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."

Saturday, April 6, 2013

BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT - KETCHUP AND MUSTARD SATURDAY





KETCHUP AND MUSTARD SATURDAY
(Catch - Up and Must Do)


Life can be soooo hard..... it is full of frustrations!   How does one get through it with meaning, sanity, joy, and blessing?  I really do believe that our answers are found in a library of 66 books called the Bible.   Please join me in watching this short video about the Bible. 

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.The message is Jesus!  From the first book to the last, in this library, is the thread of Jesus.  The Bible is His-story!  During His ministry on earth, He speaks words that are often called "the magna carta of Christianity".  We refer to those words as THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT:  Jesus words in  Matthew chapters 5, 6, and 7.   Only Jesus has the complete answer of how to lead THE BLESSED LIFE.  He begins His sermon with:


MATTHEW 5:1-3 .

Now when He saw the crowds, He went up on a mountainside and sat down. .
His disciples came to Him, and He began to teach them, saying:
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"BLESSED are the POOR IN SPIRIT,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
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 The apostle Paul learned the secret to THE BLESSED LIFE ... this life that begins with being poor in spirit. Let's ask Paul some questions. He can answer through the verses he wrote in PHILIPPIANS 2:5-7
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1. Paul, what should my continual outlook on life be?
  • Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

2. Who is Christ Jesus, Paul?
  • Who, being in very nature God,

3. So, my attitude should be the same as God? Isn't that kind of prideful? Wouldn't that make me kind of full of myself?
  • did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but He made HImself nothing,

4. Okay, so if Jesus, who is God, didn't have an attitude that was full of Himself - what did that look like?
  • taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness..

As you ponder these new verses from Philippians today, consider using the word AGES. Paul is sharing with us a foundational concept... for living THE BLESSED LIFE... for the AGES.
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Try memorizing it in these 4 sections:
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1. A: Attitude of Christ Jesus
  • Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
2. G: God
  • Who, being in very nature God,
3. E: Equality - NOT!
  • did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing,
4. S: Servant
  • taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
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Philippians 2:5-7
  • Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus
  • Who, being in very nature God,
  • did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing,
  • taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.


~BLESSED~

OH, THE JOY!

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