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Prayer Grows our Relationship with God
Read more: Prayer Grows our Relationship with GodPhoto courtesy of Aslak Sutherland and Pexels.com Hello, my SUMite friends. It’s a chilly winter’s day in Sydney. But the sun has come out after a morning of drizzle and cloud. I’ve been studying growing relationally with Lord through our prayer both individually and within a corporate church environment. One element struck me that I…
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On Joint Interests in Marriage
Read more: On Joint Interests in MarriageHello SUMites Over the last two weeks, Bryce and I have been staying in the north of England, in a town called Haworth. It is a bleak and spooky place. It is famous for being the town where the 19th-century ‘Bronte sisters’ lived: Emily, Anne and Charlotte Bronte. A family of writers, their novels are…
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Untangling Family Problems
Read more: Untangling Family ProblemsOne year, my husband gave me a beautiful diamond necklace for Christmas. After wearing it the first time, instead of hanging it up on a hook in my jewelry cabinet, I hurriedly dropped it into a drawer that held a “poodle dog lapel pin,” a keepsake from my teenage years. Several days later when I wanted to wear…
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Rejoice and Be Glad!
Read more: Rejoice and Be Glad!Hello everyone, Jeanne Ritari from Minnesota, here guest-posting. I just had the most amazing encounter. It was for me, but it was also for you. I don’t have to tell you that being a person of faith married to an unbeliever can be hard.We can experience different degrees of opposition, from silent disapproval all the…
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ULTRAMARATHONS OF FAITH
Read more: ULTRAMARATHONS OF FAITHULTRAMARATHONS OF FAITH by: Ena du Plessis, South Africa “Christianity isn’t for the little engine that can. It’s for the train wreck that can’t.” – Daniel Emery Price. It has become a yearly institution for me and my husband to run the ComradesMarathon. This road race between the South African cities of Pietermaritzburg and Durban…
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The New SUM
Read more: The New SUMIt’s Friday. Lynn Donovan writing Day: Here are some thoughts and plans as we move the SUM ministry forward. I will step back into ministry Directorship now and handle more of the day-to-day stuff and in addition to the back-office needs. I’ll continue to write on Fridays. Ian Atcheson will also stay on board, sharing…
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BIG Announcement
Read more: BIG AnnouncementHello SUMite Nation. Lynn Donovan here. I have an announcement. As of May 1, Ann Hutchison will be stepping down as the Director of the SUM ministry. As you may have read, recently she shared some of her family struggles here on the blog. She is finding she needs more time to devote to her…
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Unlocking Power Prayers with the Forgiveness Key
Read more: Unlocking Power Prayers with the Forgiveness KeyThank you for walking through this forgiveness series leading to Easter. When God provides revelation about the key to effective prayer, I’m urged to share that we all may walk in this life journey in greater victory. Today, on Good Friday, the greatest miracle happens for us. Observing Easter when Jesus surrendered his life through…
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The Wonder of Forgiveness
Read more: The Wonder of ForgivenessThis Easter, I’m undone as I consider the forgiveness of Christ. I can’t help but to feel all the feels every time I read about the crucifixion of Christ. As we ponder this week, let’s ask Jesus a few questions. I believe it’s this Easter that He is walking us into greater freedom and hope.…
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Bet You Didn’t See THIS in the Bible
Read more: Bet You Didn’t See THIS in the BibleThe Forgiveness of Easter SUMites, what if we prayed and we witnessed supernatural healing? What if we pray and we send back a hurricane? What if we pray and demons flee, or we pray and see life return? I want all of these things to occur when I pray and I believe we are able…
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Lent Update … “I am doing a new thing!”
Read more: Lent Update … “I am doing a new thing!”Hello, dear friends. Ian from autumnal Sydney here. Autumn is my favourite season and even though we’re almost halfway through it, we’re only beginning to feel those early morning chills that remind us that summer is past, and a new season is upon us. How has Lent been for you all? It’s a healthy practice…
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Significant Key to Prayer
Read more: Significant Key to PrayerSignificant Key to Prayer Hope you read last Friday’s post about prayer because you need that background to unlock this powerful and effective key to answered prayer. Also, all of this teaching is leading up to Easter….. Just wait until I make that connection!!! It’s stunning. Okay, let’s read on. The commonality came to me…
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Key To Effective Prayer
Read more: Key To Effective PrayerAs we approach Easter and consider prayer for our unsaved loved ones, I want to turn our study to what Jesus taught about prayer AND the key He revealed regarding effective prayer. I’m exceedingly interested in praying effectively. There are lives on the line. Eternities are at stake. Tremendous needs for supernatural healing surround us.…
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Launch Prayer? Does it really Work? Read This.
