I have been painting prophetic pictures for a few years now and last summer learnt about Bible Journaling. Soon I became keen to use art journaling in my own Bible as I continued to paint prophetic pictures too.
As I have never been very neat at writing, but love to paint, my Bible now reflects this and many pages in my Journaling Bible have freehand paintings on them, some with sticker lettering and some with drawn or painted words too.
This is one example. I did the picture of eagles first (from Isaiah 40 ) and then painted it afterwards in my Bibles to remind me of all that God had said to me about waiting, trusting and hoping in Him.
A couple of weeks ago God gave me a picture of galloping horses and this word -
"When you find things impossible, there I will make things possible.
When you feel weak I will give you strength.
Then you will find I take over and struggle becomes victory
and I take you beyond the reality of can't,
and to places you never dreamt of before.
The end of your strength becomes my beginning
as I lift you up and we run together.
The waves will not stop us, run through them,
free with the wind behind us.
Keep going! Keep going! I am with you,
your strength, your help,
all that you need."
I painted the picture first, which is currently hanging on the wall in our church prophetic art gallery. After that I painted a similar picture using acrylic paint into my Bible in Philippians 4, later adding the words, 'I press on towards the goal in Christ'.
I have found it works both ways: I have been inspired by scripture and journaled in my Bible then gone on to paint a prophetic picture for it to speak to others. Or sometime it has been the other way round, I have heard from God and painted a prophetic picture and then gone on to journal it in my Bible. The two examples below show both the Bible Journaling and prophetic pictures for freedom in Christ and the Peace of Christ.
