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Your Spouse is Your Talent
Read more: Your Spouse is Your TalentSUMites, Ann here. What a beautiful week the fast was. Thank you, LuAnn and Nickole, for leading us through it this year. During the fast I had a little moment, while sitting on a beach. I was deliberately trying to not read books or engage in hobbies that week. So I simply sat. There I…
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2025 Fast Wrap-Up
Read more: 2025 Fast Wrap-UpBy LuAnn Wendover and Nickole Meierotto Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 This past week has been an amazing time in the annual corporate fast. When Nickole and I were asked to…
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Day 5 of our Fast: Love is a Verb
Read more: Day 5 of our Fast: Love is a VerbBy Nickole Meierotto I might be dating myself, or maybe just letting out a bit of my weird, but do any of you remember DC Talk from back in the 90s (late 19th century according to the kids these days)? I used to listen to the album “Free at Last” on repeat and one of…
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Day 4 of Our Fast: When We Ask God ‘Why’?
Read more: Day 4 of Our Fast: When We Ask God ‘Why’?By Nickole Meierotto Are you a "why?" person? Do you know any "why?" people? Do you have a child in your life who is a "why?" child? I have to confess, I'm a "why?" person. It's more than likely one of my more annoying qualities…I just gotta understand WHY! I have a burning desire to…
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Annual Fast, Day Three: Have You Ever Found Yourself on Autopilot?
Read more: Annual Fast, Day Three: Have You Ever Found Yourself on Autopilot?By Nickole Meierotto Have you ever found yourself on autopilot? You’re driving home or to work and suddenly you realize you’re there but don’t remember the trip? Or you’re in the middle of a task and then suddenly you’re done and have no recollection of completing the task? Sometimes my life ends up on autopilot,…
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It’s Time to Prepare for the Annual Sumite Fast
Read more: It’s Time to Prepare for the Annual Sumite FastBy: LuAnn 2026 has arrived! Once a year our community completes a five day fast. This fast sets the tone for the coming new year. Fasting is a discipline and not an easy thing to do. But it is a necessary part of a Christian’s life. The Word is full of advice on how to…
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New Adventures in 2025!
Read more: New Adventures in 2025!Happy New Year, dear SUMites. We trust your Christmas went well and you’ve stepped into the New Year, yes, it’s 2025, positively. As a quick side note, the world often expects us to charge into the new year but after a usually busy December, I find it’s often good to gently step into it. Our…
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Father’s View of Christmas. Profound
Read more: Father’s View of Christmas. ProfoundThe Christmas story as told from the Throne room. My child, settle in with Me in this hour. Imagine yourself climbing upon My lap as a small child. You are welcome in My house, upon My Throne and into intimacy with Me. Let me tell you a story. Long ago, before you were born, My…
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Advent 2024: What are you Hoping for?
Read more: Advent 2024: What are you Hoping for?“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (NIV) Hello, dear Sumites, Ian from sunny Sydney. Here we are at the end of another year! And another Advent season.…
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Tablecloth of Thanks
Read more: Tablecloth of ThanksHi friends, Lynn Donovan here on this brilliant November day. Thank you for your prayers on Wednesday. We must remain vigilant. But now let's turn to our homes and families. Let' make our home a place of peace and welcome. Even welcome to our faith in Jesus. Below is my annual Thanksgiving tablecloth post: Every…
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This is Urgent. Please read. Then Pray
Read more: This is Urgent. Please read. Then PrayHi SUM Nation, Lynn Donovan here. Today I was going to post my timeless photo and offer up again the family tradition I call, a Tablecloth of Thanks. I’ll post that on Friday. But today, I feel deeply within my spirit to call this community to prayer. This is why. In the last few weeks,…
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Praying for ALL the Lord’s People!
