Lynn Donovan
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The Call to Fight
In my journey through the Bible, God’s showing me a constant thread of struggle and perseverance. From Jacob to Joseph to Moses and the Israelites. In Genesis 32, Jacob is faced with a potential disaster. His brother Esau is coming with 400 men, and Jacob fears the worst. He even prepares for the confrontation by…
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Covetousness is a Mirage – Weekend Devotion
By Amy Forbes I've been going through a period of unsettlement over the last few months. Too many times I've been unhappy with my marriage, unhappy with who I married and just generally unhappy with my life. My friends are better off financially and their relationships seem to be without problems but I was looking…
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God’s Umbrella
One morning an interesting thought struck me. All our trials and sufferings fall under the umbrella of God’s protection, but beneath that covering they diverge into two areas: consequences and circumstances. Consequences are the result of our poor choices. Sometime we just make mistakes. It’s inevitable. Sometimes God allows us to experience them in order…
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Chronicles of The Donovan Clan
Friday was my husband’s last day on the job. It all began when I was finally able to pray earnestly “The” Dangerous Prayer, Lord, do whatever it takes to save my husband. Scroll down or click here to read Friday’s Post or click here to read the dangerous prayer that I prayed two years ago.…
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Thankful Thursday
Where does the time go? I usually have my Thankful post up at least 12 hours earlier than this. Too many things cooking on the burner this week. Have mercy! But, it is all good. In fact, I have so much to tell you about the Donovan Clan! Our Lord is so faithful. I have…
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God’s Promises: Abraham Believed
The best way I know of getting closer to God and getting to know him better is to read God’s Word daily. Abraham came to know the God of Israel well enough to be called “friend.” This year I’m returning to reading the Bible in a year* to glean more nuggets about God and to…
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Speaking
My name is Judy Sylvester I was at the women’s meeting in Garden City yesterday. Lynn you are a blessed speaker. I wanted to meet and thank you personally yesterday for your blog that I have been reading for the past two – three years -Garden City Retreat, Detroit, MI I do not even know…
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Weekend Devotion – Isaiah 58
This past week, 1Peter 3 and many readers here have spent a week fasting for our loves ones. It's been a very powerful and promising week for many of us. New things have been revealed and promises reinforced. God is so faithful and good. This weekend is truly a celebration of our God who is…
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Day Four: Perseverance, Persistence, and Peskiness
One of the hardest aspects of praying long term is perseverance. Especially in today's society of immediate results, our patience muscle is sorely lacking exercise. Our food, our clothing, our shopping, our work-everything is structured to be quick and easy. You can even watch your favorite TV shows on one site condensed to about five…
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Day Three: Believing Like Abraham
Welcome to day three of our week of fasting and prayer. I know many of you have joined us in praying and even fasting for your spouses. I'd like to encourage you to continue, in whatever form God is leading you, to keep your vigil going. For the sake of simplicity for my family as…
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Prayers
Lord, May we be doers and not just hearers of Your Word. May we act immediately on the instructions of Your Holy Spirit within us. Lord cultivate in us hearts to obey, no matter how odd or uncomfortable or foolish it may seem to us. Cultivate in us hearts that trust completely in You and…
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Preparing for the New Year
Reflection seems to be a common state this time of year. As the New Year approaches, we look back on the past year and wonder what the new one will bring. Over the last few years God has led me to take this last week of December and the first week of January to spend…
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Peace in the House at Christmas
I remember in years past thinking of Christmas and Easter as two very separate events. I understood the connection-why Christ came-yet now, after many years walking with God and delving into the rich layers of his word, I've come to see how the salvation journey Jesus walked began at Christmas. Christ came as a child…
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Giving Thanks @ Thanksgiving
Dineen MillerWhen asked to give my testimony, I never know what to say. God didn’t come into my life on a blazing horse, saving me in the middle of some catastrophic event or dark moment. As far back as I can remember, I always remember him being there. Which is amazing since I didn’t grow up…
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Weekend Devotion-What’s Your Life Message?
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow…
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Is Your Marriage an Idol?
We tackled several questions of great magnitude yesterday at 1Peter3Living. Here they are: Dee: I’m thinking as I type & I have a couple of questions…..perhaps you can help me… Recently, a lady shared (this is not verbatim & this lady is not from 1P3), that she prays she will not make her unequally yoked…
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Thankful Thursday
This week prior to Thanksgiving, I am deeply thankful to the Lord Jesus Christ for so much. Bible study concluded for this year today. Tears of happiness and friendship were part of our morning. I will miss these ladies I have come to love over the past 10 weeks. Girls, next up…. Beth Moore, Esther,…
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The “Right” Prayer
I do not believe that there is such a thing in the history of God's kingdom as a right prayer offered in a right spirit that is forever left unanswered. – Theodore L. Cuyler Theodore L. Cuyler's words ring true when held up against the light of God's Word: Is any one of you sick?…
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Weekend Devotion-Jesus, Our Intercessor
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent…
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Thankful Thursday
It’s a Birthday!On this Thankful Thursday I am giving thanks for my BFF, Dineen Miller. Today is her birthday! Dineen was one of the very first readers here at Spiritually Unequal Marriage. In fact, I checked the archives and Dineen contributed her story in the first month after this blog was born. About a year later, she…
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Letting Go
Growing up a latch key kid made me think the kids with parents had it made. As an adult I carried this belief over to my own children, thinking that if they had a mother and a father who loved them, they'd be happy, successful, and have an easier life than I did. I was…