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God’s Heavenly Perspective
Read more: God’s Heavenly PerspectiveAnn here! I remember God showing me once, that during my SUM I would grow, grow and grow some more. I would grow until I was so tall and spindly that I would see everything with a heavenly perspective. He said, however, that I would cry a lot of tears as I grow. Oh yes,…
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John Bible Study – The Last and Most Important Post
Read more: John Bible Study – The Last and Most Important PostJohn 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you.. One of the main topics that Jesus was trying to communicate to the disciples on His final night of ministry before the Cross is to abide. Several scripture verses in chapter 15, Jesus implores the disciples to abide in Him. And we have already covered the…
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Politics and the Unequally Yoked
Read more: Politics and the Unequally YokedPolitics and the Unequally Yoked Lynn here. Politics in the Bible? John Chapter 14? I’m so glad you asked. Let’s quickly define the scenario that is often at hand in our mismatched marriages as it relates to politics (and religion). In our marriages we view life, morals, beliefs and purpose through the lens of God’s…
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Explaining God to Kids OR Perhaps Grownups
Read more: Explaining God to Kids OR Perhaps GrownupsHi Sumites, Lynn Donovan here. A few weeks ago, I was stuffed in the backseat of a rental car with my two granddaughters. My son and his wife were driving us to an overlook in Portland where we would view the entire city and the volcano in the background. It was spectacular. Somewhere in the…
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Living Well when Not Knowing – John Chapter 14:6
Read more: Living Well when Not Knowing – John Chapter 14:6John 14:5-6 – “Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The three ‘I am’ statements in verse 6 are incredible in their significance and as…
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Glimpses of Glory John Chapter 14:2
Read more: Glimpses of Glory John Chapter 14:2John 14:2-4 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”…
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Glory and a New Command
Read more: Glory and a New CommandGlory and a New Command (Read to the end. The prayer at the bottom is good) John, chapter 13, concludes with two messages. The first, Jesus is glorified. But what does that mean? I jumped into some research and the one-word-summary that fits is: honor. Father, is bestowing honor upon Jesus. And the honorable actions…
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Betrayal, Jesus and the Unequally Yoked
Read more: Betrayal, Jesus and the Unequally YokedBetrayal…. How do we deal with this, the cruelest, of culprits? John 13:18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.” The next section of our Bible study dives…
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This Study Must be Important to God. Here’s why.
Read more: This Study Must be Important to God. Here’s why.As I was preparing this teaching last week about washing feet, I received the following text from a SUMite. She had no idea I’d just started this study and this week we were reviewing John, chapter 13, Jesus washed the disciple’s feet. This is what she wrote to me: I haven’t shared this with anyone,…
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Jesus Asks a Question. The Answer is Everything (read to the end. It’s good)
Read more: Jesus Asks a Question. The Answer is Everything (read to the end. It’s good)Did you read the summaries in the comments of the previous post? Link here. They are SO GOOD! Question: Why is this particular study important to an Unequally Yoked marriage? Answer: Jesus said in John 13:34-35: 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you…
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Prayer Prompt for the Unsaved by SUMite, Beth
Read more: Prayer Prompt for the Unsaved by SUMite, BethLast week on of our SUMites, Beth shared the following in the comments. It's really good. So, please copy and pray. Hugs, Lynn Beth: Because praying for the lost is dear to me, my prayer partner and I formed this prayer sheet for our congregation to use during the last two Lenten seasons…it can really…
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Keep Praying!
Read more: Keep Praying!Photo courtesy of Arina Krasnikova and Pexels.com Following on from Lynn’s post, I too felt led to write a similar post after reading something earlier in the week. As a result of both Lynn and I being led to write similar posts, I’m sensing there’s some of us are feeling discouraged. We’re believing these posts…
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Our Faith Impacts Our Spouse
Read more: Our Faith Impacts Our SpouseBecause of the Lord‘s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 SUM Nation, Lynn Donovan here. I have a quick story to share and some experiential wisdom to encourage all who are traveling the road of the Unequally Yoked behind me. Mike and I…
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Our Life Storyline
Read more: Our Life StorylineMy friends, Ann here. Ok, so I've got this funny quirk. I do believe it's a quirk God gave me, but sometimes I think God gives us some crazy quirks. Do you have one, I wonder? Anyway… Mine's this: I take especially careful note of the things that happen in my days, and I record…
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Meet Evie. A Life Redeemed and Restored
Read more: Meet Evie. A Life Redeemed and RestoredHello my Sumite Sisters, My name is Evie, and I have been following this ministry since 2015. I became a Christian after I married. My faith was not received well by my husband, my family or his family, and 26 years later, it still isn’t. There has been a lot of ups and downs,…
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Being Pursued!
Read more: Being Pursued!Photo courtesy of Pexels and Magda Ehlers Hello, Ian from sunny Sydney here with a short post today. I listened to these words the other day and they were a great reminder of God’s immense love for every one of us: Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes,leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.My beloved is…
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Hakma, Tabun, Da’at — The Builder’s Materials
Read more: Hakma, Tabun, Da’at — The Builder’s MaterialsMy friends, I am still lingering over Proverbs 24, which encourages us to build our houses with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. Sometimes God plants you in a scripture, and you don’t move on from it for a while! Well, that’s the case here. By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;…
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A Mom’s Faith
Read more: A Mom’s FaithHello all! Today's post was delayed due to the global IT outage – Oh dear! But thankfully the blog is up and running again, phew. I have been, once again for a few days, staying at my parents’ house in Oxfordshire, England. Sitting at their dining table yesterday afternoon, I looked up to see my…
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How do I Overcome Feelings of Regret?
Read more: How do I Overcome Feelings of Regret?Dear SUMites, Ann here. Quite often I’ll receive an email from a reader saying "Help! I am overcome by feelings of regret about having married out of disobedience to God." For these dear ones, it is a truly difficult battle, where they are wrangling deeply with the life they've constructed; and, of course, they cannot…
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Summertime Stillness!
Read more: Summertime Stillness!Photo courtesy of asadphoto and Pexels.com I’m writing this post on a chilly winter’s afternoon here in Sydney. However, I know for most of us, it’s summer in the northern hemisphere and many of you will be enjoying long days and hopefully some down time. Those of us in the southern hemisphere, I trust are…
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Prayer To Stand in the Gap
Read more: Prayer To Stand in the GapSimilar prayers are in this book. Hi, Lynn Donovan here, I want to share a short but powerful prayer when we are standing in the gap for someone in the spirit. Lord, let me stand in the gap for_________________. So that his eyes will be opened, and he will be freed from demonic bondage, so he…
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Marriage Adventures in France
Read more: Marriage Adventures in FranceHi SUMites! I said I'd share a little of the marriage adventures we've been having while in France. It's been a funny little time. Being here for a month in this rented house, with few responsibilities and no friends in the neighborhood, has meant we have spent 100% of our time together. We have done…
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Donovan Clan Update
Read more: Donovan Clan UpdateThank you for your love and support of this ministry as we share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. On April 27, 2024, my husband, Mike, was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with acute Leukemia. He was sent to the ICU twice two weeks ago and literally was saved on Saturday and Monday nights by…
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Boundaries in Marriage, Part Five: Respect
Read more: Boundaries in Marriage, Part Five: RespectHello dear SUMites It's Ann here and I'm writing from France, where Bryce and I arrived yesterday. We're staying for a month in a town called Foix in the very south of France. It has always been a dream of mine to live in France, and so perhaps this is the closest I can get. …