How do you know what’s true?
How does the faith work?
Is help available for me?
Creation is wonderful, from intricate growth before childbirth to full maturity. Changes in spiritual, emotional, physical strengths and weaknesses affect each stage of life.
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| Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. Psalm 17:8-9 |
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| Title of the piece: a is for apple. Media used: paper, pencil, crayons. Date created: 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
Struggles, sorrows and death resulting from the sinful condition in which we’re conceived can’t be repaired or eliminated on our own.
In this world, Satan’s lies tempt us, promote evil, escalate chaos, push confusion; disasters happen naturally.
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| Father, our sins are terrible and our guilt heavy. Forgive us and keep us safe in new life through Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen. |
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| Title of the piece: keep us safe. Media used: doodle sheet & Portals of Prayer snippets, glue, pencil, marker, crayon. Date created: February 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
Thankfully, the devil is defeated for us in Christ.
God’s power protects, forgives, strengthens, helps, restores and saves all who receive the faith He offers.
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![I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXbWrvwocLB1QcvLSlu5dFEOv-0yFJg9OQundT9F_NqIi7YJGzIRuSV02OoL9LEdeLft-rVpFSt4sWJXp0tA2TrZu1eswmAjpbwIRvV7RaDNT0JwzksapL6_XnEL2eAqN-a23N3q9ZMJmEygm0shYSOJlSivfb1fRiAg9nwXSUmNY_MnjWDn521OgVbrv/w320-h320/morningprayerf.JPG "I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer") |
| I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer |
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![I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxYeGhsLc7BDyPsqis9-WDB7CfQLDwx3H-w3BgVRaR1H28MBAAFiv5ZGusU_CoDzqxeDJbabcdnvNDX5OB6N9jRD5xbelZ723EYOHuDwbvDIRhEvI5LRW_dpbTPGTw0cBelZFpzNFfcwsrllpuqz3ZVdtutNGjcY2DjxVBEARynZaZThYGfULkGgd0ZyL/w400-h400/morningprayerb.JPG "I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer") |
| Title of the piece: Morning Prayer. Media used: snippet of doodle sheet, pencil, crayons. Date created: 2.2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
How and what does this mean? These questions are answered by the faith that seeks Holy Scripture.
True peace and joy, despite our trials, are gifts by the faith in Jesus Christ.
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| I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-2 |
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| Title of the piece: my Strength. Media used: snippet of sketch-doodle, pencil, marker, coloring crayons. Date created: February 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
God’s Word and Sacraments actually give Jesus (the Way, the Truth and the Life)—here now within the Church and eternally—to all who receive Him.
Even so, everyone’s allowed the freedom to reject God’s pure gifts of salvation. Many claim the presence of Jesus is not real, some use human reason to insist there’s more to it, yet others who once held the gifts, neglect it and drift away.
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| For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. Psalm 33:4-5 |
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| Title of the piece: upright. Media used: snippet of doodle paper, pencil, colored pencil, pen. Date created: February 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
The one
true faith in Christ trusts salvation has nothing to do with human decision or work.
The Helper guides truth and creates certain hope of life in a perfected eternity without sin.
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| In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 |
Perfect Jesus gave up his life in heaven to suffer and die as a ransom for us.
Then, he rose from the grave and went back to heaven.
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| Title of the piece: live through Love. Media used: snippet of sketch sheet, pencil, pen, crayon. Date created: February 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
God the Father knows when Jesus will return to the earth He created.
Then, everyone will see Jesus bring those who have the faith with Him into a perfected existence separate from all people without the faith who will perish in a very bad way.
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| “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17 |
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| Title of the piece: in Christ. Media used: snippet of doodle sheet, pencil, crayon. Date created: February 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
The free gift of Jesus forgives and includes benefits which the faith forms.
With the help of God, followers receive
- gratitude
- power to believe of what is true
- a desire to
pray
- grace to live by (receive and give others)
- eagerness to seek opportunities
- gentleness and confidence to share Truth
- preparedness for Christ’s return
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| Three-dimensional hearts with the cross of Christ and words: Faith, Hope, Love |
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| Title of the piece: Valentine. Media used: paper, glue, marker. Date created: February 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 |
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| Title of the piece: my • your. Media used: paper & pen. Date created: March 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| O Lord, keep me content in Your arms daily from dusk until dawn. In Jesus’s name. Amen. |
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| Title of the piece: Content. Media used: scratch paper, snippet of Portals of Prayer, colored pencil & marker. Date created: March 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9 |
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| Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?…No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8:35,37 |
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| Title of the piece: separates. Media used: snippet of doodle paper, crayon, pencil. Date created: February 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Psalm 62:7 |
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| Title of the piece: rest. Media used: paper, crayons, pen. Date created: March 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 |
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| Title of the piece: forgiven • cleansed. Media used: paper, pen, glue. Date created: March 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1 Peter 2:2-3 |
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| Title of the piece: grow up. Media used: paper, pen. Date created: March 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.” Matthew 20:17-19 |
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| Title of the piece: crucifixion. Media used: pen, artist trading card printed back paper, colored pencil. Date created: April 2, 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| Heavenly Father, remind us to trust in You even when the clouds are thick around us. In Jesus’s name. Amen. |
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| Title of the piece: trust. Media used: construction paper, Portals of Prayer snippet, crayons, oil pastel. Date created: April 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 |
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| Title of the piece: Christ in me. Media used: construction paper, pen, oil pastel. Date created: April 2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
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| Lord, Strengthen all those you’ve called to preach and teach about you. Let us praise You, Father for the grace You show through Your Son! In His name. Amen. |
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| Title of the piece: Light my fire. Media used: snippets of kids coloring sheet, Portals of Prayer, markers, pen. Date created: 4.2026. Artist name and signature: Elizabeth Knaus. Group or swap information: Trinity. Artist contact info (website, email, etc.): freshretrogallery |
![I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXbWrvwocLB1QcvLSlu5dFEOv-0yFJg9OQundT9F_NqIi7YJGzIRuSV02OoL9LEdeLft-rVpFSt4sWJXp0tA2TrZu1eswmAjpbwIRvV7RaDNT0JwzksapL6_XnEL2eAqN-a23N3q9ZMJmEygm0shYSOJlSivfb1fRiAg9nwXSUmNY_MnjWDn521OgVbrv/s1080/morningprayerf.JPG "I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer")
![I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxYeGhsLc7BDyPsqis9-WDB7CfQLDwx3H-w3BgVRaR1H28MBAAFiv5ZGusU_CoDzqxeDJbabcdnvNDX5OB6N9jRD5xbelZ723EYOHuDwbvDIRhEvI5LRW_dpbTPGTw0cBelZFpzNFfcwsrllpuqz3ZVdtutNGjcY2DjxVBEARynZaZThYGfULkGgd0ZyL/s1080/morningprayerb.JPG "I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen. —[Luther’s] Morning Prayer")
![Snowflake on red background with hand written verse [“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:] though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1:18.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-H_pvYvfHozW2Jw4wTvcF7uFBgl2mnCnHDLYfB5DQsX_8pwNsHkNpub0qKIGsEoKYy93kaAiL2WZTElilgRLEu-it274Ls-6F_XYGMfHG31GGCmUT_bjq_RkAuvyyGB4VXeRrYYFZz5BRjA9c_sTib8hU_vOfDam6RBkPYd8ouXDoCgL3rKgvoQcKFqK/s1080/purewhite.f.JPG "Snowflake on red background with hand written verse [“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord:] though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1:18.")
