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





TRANSFORMED MOMS:MOMS TRANSFORMED

Romans 12:1-2 "Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Thursday, April 1, 2010

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS...A WORK OF LOVE...


TRANSFORMING THURSDAY
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As we begin a new month, I encourage you to look at our new memory verse and see the focus: LOVE! Love for the LORD... love for ourselves... love for our neighbors...
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There is nothing as transforming as God's kind of love - AGAPE!
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1 John 3:16-19 says,

"This is how we know what love is:

Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.
And we ought to lay down our lives
for our brothers.
If anyone has material possessions
and sees his brother in need
but has no pity on him,
how can the love of God be in him?
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Dear children,
let us not love with words or tongue
but with actions and in truth."
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We have a sister in Christ, who is a widow, in our church family who has really been having some hard times. Things have been so difficult for her recently! Then, when things were looking extremely challenging... they got worse!!! She broke her back! She was already using a walker! How could this happen? Now, she is in rehab trying to get herself where she can live independently.
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In the meantime, Steve went to check on a rental property that she owned. Her renters had not been keeping up with the rent. What Steve found was gutt wrenching! The pictures below will tell the story of what seemed impossible to fix being possible. The renters had moved out taking all the copper plumbing with them.
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The next couple weeks were a stir of activity as our church family considered how to meet our sister's needs. Spurred on by the faithful love of God and with love for our sister, a group of christian men talked with some of her extended family, checked with authorities, and formulated a plan.
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When it happened this past weekend, transformation took place in a few hours time because of the love of God living and breathing through the teenagers in our church family, a handful of young adults, some adult sponsors, and some men who had a vision of what could be done.
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I will tell that transformation story with pictures and then ask you to consider the possibilities of the kind of love that 1 Corinthians 13 talks about.
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1 Corinthians 13:5-8 says,

"Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails..."


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Here is the transformation made by God's love:
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AFTER
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TRANSFORMED MOM, LISA, REQUESTED PRAYERS FOR HER HUBBY: FULLY RESTORED! FULLY HEALED!