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It’s Okay If You Don’t Believe
Read more: It’s Okay If You Don’t BelieveToday I have a story to share with you that will give some of you goose bumps and will cause others to roll your eyes. And that’s okay. But, it’s a story worth sharing because so many of God’s faithful will be encouraged to watch for the miraculous that happens more frequently than you might…
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Friendship with God: Come Just As You Are
Read more: Friendship with God: Come Just As You AreHello everyone! Welcome to our May series, Friendship with God. As you probably know Lynn, Angela and I have been praying about this series. I’ve been asking God to tell me where to start. What are his words? What does he want us to know about friendship with Him. I sat in my living room…
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Come Visit Our New Home – Redesign of SUM
Read more: Come Visit Our New Home – Redesign of SUMHi Everyone: Welcome to our open house. I feel as though we (Dineen and I) have just moved into a new home we have been building over the past several months. Dineen and I are so excited. It is a BIG change from our old look but I hope you feel comfortable here. AND this…
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Friendship With God – The Journey Starts Now
Read more: Friendship With God – The Journey Starts NowFriendship With God Romans 8: 35-39 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 3(As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we…
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Thankful Thursday – What’s In Store?
Read more: Thankful Thursday – What’s In Store?Let us give thanks. It is Thankful Thursday. I am thrilled to be hosting Thankful Thursday in April. Next month we will meet with Laurie at Women Taking A Stand and then in June we will share our thanks over at Iris of Grace Alone. Can you believe five weeks have past us by? Say WHAT? What…
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What Does He Think?
Read more: What Does He Think?In yesterday's post, Lynn answered Cindi's great question about what our husbands think of what we're doing here on the blog and the S.U.M. ministry. Scroll down to read Lynn's awesome answer. I thought I should answer Cindi's question as well. Like Lynn, I too have been amazed at the ease in which my husband…
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Get Real.. A Few More Questions:
Read more: Get Real.. A Few More Questions:Next Question: Part I Part II Part III Interview: From Cindi on April 5, 2010: Jesus was there with you so what a great interview. It touched me. I am constantly intrigued to know just how your husband supports you so much with this ministry but does not believe. When he heard the interview, how…
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Weekend Devo – God Knows Your Faithfulness
Read more: Weekend Devo – God Knows Your FaithfulnessAnother great devotional from Rick Warren. I hope it encourages and reminds you that God knows and sees our obedience and faithfulness in our spiritually mismatched marriages. And we can praise him for that! Have a great weekend!Praying and believing,Dineen God Knows Your FaithfulnessBy Rick Warren So we must not get tired of doing good,…
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What Changes Really?
Read more: What Changes Really?I want to continue the series I began a few weeks ago, Get Real. If you remember, I recently was a guest on a radio program where I shared about my life and marriage to an unbeliever. This interview stirred the thoughts of many readers here at Spiritually Unequal Marriage. Below are the links to…
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Living Like Winners
Read more: Living Like WinnersFor everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. – 1John 5:4-5 In last week’s post I touched on the theme of overcoming. If you think…
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Weekend Devo – Jesus is for Everyone
Read more: Weekend Devo – Jesus is for Everyone(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe. – 1 Timothy 4:10 I heard a cool story on Air1 yesterday. During the station's fundraiser drive, a woman had written in about how she…
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Thankful Thursday – A Chicken
Read more: Thankful Thursday – A ChickenLet us give thanks. It is Thankful Thursday. I am thrilled to be hosting Thankful Thursday in April. Next month we will meet with Laurie at Women Taking A Stand and then in June we will share our thanks over at Iris of Grace Alone. —– I am preparing to speak at a retreat this weekend. I…
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Feet or De-feat?
Read more: Feet or De-feat?Are you feeling defeated? I’m slowly working my way through Nancy Leigh DeMoss’ book, Lies Women Believe. This is what I highlighted in my reading for today: “The Enemy doesn’t care if we “believe” in God, if we are doctrinally orthodox, or if we fill our schedules with a lot of “spiritual activities,” as long…
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This Was Hard, But it Changed My Entire Perspective Forever
Read more: This Was Hard, But it Changed My Entire Perspective ForeverGood Monday Everyone: If you remember last Monday, I began a series where I answered some of your questions. Specifically, many of you listen in to my radio interview, which generated some thoughts. You can listen to my interview and Dineen’s by scrolling down and click on the audio link. One of the first questions…
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Grab Them Back NOW!
Read more: Grab Them Back NOW!If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back. Read the rest of the story at Laced With Grace, Grab Them Back NOW!
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Thankful Thursday – When God Corrects
Read more: Thankful Thursday – When God CorrectsLet us give thanks. It is Thankful Thursday. I am thrilled to be hosting Thankful Thursday in April. Next month we will meet with Laurie at Women Taking A Stand and then in June we will share our thanks over at Iris of Grace Alone. Just a few minutes ago I was stumped about what to share…
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Foundations
Read more: Foundations"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a…
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He is Risen, Just as He Said!
Read more: He is Risen, Just as He Said!The Resurrection Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. His face shone like lightning, and his clothing…
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Tune In Tomorrow
Read more: Tune In Tomorrow100403 Wise People, Lynn Donovan Click on this link to listen to the Interview. I hope my words will encourage someone who is struggling in their marriage. Hugs, Lynn The Bible has quite a bit to say about Christians being “unequally yolked”. What does this mean and how big of an issue is it to the…
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Peter Looked Away
Read more: Peter Looked AwayOne of the most famous stories we have of Peter is when he walked on water. I think I’ve read more commentaries and devotionals on the story than I can remember. Well, bear with me as I add another one to the list, because a nuance of this story hit me afresh recently. Like I’ve…
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Passover – me, Easter Blues!
Read more: Passover – me, Easter Blues!I started thinking about this thing….. “The Easter Blues.” Scroll down to read the article by Dineen. It has been a long while since I have thought about how difficult this holiday is and how I struggle in a mismatched marriage to bring meaning and celebration into our home. But, as I was pondering and…
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Winning Him Without Words
Read more: Winning Him Without WordsAs I prepare this post, Dineen and I (Lynn) are utterly humbled. All of you know we are just ordinary gals. Yet, we serve the most extraordinary God. Out of His rich kindness and desire to help others, God has allowed us to take our stories and put them into a book so we can…
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Easter Blues
Read more: Easter BluesHolidays can stir up turmoil in any marriage, but “religious” holidays can bring about huge conflict in a spiritual mismatch. Of all the holidays throughout the year, I think Easter is the most awkward for my household. When my girls were little, we focused on Easter baskets and spending the morning together as a family.…
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Weekend Devo – Holy
Read more: Weekend Devo – HolyO LORD, you brought me up from the grave; you spared me from going down into the pit. Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name. – Psalm 30:3-4 God of wonders beyond our galaxy You are Holy, Holy The universe declares your MajestyAnd you are holy holy (song-God of Wonders) One…