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Fear of Husbands – The Prescription For Fear
Read more: Fear of Husbands – The Prescription For FearI was deeply moved by many of the comments on Friday’s post about the fear of man. Can I just say – BLESS YOU, SUMites because of your courage to voice your real struggles. I want to share a comment as this is the crux of many of the comments last week: The first thing…
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Part Two: Upgrades
Read more: Part Two: UpgradesSUMites, I promised to share more of what God is showing me for our community right now. I believe this next part will be so encouraging to you and will strengthen your spirit greatly. Let’s go back to Isaiah 60. There are several parts to this chapter that God has in the works for us…
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Part One: We are the SUMites
Read more: Part One: We are the SUMitesSUMites, today I want to remind you who you are. Holy Spirit has impressed this upon me right now in conjunction with our SALVATION word for this year. And if I sound like a broken record about that word, understand that the Lord has told me I am to continually hold this before you and…
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My Arrogance-A lesson Learned by Pam Anderson
Read more: My Arrogance-A lesson Learned by Pam AndersonMy Arrogance-A lesson Learned Arrogance is defined by one online dictionary as: an insulting way of thinking or behaving that comes from believing that you are better, smarter, or more important than other people. Recently, Lynn wrote a powerful and thought provoking post called “I Created Bitterness-A Weird Confession." Well, I have a similar confession.…
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Fear Of Man – It’s our Freedom Day!
Read more: Fear Of Man – It’s our Freedom Day!Hello my Friends, Wow, it feels as though a long time has passed since I shared with you what the Lord is teaching me. I have a doozy of a lesson today. But before we jump in, thank you for celebrating our 10-year anniversary with us. I read every comment that arrived and was teary…
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Reach for the Stars
Read more: Reach for the StarsMy friends, we’ve already started to receive prayers from many of you for our new book, Praying for Your Unsaved Spouse. I’m hoping there are many more of you out there praying, considering and even writing your prayer story. But if you’ve decided that’s just not something you can do, I want to tell you…
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The Big Reveal
Read more: The Big RevealHello SUMites! I bet you're looking at these two covers and wondering what is going on. Well, this is our big surprise. I put my graphic designer skills to work and created two covers for a book that we are going to publish-a book filled with prayers for the salvation of our spouses. Guess who's going to…
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Jesus is fighting for us
Read more: Jesus is fighting for usPhoto courtesy of pakorn/FreeDigitalPhotos.net It happened again on Saturday. What you may ask? My three strikes policy. Huh? Three strikes policy? Whenever I’m struck three times by a common theme or thread within a short period of time I ask the Lord for some interpretation. On Saturday as I scanned my Facebook feed our Lynn…
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The NEW Soul Saver is Out!
Read more: The NEW Soul Saver is Out!SUMites, I'm excited to tell you The Soul Saver is available again for Kindle on Amazon. If you've recently joined our family, you may not know that I started this story in 2008 just before my youngest daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was finally published in 2012 and won the Carol Award in 2013. This…
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And the Adventures Continue!
Read more: And the Adventures Continue!Hello SUM Nation! We’ve had a blast this month walking down memory lane, doing a LIVE Webcast, announcing our ordinations and celebrating YOU! Did you enjoy the stories? Lynn and I have had some crazy adventures together, and we have taken you with us in our hearts every time. We’ve written two books together-Winning Him…
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A Past and Present Story
Read more: A Past and Present StoryHello, SUM family. I'm with Lynn in wondering how this month has gone by so fast! Here I thought I'd run out of stories only to find I needed to pick and choose the best ones, because there are so many. And I will say they are truly God's stories-the evidence of His love and…
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God Joined Our Celebration! Let Me Explain!
Read more: God Joined Our Celebration! Let Me Explain!Greetings SUMite Nation: Well we are in the last week of our 10-year, month-long celebration. Can you believe it went by that fast? I’m in my office on a Sunday afternoon. I feel the Lord’s Presence and it is peaceful. I pray all of you are filled with His peace, love and joy as you…
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LIVE Web Classes were a BLAST!