Read more: Praying for ALL the Lord’s People!It’s Election Day in America. I’m drafting this post with the last polls on the West Coast soon to close. By the time many of us read this post, a winner may have been declared. Or not. I wanted to keep this post brief. I was reading Ephesians 6 the other day for a prayer…
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Donovan Clan Update- THREE MILLION DOLLARS
Read more: Donovan Clan Update- THREE MILLION DOLLARSDonovan Clan Update Three Million Dollars As I turned the calendar to November and consider the holidays are upon us, I’m sensitive to the praise and thanks that is welling up inside my heart. 2024 has been a challenging year. I prayed for so many things that needed divine intervention. One specific prayer was for…
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On the Topic of Halloween
Read more: On the Topic of HalloweenSUMites, Ann here! Every year in October, we post about Halloween. I know it is a challenge for many of you. Well, today, I thought I would share a piece of writing on Halloween. It's by British minister, J. John, posted today on Facebook, and I thought it was spot-on. He says —…
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God’s Heavenly Perspective
Read more: God’s Heavenly PerspectiveAnn here! I remember God showing me once, that during my SUM I would grow, grow and grow some more. I would grow until I was so tall and spindly that I would see everything with a heavenly perspective. He said, however, that I would cry a lot of tears as I grow. Oh yes,…
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John Bible Study – The Last and Most Important Post
Read more: John Bible Study – The Last and Most Important PostJohn 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you.. One of the main topics that Jesus was trying to communicate to the disciples on His final night of ministry before the Cross is to abide. Several scripture verses in chapter 15, Jesus implores the disciples to abide in Him. And we have already covered the…
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Politics and the Unequally Yoked
Read more: Politics and the Unequally YokedPolitics and the Unequally Yoked Lynn here. Politics in the Bible? John Chapter 14? I’m so glad you asked. Let’s quickly define the scenario that is often at hand in our mismatched marriages as it relates to politics (and religion). In our marriages we view life, morals, beliefs and purpose through the lens of God’s…
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Explaining God to Kids OR Perhaps Grownups
Read more: Explaining God to Kids OR Perhaps GrownupsHi Sumites, Lynn Donovan here. A few weeks ago, I was stuffed in the backseat of a rental car with my two granddaughters. My son and his wife were driving us to an overlook in Portland where we would view the entire city and the volcano in the background. It was spectacular. Somewhere in the…
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Living Well when Not Knowing – John Chapter 14:6
Read more: Living Well when Not Knowing – John Chapter 14:6John 14:5-6 – “Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The three ‘I am’ statements in verse 6 are incredible in their significance and as…
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Glimpses of Glory John Chapter 14:2
Read more: Glimpses of Glory John Chapter 14:2John 14:2-4 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”…
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Glory and a New Command
Read more: Glory and a New CommandGlory and a New Command (Read to the end. The prayer at the bottom is good) John, chapter 13, concludes with two messages. The first, Jesus is glorified. But what does that mean? I jumped into some research and the one-word-summary that fits is: honor. Father, is bestowing honor upon Jesus. And the honorable actions…
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Betrayal, Jesus and the Unequally Yoked
Read more: Betrayal, Jesus and the Unequally YokedBetrayal…. How do we deal with this, the cruelest, of culprits? John 13:18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.” The next section of our Bible study dives…
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This Study Must be Important to God. Here’s why.
Read more: This Study Must be Important to God. Here’s why.As I was preparing this teaching last week about washing feet, I received the following text from a SUMite. She had no idea I’d just started this study and this week we were reviewing John, chapter 13, Jesus washed the disciple’s feet. This is what she wrote to me: I haven’t shared this with anyone,…
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Jesus Asks a Question. The Answer is Everything (read to the end. It’s good)
Read more: Jesus Asks a Question. The Answer is Everything (read to the end. It’s good)Did you read the summaries in the comments of the previous post? Link here. They are SO GOOD! Question: Why is this particular study important to an Unequally Yoked marriage? Answer: Jesus said in John 13:34-35: 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you…