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When A Spouse Leaves Their Faith — Part 1
Read more: When A Spouse Leaves Their Faith — Part 1Ann here! Today I want to talk about a path that is walked by so many here, and it's a really difficult one: ‘When a Spouse Leaves the Faith’. In our community we have many a story to tell about how we found ourselves in a SUM. In my case, for example, I was far…
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Church, We Are Crossing Over!
Read more: Church, We Are Crossing Over!Dear friends, Ann here! I had a different post planned today, but that can wait until next week. Instead, I thought I'd share a few impromptu thoughts given the present events. We're watching wide-eyed as the US election plays out, and then across the Atlantic many Europeans are entering their second lockdown. It's all pretty…
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Living an Extra (Ordinary) Life
Read more: Living an Extra (Ordinary) LifePhoto courtesy of Stuart Miles and FreeDigitalPhotos.net Hello, dear friends. Ian from sunny Sydney here. It’s a big few days in America with the election and we all around the world watch on eagerly with prayerful hearts. Recently, I came across a little-known Saint, Alphonsus Rodriguez, who lived in Spain in the 1500s. Rodriguez was…
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On Shedding the ‘Unequally Yoked’ Badge
Read more: On Shedding the ‘Unequally Yoked’ BadgeHello friends, Ann here! It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote, but in my last post I shared a story from our archives where the Holy Spirit had given us a caution about using the ‘unequally yoked’ label too much. To catch up, you can read that post here. Today I'm interested…
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Four Simple Things To Change Your Perspective
Read more: Four Simple Things To Change Your PerspectiveHey there SUM family, Tiffany here! On Monday I gave a little glimpse of what I have been enduring these past few months with work. I wasn’t sure how to put this into words but then I got the perfect illustration that came to me on Wednesday. I was at work. We were short staffed…
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Help! I’ve Been Thrown Into The Lions Den!
Read more: Help! I’ve Been Thrown Into The Lions Den!Hey SUM family, Tiffany here! I know there have been some people asking progress on my journey with running for the local school board. I honestly don't have a lot of information at this time. However, it is really great to have people reach out from my community and share that they have voted for…
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High Witchcraft This Halloween
Read more: High Witchcraft This HalloweenFor nearly three months the Lord has pressed upon me the urgency to pray against the witchcraft that will be unleashed on October, 31st this year. This particular Halloween arrives with a full moon and on a Saturday evening. It is ripe for massive participation by covens and satanists worldwide. I’m not sure how much…
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THIS MAY STING! Sorry… Ahem, not sorry????
Read more: THIS MAY STING! Sorry… Ahem, not sorry????So, ya….. This post may sting. This is an area that I have confronted over and over again throughout my life. How do we walk through life and handle the disappointments, the let downs, the betrayals without slipping down the slippery slope into the dark abyss of bitterness? My friends, I’m telling you, this sly…
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Taking Off the Badge
Read more: Taking Off the BadgeHi friends, Ann here! We’re currently looking at past words that God has spoken to our community. To catch up, here are the recent posts: Part one – 'Museum of SUM' Part two – 'God is Calling our Spouses' Now, this next word I’m going to share is one where the Lord gave us an…
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Waging War With God’s Words
Read more: Waging War With God’s WordsHi SUMites, Ann here! As you know, we’re currently looking at past words that the Holy Spirit has spoken to this community. In our archives there are places where the Lord has said something specific to equip us, and I’m in the process of pulling these words out, in date order, to see how the…
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A Word: God is Calling our Spouses.
