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Community, Courage, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Hope, Scripture, Trust

Superheroes of the Past and Present

My friends, I have a new nugget to share with you that is so encouraging to me. I’m excited to share it with you. First, let me set it up. I’ve tended to look at the first disciples and believers in a different way than I see us-modern day believers. I’ve made the assumption that…
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September 7, 2015
Faith, God’s Faithfulness, Grace, Holy, Jesus, Jubilee

Jubilee – The Restoration Puzzle

Community Fast together: September 14th: Rosh Hashanah Part I – the Promise of Jubilee Don’t you find it interesting that God established a Jubilee year? I mean really. He knew we would mess up. Make mistakes. Go into debt. Trade our Freedom for bondage. Under the Old Covenant He also established a Family Redeemer who…
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September 3, 2015
Encouragement, Faith, Guest Post, Marriage, Trish Fuhlendorf

Guest Post: Lessons Around the Mountain

Dear friends, I'm so happy to have Trish Fuhlendorf back with us today. I love this post she's written for us about control. It's a good word for us, especially right now, because we in no way want to interfere with whatever God wants to do in our pre-believers. Love you! ~Dineen Lessons Around the…
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September 2, 2015
Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Hope, Jesus, Jubilee, Prayer, Salvation, Scripture, Trust

The Thinning Veil

My friends, in my journey through the book of John, the Holy Spirit is revealing more connections to the truths in God’s Word. I find this journey so fascinating. I hope you are too, because I have some to share with you today. First, go with me to the book of John, specifically chapters nine…
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August 31, 2015
Holiday, Jubilee, Revelation

The Promise of Jubilee

SUMites: 5775 Jewish Holiday Calendar – Hebrew Year 5775. All Jewish holidays begin the evening before the date specified. In Hebrew calendar a "day" begins and ends at sunset, rather than at midnight. Two weeks from today is Rosh Hashanah. Monday, September 14, 2015 represents the New Year according to the Jewish calendar. This season, September…
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August 30, 2015
Back To School, Children, Community, Conflict and Challenges, Contrary Culture, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Parenting, Presence, Scripture, Walls of Jericho

This Challenging Culture

Hello, SUMite family! Lynn and I decided we should wrap our study up this week, because we have other things we want to move onto next week. Thus we will conclude our Equipping Our Kids in a Contrary Culture on Friday with Lynn’s post about Legacy Kids. I’m sure it will be amazing too! My…
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August 26, 2015
Back To School, Children, Chronicles of The Donovan Clan, Identity in Christ, Not Alone, Parenting, Prayer, Victory

Power Prayer For Your Child That Moves Heaven

Sumites: Roommate and Caitie Saturday my husband and I drove my daughter to college. She is a Junior this fall at BIOLA and has moved into an apartment off campus with her roommate. It’s the next step in her life toward independence and adulthood. Wow. It’s a profound truth, as things change, they stay the…
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August 23, 2015
#SUM Nation, Back To School, Books, Children, Faith, Not Alone, Parenting, Prayer, Prodigal, Unconditional Love

For Every Mom Who Is Praying For A Prodigal

AMAZING stories were shared on Monday! SUMites, it is a privilege to be among you. Your love for Jesus and your family coupled with your wisdom, is truly a gift to me, Dineen and our entire family here on the web. Today I want to wrap up chapter four. I remain very passionate about the…
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August 20, 2015
Bible Study, Children, Contrary Culture, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Love, Prayer, Scripture

My Daughter Taught Me to be Generous

My friends, I’ve heard it said a few times in the last few years that the Holy Spirit doesn’t come child-sized. That’s an amazing thought when you think about it, that just as God’s Spirit dwells in us in “size” and strength, He dwells in our children too when they have made that all important…
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August 19, 2015
Back To School, Bible Study, Children, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Gospel of Love, Grace, Hope, Love, Not Alone, Sacrificial Love, Scripture

Even Bullies Need Love

Hello, SUMites! Welcome to week three of the Equipping Our Kids in a Contrary Culture series. This week I’m zeroing in on chapter six in our book, Not Alone, about Generous Kids. I share some stories in this chapter about my daughters, stories that are near and dear to my heart and one that nearly…
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August 17, 2015
Back To School, Carousel, Children, Church, God’s Faithfulness, Kids Faith, Not Alone, Spiritual Leadership, Worship

Today At Church I Looked Down The Row And Was……

Hi Gang, Well today it’s my turn to write about chapter four of Not Alone re-titled Raising Godly Kids in a Spiritually Mismatched Home. Churched Kids My heart and head is full of thoughts and emotions when I consider raising our kids in church. I share a number of my thoughts and experiences in chapter four about…
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August 16, 2015
Back To School, Books, Guest Post, Parenting

You are Not Alone in the Dark

Guest Post by Arlene Pellicane Giveaway: 31 Days to Becoming a Happy Mom I was attending Dave Ramsay’s Financial Peace University when a not-so-peaceful thing happened. On my way out of the restroom, I read a sign posted, “If you’re not using the lights, please turn them off.” I thought I was alone so I flipped…
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August 15, 2015
Back To School, Children, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Holy Spirit, Not Alone, Parenting, Prayer, Voice of God, Waiting on God

