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Hunger Touches The Heart of God
Read more: Hunger Touches The Heart of GodPRE Fast Day TWO Question: Do you know what to do while you fast? What am I supposed to do? Do I pray normally, pray more? Do I just sit in silence? Do I just starve myself and hope something happens? Perhaps some of you are scratching your head just like I did a few…
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FASTING FOR BREAKTHROUGH
Read more: FASTING FOR BREAKTHROUGHSUMite Nation Next week, January 8-12, 2018… We will fast together in a Corporate expression of sacrifice and prayer. Seeking a greater intimacy with the Lord and seeking revelation for the year ahead. Begin to think about what and how you are going to fast. Prepare your family and let them know you will be…
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This Really Happened Under My Roof
Read more: This Really Happened Under My RoofMeet Finn. His mama was found wandering about Los Angeles and birthed a litter right around Christmas day. We adopted this little buddy from a Chiwawa pet rescue. We also adopted his sister, Gracie, nearly two years ago. Finn, I’ve come to decide, is a special needs doggie. Something happened to him before our ownership…
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Fellow Laborers
Read more: Fellow Laborers“It’s hard being a girl guide!” Those words, inaudible but clear, woke me one morning, just as the birds were beginning to sing. It felt like a word from the Holy Spirit, but I struggled to understand. Only months later did a sudden ‘a-ha’ come: I am the ‘girl who guides’ my husband, the one…
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The Voice of Hope This Christmas
Read more: The Voice of Hope This ChristmasAnd there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will…
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Advent – Jesus Came to Bring us Life!
Read more: Advent – Jesus Came to Bring us Life!Image courtesy of samarttiw at FreeDigitalPhotos.net So here we all are. The week before Christmas with still lots to do. Work to finish off, shopping, cooking, cleaning, wrapping, travelling and hosting just to name a few things. It’s exhausting just reading that list. Besides all of this we may have the added stress of having…
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Sumite Prayer Partners
Read more: Sumite Prayer PartnersHello Sumite sisters and brothers, Christy Edney here. This time of year seems pregnant with hope, bursting at the seams with joy and emotion. However, not everyone views this season in that same way. It can be especially hard for those of us in unequal marriages. We may feel our souls cry out against the…
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Christmas Blessing For Your Dinner Table
Read more: Christmas Blessing For Your Dinner TableMerry Christmas SUMite Family, My heart is deeply moved for all of you. I realize that this time of year and Christmas day, especially can create in us dreams and expectations about how we want the holiday to unfold. I know that I often felt disappointment, anger, frustration when it didn’t follow the idea I…
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Submission vs. Obedience Part II by Martha Bush
Read more: Submission vs. Obedience Part II by Martha BushSubmission vs. Obedience Introduction In Part 1 of Submission vs. Obedience, I told my story of obeying the Lord’s new direction for my life, and the opposition I faced from my husband in doing so. Today, let’s get right down to business and try to decipher what is sometimes a controversial and confusing subject. Submission…
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1 Peter 3 – Same But Different
Read more: 1 Peter 3 – Same But DifferentThank you, Martha, for your powerful post about submission vs obedience on Friday. I believe she is working on a follow up and I will post it when she sends it along. Today, I want to continue with what the Lord was showing me a few weeks ago about 1 Peter 3. If you recall,…
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Submission vs. Obedience by Martha Bush
Read more: Submission vs. Obedience by Martha BushSUM Nation, Several weeks ago I read such a great response in the Facebook Group by Martha Bush, specific to Submission and obedience. I asked her to share her perspective with all of us today since we are camped in the books of Peter. This post is authentic and powerful. Thank you Martha. Hugs, Lynn…
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Advent – Sharing the Longing
Read more: Advent – Sharing the LongingImage courtesy of 9comeback at FreeDigitalPhotos.net One Bible story that I keep coming back to each Advent season is the one that features Zechariah and Elizabeth. I hadn’t spent a lot of time reflecting upon it until a few years ago when I began to observe Advent. Most of you will know their story is…
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I Can’t Write Anything Like THIS Miracle
Read more: I Can’t Write Anything Like THIS MiracleSUM Family: Today I was going to start writing about 1 Peter 3 but I’m overwhelmed by the miracle stories that were posted in the comments on Friday. I want to share one of them. I know many of you don’t have time to go back into the comments but this story is a living…
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Need A Miracle? Testimony IS A Miracle
Read more: Need A Miracle? Testimony IS A MiracleSUM Nation, OF THE MOST AMAZING BELIEVERS ON EARTH, you are the richest of believers! I want you to know that I was overwhelmed by the reply to Monday’s post. Names came in through the comments, email, and Facebook. I wrote every name down by hand. And as I wrote your names, I blessed you.…
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Advent – a Season to Remember and to Anticipate
Read more: Advent – a Season to Remember and to AnticipateImage courtesy of Gualberto107 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net We got the call that our son and his wife had left for the hospital. Our excitement increased thinking the next time we hear from them they will share the wonderful news of becoming parents for the first time. And we’d be grandparents. Yay! We went to bed believing…
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Could This Be What It’s Like?
