Transformed Moms: HOLD ME, JESUS: BECAUSE OF YOU, WE'RE FAMILY!

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

Friday, December 19, 2008

HOLD ME, JESUS: BECAUSE OF YOU, WE'RE FAMILY!

FAMILY FELLOWSHIP FRIDAY

This week as I've talked about being held by Jesus, I've referred to the word enCOURAGE several times. You know, although many say this is "the most wonderful time of the year", it is also a very stressful time for many. Too much to do...too many unrealistic demands...not enough money...not enough time...not enough sleep...not enough...

When I look around me at all the needs, I know that only JESUS IS THE ANSWER. I can not be all things to all people and neither can you. He does put people before me whom He wants me to serve...to hold...to carry. He says to love Him and love my neighbor as myself. My neighbor? That would be my family - both physical and spiritual...those who I live close to, work with... There's been a verse that His Holy Spirit keeps putting on my heart over the last 24 hours. I haven't been sure of where it is located in scripture but I know now...because it comes after the other verses I had planned to share with you today. He continues to amaze me at how He works in my life.

In fact, over my life, JESUS has served me...held me...carried me... Sometimes, I just close my eyes and He's standing behind me with His hands on my shoulders. He wants me to know His presence at all times. As a christian and part of His wonderful eternal family, He wants me to know that He is there for me as my Spirit-led big brother who is full of...

love
joy
peace
patience
kindness
goodness
faithfulness
gentleness
self-control

As christians, most of us have read the following verses from Galatians 5 many times: 22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."

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What about the verses following? I think, if you read them closely, that you will find that when someone has the characteristics listed above, that person is most likely Spirit-led, like her big brother. And, when one is Spirit-led, her life looks something like the following verses describe...

if we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit
not boastful
not challenging one another
not envying one another
restoring others caught in a tresspass with a spirit of gentleness
bearing one another's burdens..

..and thus fulfill the law of Christ.... the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. 10 So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith."

Yep! That's what the Holy Spirit has put on my mind again and again. Today, as you look to the needs of your physical family, also look to the needs of your spiritual family. Is there anyone who needs good done for them over this stressful season? Isn't that what this season is all about? Isn't that what family fellowship is all about? Loving! Serving! Holding! Carrying! Encouraging!

You're invited back tomorrow for another GOD stop!

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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