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."

Monday, March 12, 2012

THE BLESSING... MEDITATION MONDAY...

Last Friday, our church family showed the movie COURAGEOUS at our building.  Many there were convicted of our great need to lead lives of COURAGE.  Yesterday morning, Dan's sermon challenged the men of our congregation to help "stop the pandemic" in our nation - 24 million children in our nation are fatherless.  Of course, in many homes, the children are still "fatherless" even though the father is still physically present.

The book of Joshua and it's words enCOURAGE all of us to:  BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!  If you have not seen this movie, I would enCOURAGE you to do so:





It takes great COURAGE to walk the walk of Jesus Christ.  Steve and I are teaching a parenting class entitled, HOW GOD DOES FAMILY!  Each week we take a principle from scripture and expound on it.  This week the principle is:  GOD BLESSES!

We discussed that we have a choice each day to be:  A BLESSING OR A CURSE.  Yes, the choice is ours. 

There are many ways to BLESS our family.  One of those ways we've been talking about on this blog.  Love your family enough to be patient and...
  • kind... What a BLESSING kind words can be!
  • keep no record of wrongs... Instead, spend your time keeping of record of what's right about your child/spouse.
Yet, what do words of BLESSING look like?  We want to point out not just what a person does, but encourage "who he/she is".  I modeled how I have done that with Steve and our children:
  • Steve, Jesus is THE COUNSELOR and WISDOM... I see Jesus in you, in those ways!
  • J, Jesus is THE LION / LAMB and HEALER... I see Jesus in you, in those ways.
  • J, Jesus is THE ROCK and IMMANUEL... I see Jesus in you, in those ways.
  • C, Jesus is THE CREATOR and WORD... I see Jesus in you, in those ways.
  • C, Jesus is THE FOUNTAIN and GOOD SHEPHERD... I see Jesus in you, in those ways.
How about giving a BLESSING to each other as we see in each other parts of the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT?
  • The JOY of the Holy Spirit flows out of you to BLESS others.
  • The Holy Spirit loves through you in a great way.
  • Your life exudes the Holy Spirit's PEACE that passes understanding.
  • Your FAITH is so enCOURAGING to me, as I watch you being led by the Holy Spirit.

Let God mold you today into a woman of COURAGE who BLESSES others with her tongue.



Yesterday, our congregation prayed for Japan.  Here are our brothers and sisters gathering after the tsunami, last year, in Mito, Japan.  What A BLESSING they have been to so many this past year.



 COURAGE!  BLESSING!

~OH, THE JOY~

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