Read more: Launch Prayer? Does it really Work? Read This.Image credit: Chatgpt, Lynn Donovan Greetings SUM Nation. Lynn Donovan with you. I’ll be with you every Friday now as I’ve settled back into a routine and the Lord is encouraging me to write on the blog regularly again. Easter Sunday is April 20th. So, for the next few Fridays, let's consider the weeks leading…
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Want To Pray Differently In Front of Your Family?
Read more: Want To Pray Differently In Front of Your Family?Praying for your family or praying while they listen in an unequally yoked home is challenging. But I've found a prayer model that works. So tune in tomorrow and I'll explain Launch Prayers. Are you curious? Today, I bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus with hope. Great BIG and life-changing hope. In…
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Donovan Clan Update
Read more: Donovan Clan UpdateHi, SUM Nation. Lynn Donovan here with an update on Mike: Mike’s six-month, bone marrow biopsy, came back clean. No recurring disease. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ, our healer. Also, the blood work continues to reflect positive results. They will continue to monitor Mike for at least three years. His next biopsy will be at…
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Lent – an adventure of the heart!
Read more: Lent – an adventure of the heart!Hello, dear, SUMite friends. I trust this post finds you in a good place. Two post ago, my New Year’s post, I shared my ‘Word for the year. ‘Adventure’! I’ve held onto that ever since and wondered what adventure lay ahead. I had a hunch it would be something specifically with the Lord and would…
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Happiness IS A LIE. Want to know why?
Read more: Happiness IS A LIE. Want to know why?Sumites! Lynn Donovan with you on this fine Friday. So, the Lord has been speaking to me regarding our voyages through adversity. After walking through a tremendous adversity for most of 2024, I’ve now had time to reflect on my questions of why. What did I learn. God’s view of adversity and the truth of…
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The GREAT reward of the Unequally Yoked
Read more: The GREAT reward of the Unequally YokedSum Nation. Lynn Donovan here. Today in my Bible reading I was reading through the book of Mark, Chapter 3: 28 “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; 29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is…
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Valentine’s Day- The Day of Love
Read more: Valentine’s Day- The Day of LoveValentine’s Day Oh, the emotions that arrive with the mention of this day. I want you to know that God LOVES Valentines Day. He sees it as a day where we celebrate the most significant thing in the universe. God loves us. He loves us so much He died and rose to life in order…
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River of Grace!
Read more: River of Grace!Hello Sumites, Ian from hot and humid Sydney here. Photo courtesy of pexels.com and Quang Anh Ha Nguyen I thought I’d tell you a story today. have a frustrating relationship with my mother-in-law. Lyn is a lovely lady and in the almost 30 years we’ve been in each other’s lives, our relationship has been awkward…
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A Rather Fabulous Week…
Read more: A Rather Fabulous Week…Hello friends, Ann here! In the last two weeks I've actually been on a cheeky little 10-day trip away — A trip that turned out to be spiritually surprising. I went on my own, leaving Bryce and the boys at home; and I can't believe the things I saw on this trip. The trip was…
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Did 2024 Suck? Read This
Read more: Did 2024 Suck? Read ThisHello SUM Nation, If your 2024 sucked (can I say that on a Christian blog?), then this post is for you: Get ready. Bible, pen and paper. Lynn Donovan with you here. Open your paper Bible and underline this passage: Nehemiah 8:9-10 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the…
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Book Resources
Read more: Book ResourcesSpiritual Enforcer This book is for the serious believer who is ready to engage in a higher level of spiritual warfare. This book is NOT for anyone who is less than desperate to pray with real power and authority in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 6 is our training guide for the unequally yoked in marriage. This…