Transformed Moms: 1, 2, 3, and now 4 OR a one, a two, a three, a four...

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

Thursday, July 31, 2008

1, 2, 3, and now 4 OR a one, a two, a three, a four...

This week Steve and I traveled to Collingswood for VBS on Sunday thru Wednesday to present our HOW GOD DOES FAMILY materials. In the midst of the week, we had our MASTER FULL MOMS class on Tuesday at Pitman. Between the two, there was a thread of thought...submission leads to TRANSFORMATION. Here it is the last day of July and I started this month on this blog saying that my posts would be centered on TRANSFORMATION!

How's it going? Baby steps? That's okay! It's really okay! Just keep taking those steps in the right direction. And, if you don't, then remember even if you take 3 steps forward and 2 steps backward - YOU'VE STILL MADE A LITTLE PROGRESS!!!!!

As my kids might say, "Back in the olden days when mom was a kid..." I loved to watch the Lennon sisters and the Mickey Mouse club stars on Lawrence Welk. Each week, Lawrence would get his orchestra started by beginning with these words..."a one, a two, a three, a four..." It was one of the very few shows that I watched. I loved that show! Several years ago, Steve and I got to see the Lennon sisters perform in Branson, MO. He loves them because they remind him of when his Sikes' sisters sing and make that sweet family harmony. There is something about the blending of voices that come from the same physical family that makes for amazing harmony: The Osmonds, The Jonas Brothers, or The Von Trapp Family Singers (inspiration for The Sound of Music).

I can just imagine JESUS starting His Sermon on the Mount with "a one, a two, a three, a four..." I can imagine Him thinking that if His followers would learn how to start each new day with His first 4 points, His first 4 steps, His first 4 Be-Attitudes...much like a master choir or orchestra...oh what sweet family harmony we would make! There is something about the blending of lives led by the Holy Spirit of GOD that makes for amazing harmony!

Please join me, as I begin each new day counting:

A one...Being POOR IN SPIRT...selfless...

A two...MOURNING over my sins and those who are lost...so thankful that GOD sees me sinless because of the blood of Christ...

A three...being MEEK to the leading of GOD for this new day...submissive...
A four...HUNGRY and THIRSTY FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS....feeding/watering the Spirit of GOD WHO lives inside me...reading/meditating on scripture, listening to/singing christian music, making harmonious connections with GOD's family, doing the right thing with the attitude of Christ...pray, pray, pray...satisfied...

TRANSFORMATION is taking place....

NOTE:

Here are some connections to the music I mentioned above:

LENNON SISTERS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lavziNDNHV8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T-KNrwQjI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jHXJLC9bFE&feature=related

OSMOND FAMILY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kik2We0iqvU&feature=related

LENNON SISTERS and OSMOND BROTHERS TOGETHER:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKxBnZEkv0c&feature=related

SOUND OF MUSIC:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7_hTOYZp38

SIKES FAMILY SINGING:

http://sikesreunion.blogspot.com/

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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