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A Sacrifice for Freedom
Read more: A Sacrifice for FreedomMy friends, I have to tell you that God is doing more than I expected in this week so far. (Tamara, thank you again for suggesting we do a week like this.) In less than twenty-four hours God put the word JOY in front of me almost a dozen times. (Yes, I counted.) In two…
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A Feast of Joy
Read more: A Feast of JoyMy friends, today begins our “Spiritual Spa Week.” Today, I want you to look at a line of Scripture that absolutely undid me last week. I was struggling to feel centered in God and feel His love and this is what broke that off of me: At that time Jesus, full of joy through the…
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Preparing For Breakthrough
Read more: Preparing For BreakthroughIt’s Monday. The Labor Day holiday here in America so many of you are away from your home and computer. But when you check in on Tuesday, I don’t want you to be out of the loop. Beginning tomorrow, our community is going to have a week of prayer and a day of fasting (fast…
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A Letter From God To Every Mother
Read more: A Letter From God To Every MotherI want to encourage all of our new friends who found our community here yesterday. And I want to love and encourage those who find us today. Mostly I want to encourage our entire family who meets here every day to share life, love and our Savior. I adore you. Thank you for loving each…
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Welcome… And Who Are You?
Read more: Welcome… And Who Are You?Lynn Donovan Who am I? I’m ordinary. I’m a mom, a wife, a weekend gardener and a follower of Jesus. I’m a believer who is sold out for my Papa, Daddy and I refuse to live lifeless Christianity any longer. I believe the Bible. Every Word. I love people and like flowers. I…
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SUMite Nation! A Lot Is Happening!
Read more: SUMite Nation! A Lot Is Happening!Good Monday Everyone, There are a lot of things happening in our SUMite Nation over the next couple of weeks. On Wednesday, we will be ready to launch our new Ministry website. And we will be asking you to partner with us to welcome in the newbies. We, the mismatched, who have been walking this…
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Weekend Worship – It’s the little things…
Read more: Weekend Worship – It’s the little things…My precious friends, I have held so many of you up in prayer these last two weeks. And I will tell you the enemy has been hard at work at my door too. Even to trying to cloud my mind and make it difficult for me to pray. I want to share a verse that…
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Teaching Our Children to Worship God
Read more: Teaching Our Children to Worship GodHello SUMites! One of our readers shared this precious picture with us. I love that she sent this because now I can show you a picture of almost exactly what I described seeing in my post on Monday. I look at this picture and wonder what this little girl is hearing from Jesus. I can…
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Are You Scheduling Your Child’s Spirituality Away?
Read more: Are You Scheduling Your Child’s Spirituality Away?My friends, today I want to talk about something that I see as an issue and concerns me for our children and grandchildren. With school starting I think this is an important topic to address now. When my family and I first moved back from Europe and settled into San Jose, my hopes and dreams…
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Weekend Worship – We are Perfected!
Read more: Weekend Worship – We are Perfected!My friends, I just can't say enough about how beautiful this community is. You have ministered to each in the comments and several of you are even planning to fast together on Monday (check out the last 10 comments on part three of my Nehemiah posts if you'd like to join the fast as well.)…
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Are we living in the Last of Days?
Read more: Are we living in the Last of Days?Are we living in the Last of Days? The Ascension of Jesus 6 So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” 7 He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they…
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Shore Up the Walls-Nehemiah, Part Three
Read more: Shore Up the Walls-Nehemiah, Part ThreeSUMites, welcome to part three and the conclusion to this series. Again, I am so blown away by what God is speaking to us and by you, this amazing community! You have prayed for each other and given such precious words of encouragement to those in need. That is what the SUMite Nation is about…
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Weekend Worship – God is for Us!
Read more: Weekend Worship – God is for Us!My friends, I believe the angels are riding on the waves of our prayers this week! What a glorious sight to behold-one day we'll get to see what that looks like. The comments and prayers you all are leaving on the Nehemiah posts are so full of God's love and care. I love this community…
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Shore Up the Walls-Nehemiah, Part Two
Read more: Shore Up the Walls-Nehemiah, Part TwoMy friends, thank you for taking this journey with me through the book of Nehemiah and praying through these valuable Scriptures that God wants us to see and understand. I wish I could completely explain what I sense from God's heart for us, the SUMites. The way this community has grown and come together is…
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Shore Up the Walls-Nehemiah, Part One
Read more: Shore Up the Walls-Nehemiah, Part OneA couple weeks ago I kept hearing "shore up the walls." The Holy Spirit led me to read the book of Nehemiah. As I read, specific pieces of Scripture jumped out at me. I began to make a list, praying also to understand what God was showing me. This process has taken nearly two weeks…
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Throwback Monday ~~ Back to School is Around the Corner
Read more: Throwback Monday ~~ Back to School is Around the CornerSUMites, I took a stroll down memory lane today and found an old post from our archives. It filled my heart to read it because I can recall this time in my daughter's life. It was the first day of high school for her. She faced a scary time in her life and it caused…
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Weekend Worship – It Starts With a Willing Heart
Read more: Weekend Worship – It Starts With a Willing HeartSo when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My lambs.” He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you…
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Come See our New Home & Our New Book
Read more: Come See our New Home & Our New BookGood Morning Everyone, SUMites, welcome to our new home. If you haven’t logged on to our site in a while, take time today to stop in and poke around our new design. I feel like I’ve just purchased and had delivered an entire house full of new furniture! SpirituallyUnequalMarriage.com It’s fun! And to celebrate, I…
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Crossing The Jordan – An Elderly Woman and God
Read more: Crossing The Jordan – An Elderly Woman and GodHello SUMites!!! It’s been quite a ride! These past several days were so good for my soul. Our time at Family Talk was ordained. Things happened there that I’m still processing. I’m astonished at the boldness God gave me to share with Dr. Dobson and his son, Ryan, the message God gave me about him.…
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Weekend Worship – We are Overcomers!
Read more: Weekend Worship – We are Overcomers!My friends, I just love our weekend worship time together. Today I want to share a couple things with you. The first is something God whispered to me one morning during my quiet time as I read a devo that talked about planting seeds (It's popping up everywhere! Yes, punned inteded. LOL!): Eternity = The…
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On Our Way – Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson
Read more: On Our Way – Family Talk with Dr. James DobsonHi SUMites! Wow, reading the testimonies from Monday’s post just stirs my faith. Thank you for taking time to share your faith walk with God’s people. When we share the faithfulness of God and testimonies in our lives with others, two things happen. One, God receives glory. Two, it bolsters our faith. And the testimony…
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Testimony Time!
Read more: Testimony Time!My dear friends, I have something absolutely astounding to share with you today. I have shared in the past about my financial situation being very difficult. We are still walking in this and it has required deeper trust for me to believe God will take care of us. Every purchase, even those extra not-so-necessary food…
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Weekend Worship – Trust Without Borders
Read more: Weekend Worship – Trust Without BordersFor if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. – Romans 5:17 (emphasis added). Last week I came across this verse from Romans and the Holy Spirit…
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God Answers Me. A Supernatural Encounter
Read more: God Answers Me. A Supernatural EncounterGood Morning, On Monday we chatted about how to recover from enormous disappointment. And in the comments some of you shared how this unequally yoked life is filled with loneliness. I think I will have to write about walking alone because truly I found myself facing a future, perhaps the rest of my life, empty…