Transformed Moms: HOLY...CLOUD OF WITNESSES...

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

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

HOLY...CLOUD OF WITNESSES...

I didn't plan it this way! It just happens when the Holy Spirit is involved! I'd been praying about what our beginning of the year study would be. It came like a flowing stream several days ago. Here are some things that "sealed the deal" for me... and I am grateful that God is in control of leading me through these thought processes to help me make a decision.

We have just finished up a basic study, on this blog, about "What the Holy Spirit does..."
Many of us have been focusing on New Year's resolutions... ways to become better and not bitter...
As I age, my memory is not as good as it used to be, so I need help in memorizing and re-memorizing scripture... I love to learn/teach things in many different ways... I haven't been drawing my Mama Sikes "droodles" lately... I need to...

I am acutely aware that many christians and non-christians are having big struggles with holiness, purity. and the light/darkness battle... Steve and I are preparing to go to a congregation in another state at the end of this month and lead a seminar on "Purity"...

I am extremely intune with how many of us struggle with discouragement and take on substitute "comforters" in place of the Holy Spirit.

My profession is centered around working with a lot of people who are challenged with focus issues... either too little or too much...

Pain? We live with it in our home on a daily basis. There is something horrific about chronic pain. I cannot think about our Jessica's pain for too long or I take my eyes off of Jesus...

Death has once again hit nearby and another sister has gone Home. Tanya was a follower of Jesus Christ, a reader of this blog, and a self proclaimed "transformed mom". Tanya is now a part of our great cloud of witnesses...

When you finish this post, I invite you to scroll down to last Friday and Saturday and read more about our friend, Tanya.
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Okay! I'll stop there! So, I'm thankful to God for leading me to...

this study of FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS
a monthly passage of scripture for us to memorize together

a myriad of new inspirations to help us see Him more clearly

And, finally today, I'm thankful to Robbie Sikes, my mother-in-love, who taught me how to droodle my Bible. As I looked at the first part of our memory scripture for the month, I chose to droodle it...

This is the beginning of a much larger list of "living stones" who I am thankful for. They have touched my life, for the LORD, before leaving this earth. It is a great visual to encourage me, to remind me to be HOLY, and help me begin to memorize our passage for the month... I love my cloud of witnesses! They are overcomers! I've already written posts on some of them. Others I will write about this year. This week, be encouraged by what Steve and I have written about Tanya. Be blessed! Be transformed!

1 comment:

Jodi aka One Blessed Mama said...: Great goals! God is alwys faithful, isn't He? Have a blessed day!; January 5, 2010 at 1:42 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