"On Guard"
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
“ON GUARD” DECEMBER 2021 C O L L E C T O R S   C L U B ~ “Be persistent and devoted to prayer, being alert and focused in your prayer life with an attitude of thanksgiving.” Colossians 4:2, AMP. Before painting for this month’s Collectors Club, I spent some time in prayer.I felt the need to paint a “Grey Jay,” specifically three birds that would represent our need to be reconciled under the Godhead of the trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Oftentimes denominations can place higher reverence to one above the other, failing to operate under the fullness of ..read more
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"A Lamp on a Stand"
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
“A LAMP ON A STAND” NOVEMBER 2021 C O L L E C T O R S   C L U B   “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14, KJV. “And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything ..read more
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"Come Up Higher"
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
Come Up Higher  (from the "Garments of Praise: Mantled to Reign" collection) Isaiah 61:1-3, NIV  "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captive and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instea ..read more
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"The Leavening"
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
"Simple Ingredients" fine art print "He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened" (Matthew 13:33, DARBY). A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church]" (Galatians 5:9, AMP). "Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our ..read more
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"Come, O Breath" | September 2021 Collectors Club
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
"Come, O Breath | September 2021 C O L L E C T O R S  C L U B   “Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.”  Ezekiel 37:9-10. “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”  Isaiah 40:8. ~ The style and imagery ..read more
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"Garden of Grace" mini collection
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
"For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?” (2 Cor 2:15-16, NKJV).  "And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people" (Rev. 5:8, NIV).    This collection of mini 'garden' paintings were birthed through one-hundred days of prayer ..read more
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The Harvest | August 2021 Collectors Club
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
"The Harvest" | August 2021 C O L L E C T O R S  C L U B “And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Luke 10:2 “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.” Genesis 17:7 “And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.” Luke 1:50 ~ This painting has multiple meanings for me personally.  I will ..read more
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VICTORY | January 2021
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by Mindi Oaten
2y ago
“Victory” January 2021 C o l l e c t o r s   C l u b “O death, where is your victory?  O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:55-57   “In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes tha ..read more
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Christmas Day | December 25 | Advent
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by Mindi Oaten
3y ago
December 25 Christmas Day by Elaine Knudtson ~   “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us.” (Matthew 1:23) From the garden to the cross he remains with us.  In 2020, the year that will define a generation, he remains faithful.  The miracle of Christmas is that God became flesh and dwelt among us.  So vulnerable, so innocent.  We needed to care for him.  The way to power is through humility; to path to resurrection is through the cross. We have all journeyed on the way of the cross during this ..read more
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Dry Bones | December 24 | Advent
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by Mindi Oaten
3y ago
December 24 Dry Bones by Elaine Knudtson ~ “I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. . . I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken and will act, says the LORD.” (Ezekiel 37:13) Our God is the God of the living, not the dead.  He brought back the Jews from exile and established them in Canaan after the destruction of Jerusalem.  They were reborn as a nation.  Even more recently, in 1948, the nat ..read more
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