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The Power and Blessing of Giving Comfort
Read more: The Power and Blessing of Giving ComfortMy friends, today I want to talk to you about an interesting phenomenon I've observed in my own life and in others. It's a very curious thing and is quite the opposite of our "normal" tendency. And I believe it is one of the weapons of spiritual warfare that Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians:…
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Are You Lonely In Your Unequally Yoked Marriage?
Read more: Are You Lonely In Your Unequally Yoked Marriage?Hello SUMite Family, I want to talk about loneliness in marriage. I may be off in my thinking. Do we, the unequally yoked, live in a kind of perpetual loneliness? I know for me, I’ve battled against loneliness for years. I’m coming to understand some common denominators that are present in our kind of marriages.…
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The Sword Of The Spirit
Read more: The Sword Of The SpiritGang, Can you believe it? Today, is my last post in my Spiritual Warfare series. I truly hope that you were empowered and found yourself with more armor, more protection and greater understanding of the real battle that is at hand every day and every moment of our life. We have talked about the Word…
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From the Archives: Claiming and Praying God’s Promises
Read more: From the Archives: Claiming and Praying God’s PromisesOn Saturdays we continue to post from our archives. Last year starting in April I did a series about the transformed mind. I'm feeling led to rerun that series over the next few weesk, my friends, and I pray it gives you more encouragement and inspiration to let the Holy Spirit transform you with the Word…
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Love Conqers All
Read more: Love Conqers AllMy friends, I am overwhelmed by the force of God's love. It is powerful, relentless, consuming and vast. It is tender, gentle, perfect and complete. It is who He is, what we long for, what the world needs, and the answer to every thing. Love. God's love. The greatest force on earth and the conduit…
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A Miller Family Update: Waiting on God
Read more: A Miller Family Update: Waiting on GodMy friends, I have a stunning story to tell you. About two weeks ago God moved in a very unexpected way in my family. There are so many pieces shifting in this giant puzzle, but I want to give you a glimpse into what is coming together as part of this Jubilee year and God…
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Tablecloth Of Thanks 2015
Read more: Tablecloth Of Thanks 2015I started a Thanksgiving family tradition a few years ago quite by accident. This tradition has become my absolute favorite. I'm sharing it today, as I do every year, so that our new readers can begin this tradition in their home. This is also a Family Faith Tradition I share in our book, Not Alone.…
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The Helmet of Salvation Defeats The Religious Spirit
Read more: The Helmet of Salvation Defeats The Religious SpiritWhat is salvation? I can bet you know the answer but the answer is so much bigger than you know. Can I ask you a few questions? Do you serve in church? Attend Bible study? Watch the babies during first service? Organize the potluck? Work tirelessly to organize the Christmas event? Do you feel like…
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How Many Ways Does God Speak?
Read more: How Many Ways Does God Speak?My friends, I loved reading your comments on Tuesday. What a wealth of wisdom, honesty and encouragement. We are part of such an amazing community. I have no doubts that our church without walls makes our Papa God very proud. Much of what I’m sharing with you is simply from the journey God has had…
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Guest Post: Blessed are the Peacemakers
Read more: Guest Post: Blessed are the PeacemakersDear friends, we have some more exciting news for you today. Our very own SUMite, Ian Acheson, has come on board with us and will be posting the first Wednesday of each month. As you know, Ian is the author of Angel Guard and has written guest posts with us periodically. We are so thankful to…
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Was That God I Really Heard?
Read more: Was That God I Really Heard?Welcome to November, SUMites! Can you believe we are already approaching Thanksgiving and Christmas? I’m already seeing ads and decorations everywhere. These are clear “signs” of what’s coming soon. You know, these are physical signs of the approaching holiday season. We see the evidence with our eyes. With my nose I smell the evidence every…
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From the Archives: Feasting on God’s Word
Read more: From the Archives: Feasting on God’s WordOn Saturdays we continue to post from our archives. Last year starting in April I did a series about the transformed mind. I'm feeling led to rerun that series over the next fews week, my friends, and I pray it gives you more encouragement and inspiration to let the Holy Spirit transform you with the Word…
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The MIGHTY Shield Of Faith
Read more: The MIGHTY Shield Of FaithPick up the Shield of Faith Raise the shield when our marriage is hanging by a thread. Raise the shield when the bottom of our finances drop out. Raise the shield when that prodigal child goes from bad to worse. Raise the shield when you’ve said to yourself, I can’t take one more thing.…
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Can We Hear God?