Read more: Could This Be What It’s Like?Hi SUMites, On Friday I put away the Thanksgiving decorations for the season, put up the tree and the nativity on the table where my Tablecloth of Thanks sat for most of November. Mike didn’t write on it this year. Caitie wasn’t home. We went to the neighbors for dinner, so this year was different…
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God’s Promise For A Marriage – Thankfulness This Thanksgiving
Read more: God’s Promise For A Marriage – Thankfulness This ThanksgivingBecky and Her Two Children Promises by: SUMite Becky Walker I wanted to write about the Lord’s promises and explain what the Lord recently revealed to me. I encountered opposition about claiming the Lord’s promises for my husband. My husband and I have been separated for almost three years and he actually divorced me in…
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Blog Signature book footer
Read more: Blog Signature book footer***** Share your voice, heart and love in the comments. Lynn has wonderfully mapped out the steps we all need to walk through to develop and grow this vital relationship with Him. This was the Lord’s intent for her transformation journey all along, and His intent for you too. Here she has spelled out the…
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Begin Thanksgiving With Thanks
Read more: Begin Thanksgiving With ThanksThe predawn light slips through the window as I sleepily rub my eyes and wait for the coffee to trickle into the pot. The aroma awakens a gentle smile. I swirl in the creamer then shuffle to my prayer room. There I gather my life-line, my Bible and the spiral binder. All is quiet. The…
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Making Preparations for Thanksgiving
Read more: Making Preparations for ThanksgivingPicture this scene: It’s Thanksgiving Day. The table has been set with Grandma’s fine China. The turkey has been carved. The family members pose just before the blessing is said for a Norman Rockwell portrait. The blessing is prayed. The partaking of the Thanksgiving meal begins. And then it happens – Uncle Obnoxious begins his…
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Holidays and Mothers-In-Law
Read more: Holidays and Mothers-In-LawAs we are nearing the season where we spend time with the in-laws, I thought it appropriate to share this post from the archives. …nearly 60 percent of all marriages suffer from tension with mothers-in-law, normally between the daughter-in-law and her husband's mother. From the archives: In-Laws I wonder how many of you felt your…
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What Our Kid’s Think – Part II
Read more: What Our Kid’s Think – Part IIToday, I want to answer more questions that were asked through our survey: Laurie F. asked: Q: I would love to know how adult children who grew up in mis-matched homes feel about all of the things we deal with. (Going to church and activities only with mom, not being able to pray/sing/share at home…
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Q&A From The SUM Survey (What Our Kid’s Think)
Read more: Q&A From The SUM Survey (What Our Kid’s Think)Today I want to answer another question that came from the SUM survey. Laurie F. asked: Q: I would love to know how adult children who grew up in mis-matched homes feel about all of the things we deal with. (Going to church and activities only with mom, not being able to pray/sing/share at home…
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Spending Time in the Secret Place
Read more: Spending Time in the Secret PlaceImage courtesy of alex_ugalek at FreeDigitalPhotos.net It’s fast approaching the Christmas season when life can get especially busy. In addition, for we in mismatched marriages can have extra challenges as a result of a desire to intentionally reflect on the reason for the season. Jesus. Whether it’s attending gatherings with the church girls (or blokes),…