(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."
Some of you have not had the opportunity to hear the story of what our church teen group did. It's a story of transformational love! I am so grateful that God reigns in both the old and young! Take a minute to link here to my Thursday post to see one of the many reasons I am thankful for this group of young people who have a heart for Jesus.
Yesterday morning, in our women's class, we listened to "The 6 women who where there!" Yet, the whole time I listened to the words read, I kept thinking about the women doing the reading. Six women who love the LORD deeply! What if it would have really been them there that Friday at the cross and then Sunday morning hearing, "He's alive!"??!!
Sorry! I already had my burger for the week! Wednesday I found myself close to a Sonic and Thursday I was in the same area. It was time for a visit!
As usual, I made sure I had mustard on my #1.
Again, this week, I've had time to drive and think.
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I've thought a lot about the week Jesus had between Palm Sunday and the cross. His faithful perseverance and endurance is amazing! I've thought about where Mary was during that week, also. I'd like to visit with you today about that last week of Jesus' life. Since I've already had my burger. How about I talk and you eat?!!!?!??!
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I'd like to recap His last week by listing what happened each day and then putting the Gospel Zip Codes for your easy reference. A Gospel Zip code tells you all the places in the gospels a certain story is found. For instance, Jesus Feeding the 5,000 is found in 14, 696. That means that story is found in Matthew 14, Mark 6, Luke 9, and John 6.
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PALM SUNDAY: Jesus enters Jerusalem 21,11,19,12; Jesus spends the night in Bethany 21,11,00
MONDAY: Jesus curses the fig tree 21,11,00; Cleanses the Temple the second time 21,11,19,0; Healing in the Temple - 21,000; Leaves Jerusalem in evening - 0,11,00
TUESDAY: They see the fig tree that is now dried up-21,11,00 ; Jesus teaches in the temple and His authority is questioned - 21,11,19,0; Jesus tells the parable of The 2 Sons - 21,000 ; Jesus tells the parable of The Wicked Husbandmen - 21,12,20,0; Jesus tells the parable of The Marriage of the King's Son and answers questions - 22,12,20,0; Jesus speaks of the 8 Woes Against Pharisees - 23,12,20,0; Jesus speaks on the Necessity of Faith - 000,12; Jesus speaks concerning the Destruction of Jerusalem - 24,13,21,0; Jesus tells the parable of the Leaves of Fig Trees and Other Trees - 24,13,21,0; Jesus tells the parable of the Householder Watching - 24,13,00; Jesus tells the 3 parables of Ten Virgins / Talents / The Sheep and The Goats - 25,000
WEDNESDAY: There is no record. It could quite possibly have been a "High Sabbath" as described in Leviticus 23.
THURSDAY: Preparation of Passover - 26,14,22,0; Jesus speaks to disciples at Last Supper - 26,14,22,13; Jesus speaks to Peter - 26,14,22,13; Prays in The Garden of Gethsemane - 000,17; Agony in Gethsemane - 26,14,22,18; Betrayed in Gethsemane - 26,14,22,0; Jesus heals Malchus' ear-0022,18
FRIDAY: Bound and led through streets / Peter's 1st denial - 000,18; Led to Caiaphas and Council / Peter's denials - 26,14,22,18; Judas hangs himself - 27,000; Jesus goes before Governor Pilate - 27,15,23,18; Jesus goes before King Herod - 00,23,0; Pilate attempts to release Jesus - 27,15,23,18; Jesus led away to be crucified - 27,15,23,19; Women cry for Jesus - 00,23,0; Jesus is offered wine - 27,15,00; Jesus placed ont the cross about 9 a.m. - 27,15,23,19; Jews mock Jesus and one thief confesses to Him - 27,15,23,0; Jesus commends His mother Mary to John - 000,19; Jesus dies and darkness prevails around 3 p.m. 27,15, 23, 19; Veil of temple torn / graves open - 27,15,23,0; Centurion's confession-27,15,23,0; Jesus taken from cross before 6 p.m. and buried - 27,15,23,19...
and then they waited... the women... his mother... his disciples.... Friday had now gone but Sunday was coming!!!
If there hadn't been a "Good Friday" we would not be family!!! He could have called ten thousand angels to rescue Him from death on a cross, but it was His faithful love that kept Him there...
. 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! .
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. .
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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