Read more: Can We Hear God?My friends, I love our Lord so much. I sat in my quiet time yesterday morning and asked the Holy Spirit what our SUM family needed right now. What did He want me to write about next? I followed His leading and listened and He showed me that after the Abundant Life series, He wants…
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What Does Thankfulness Do?
Read more: What Does Thankfulness Do?SUM family, we talked last week about the first two keys, forgiveness and love. On the subject of love I just want to make one more point that the Holy Spirit reminded about me over the weekend. We reference 2 Timothy 1:7 frequently when we talk about fear. For God has not given us a…
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Our Unbelieving Spouse, The Kids and Halloween
Read more: Our Unbelieving Spouse, The Kids and HalloweenI posted this last year, October 30, 2014 Greetings, It’s a Thursday afternoon. I’m in my office typing, sorting and thinking. Worship music is playing softly, drifting down the hall from the kitchen. Rain is on the way. Oh, thank you Papa!!!! I have some thoughts about tomorrow. Halloween was always one of the highlights…
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Unequally Yoked and the Atheist Blogs
Read more: Unequally Yoked and the Atheist BlogsWeekends we re-post from our archives, articles which remain relevant for the spiritually mismatched marriage. This post is part III in this series. Click on Part I and Part II to read the precursors to this article. This was originally posted on April 20, 2012. ***** Unequally Yoked and the Atheist Blogs Part III A few…
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How Do We Love?
Read more: How Do We Love?My friends, I’d planned to talk briefly about love and then move into thankfulness, but the Holy Spirit impressed our Father’s heart on this subject upon me and I want to give that ample space. So today we will talk about love, the second key in this Abundant Life series. I want to tell you…
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Do We Have to Forgive?
Read more: Do We Have to Forgive?The week before last I mentioned three keys to walking in the abundant life. This is about walking in more fullness in our faith, intimacy with God and the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit has been showing me some new insights to one of these in particular and the enemy has been…
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The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace
Read more: The Shoes of the Gospel of PeaceHello SUMites, My friends, fall is in the air and in some places it’s already winter! Wacky weather! But I LOVE this time of year and I am especially fond of my pumpkin flavored coffee. Yum and eee! Weather is a perfect metaphor of our lives. Our circumstances will and often change drastically, unexpectedly and…
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Archive Post: The Sanctified Unbeliever
Read more: Archive Post: The Sanctified UnbelieverMy friends, today's post is from September 20, 2011 and addresses a very powerful verse for the spiritually mismatched-sanctification. This is part of our authority in Christ and a topic that needs frequent revisiting. It is a truth that is full of hope for all SUMites. Our faith plays a powerful roll in God's relentless…
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Reminders That Our God Is A God Of Miracles – This is One!
Read more: Reminders That Our God Is A God Of Miracles – This is One!Sometimes we need reminded. Sometimes we cry out, “God, help me overcome my unbelief.” It’s moments like I’m about to describe which will fill you with fresh hope and faith in the divine! I want to introduce you to Keira & Kylea. (Photo below) They are seven and eleven years old. These sisters are something…
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Guest Post: Abiding…Not Just Visiting by Ian Acheson
Read more: Guest Post: Abiding…Not Just Visiting by Ian AchesonDear friends, our very own Ian Acheson has a wonderful post for us today about how we spend time with God. This is such a good reminder of how much our God loves just spending time with us and for us to be be in His presence. And the importance of reading and knowing God's…
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A Miller Family Update: The Battle for My Family
Read more: A Miller Family Update: The Battle for My FamilyJuly 2015: My daughter Leslie and I out for a day of fun. Dear friends, before I jump into those three keys I mentioned last week, I would like to give you an update on some interesting changes in my family-my daughter Leslie and my husband. And I want to thank Karyn for giving me…