inspire gathering sessions
wholehearted
Ancient Hebrews did not have a word for the brain or any concept for it. They believed that intellect stemmed from the heart. That is where wisdom, fear, joy and all emotion stemmed from. Tossing confetti in the air, we dive into what it practically looks like to live a biblical wholehearted life daily.
Focus Verse:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5
Create It:
Watercolor wooden heart
foundations
Prayer heals, restores and cultivates faith. It is also foundational as we get to know the heart of God. Focusing on the importance of being rooted and grounded in prayer, we discover methods of prayer using conventional and unconventional means, including painting through the Healing Prayer.
Focus Verse:
Pray without ceasing. Thessalonians 5:17
Create It:
Prayer + Paint
loved
Love is a sacrifice as Jesus demonstrated when he gave his life to pay for the sins of humanity on the cross. It is also a free gift from God that is not easily or readily accepted. Studying through the temptations of Jesus and healthy attachment, we reflect on how we can live out our identity in Christ.
Focus Verse:
The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. Jeremiah 31:3
Create It:
Acacia wood magnetic banner
chosen
What does the bible say about our identity - who are we in Christ? If we cannot answer that question, it is extremely difficult to live in freedom to do the things God has created us to do. Diving in to scripture we discover our identity and the holy response that follows to use our gifts and talents to build the Church.
Focus Verse:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9
Create It:
30 days of Truth prints on acacia wood
find the joy today
Beauty is only skin deep but God looks at the heart. Whether or not God is the beholder of our lives can be revealed by our every day perspective on life and God (i.e. why would a good God let that happen?). Studying scripture, we see God’s character displayed through many names given to Him in the Old Testament, along with ways those attributes are currently displayed in our daily life. Opening our eyes to seeing the goodness of God, we start cultivating thankfulness for the gifts He has given by writing them down in notebook that turns into our testimony of God’s faithfulness.
Focus Verse:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
Create It:
Find the joy notebook
note cards
God spoke the world into motion and then wrote it down for us through the Bible. Words are powerful; they hold gifts of encouragement, wisdom and encouragement. They also have the ability to tear down self esteem, divide families and start wars. Using scripture are our guide, we walk through how words have been used for better or worse and their outcomes, so we can glean wisdom from the past to use our words well.
Focus Verse:
Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16:24
Create It:
Note card set
freedom
Freedom does not exist apart from Christ. As we understand who God is and who He created us to be, we can go and do the things He has prepared for us to do. Drawing from the metamorphosis of a butterfly, we go through the process of what it looks like to practically live a life of freedom, which includes overflowing with the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.
Focus Verse:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Create It:
Essential oil defuser bracelet
what is an inspire gathering?
A creative sensory experience curated with biblical teaching + neuroscience to renew the mind and spirit, while physically calming the body.