EZEKIEL 16:1-3 CEV
The LORD said:
Ezekiel, son of man, remind the people of Jerusalem of their disgusting sins and tell them that I, the Lord God, am saying:
Jerusalem, you were born in the country where Canaanites lived.
Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.
When we look at God's Word or we listen to God's Word, do you realised it is God speaking? Not one ear in and one ear out
EZEKIEL 16:4-5 CEV
When you were born, no one cut you loose from your mother or washed your body.
No one rubbed your skin with salt and olive oil, and wrapped you in warm blankets.
Not one person loved you enough to do any of these things, and no one even felt sorry for you.
You were despised, thrown into a field, and forgotten.
EZEKIEL 16:6 CEV
I saw you lying there, rolling around in your own blood, and I couldn't let you die.
EZEKIEL 16:7 CEV
I took care of you, like someone caring for a tender, young plant.
You grew up to be a beautiful young woman with mature breasts and hair, but you were still naked.
EZEKIEL 16:8 ICB
“‘Later I passed by you and looked at you.
I saw that you were at the time for love.
So I spread my robe over you and covered your nakedness.
I also made a marriage promise to you.
I entered into an agreement with you.
Then you became mine, says the Lord God.
EZEKIEL 16:9 AMP
“Then I washed you with water;
yes, I [thoroughly] washed away from you the [clinging] blood and anointed you with oil.
EZEKIEL 16:10 NIV
I clothed you with an EMBROIDERED dress and put sandals of fine leather on you.
I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments.
After Adam disobeyed God, he felt shame in the presence of almighty God
Life is in the blood.
EZEKIEL 16:11-12 NIV
I adorned you with jewelry:
I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck,
and I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
EZEKIEL 16:13 NIV
So you were adorned with gold and silver;
your clothes were of fine linen and COSTLY fabric and EMBROIDERED cloth.
Your food was honey, olive oil and the finest flour.
You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.
EZEKIEL 16:14 NIV
And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the SPLENDOR I HAD GIVEN YOU made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.
EZEKIEL 16:15 CEB
But you trusted in your beauty and traded on your fame.
At every opportunity, you seduced all who came by.
It is the LORD who gives us the ability to make/create wealth
EXODUS 26:30 AMP
You shall erect the tabernacle according to its plan [the direction corresponding to its meaning and purpose] which has been shown to you on the mountain.
Fully appreciate God while we still have breath
EXODUS 26:36 AMP
“You shall make a screen [to provide a covering] for the doorway of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [EMBROIDERED] linen, the work of an embroiderer.
The entrance speaks of Jesus Christ. He is the Door.
You cannot afford to be blur in the spiritual realm.
PSALMS 45:13 KJV
The KING'S daughter is ALL GLORIOUS WITHIN:
her clothing is of wrought gold.
Gender in the Lord is not important. The gender is just to help us to understand a few things.
We are all King's daughter and bride
We are the bride of Christ
PSALMS 45:13 TPT
As the princess-bride enters the palace, how GLORIOUS she appears within the holy chamber, robed with a WEDDING DRESS EMBROIDERED with PURE GOLD!
H3520 glorious
Original: כּבוּדּה
Transliteration: KEBÛDDÂH
Phonetic: keb-ood-daw’
BDB Definition:
abundance, riches, wealth
gloriousness, glorious
Strong's Definition:
Irregular feminine passive participle of H3513; weightiness; that is, magnificence, wealth: - carriage, all glorious, stately.
PSALMS 45:14 NKJV
She shall be brought to the King in robes of MANY COLORS;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.
PSALMS 45:13-15 MSG
(Her WEDDING DRESS is dazzling, lined with gold by the WEAVERS;
All her dresses and robes are woven with gold.
She is led to the king, followed by her virgin companions.
A procession of joy and laughter!
A grand entrance to the king’s palace!)
PSALMS 45:14 KJV
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of NEEDLEWORK:
the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
H7553 needlework
Original: רקמה
Transliteration: riqmâh
Phonetic: rik-maw'
variegated stuff, embroidered
From H7551; variegation of color;
specifically EMBROIDERY:- broidered (work), DIVERS COLOURS, (raiment of) needlework (on both sides).
H7551
Original: רקם râqam
Phonetic: raw-kam'
to variegate, mix colours
variegator (worker in colours)
to be skilfully wrought or woven
to variegate color, that is, embroider; by implication to fabricate:- embroiderer, NEEDLEWORK.
What is Embroidery?
Embroidery is the art of stitching beautiful embroidery stitches on fabric surfaces with thread/embroidery floss and other materials.
It is a very popular surface ornamental decoration for fabrics creating beautiful patterns on the surface of the fabric with decorative stitches or laid thread.
Embroidery involves depicting beautiful imagery on fabric and succeeds in bringing wonderful texture to the fabric.
Embroidery can be done by hand or by your sewing machine.
Hand embroidery uses needle and thread to make beautiful stitches.
Embroidery Sewing machines use a zig zag stitch to create different types of embroidery designs.
Other than thread beads, sequins stones etc are used to further embellish embroidery.
What is the purpose of embroidery?
The BRIGHT, VIBRANT and often COLOURFUL artform brings such JOY to so many people around the world.
Embroidery has continued to delight humans from time immemorial.
Small handkerchiefs to large bedspreads to elaborate wedding gowns have been embellished with designs of embroidery.
1. All Embroidery starts with a design.
Either as a freehand drawing of a design or transferring a copy of the design you want from a sheet of paper to the fabric by a variety of means.
You can plan the design on paper and then develop on it on the fabric or start the design from the fabric itself.
You can copy designs from easily available embroidery design works but developing your own design is wonderful.
Imagine having a work of art that no one else has conceived and conceptualized other than you.
