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ANNOUNCMENT by Lynn Donovan
Read more: ANNOUNCMENT by Lynn DonovanSUMite Nation: I have a few announcements and a few changes to let you know about. First, I would like to thank Ann and Tiffany for the stellar Summer Bible Study series. It was fascinating to view the truths of the Bible through a different lens. Often, we can become stymied in our thoughts and…
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Our Summer Study: It’s a Wrap!
Read more: Our Summer Study: It’s a Wrap!Hello friends, Ann here. Today I wanted to write a final word on our Summer Study to properly wrap it up. We’ve spent the last few posts looking at Jesus and the Church as the ultimate spiritual mismatch. And prior to that we raced through so many Bible characters. I hope you enjoyed it as…
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Ann and Lynn SUM Sidebar 8 18 20
Read more: Ann and Lynn SUM Sidebar 8 18 20Ann Hutchison is the Director of the Spiritually Unequal Marriage ministries. She is a contributing author, she also provides weekly video teaching, as well as overseeing all aspects of the ministry’s social media, email, and website management. Ann resides in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and two teenage boys. She loves chatting with friends,…
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JESUS AND THE CHURCH ARE THE ULTIMATE MISMATCH
Read more: JESUS AND THE CHURCH ARE THE ULTIMATE MISMATCHLynn here. THIS IS FROM THE LORD! The entirety of our years on earth are rushing, headlong toward ONE SPECIFIC DAY! A Day that’s been destined in our future for eternity. A day the has been promised before time began. The greatest day of all eternity!!! The wedding supper of the Lamb! And SUMITE NATION,…
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A Royal Wedding and Our Earthly Marriages
Read more: A Royal Wedding and Our Earthly MarriagesHi friends, Ann here. I remember, as a 5-year-old girl, being mesmerized by the wedding of Lady Diana and Prince Charles of England in 1981. Little girls are funny like that. They can be the ultimate dreamers. Knowing this, my mum bought me a little hard-backed book about the wedding and I would pore over…
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Jesus and the Church: The Ultimate Marriage Story
Read more: Jesus and the Church: The Ultimate Marriage StoryHi friends, Ann here! I hope you've enjoyed our race through different Bible marriages this summer. We had much to look at and there were some marriages we didn’t even cover, such as Hosea's. Alas, summer is nearly over. In the middle of this summer study I received a message from one of our friends,…
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Abraham and Sarah – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible Study
Read more: Abraham and Sarah – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible StudyHey SUM family, Tiffany here! Today I want to talk about Abraham and Sarah. Before God changed their name, they were known as Abram and Sarai. It was to Abram that God spoke of some amazing promises. Let's take a look shall we? Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country,From your familyAnd from…
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Learning to Love
Read more: Learning to LoveHello, dear Sumites. Ian from Down Under here. In this challenging year, it’s very easy to hop on the blame bandwagon and start griping about everything and anything. Life as we know it has been turned upside down and really the ‘new normal’ is still so uncertain. What will life be like in 2021, which…
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Mary – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible Study
Read more: Mary – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible StudyHey SUM family, Tiffany here! Luke 1 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, ”Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; [e]blessed are you…
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This Woman in the Bible is a One-Hit Wonder
Read more: This Woman in the Bible is a One-Hit WonderHello friends, Ann here! Today I’m going to write something different than what we hinted at in the last post. The Holy Spirit changes our plans sometimes, and I believe he wanted us to look at this Bible character next. Are you ready to meet her, this next one, this dark horse? Well, here we…
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Nabal, Abigail, and David -SUMITES in the Bible- Summer Bible Study
Read more: Nabal, Abigail, and David -SUMITES in the Bible- Summer Bible StudyWe left our story in 1 Samuel 25 with Abigail meeting David with provisions and a great big “SORRY.” Whew, that sorry and the honor she bestowed upon David saved probably more than 100 people from bloodshed. (verse 33 & 34) She went home and arrived to ANOTHER drunken banquet. – Ugh! Abigale was likely…
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Who Is Abigail? SUMites of the Bible Summer Study
Read more: Who Is Abigail? SUMites of the Bible Summer StudyTodays passage, 1 Samuel 25. Abigail was married to a wicked, unbeliever, Nabal (Hebrew name means mean, base, vile, unbeliever) who denied support to the future King of Israel. And if you read through 1 Samuel 25 again today, you will notice how much this woman was a woman of deep faith. And just as…
