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Could It Be A Blessing To Be Unequally Yoked?
Read more: Could It Be A Blessing To Be Unequally Yoked?Today I share a story that profoundly impacted my life. I can grow weary in the waiting and hope seems to fade in season of conflict but today I want you to perceive that their a GREAT blessings for those of us who are unequally yoked. Here is Carol's story: This is worth the time…
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Reflections on the Apostle Paul and Life
Read more: Reflections on the Apostle Paul and LifeHello, my SUM family. I'm writing to you while on the road. An asphalt ribbon stretches before us as my hubby drives us across the United States. The U-haul attached to our trusty VW wagon holds the remainder of our possessions-at least all that we could fit. And in the backseat our 18 year old…
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What’s the Lord talking to you about?
Read more: What’s the Lord talking to you about?Photo courtesy of markuso/FreeDigitalPhotos.net Lent is over. Easter has come and gone. I had mixed emotions last week after Easter Sunday. Part of me sighed as I enjoyed the cessation from fasting and commitment to serious devotional reading and meditation. But there was also a big part of me that didn’t want it to end…
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Are You Weary In The Waiting?
Read more: Are You Weary In The Waiting?Hello SUMite Nation, I’ve been traveling and so has Dineen. So Monday’s post is waaaaaay late and likely to show up in mail boxes on Tuesday. But, I’m moved to share a quick word of encouragement. Winning Him Without Words Study Group Over the past several weeks, I’ve been privileged to meet many of you…
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In the Courtroom with the Apostle Paul
Read more: In the Courtroom with the Apostle PaulMy friends, I know many of us sat in church alone on Easter Sunday. I did too. But today I want to encourage you with a story that has gripped my heart with a message that is for us, SUMites. Turn back to the pages of Acts and let's look at the story of Paul.…
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76 Years AND My Personal Miracle
Read more: 76 Years AND My Personal MiracleOkay, this is the LAST in the series of post I began in March about my mother's redemption. How appropriate that I finish this story up and share my own miracle on Easter Sunday. Part I Part II Part III And the final post: Miracles Still Happen Today Because of Jesus! My mother then interrupted…
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What Really Happened With The Crown Of Thorns
Read more: What Really Happened With The Crown Of ThornsIn my kitchen is a small house plant. It’s called a Crown of Thorns. I’ve had this particular plant for years. Regretfully, year after year it has been barren. Never producing the pink blossoms I’ve expected. For some strange reason I can’t part with it. Perhaps it's because of the name…. Indeed, this plant’s stock is thorny. And…
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The Tearing of the Veil
Read more: The Tearing of the VeilMy friends, I’m heading Holy Spirit’s nudge to write about the veil, which hung in the Jewish Tabernacle built by the Israelites and Moses per God's detailed specifications. I've always been fascinated with the veil and how it tore at the moment Jesus died. But let's go back to the first place the veil was…
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My Unsaved Spouse and Church This Easter
Read more: My Unsaved Spouse and Church This EasterI am wondering if any of you will be asking your spouse to attend Easter services with you? Are you feeling anxious about asking? About Him attending? Let’s talk about that today in the comments. I’m looking for suggestions and ideas to share with our community to encourage our spouses to attend church and yet…
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How Do You “Speak” God?
Read more: How Do You “Speak” God?My friends, as I listened to a very gifted teacher at my recent healing rooms training I attended teach about our words, I knew right away this applied to our "how do we hear God" series, thus my title "How Do We "Speak" God?" It seems the natural progression, as Scripture says what we hold…
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It’s Palm Sunday – How Did You Come To Faith?
Read more: It’s Palm Sunday – How Did You Come To Faith?It’s Palm Sunday! I’ll finish up the remaining few posts about my mom’s story in April. Also in April, I’m compelled to talk about weariness. In the last few months, my heart has ached for SUMites who have told me they are weary in the waiting. Man, do I ever feel a revelation of the…
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Breakthrough after years of…….
Read more: Breakthrough after years of…….Part III today… Part I (click here) Part II (click here) —– Granddaughter reunion in January But, my friends, wait as I grab tissue to dab at the tears, there is STILL MORE. Yesterday, when my mother called to check up on my health progress, at the end of our phone call, I said, “Mom, thank…
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How Do You “Hear” God…For Your Spouse?