Read more: LIVE Web Classes were a BLAST!SUMites, Lynn and I had a blast with you during our LIVE Web Classes! A BLAST! Wow, does an hour go fast or what? We so enjoyed being able to pray over you, bless you and teach about hearing God's voice for yourself. And telling you stories…and the Q&A session-getting to hear you-hear your hearts-was huge. Thank you,…
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Celebrating 10 Years: Waiting for Lynn and Dineen to Grow Up
Read more: Celebrating 10 Years: Waiting for Lynn and Dineen to Grow Up“Mama, you are the Christian in your marriage, but you are not showing respect to Daddy,” my two daughters said to me,” as they detailed times, places and events that covered several years. And with that, my two grown daughters, Crystal and Heather, shoved a book in my hands, called Love and Respect, and said,…
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How Did (and Do) We Honor Our Husbands?
Read more: How Did (and Do) We Honor Our Husbands?SUM family, are you enjoying this walk down memory lane? It’s amazing to look back over our history and see how God has moved in the big picture of our community. I truly believe part of our continued growth and endurance as a ministry has been our desire to honor our husbands in doing this. …
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I Finally Found “It” by Christy Edney
Read more: I Finally Found “It” by Christy EdneyChristy Edney and family! My faith journey began as a little girl visiting my maternal grandmother's church with a small congregation, all over fifty-five years old. This small church did not welcome young children and I'll never forget the way they looked at my brother and I as we tried to behave during service. I…
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The His-story of SUM
Read more: The His-story of SUMMy SUM family, I have felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit to share how God has worked in very subtle ways to progress this ministry and the SUM family. This part of this story is probably one of my favorite parts because one, it shows how clearly God is in the smallest details and…
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Celebration Victory – Pam Anderson
Read more: Celebration Victory – Pam AndersonIn joining in the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the SUM blog, I would like to share with you my experience of how I became part of this amazing SUM family. It was January 2013 when I found the website. I was struggling in my marriage due to a spiritual issue I had been…
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The Second Time We Met in Person
Read more: The Second Time We Met in PersonWelcome back, SUMites, to our 10 Year Celebration and a walk down memory lane. In my last post I mentioned that it would be nearly three years before Lynn and I would meet in person, and the circumstances leading up to that started with you. But let me go back a little farther in time…
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The First Time We Met in Person!
Read more: The First Time We Met in Person!See that picture? My friends, that picture represents THE very first time Lynn and I met in person. We’d been writing together for nearly a year at this point, exchanged innumerable emails and had talked regularly at the phone, but we hadn’t actually met in person yet. Until April of 2007. We found out we…
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Celebrating 10 Years – God works in Mysterious Ways
Read more: Celebrating 10 Years – God works in Mysterious WaysIt was September 2012. I had always wanted to attend the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) conference and having a publisher for Angelguard I thought it a useful way of building some momentum for its release a few months later. Fiona and I combined it with a holiday to the US with the plan to attend…
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How God Brought Lynn and I Together
Read more: How God Brought Lynn and I TogetherGod, am I hearing You right? That was my question in early 2006. For nearly two years I’d been writing fiction and pursuing publication along those lines and doing all the things a newbie writer was supposed to do to build craft and make connections, including blogging. Yet I felt this distinct nudge to share…
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?10 Year Anniversary
Read more: ?10 Year AnniversarySUMite Nation: Wow, can you believe we have become a nations of God’s people? We march together to bring the love of Jesus to a world that is dark and desperate. AND, today we are going to celebrate. Look at this photo: In my Daily Bible, on May 1, 2006, I wrote down in the…
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How Do We Become Free Of Offense?
Read more: How Do We Become Free Of Offense?SUM Nation: This post is going to challenge you. However, working through the steps I discuss will, indeed, free you from the ugly snare of the enemy’s weapon of -offense. Surrendering the offense is the first step. Well, perhaps recognizing that you feel offended is where you begin. Recognize it and name it. Then say,…