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Here’s One For the History Books – Literally- SUMites in the Bible
Read more: Here’s One For the History Books – Literally- SUMites in the BibleSUMers, I could write for days about 1 Samuel, chapter 25. Whoa. There is so much in here. So, get a cup, sit down, strap in, and hold on as we jump in and learn from God’s Word. Hallelujah! PLEASE go read the chapter, click here for the NIV version. I’m going to be teaching…
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Welcome Listeners of Chris Brooks on Moody Radio
Read more: Welcome Listeners of Chris Brooks on Moody RadioIt’s an honor and privilege to share with the listeners on the Equipped show with Chris Books, Moody Radio, the amazing journey I took marching around Jericho and my unsaved spouse's faith journey. Chris is an amazing host and our conversation covered many aspects of living and praying for our unsaved spouses. VISIT THE BROADCAST…
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Summer Study: Let’s Look at Elizabeth and Zacharias
Read more: Summer Study: Let’s Look at Elizabeth and ZachariasHello SUM family, welcome to our summer study! It’s Ann here, and this whole month we’re going to be looking at different couples in the Bible who had a faith difference. Today, I have the pleasure of kicking it off, and so let’s turn to Luke 1 to meet our first couple: Mr and Mrs…
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Announcing our Summer Study!
Read more: Announcing our Summer Study!Hi friends, Ann here! The sun is shining as I write from down here in New Zealand, and it’s even more summery up in the Northern Hemisphere. So, with the sun beaming I’m happy to announce we are about to launch into our annual summer Bible study. This year we’re going to do something a…
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Want Your Spouse to Be Different? Pray Different! Pay this!
Read more: Want Your Spouse to Be Different? Pray Different! Pay this!SUMites, Lynn again. Some of you know that I offer Healing Prayer and Spiritual Mentoring. I was so blessed to spend some time praying with a SUMite, Vidya Rodney. I was talking with her about the power of blessings, which I write about in Marching Around Jericho. She put together a prayer of blessings to…
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Ann’s Story
Read more: Ann’s StoryI’m just a teeny bit crazy for God, and walk through life asking Him questions at every turn. It is a captivating thing to draw close to Jesus, and I’ve pursued that while living in a home where there’s only one of us believing — So far. I’ve been writing for the Spiritually Unequal Marriage…
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Forgiveness IS Powerful by Pam Osborn
Read more: Forgiveness IS Powerful by Pam OsbornSUMites, Lynn here. I've asked one of our long time community members to share with all of you about a forgiveness model she uses that is powerful and effective. I urge you to also try this. Having a physical anchor to ta spiritual concept is keenly helpful and significant to step into spiritual reality. This…
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From A Black Friend to My White Friends
Read more: From A Black Friend to My White FriendsSUMites, We need to chat. I realize that we don’t often take on social issues here at SUM as we are trying to focus on our marriages. However, I know that so much of my marriage discord would rise to the surface because of the social climate, politics, and religion. So, today, I am compelled…
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Faith, Hope and Love
Read more: Faith, Hope and LoveImage courtesy of arztsamui at FreeDigitalPhotos.net What a year 2020 has been so far! Ian from wintry Sydney here. Be assured that those of us who don’t live in America are weeping for the people of that great nation and we continue to cry out to God believing for a wave of peace to sweep…
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How God Stretches Us!
Read more: How God Stretches Us!Hi friends, Ann here. We’ve just had Pentecost, a day when the Holy Spirit came with power upon the early church. What a moment! I can only imagine what those disciples felt when they saw fire on each other’s heads. They must have surely been scared but excited. One time I had an experience in…
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Lynn’s Testimony
Read more: Lynn’s TestimonyLynn here. Last week I was honored to be interviewed on the the Debbie Chavez show. The show is now available on a podcast. It’s the testimony and recap of the seven years I marched around my Jericho.
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Get Moving! March Into Your God-Given Authority!
Read more: Get Moving! March Into Your God-Given Authority!By Martha Bush Today, I would like for us to talk about an excerpt from Lynn’s book, Marching Around Jericho. I will be referring to Chapter 9—My Authority in Christ, page 91. To refresh your memory of that chapter, Lynn expands on three common held beliefs and deceptions we fall into about the demonic realm…