Read more: How Do You “Hear” God…For Your Spouse?My dear friends, I hope the journaling exercise to "pay attention" to how you hear God has been a blessing and encouragement to you. Your comments have encouraged me greatly! I love how God speaks to us in many ways and specifically to our need and relationship with Him. Let’s review that verse again: “So…
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When I See You In Heaven – Chronicles Of The Donovan Clan
Read more: When I See You In Heaven – Chronicles Of The Donovan ClanIt’s today, March 14, 2016. Twenty-four years of married life. As I pondered my husband and our marriage this week, the Holy Spirit revealed something utterly unexpected and peculiar…. a letter. A letter to my husband as I see him in the future. When I See You In Heaven Mike, when I see you in…
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How do you “hear God? (part 3)
Read more: How do you “hear God? (part 3)My friends, in light of some of the questions generated by my post yesterday, Lynn and I swapped days so I can address some of those today, specifically the mention of fortune cookies. First, I want you to know that my heart is for every one of you to walk in deep intimacy with God…
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How do you “hear” God?
Read more: How do you “hear” God?Over the last several weeks I’ve been following along with the Lenten reading on Margaret Feinberg’s site that Ian shared with us. I feel like I’m taking a walk with Luke through his testimony of his time with Jesus and what happened after the cross. It's a fascinating way to follow the progression of events.…
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Dancing With Jesus….. The Miraculous Happens
Read more: Dancing With Jesus….. The Miraculous HappensPart II ……. And indeed, a second and successful surgery saved her life. AMEN! My privileged vantage point has been awesome. I have a front row seat to view the life-long, faithfulness of God in these very later years of my mother’s life. Over the last few years as my own spiritual journey expanded and intensely…
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A 76-Year Love Dance With Jesus
Read more: A 76-Year Love Dance With JesusMy friends, can I just tell you how GLAD I am to be back at my desk and typing. I’m thrilled. After traveling in January, I came down with some serious illnesses and one in particular could have been devastating. I will share more about that as we move through the story I’m about to…
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The Light of Truth
Read more: The Light of TruthMy friends, I want to share a recent revelation with you. It was one of those moments that the truth of something I already knew finally hit all the way home. Have you had one of those moments-a suddenly moment-where something you thought you understood suddenly becomes clearer and more powerful? For me is it…
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Lent Reflections – The Cross
Read more: Lent Reflections – The CrossPhoto courtesy of www.LumoProject.com We’re more than half way now. In a little over three weeks it will be Good Friday. The day Jesus went to the Cross, voluntarily, to die. For us. In the last few weeks I’ve been struck by a few songs that have emphasized the Cross and what Jesus did for…
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I’m Baaaaack…
Read more: I’m Baaaaack…Dear SUM family, it's so good to be back with you! I'm still recovering from this crazy shoulder thing that went from surgery for a bone spur to a frozen shoulder needing "manipulation." But I am on the mend, doing my physical therapy diligently, and I received a high five (well, more like mid-way…) from…
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Broken In A Thousand Pieces But….. Jesus..
Read more: Broken In A Thousand Pieces But….. Jesus..SUMites, ANOTHER profound email. What is happening in our community? Ten years of praying, believing, trusting. The fruit is ripe and I celebrate every victory in our SUMite Nation. And I continue to pray and trust for those yet to come. Today, please meet Kim Valentine. Her story is TRULY miraculous!!!! Thank you Jesus. (Read…
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He Became A Believer But It Wasn’t What I Expected
Read more: He Became A Believer But It Wasn’t What I ExpectedSUMite Nation, it appears there is a lot happening in our community. I am so thrilled to share the emails that are arriving and pray they encourage us in our faith. Today, I bring a powerful message from Janet Sommer. Janet has written for us before in the years of her unequally yoked marriage. But today she has…
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Lenten Reflections – Repentance and Restoring Joy
Read more: Lenten Reflections – Repentance and Restoring JoyA couple of years ago my siblings and I helped our parents spring-clean their house. They’re both in their eighties and it never ceased to amaze me how much stuff they managed to collect over a long life. The house became very “full”, especially when you’re not inclined to throw things out, as was the case…