ins
• 1 magnet
• 1 thank you card from Shanna

The devotional booklet is meant for a 14 day study. I find that I enjoy illustrating each day in my journaling Bible so it usually takes me longer than 14 days to really complete. As I mentioned the Craving Connection book before, this is a wonderful supplement to the Illustrated Faith kit because you are putting all your focus on one subject and really diving deep. Start with Craving Connection for a morning devotional reading and then spend time in the afternoon to really dive deeper with the monthly kit and devotional. Just do what works for you!

And I have to do a close-up of that succulent washi tape! Does it get any cuter than that?? I don’t think so.

The Process:

I always place kraft paper under the page I’m working on to protect the pages underneath. Attach it using washi tape that will remove easily without tearing your page. I painted in the margins of my Bible with acrylic paint using a technique that involves a plastic card. Get the full tutorial to use paint in your own Bible HERE.

To get more space on the page to use the cut-out paper pieces, I made a small card using one of the acrylic stamps that was included in the kit, an acrylic block, ink pad, the succulent washi tape, scrapbook paper or Project Life card, stickers, Faber Castell PITT Artist pen. Be creative and feel free to use any papercrafting supplies you may have.

I attached the card to the page using the succulent washi tape and added another cut-out from the kit for a little more dimension.

The card is so fun because the washi tape allows you to flip the card over while staying attached and include more journaling underneath. I wrote on the back side of the card the devotional this entry was from. Underneath the card, I wrote words directly from the Craving Connection booklet for that specific day that stood out to me. These words describe who God is which you can see in the image below and a little better in the next image that I had “He is” above the card spelled with alpha stickers included in the kit as well.

I added a tab to the top of the page that I cut out from the kit cut-out card and attached with washi tape. The kit also comes with the adorable magnet on the side of the page. You could use this magnet not only in your Bible but to mark your place in the devotional booklet.

This devotional booklet is amazing and a great way to start engaging and connecting with God and your family and friends in a real life-changing way.Also feel free to use the booklet to journal on the pages with any art supplies. This is a great way to keep digging deeper in the Word and meditating on it even more.

I love how (in)courage has teamed up with Illustrated Faith to really help apply this scripture and truth to our lives through meditation on the Word and Bible journaling. Don’t forget you can get your kit ordered TODAY!

Click here to order your February Illustrated Faith Kit!

Enjoy and please feel free to share your Craving Connection entries with me too. And the greatest of these is love,

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