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Agape, Community, Courage, Dineen Miller, Encouragement, Faith, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Love, Prayer, Salvation, TrustThe Seeds of God’s Love
Read more: The Seeds of God’s LoveAs I passed the vase of flowers I noticed one of the buds had fallen to the table still closed tightly like a tube. I intended to throw the bud away but something nudged me to open its petals. I gently pushed the flower open to see the seeds inside. As I examined the contents,…
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Disappointment Recovery
Read more: Disappointment RecoveryGood Monday Morning my SUMites! It’s Sunday afternoon as I write this note to all of you. I just went back and re-read the comments that you left for me last Monday on my post, Devastating Disappointment. I’m undone. By your love. Undone by of our shared tears. Humbled to the core for your prayers,…
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He Holds Our Tears
Read more: He Holds Our TearsMy friends, Dineen here. Lynn let me hyjack the blog today because we agreed the messages I received from the Holy Spirit are so needed right now and time sensitive. Get ready to read and grab a tissue. God rocked my world and now He's about to rock yours. But Mary was standing outside the…
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Praying God’s Word
Read more: Praying God’s WordMy friends, today I want to make you aware of a couple of great resources. Kathi Lipp is one of my favorite people and a treasured friend. She is as real and authentic in person as she is in her books. And her books encourage, delight and are amazing tools for us to use. …
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Devastating Disappointment
Read more: Devastating DisappointmentHow do we walk through devastating – life-changing disappointment? I’ve been wrestling with this very issue in my life over the past two weeks. For the past year I’ve been certain that my spouse has slowly moved closer to embracing faith. I’m not even sure why I came to this conclusion over time. Perhaps I…
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Weekend Worship – We are in Jesus! Jesus is in Us!
Read more: Weekend Worship – We are in Jesus! Jesus is in Us!My friends, I've been reading in John lately and find so much in this book that continually hits me as so profound. Our Savior's heart for us is all over the pages of Scripture and though I've read this book many, many times, I wonder how I missed so much! Here are a couple of…
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Same Sex Marriage
Read more: Same Sex MarriagePsalm 2:1-4 Why do the nations rage? Why do the people waste their time with futile plans? The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one. "Let us break their chains," they cry, "and free ourselves from this slavery." But the one who rules…
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Be On Guard-It’s Time to Pray!
Read more: Be On Guard-It’s Time to Pray!My friends, I was preparing a much different post when God showed me something more urgent that needs to be shared right now. As I shared in my weekend post, God's been speaking to me about "the many" again. You can go back and read that post here. I said that something is coming. Here…
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Weekend Worship – I See Heaven
Read more: Weekend Worship – I See HeavenHello my precious friends! This picture is one I took on my walk and pray last week. The sky was amazing on this particular day. What this picture doesn't show is the way the clouds seemed to sparkle like jewels. To me, it looked exactly the way I pictured heaven would look like as described…
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Beloved Part II
Read more: Beloved Part IILynn here again… Here is December with Part II of My Beloved. I am jealous for you to be who I’ve made you to be in Jesus. Who that is – the one seated in heavenly realms with Christ right now (yes even now already you are there!) – you really have no idea who…
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God is in the Details
Read more: God is in the DetailsHello my dear friends! This week I'm working through my portion of the edits on our book, Not Alone (Lynn gets to do hers next week). I was so focused on this yesterday that I totally forgot to write a post for today! So sorry about that. I can't sit at my desk for really…
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My Beloved
Read more: My BelovedGood Monday morning, Today is a really great day. You will find me and my daughter sitting on a riverbank, fishing. Yep, us two girls packed the tackle box, the poles some provisions and are in the mountains praying a rainbow trout will be our dinner. And yes, we clean them ourselves. eeeek… gross. I…
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Weekend Worship – God’s Throne Room
Read more: Weekend Worship – God’s Throne RoomMy friends, I stumbled upon this video of Graham Cooke as I was searching for a good source (i.e. affordable) of his books. He tells an amazing story of how God used opposition in his life. It's an amazing story of what he experiences in a dream in God's throne room too. Let me know…
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Do We Practice Atheism?
Read more: Do We Practice Atheism?I’ve been reading One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. I’m in the middle of the book and I can say she writes like no other author I’ve read. And I’m still processing a lot. A couple of days ago I read a single sentence that messed me up….. in a good way. So, I want…
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Momentum
Read more: MomentumI sat in my favorite chair, praying over my lackluster state and confessing the selfishness and self-centeredness that had crept back in to my life the last week. I felt ashamed of how I'd handled many things of late as well as how I'd lost my focus on God. Not a pretty picture. Without focus…
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We SUMite Women Stand In the Gap for The SUMite Men
Read more: We SUMite Women Stand In the Gap for The SUMite MenHonor….. This word has followed me around a lot in the last several months. And I’m coming to realize that honor is a great prize. Honor is also something I haven’t always done well. However after a recent dinner out with my husband I’ve come to realize the utter importance of honor. The honor I…
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Our Righteous Trust Fund
Read more: Our Righteous Trust FundYesterday my daughter Leslie and I set out to handle transferring her trust fund into her possession. It’s such a small amount. I wish I could say as her parents that we’d managed our financial picture the best we could as there’s always room for improvement. I didn’t think much of this small pittance. I…
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The Statistics Aren’t Good… But Our God IS.. Thoughts?
Read more: The Statistics Aren’t Good… But Our God IS.. Thoughts?So I’ve been pondering Father’s Day that looms on Sunday. I have felt compelled in my spirit to write about Father’s Day and have waited for God to prompt me. Well, today one of our SUMites posted some statistics on her FB page which really moved my heart. I want to share it with you…
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Weekend Worship – God Won’t Let Us Go!
Read more: Weekend Worship – God Won’t Let Us Go!My friends, how has your week been? Have you faced some "giants" this week? I know I have and I'm feeling a little battle weary, but gave me such joy through it this week. I love how our God does this, right in the middle of our circumstances. I want to share a little verse…
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An Astonished Chronicles of a Humbled Donovan
Read more: An Astonished Chronicles of a Humbled DonovanHi My Friends, I feel like I’ve been away on a long trip. So much has transpired since my last post where I told you I was about to wash my husband’s feet. My daughter’s graduation was amazing and the kid just makes me smile. She graduated with honors, 444 hours of community service, two…
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How Does God Prepare Us?
Read more: How Does God Prepare Us?So often we look at our circumstances, trials and challenges as contrary to what we think or thought God was doing in our lives. We see them as setbacks, deviations and mishaps-out of our control and seeminly out of God’s. But lately I’m seeing the seemingly out of control chaos of life in a different…
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Martha’s Miracle!
Read more: Martha’s Miracle!My precious friends, you've seen Martha Bush's name many times in the comment. On Mother's Day, she sent this email to Lynn and I-the story of a miracle! And it's a story to be shared! Wow! I have a testimony of praise on this Mother's Day. I left my home in Orange Friday morning…
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Weekend Worship – God is Calling Us!
Read more: Weekend Worship – God is Calling Us!My friends, no matter where I go I keep hearing this same message. Special thanks to a friend who shared that a specific verse was on her heart and mind. When I read it, I knew it was meant for us and for all of God's daughters whom He's calling forth in amazing ways right…
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Wedding Pictures!!!
Read more: Wedding Pictures!!!My friends, I'm so happy that I get to share these with you! The entire weekend was amazing! So full of love and joy. I felt all your prayers through the weekend for the wedding, for my daughter, for my health-all of it. THANK YOU SO MUCH! As we drove to the wedding venue, my…