Transformed Moms: R.E.A.P.S.

It is GOD who BLESSES and TRANSFORMS...

This is a blog for women (not just moms) who:

(1) Desire to be transformed by JESUS' LOVE, HOLINESS, AND GRACE;

(2) Believe that GOD'S WORD is the true Spirit food for HIS HOLY SPIRIT who lives within us;

(3) Submit to GOD and walk this journey of life with HIM transforming us more and more into HIS likeness.

It's a blog about the POWER OF TRANSFORMED LIVES. Let's begin with yours and mine and pass it on... 1 + 1 + 1...

Since GOD's HOLY SPIRIT lives inside a christian, let's choose to be nurtured and transformed by feasting daily on HOLY SPIRIT food - GOD's WORD - The Holy Bible..

My regular posts stopped in 2013, with a major move and the chronic illness and eventual death of our oldest daughter. Yes, we grieve daily, yet I am determined to continue to let the LIGHT of my LORD and SAVIOR shine through me. I have tried to start posting again, over the last few years, but have not been consistent. So, I think the biggest blessing for you and me both will be to intersperse some new posts while revisiting some of the former posts. Let's begin with "Oh, the JOY!" as we head into living through Fall 2019; meeting back here 1-2 days a week.

If you need daily encouragement, you will find plenty by clicky on past posts. When reading earlier posts, you will see that I often posted daily, following this format: ...Sunday in the SON, Meditation Monday, GratiTuesday, Women in the WORD Wednesday, Transforming Thursday, Family Fellowship Friday, Ketchup & Mustard Saturday.

There's a whole lot here! Take your time to browse.

Please come back and visit each week. Welcome!

Because of JESUS, we can be family,

Patti

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

R.E.A.P.S. - Day Two

R ead, ‘rite, and repeat Scripture thought: GOD, give me the wisdom to understand the simple thought that comes out of this verse:

"I'm fearfully and wonderfully made." Psalm 139

E mpowered by the HOLY SPIRIT GOD, as I read YOUR WORD-specifically those around my scripture thought for today, it does what it is meant to do: feed YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WHO lives within me:

As I ponder the context of that statement above in Psalm 139, I am reminded once again of the enormity of YOUR presence. YOU, THE CREATOR of the universe, created me AND YOU are always there / here... YOU know me better than I know myself…Yet, YOU still love me and YOU choose to live inside of me (because Jesus has cleansed me)…I can’t really leave any part of this HOLY SPIRIT inspired chapter out…

139:1 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
O LORD, YOU have searched me and YOU know me.
2 YOU know when I sit and when I rise;
YOU perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 YOU discern my going out and my lying down;
YOU are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue YOU know it completely, O LORD.
5 YOU hem me in — behind and before;
YOU have laid YOUR hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from YOUR SPIRIT?
Where can I flee from YOUR presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, YOU are there;
if I make my bed in the depths,YOU are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there YOUR hand will guide me,
YOUR right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
12 even the darkness will not be dark to YOU;
the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to YOU.

A ttitude of CHRIST JESUS GOD, I see Christ-like attitudes in these scriptures-please be molding them in me:

My simple GRATITUDE ATTITUDE seems so small for what YOU’ve done, are doing, will do, AND can do. Thank YOU for making me…thank YOU for making my children inside of me…thank YOU for loving me no matter what…

P ray to GOD THE FATHER GOD, please listen while I feebly pray about these thoughts…

FATHER, forgive me of my harsh spirit… YOU did not make me to be that way…I am so thankful that YOU made me who I am….yet, God, I need YOU to keep teaching me how to live in this skin…YOU made me…please help me to mature /grow up in YOU… to see YOUR purpose for me…today it is so gray…I ask YOU, THE CREATOR, to shed light on my circumstances and guide my steps to the purpose that YOU want me to fulfill.

S ing with the SPIRIT & Understanding: Today GOD, as we have talked, You have put this song on my heart...I give it back to YOU…YOU are so faithful… please keep it there throughout the day, help it teach me, help it to make a difference in me today:

LITTLE BY LITTLE IN EVERY DAY…LITTLE BY LITTLE IN EVERY WAY
JESUS IS CHANGING ME…HE’S CHANGING ME. SINCE I’VE MADE A TURN ABOUT FACE, I’VE BEEN GROWIN’ IN HIS GRACE, JESUS IS CHANGIN’ ME. HE’S CHANGIN’ ME, MY BLESSED SAVIOR…I’M NOT THE SAME PERSON THAT I USED TO BE…SOMETIMES IT’S SLOW GOING BUT THERE’S A KNOWIN’ THAT SOMEDAY PERFECT (MATURE) I WILL BE…

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A Little History of this Blog:

A group of moms in Pitman, New Jersey began meeting every Tuesday morning in June 2008 to learn how to be Master-Full Moms. Although that class only lasted that summer, we have continued to have other classes for moms offered at the Pitman church of Christ. This blog will remain like an ongoing class. So, come back each day and join us as we discuss being God's women as we encourage transformation in each other.
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3 POINTERS TO NAVIGATE THIS BLOG:

1. Just below, you'll find a series of questions and answers about who Transformed Moms are.

2. Options for getting started...after those questions and answers... YOU COULD click on the June 2008 Archive, scroll down to the first post called MASTER-FULL MOMS and start from the beginning with our 14 day devotional challenge, or.... YOU COULD start with our summary of our original summer class and blog on the 8-31-08 post: SUMMER SUMMARY - SPIRITUAL, or... YOU COULD browse through the archive and click what looks interesting to you...and/or...
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3. You're invited to read recent posts and come back daily to join us as we are led by the Holy Spirit down the road to healing and / or transformation.

Thanks for joining us, Patti

2. WHAT DOES A MOM DO WHO HAS THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVING IN HER?

… those who live in accordance with the SPIRIT have their minds set on what the SPIRIT desires …life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to GOD. It does not submit to GOD’S law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please GOD. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the SPIRIT, if the SPIRIT OF GOD lives in you…Therefore, sisters, we have an obligation… by the SPIRIT you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live… Romans 8:5-13

6. MOM, DAUGHTER OF GOD, HOW DO YOU GET THE POWER TO LIVE AND NOT LOSE HEART?

For GOD, WHO said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made HIS light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of CHRIST.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from GOD and not from us.

We are:

· hard pressed on every side, but not crushed

· perplexed, but not in despair

· persecuted, but not abandoned

· struck down, but not destroyed.

2 Corinthians 4:5-12