Transformed Moms: BORN AGAIN...THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO THE LORD! I AM A LIFE THAT WAS CHANGED!

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

Sunday, September 6, 2009

BORN AGAIN...THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO THE LORD! I AM A LIFE THAT WAS CHANGED!

SUNDAY IN THE SON

I am not the same woman who I was the last time that I posted! Oh, I have belonged to Jesus since I was born again over forty years ago. I have walked the road of faith with Him. He is my Shepherd, the Sustainer of my soul. This summer I even led you in a study of the Virtuous Woman of scripture. I have known several truly virtuous women in my life! Yesterday, God gave me a visual that I will never forget!

Dottie, is our secretary at the Pitman church. She has a large extended family, many of whom love the LORD. Her brother Bill, has become a close spiritual brother to my husband Steve since we have lived in South Jersey. Bill and his wife Nancy have been true seekers of God's will. Nancy, a few years older than me, died in her sleep last Sunday night.

Nancy's funeral/memorial service lasted over two hours yesterday. A large crowd listened to Bill and her 4 young adult children give tributes in songs, scriptures, and memories. I will forever have the video recording in my mind of her husband and children giving honor to this virtuous woman. She was described with Proverbs 31 and 1 Corinthians 13. They said that the Sermon on the Mount in her Bible was worn because she loved it so much. Sure sounded a lot like our discussions this summer: a woman who fears the LORD... a woman of worth... a woman of purpose... a woman of wisdom... a woman who surpasses them all...

Her favorite scripture was: Romans 14:7-9 : "For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's."

Many stood to say that it was because of Nancy that they were able to see Jesus more clearly. This song sung by Dottie and Bill's younger sister sent a powerful message to the believers and non-believers who had gathered to honor Nancy. Please pause the play list and be sure and watch both videos... there is a huge connection... I truly am a life that was changed....

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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