Transformed Moms: GO LIGHT YOUR WORLD: BE TRANSFORMED!!!!

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, January 1, 2010

GO LIGHT YOUR WORLD: BE TRANSFORMED!!!!

Our sister-in-Christ, a self proclaimed "transformed mom", who has been an inspiration to so many of us, went Home to be with Jesus this morning. Join me in praying for her husband and six children. Tanya truly believed throughout her suffering that "GIGATTAATTGIG" - God Is Good All The Time And All The Time God Is Good.
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Through her horrific battle with cancer, Tanya chose to be an encourager to others. It was only in December that she called Steve to encourage him to "get better" because "our church family needs you...I need you..." Tanya was a regular visitor to this blog. Here are some of her most recent comments that she posted. Her words give you a glimpse into who she is and WHOSE she is. I'm so thankful for this forever friend!
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"Dear Patti: Thank you for your most appropriate music that sings directly to me.........thank you for your words that speak directly to me...and thank you for your faith and perserverence that set examples directly to me." I love you, Tanya

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"Yes, Patti, God IS in control, and what a burden that takes off of OUR shoulders. If I had to be in control, I would have messed things up A LONG time ago. I have seen many who do not have God in their lives just fall and crumble to the ground. I am so thankful for our loving Father who watches over us all day and night. Have a great day." Love to you, Tanya
."This song is beautiful. Listen to the words.
Go take your candle, and go light your world.
This is God talking directly to us.
This is what He wants us to do.
Seek out the lonely, the tired, and worn,
go light your world. We are a family.
Seek out the helpless, deceived and poor.
Take your candle and go light your world.
He does not want us to be concerned about ourselves,
He will take care of us. It is others who need His help
and that can be given through us.
May we all carry that candle to someone special in our lives this week and beyond."
Love, Tanya .
Dear Patti:
I was hospitalized for almost a week and could not wait to fill myself with the Word as YOU know it, and to gain some of your strength through your blog, as I came home to heal. I have missed so much of your blog by only missing a week. It is unbelievable. Your life is so full, and stressed, and cluttered, and yet, you have only one goal that shines through, and that is to follow Jesus and send His love to as many other people as you can...." .
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Tanya,
God's light through you will continue to be a beacon to many of us for a very long time! We will miss you, sister!

GIGATTAATTGIG
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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