Transformed Moms: HE IS EXALTED...BECAUSE HE'S THE TRANSFORMING POWER SOURCE...

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 9, 2009

HE IS EXALTED...BECAUSE HE'S THE TRANSFORMING POWER SOURCE...

TRANSFORMING

THURSDAY

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Recently, we've been having some power problems in our home. Electrical power surges have become part of an almost daily routine for us. This week a brother in Christ did some work on our air conditioning system and the surges have been reduced greatly.
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Last year we had surges of a different kind. Our internet was going on and off often. Comcast told us that part of the problem was that our house was the last house on the line. In other words, we are the farthest from the main power source. They did some work on our connections from the street and our service became less interrupted.
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What would you do if you were sitting near a lamp reading a book and a little child kept pulling the lamp plug out of the socket and putting it back in again....over and over and over again? I have a feeling that it wouldn't take too many seconds for you to tell him/her to quit it, straighten up, or leave. It would be highly irritating to you if it continued happening. Besides that, playing with an electrical socket loaded with power is a dangerous thing for a child.
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Maybe you're blow drying your hair and and the child thinks that it would be funny to unplug your blow dryer. What happened? Who took you away from your power source? If the plug continues to be pulled out and plugged back in, I don't think you could take it for too long before saying enough is enough.
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Electrical power gets the job done when the appliance stays plugged into the power source. It's the same way in the spiritual world. Not plugged into Jesus? On again? Off again? You become an irritant to those around you! The power source is not meeting needs. Besides, when you play around with power, it's like playing with fire... it's dangerous.
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We've spent part of the last two weeks looking at the verse in Proverbs 31 that says, "...a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised." It does not say, "... a woman who fears the LORD today and takes tomorrow off shall be praised...". It's about a consistent power coming from the power source and some "work" by the receiver of the power source to stay plugged in.
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Yesterday, we looked at a series of verses from Psalms on the topic of "fearing the Lord." Join me today in looking at how they can become transforming, if we stay plugged into "fearing the Lord".
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Psalms...
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25:14
UNPLUGGED? "I don't 'get' God!"
PLUGGED IN? "The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him."
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33:18
UNPLUGGED? "I don't feel God's presence!"
PLUGGED IN? "The eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him..."
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34:7
UNPLUGGED? "I don't feel protected by God! When has He ever come to my rescue?"
PLUGGED IN? "The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them."
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34:9
UNPLUGGED? "I'm sooooo needy!"
PLUGGED IN? "For to those who fear Him, there is no want."
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85:9
UNPLUGGED? "God feels so far away. I feel so lost!"
PLUGGED IN? "Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him."
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103:13 "
UNPLUGGED? I don't feel God cares!
PLUGGED IN? "LORD has compassion on those who fear Him."
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103:17-18
UNPLUGGED? I'm not sure God loves me!
PLUGGED IN? "But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him..."
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111:5
UNPLUGGED? I am spiritually starving!
PLUGGED IN? "He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever."
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111:10
UNPLUGGED? Why can't I make wise decisions?
PLUGGED IN? "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom..."
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115:11
UNPLUGGED? I'm so vulnerable...helpless...
PLUGGED IN? "You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield."
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115:13
UNPLUGGED? My life stinks! Where are the blessings?
PLUGGED IN? "He will bless those who fear the LORD, The small together with the great."
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118:4
UNPLUGGED? I think God hates me!
PLUGGED IN? "Oh let those who fear the LORD say, "His lovingkindness is everlasting."
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128:1
UNPLUGGED? My life stinks! Where are the blessings?
PLUGGED IN? "How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways."
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145:19
UNPLUGGED? How come everyone else has all the luck? I feel like I'm drowning!
PLUGGED IN? "He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them."
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147:11
UNPLUGGED? I am a very impatient person! I want what I want NOW!
PLUGGED IN? "The LORD favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness."

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THE FEAR OF THE LORD is transforming! If you're having some questions about what it means. Go back to our discussion on the last few Wednesdays.
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Get plugged in! It's transforming!
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Stay plugged in! It's transforming!
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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