Don’t Over-Schedule Your Kids

My friends, what are your thoughts about this study so far? Is it helping you? Are there areas you want to talk about that we haven’t addressed yet? Let us know if you have more specific issues that we can address through this study. Today I want to talk about helping our kids choose between…
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August 12, 2015
Back To School, Children, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Hope, Kids Faith, Love, Prayer, Scripture

Making GOoDly Choices

My friends, this week I'm drawing from chapter 5 (Peaceful Kids) of our book, Not Alone. I find more and more that our choices are the starting points of success, whether that be in attaining goals or pressing in for breakthroughs. One of the greatest gifts we can teach our children is to help them…
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August 10, 2015
Back To School, Books, Children, Not Alone, Parenting

It’s even MORE on Sale

Only $1.99 (Read the excerpt below written by a 21 year old who was raised in a spiritually mismatched home.) SUMite Nation, our book, Not Alone, which we're using for this new series Equipping Our Kids in a Contrary Culture is on sale for even less. It looks like the ebook for Kindle, Nook and…
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August 7, 2015
Back To School, Books, Children, Faith, God’s Faithfulness, Kids Faith, Not Alone, Parenting, Prayer, Sanctification, Scripture, Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Warfare

Parenting Supernaturally

How is our parenting supernatural? We find the answer in a powerful passage of God’s Word…. And this paragraph was written specifically for all of us who are married to unbelievers. For the rest of you who are in mixed marriages-Christian married to non-Christian-we have no explicit command from the Master. So this is what…
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August 6, 2015
Back To School, Bible Study, Children, Contrary Culture, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, God’s Faithfulness, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Not Alone, Praying God’s Word, Trust

Praying for Our Kids to be Extraordinary (part 2)

Hello, my friends! I pray this study is already helping you get ready for “back to school” and increasing your faith and hope in God to make this school year one of the best yet for you and your children. Let me add too that if you are a homeschooling mom, you are part of…
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August 5, 2015
Back To School, Books, Children, Contrary Culture, Love, Not Alone, Parenting, Unequally Yoked

How To Be The MOST Powerful Voice In Your Kid’s Lives

Back To School: Equipping Kids in a contrary culture (Lynn) Every, single, day our children are bombarded with voices. Social media and television shout continual messages of entitlement, moral ambiguity, hate, lust and fear, to name only a few. Sheesh! With so much chatter coming at our kids we can fear our voice might…
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August 3, 2015
Back To School, Bible Study, Children, Contrary Culture, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Jesus, Love, Praying God’s Word, Trust

Chapter One: Extraordinary Kids (part one)

My friends, have we bought a lie? Have we bought into the lie that we’re powerless and alone in helping our children navigate the confusing and changing culture of today? That we are not enough? I find it so interesting that just a few days ago I stood on my front porch, chatting with one…
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August 2, 2015
Back To School, Children, Contrary Culture, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Not Alone, Parenting, Unequally Yoked

Introduction: Back to School Starts Here

My friends, the Holy Spirit has been speaking to my heart the last couple months about the challenges moms and dads are facing as school starts back up. So many new teachings are being implemented in the public school systems that are complete contradictions to the truths of the Bible. Sadly, we feel helpless much…
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July 30, 2015
Back To School, Children, Not Alone, Prayer

Praying For Our Kids

Papa God, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit, You are our Lord and our God. We come together as a united community, a family joined together by Jesus Christ. We love you. We adore you. We worship you and are your children. Papa God, we ask that the Holy Spirit would lead us through this next…
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July 29, 2015
Back To School, Bible Study, Conflict and Challenges, Contrary Culture, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Holy Spirit, Kids Faith, Parenting

Back to School: Equipping Our Kids in a Contrary Culture

Hello, SUM family! I'm so happy to be back! As Lynn shared yesterday, we are getting ready to kick off a new series on Friday. Let's face the facts: We live in a contrary culture that ignores sound biblical truths. But that doesn't mean God's truth is outdated or irrelevant. Now more than ever, our…
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July 28, 2015
Authority, Back To School, Children, Contrary Culture, Not Alone, Parenting, Thrive

Back To School…. And A New Series Begins

SUMite Nation: We are shifting gears. Following the SCOTUS Ruling last month I quickly realized that many of us were staring “Fear” straight in the face. As mamas we were grappling with questions such as. How do I handle it when little Johnny asks, “Can I go to my best friend’s house to play. Oh…
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July 27, 2015
Breakthrough Living, Chronicles of The Donovan Clan, Disappointment, Encouragement, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Kingdom, Love, Perseverance in Trials, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Victory

I Kick Disappointment To The Curb!

I began this series on disappointment from a place of victory. Last week I have shared my defeat, struggle in captivity of the enemy and my escape. I have told you that we face a very real enemy who is continually looked for ways to derail our faith and life in God. The enemy will…
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July 26, 2015