Transformed Moms: IN ME..POWER TO OVERCOME WEAKNESSES...

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 10, 2009

IN ME..POWER TO OVERCOME WEAKNESSES...

TRANSFORMING THURSDAY

Yesterday, our scripture said that sometimes we do not know how to pray "in our weakness" and the Holy Spirit will intercede for us! What a blessing! We can give our weaknesses to God and He will help us in multiple ways. Sometimes those answers are big. Sometimes they are small. Two transformations that are on my mind today are one of each.

Recently, I shared that I have a friend who weighed 444 lbs. Sean has a huge heart and uses it to minister through music and as a youth minister. He was desperate for a second chance! He got the really big opportunity to be on the show, The Biggest Loser, this fall. The show finale was this past Tuesday night and the transformations were incredible. Here is a picture of Sean on Tuesday night. Thank you Holy Spirit for interceding for Sean.

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At the end of this post, there will be a link for more info on The Biggest Loser stories and Sean's interview. But, before you do that, I want to share with you about something that God has put in my path.

Teaching 4 classes at the university keeps me always preparing for the next lesson. I have been praying to make a difference in the lives of my students. With so much going on in our lives and Steve and Jessica's sicknesses, I have been weak, exhausted, and sometimes "brainless". Then, God puts in my path an email that I had been getting for months but "hadn't had time for". Aha! This time a "small still voice" said "click here". When I clicked, I got a full screen full of inspirational video links that are full of simple truths about life and teaching. Bingo! Thank you Holy Spirit for interceding on my behalf!

At the end of each class I have the student's write an "AHA! Moment" from that class period. They do not sign them. The aha's are for me to see how the students are learning positively or negatively. The videos have become a class favorite!

This week the students are writing their final "Aha! Moments" for the semester. Multiple students have sited the following video and our discussion about it as "life changing". Thank you Holy Spirit for interceding for my weakness and letting me be a vessel of blessing for others in spite of having a tough semester.

For more transformation encouragement, check out:

http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/video/clips/seans-finale-interview/1183656/

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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