2. Materials and equipment used for embroidery
The basic materials used for embroidery are the FABRIC, a FRAME and THREAD to do the work.
But with more tools, you can do more.
Embroidery hoop to hold the fabric, pencil and other marking tools different type of needles appropriate for the fabric and the embroidery concerned, cutting tools like scissors, rulers are all things you will need as you turn from a beginner to a seasoned embroider.
Different kinds of threads are used to do embroidery stitches like the common embroidery thread with 6 strands or Perle cotton thread, or metallic thread, or even wool thread.
Ribbon embroidery work is a study on its own and requires ribbons in many colors.
Each thread departs their own look and changes the result of the work.
3. Fabric selection
The type of fabric used, its surface texture, the prints on the fabric are all important aspects in the final look of the embroidery.
For eg. A chequered fabric is used to do chicken scratch embroidery.
That type of embroidery would not look as good on any other type of print.
Cross stitch is done on more loosely woven fabric.
You need an even weave fabric for counted satin stitch and other counted stitches like that of pattern darning or blackwork.
The printed fabric like gingham, striped fabrics or huckaback, are all popularly used in embroidery for their wonderful designs or weaves.
4. Color scheme
Color coordination is more important in embroidery than anywhere else.
Contrasting colors, monotones, shades of the same color, an ombre effect – all are popular.
You should know that color value of a color changes when they are placed with other colors – so keep the fabric and the colors you are going to use with the embroidery together and decide on the color scheme you are going to choose for the embroidery project.
Contrasting colors work best in embroidery – for eg. a bright red flower amidst green leaves on a light colored fabric can look striking when compared to the same work done on a black fabric.
EPHESIANS 2:10 AMPC
For we are God's [own] HANDIWORK (His workmanship),
• recreated in CHRIST JESUS, [born anew]
• that we may DO those GOOD WORKS
• which God predestined (PLANNED BEFOREHAND) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time],
• that we should WALK in THEM [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
EPHESIANS 2:10 CEB
Instead, we are GOD’S ACCOMPLISHMENT, created in Christ Jesus to do good things.
GOD PLANNED for these good things to be the way that we live our lives.
EPHESIANS 4:20-24 MSG
But that’s no life for you.
You learned CHRIST!
My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to HIM, been well instructed in the TRUTH precisely as we have it in Jesus.
Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean EVERYTHING—connected with that old way of life has to go.
It’s rotten through and through.
Get rid of it!
And then take on an ENTIRELY NEW WAY of LIFE—a God-fashioned life, a life RENEWED from the INSIDE and working itself into YOUR CONDUCT as GOD accurately REPRODUCE his CHARACTER in you.
EPHESIANS 4:22-23 TPT
And he has taught you to LET GO of the LIFESTYLE of the ancient man, the old self-life, which was corrupted by sinful and deceitful desires that spring from delusions.
Now it’s time to be made NEW by EVERY REVELATION that’s been given to you.
EPHESIANS 4:23 EASY
Instead, let GOD'S SPIRIT make you THINK in a NEW WAY.
COLOSSIANS 3:9-11 MSG
Don’t lie to one another.
You’re done with that old life.
It’s like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you’ve stripped off and put in the fire.
Now you’re DRESSED in a NEW WARDROBE.
Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it.
All the old fashions are now obsolete.
WORDS like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing.
FROM NOW ON everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.
COLOSSIANS 3:12-14 MSG
So, CHOSEN by GOD for this NEW LIFE of LOVE,
• DRESS in the WARDROBE God picked out for you:
• compassion,
• kindness,
• humility,
• quiet strength,
• discipline.
COLOSSIANS 3:12-14 MSG
Be even-tempered,
• content with second place,
• quick to forgive an offense.
Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you.
COLOSSIANS 3:12-14 MSG
And regardless of what else you put on, WEAR LOVE.
It’s your BASIC, ALL-PURPOSE GARMENT.
Never be without it.
COLOSSIANS 3:15-17 MSG
Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other.
None of this going off and doing your own thing.
And cultivate THANKFULNESS.
COLOSSIANS 3:15-17 MSG
Let the WORD of CHRIST—the Message—have the run of
the house.
Give it plenty of room in your lives.
Instruct and direct one another using good common sense.
And sing, sing your hearts out to God!
Let EVERY DETAIL in your lives—WORDS, ACTIONS, WHATEVER—
be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, THANKING God the Father every step of the way.
Jimmie McDonald in “The Kathryn Kuhlman I knew” (Jimmie McDonald was a soloist and choral director for Kathryn Kuhlman for 15 years.
“When asked on one occasion, how many hours a day she spent in prayer, I heard Kathryn reply,
“I pray all the time, because if I limited the Holy Spirit to a certain number of hours a day, I would be in danger of using Him for my own purpose.
If, for instance, I spent one hour a day in prayer,
I would expect the Holy Spirit to reward me for that hour.
I would begin to feel that it was that hour in prayer that caused the “anointing” in the meeting.
No, I cannot use the Holy Spirit in that way.
I must practice His presence all of the time.”
It was not uncommon for Kathryn to walk and pray and
hold intermittent conversations all within a few minutes.
(...) I came to recognize that Kathryn’s life was one of 24-hour-a-day relationship with Jesus.
She had no success formulas, no methods or techniques; she just walked, talked, and lived as a powerful woman in the service of her God.”
COLOSSIANS 2:2-3 MSG
I want you WOVEN into a TAPESTRY of LOVE, in touch with EVERYTHING there is to know of GOD.
Then you will have MINDS confident and at rest, FOCUSED on CHRIST, God’s great mystery.
All the RICHEST TREASURES of wisdom and knowledge are embedded in that mystery and nowhere else.
[Tapestry - a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or soft furnishing..]
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