Transformed Moms: YOU ARE GOD ALONE...THREE IN ONE...

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

Saturday, May 22, 2010

YOU ARE GOD ALONE...THREE IN ONE...

KETCHUP AND MUSTARD SATURDAY

Catch Up and Must Do

Did you know that the triangle is considered the strongest shape? I hadn't thought about that in a long time until I heard it at our department's end of the school year retreat last Monday. Each group was commissioned to make something out of straws to illustrate a point. One group talked about the strength of 3. They made a shape similar to this out of straws.

My mind has connected back to the triangle several times this week as I've thought of our theme: YOU ARE GOD ALONE all the while knowing that means OUR GOD IS THREE IN ONE: God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
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Then, yesterday, Jen graduated summa cum laude with her nursing degree. Yay! Congratulations... what a journey!

She is now a registered nurse! In fact, she is a christian who is a wife, mommy, and registered nurse. Many from our church family went to celebrate with Jen and her family. When I saw this picture below of Jen, her husband, four daughters, and her in-laws, my mind went straight back to triangles. Strange? Not really!

You see, years ago, Jen's mother-in-love - Yvonne, believed that God the Father was God Alone. Then, through a wonderful conversion story, she studied and began to understand that there is no God of the Bible without including JESUS and the living, breathing, and active HOLY SPIRIT. Once she wrapped her heart, mind, soul, and strength around that, she was able to come to faith in GOD ALONE...THREE IN ONE!!! Yvonne brought her family along with her on her spiritual journey. The picture above is only part of the heritage / legacy that she has and is leaving.

On Wednesday nights, I have two of Jen's daughters (Yvonne's grandaughters) in my 3rd-4th grade Bible class. They've just memorized the 23rd Psalm. Now, they're working on the ABC's of Jesus and the Beattitudes. Our conversations, each Wednesday night, are full "What if..." and "Why..." and "Did you know..." and "I was excited to learn..." comments and questions about the LORD... GOD ALONE...

Jen and Yvonne, I'm so thankful for your Faithful Love for our LORD. I'm so thankful for the way you are passing it on! Hopefully, these words have honored you today.

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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