Word Art Wednesday #25

It's Word Art Wednesday!!  This week's word art comes from Hebrews 13.

As I read this scripture, "sacrifice of praise" really stood out to me.    When we sacrifice, we give up something that we really like or enjoy for something else.  We do it willingly.  Praise comes out of our gratefulness to God for who He is and what He's done in our lives.  I have never really looked at praise as a sacrifice before, but when you think about it, true heartfelt praise to God is a sacrifice.... we sacrifice ourselves. It takes energy and effort to turn the focus off ourselves and turn it totally on God. We sacrifice our thoughts and our efforts for total praise and thanksgiving to God. I will never look at praise the same again.  We must make sure that our praise is a sacrifice and not just lip service.

For my layout I used a photo of my husband, a true man of God, who loves to offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.  It was taken several years ago, in June 2007,  during our church's Men's Day program.

Supplies:
Bo Bunny Patterned Paper, Brads and Stickers
Bazzill Cardstock
Prima Say it in Studs
Spellbinders Labels 18

I hope you join the Word Art Wednesday challenge this week. Check out the Word Art Wednesday Challenge Blog to see what the other design team members created with this week's art. Be sure to check out the challenge guidelines to find out how you can be eligible for the weekly prize drawing from this week's sponsor Fred She Said.