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It’s a Dog Gone World
Read more: It’s a Dog Gone WorldLet’s finish this tale (pun intended). To read Part I of the Hound from Hell, visit here. Is He a Nice Doggy? As he approached the last barrier I was a little nervous but because this was the main fence separating the property from the road, I wasn’t yet in full panic in that’s where…
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What Should I Do?
Read more: What Should I Do?Or not do? That’s the flip side of this question. But I’m betting you’re wondering why I’m asking that question. Care to take a walk with me? The longer we walk with God the more aware we become of the unseen. We no longer accept what’s on the surface out of an understanding that there…
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Shades of Grey and a Hound from Hell
Read more: Shades of Grey and a Hound from HellSo, ahem.. Right…. I have a story to tell and I’m about to be very real. It’s a risk to share what I’m about to tell but, I absolutely know there are so many of you who will understand. I know sharing my little escapade will keep you from tripping up like I did, and…
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Weekend Devo – God Has Your Back
Read more: Weekend Devo – God Has Your Back“Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. – Isaiah 58:8 I have loved this particular verse for a quite a while now because God used it to affirm me…
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Spiritual Warfare, Part 3: The Rest of Our Armor
Read more: Spiritual Warfare, Part 3: The Rest of Our ArmorIn my last post I left off with our feet. Yes, our feet shod with the gospel of peace! When our minds are full of God’s Word, and we are relying on and trusting God, we are STANDING firm in our faith. This is our strength. I read something in a Bible study (Duty or…
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We Believe In Miracles for Gina
Read more: We Believe In Miracles for GinaMore than a year ago God began to push me about. “Lynn, I’m waiting for you, Dineen and the entire community of SUM to do a great work for me.” Gulp! Let me tell you that I didn’t want to listen. I had an inkling of what God may have wanted after our enormous success…
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Miracle for Gina
Read more: Miracle for GinaThis is Gina. She is a 17 year old high school Junior. And today, Tuesday, June 5th is a day where her entire life could change forever. Why is God bringing Gina to our community today? What is her miracle? Gina and Caitie More than a year ago God began to push me…
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BIG Astonishing HOPE
Read more: BIG Astonishing HOPEClick on Join Us and The Community Map We are all community. We believe in an extravagant and all-powerful God. We are His hands and feet. He’s placed us all around the world to be light, to serve, to love, to reflect Jesus. It’s this amazing community that God has intricately and purposely placed…
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We Believe In Miracles
Read more: We Believe In Miracles***Update*** To read and see photos of Gina after our miracle, click here. Thank you so much SUM Community. You have honored the Lord with your great love. This is Gina. She is a 17 year old high school Junior. And today, Tuesday, June 5th is a day where her entire life could change…
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Our Community
Read more: Our CommunityJoin Us We are an amazing community of believers who love Jesus, love our unbelieving spouse, our family, and one another. We are united together by the two greatest directives: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest…
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Weekend Devo – Birth of a Stronghold
Read more: Weekend Devo – Birth of a Stronghold“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” – Galatians 5:1 (NIV) Sweat beaded on my brow as I worked my way down the flowerbed. The bucket next to me sat nearly full with weeds and dead…
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Fresh Start SUMMER
Read more: Fresh Start SUMMERToday, It's my delight for you to meet Beverly Nault. She is actually a local friend of mine, part of my critique group. Bev has written several books and has a few more in the future. So thrilled for her. So meet Bev and two of her books about the amazing community of Cherryvale. …
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SUMMER READING
Read more: SUMMER READINGToday we are continuing our Summer reads suggestions. If you remember on Saturday, we told you that we are committed to help other authors in the same way so many helped us last year when we launched our book, Winning Him Without Words. We have some great books for you to consider for your summer.…
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World Wide Community of SUM
Read more: World Wide Community of SUMWe are all community. We believe in an extravagant and all-powerful God. We are His hands and feet. He’s placed us all around the world to be light, to serve, to love, to reflect Jesus. It’s this amazing community that God has intricately and purposely placed together, we will do GREAT things for the Kingdom. …
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SUMMER
Read more: SUMMERWell It's Memorial weekend. Wow, almost half of 2012 is already gone by. Say What? I'm still stuck in March, I think?? But here we are and this week as Dineen and I begin to enjoy the summer season, we will be traveling and away from our computers this next week. So we thought we…
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Spiritual Warfare, Part 2: Your Bible is Really a Sword
Read more: Spiritual Warfare, Part 2: Your Bible is Really a SwordIn last week’s post on spiritual warfare we talked about shifting our focus and seeing who our real enemy is. This week let’s dive back into Ephesians 6 and talk about one specific piece of our armor. Our sword. Before we do that, I want to make one more interesting observation about verse 12: For…
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Praying in the Spiritual Realm- A Chronicles Update
Read more: Praying in the Spiritual Realm- A Chronicles UpdateWhy is it I’m always surprised by the warfare and the extreme challenges to come into my home life when we write about spiritual warfare or when we speak about a specific topic? I remember getting into some major brew-ha-has (is that a word?) with my husband when Dineen and I were in the middle…
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Weekend Devo – Sifted Like Wheat
Read more: Weekend Devo – Sifted Like WheatYesterday we were blessed by a POWERFUL reader letter. In it she mentions Luke 22:31-32: “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” If you’ve read Peter’s story you…
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Another Open Letter
Read more: Another Open LetterThe following is a letter I received in December from a dear reader who has been part of our community here for a number of years. She speaks frankly about spiritual warfare and I thought it appropriate to share with you today in light of our current series. My friend is writing to Dineen and…
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Who Are We Really Fighting?
Read more: Who Are We Really Fighting?Recently I watched the show Once Upon a Time. One of the characters, a young boy around the age of ten or so is keenly aware that his world is a battle between good and evil. In this particular episode Henry tells the one person he thinks can save them all, “Evil always wins.” Let…
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Spiritual Leadership
Read more: Spiritual LeadershipWhen I’m speaking or interviewed for radio, spiritual leadership of our home, often comes up as a topic for conversation. It’s really interesting to me that this question comes to me from other believing men (radio interviews) as well as women who are living unequally yoked. My friends, we the spiritually mismatched, certainly live in…
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A Mother’s Heart. A Savior’s Heart
Read more: A Mother’s Heart. A Savior’s HeartSeveral weeks ago my friend, Tanya, wrote me and shared a story about her young daughter. And today I want to share it with you. I pray you are blessed through her words and her eyes. —– Tanya Morgan Tanya: I learned the most valuable lesson from Ella, my six-year-old daughter, today. It was…
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What Does Respect Really Mean?
Read more: What Does Respect Really Mean?At church one Sunday, a friend who is also mismatched asked me about how to handle a situation that she either went behind her husband’s back to do what she thought was right in fulfilling a law or being up front and asking for his input and leadership with the understanding that he may well…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – God Hit Me Upside The Head
Read more: Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – God Hit Me Upside The HeadSo what has happened in our marriage, in my husband’s faith journey? Well do you remember that conversation that started this weird journey? I shared that with you last week, read it here. Well, my husband started to attend church with me…… every week…… He has been attending church every Sunday since February. Interestingly, my…