Read more: A Word: God is Calling our Spouses.Hello friends, Ann here. Today I’m continuing from my post last week about this blog being like a wonderful museum of God stories. If you missed it you can catch up here. In that post, I described how God has given our community the occasional prophetic word over the years: words of wisdom or promises specifically…
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Our Coatings of Protection
Read more: Our Coatings of ProtectionHi SUM family, Ann here. Last week I had a ‘moment’ in my SUM life, as we do, that turned into a good wisdom lesson for me, so I'm going to share it today. It was about God's protection. I was reclining in my favorite armchair before bed one night, cocoa in hand, when something…
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Divine Connections
Read more: Divine ConnectionsPhoto courtesy of Multipedia and FreeDigitalPhotos.net Hello, Ian from Down Under here. I was fascinated to read Ann's Monday post about the history of SUM. And it brought back so many memories for me that I thought I'd go back in time and share my SUM beginnings. It was September 2012. I had always wanted to…
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The Museum of SUM
Read more: The Museum of SUMHi SUMites, Ann here! Lately, I've been thinking about how much this blog is a museum full of interesting stories. I wonder if any of you find it so? And, within it there are places where God has answered some of those questions we talked about in our last post. That's what I wanted to…
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What’s Your Biggest Question for Jesus About Your Marriage?
Read more: What’s Your Biggest Question for Jesus About Your Marriage?Hello friends, Ann here. Recently, I popped a question onto our Facebook page, asking ‘What’s your biggest question for Jesus right now concerning your spiritual mismatch?’ Many of you will have seen that post, but some won’t. I found the responses so helpful in relation to my own path, that I thought you might too.…
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The Day God Surprised Me
Read more: The Day God Surprised MeHi friends, Ann here! We can walk through this SUM path feeling weary, right? But there are moments where God brings us a surprise gift to cheer us up. Today I want to encourage you with a little story: It's about the day I discovered Bryce’s favorite friend had unexpectedly become Christian. If you need…
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Wrapping Up Our Series on LOVE
Read more: Wrapping Up Our Series on LOVEDear friends, Ann here. Today we wrap up our series on love. Here in our SUM community there are many different marriages. Some have spouses who are easy to love; others have extremely challenging situations. But in every relationship – easy or hard – love is not easy. Nor is it simple. And even with…
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When Love Makes You Unpopular
Read more: When Love Makes You UnpopularHi friends, Ann here! As we sit in 1 Corinthians 13, it occurs to me how many facets this little word ‘LOVE’ has. It’s easy to think of love as being kind and patient; it’s easy to think of it as being something like a hug. It is truly that. But there’s another side, and…
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How to Pray Psalm 91 For Your Children’s School
Read more: How to Pray Psalm 91 For Your Children’s SchoolPraying Psalm 91 by Vidya Rodney Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every…
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Dealing with a Difficult Person
Read more: Dealing with a Difficult PersonHi friends, Ann here! With our coffees at the ready, how about we take a look at this challenging gem today in 1 Corinthians 13: "Love keeps no record of wrongs" (1 Corinthians 13:5, NIV) It is a noble thing to not keep record of wrongs. But do any of you have an ‘extremely difficult…
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Are We Living In the End Times?
Read more: Are We Living In the End Times?Are We Living In the End Times? My friends, I’m stepping away from the study of 1 Corinthians 13 as I want to address the issue of the end-times messages that are overwhelming the Christian church. Since March there have been a number of doom proclaimers in Christendom. These are well respected and educated pastors,…
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3 am Is Very Telling? Do You Get Me? by Lynn Donovan
Read more: 3 am Is Very Telling? Do You Get Me? by Lynn DonovanSUM Nation, I have a “real” question. When you read this passage does you bristle a little? Do you find it difficult to even begin to understand these words and what they are supposed to look like in real life? Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it…
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Clashing Cymbal or Lapping Ocean?
Read more: Clashing Cymbal or Lapping Ocean?Hi friends, Ann here. Today we begin our series on LOVE, and in a moment I have a light-hearted story to share. But first, speaking of love, I wanted to take a minute to thank you for your loving support after Lynn's announcement this week. This community is pure joy to me and I look…
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Let’s Talk about Love
Read more: Let’s Talk about LoveImage courtesy of Dan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Hiya! Ian from Springtime Sydney. Yes, we in the Southern Hemisphere are beginning to experience the blooming of flowers, the tweeting of baby birds (and unwanted attacks while walking by overzealous magpies) and longer days. I was excited to know that Ann is to be leading us over the…