Transformed Moms: IT'S ABOUT THE CROSS: THE BABY WAS BORN TO DIE!

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, December 25, 2008

IT'S ABOUT THE CROSS: THE BABY WAS BORN TO DIE!

TRANSFORMING THURSDAY!

Merry Christmas!

The story of Jesus began long before

His birth in a manger that starry Bethlehem night.

Join us today for a little clearer perspective

to the story of the babe in the manger.

The words to this post are from the

song sung on the two videos above.

This post and the two videos are our gifts to you, today!

Push play on the video above to listen

to it's music while you view this post.

Merry Christmas!

It's not just about the manger where the baby lay.

It's not all about the angels who sang for Him that day.

It's not just about the shepherds or

the bright and shining star.

It's not all about the wise men who travelled from afar..

It's about the cross!

It's about my sin!

It's about how Jesus came to be born once

So that we could be born again.

It's about the stone

That was rolled away

So that you and I could have real life someday.

It's about the cross!

It's not just about the presents

underneath the tree.

It's not all about the feeling

that the season brings to me.

It's not just about coming home

to be with those you love.

It's not all about the beauty

in the snow I'm dreaming of.

It's about the cross!
It's about my sin!
It's about how Jesus came to be born once
So that we could be born again.
It's about the stone
That was rolled away
So that you and I could have real life someday.
It's about the cross!
It's about the cross!

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The beginning of the story is wonderful and great.
But it's the ending that can save you
and that's why we celebrate.
It's about the cross!

It's about my sin!

It's about how Jesus came to be born once

So that we could be born again.

Note: Last night, on Christmas Eve,

Stephanie, on the left, the daughter of

Transformed Mom, Karelle, was born again

at the Pitman church of Christ.

There were many there to

hear her confession that Jesus is LORD GOD.

We watched as her daddy baptized her into Christ.

Then, we formed a very large love circle as

her new christian family.

(pics of the wonderful event will be posted soon)

It's about God's love nailed to a tree.
It's about every drop of blood that flowed from Him

when it should have been me.

It's about the stone that was rolled away.

So that you and I could have real life someday...

So that you and I could have real life someday.

It's about the cross!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: This is a great song that I had never heard before. Thanks for your focus on it this week.; December 25, 2008 at 8:38 PM

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