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Gatekeepers
Read more: GatekeepersBy Amanda Pace I had prayed about what to write and settled on this story before I watched Lynn’s amazing video on spiritual warfare in the SUMite facebook group. Isn’t God’s timing amazing! This post will also be about warfare, but it is more of a personal testimony as well as declarations I feel God…
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God Works in Mysterious Ways
Read more: God Works in Mysterious WaysPhoto courtesy of Cottonbro and Pexels.com Having just read Ann’s Monday post on guilt I thought I’d share a post I’ve shared a couple of times over the last 10 years. As this month, it’s my 10-year anniversary of finding this community. It was September 2012. I had always wanted to attend the American Christian…
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Who Are We Becoming?
Read more: Who Are We Becoming?Photo courtesy of Pexels.com and Anderson Guerra Hello, Ian here. Fiona and I planted a lemon tree two or three years ago. And this year, we discovered we had some fruit, tiny green lemons. The yellow comes later. Gradually they grew a bit more each day, week and month. And then the colour began to…
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Watching For Miracles
Read more: Watching For MiraclesOnce in a while my children will say or do something that blesses my spirit beyond words. When those moments happen it feels as if God is saying, “See? They ARE learning! And you are doing a good job!”. One of those moments came a few weeks ago with my seven year old…
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Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Crown
Read more: Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your CrownHi SUM family, it's Ann here. I'm on holiday at the moment in England, where I've been visiting my parents in my home town (Reading), and attending my brother's wedding. I have one more week here before flying back to New Zealand. It's been special to be with my family. I am finishing off this…
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Yvonne Swarbrick Salvation Testimony
Read more: Yvonne Swarbrick Salvation TestimonyWe were sent this amazing story of how one husband turned to Jesus after many years of his wife waiting. We are so grateful to Yvonne Swarbrick for sharing it — it is her story. Read, meet Yvonne, and be encouraged: "I became a Christian in 1985 , the Lord had been calling me a…
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Jehovah Perazim: Breakthrough Power Within You
Read more: Jehovah Perazim: Breakthrough Power Within YouHello, dear friends, it's Ann here. Last week we talked about life with the Holy Spirit. I so enjoyed those conversations. Well, this week I want to share a couple of simple stories — one today and one on Friday — to describe something the Holy Spirit did on an otherwise ordinary day. In each…
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Shift our Focus: A More Simple Life
Read more: Shift our Focus: A More Simple LifePhoto courtesy of Pexels.com and Scott Webb Ian from wintry Sydney here. Happy 4th of July for all my American friends. Fiona and I were reflecting the other night how ‘play’ has changed so much for our children and grandchildren. Being born in the 1960s and growing up in the 1970s, we’d spend hours and…
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Serving: What If the Church Looks at us Differently?
Read more: Serving: What If the Church Looks at us Differently?Hi SUM family, Ann here and we're currently in our series on Serving God while Spiritually Single. Part One is here: Serving God when Spiritually Single: Part One Today I want to talk about how we cope when the church looks at us differently. Does it affect our opportunity to serve? I decided to look…
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God, Where Do You Want Me To Serve?
Read more: God, Where Do You Want Me To Serve?My friends, Today I want us to roll up our sleeves and thing about whose feet we're to wash and how! Yes, we're launching into a series on serving God while spiritually single. I say 'washing feet' because when we serve the church, our family, or people outside the church that's exactly what we're doing:…
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Shift our Focus – Part 4: Don’t Walk Alone
Read more: Shift our Focus – Part 4: Don’t Walk AlonePhoto courtesy of Abel Tan Jun Yang at Pexels.com Hello dear friends. Ian, from a chilly Sydney here. First day of winter and the southern part of Australia has got caught in a cold snap that’s come up from Antarctica. Brrr … This is the final part in my little series on shifting our focus…
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Maintaining Promised Land Living? What Does That Mean?
Read more: Maintaining Promised Land Living? What Does That Mean?Hey SUM family, Tiffany here! Maintain 1:to keep in an existing state (as of repair, efficiency, or validity) : preserve from failure or decline 2: to sustain against opposition or danger : uphold and defend 3: to continue or persevere in : CARRY ON, KEEP UP 4a: to support or provide for b: SUSTAIN 5: to affirm in or as if in argument : ASSERT Living 1: the condition of being…
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The GREAT Power of Our Warfare
Read more: The GREAT Power of Our WarfareThe name of Jesus. His name can launch a war, seal the fate of nations, change the destiny of a thousand generations. His name can cast out legions of devils and free captives from the darkest depression. His name heals the blind and destroys cancer. His name can bring freedom, deliverance, new destinies and fortunes.…
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Shifting our Focus: Part 3 – Slow Down
Read more: Shifting our Focus: Part 3 – Slow DownPhotos courtesy of Pexels.com/ron-lach Over the past couple of months I’ve been sharing some thoughts on how we shift our focus away from our busyness and ourselves to refocus on Jesus. In my first post, we shared about meditating on Scripture and the second one in Holy Week was about the power and wonder of…
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Prayer Strategies from the Parable of the Sower
Read more: Prayer Strategies from the Parable of the SowerBy Ann Hutchison I often think it's great to use scripture in our prayers sometimes. That way we know that the words we speak in prayer are spot-on. Of course, there are many other ways to pray too, like having a big heart-to-heart chat with God. But using scripture is one creative little thing we…
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“It is Finished.”
Read more: “It is Finished.”Dear friends It's Ann here, and we've reached Friday, the very last day of Holy Week and the day where Jesus was eventually taken to his death. This particular year I have been thinking a lot about the visual signs of power in that last moment on the cross: "From noon until three in the…
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The Silent Day! At Least That’s What Satan Believed!
Read more: The Silent Day! At Least That’s What Satan Believed!The Passion Week – Wednesday- by Lynn Donovan The Silent Day SUM Nation, on this Wednesday as we remember and honor the Passion of Christ, let’s focus on what happened on Wednesday leading up to the resurrection. The Bible offers little information regarding Jesus, His disciples, and their activity that day. But we know many…
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Holy Week: Monday – Stillness
Read more: Holy Week: Monday – StillnessThis is one of my favourite weeks of the year. Walking with Jesus to Easter, to be reminded once again of His sacrifice for us and the hope His life, death and resurrection give us. Daily Events Years ago, I read the four Gospels to follow along with the 8 days of Holy Week, starting…
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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
Read more: And a Little Child Shall Lead ThemHey SUM family, Tiffany here! Since my last writing, I had to confront some tough topics with my children. This ranged from introducing them to the LGBTQIA agenda to spirit animals to what is the electric chair. (This did NOT all stem from their public education and it was not all in one conversation.) I…
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How do we Shift our Focus?
Read more: How do we Shift our Focus?Photo by Italo Melo from Pexels A month ago, I wrote this post about shifting focus onto Jesus. Why do we want to focus more on Jesus? Because in discovering how to continually draw close to God, we learn how to let go of control which helps us to worry less and to love more.…
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Why I Chose To Get Involved – In Spite Of Having To Do It Alone
Read more: Why I Chose To Get Involved – In Spite Of Having To Do It AloneHey SUM family, Tiffany here! Those who have followed my story for a while have seen the struggle to let go of the fear of man. There have been many times when I would shrink back from what God was calling me to do because I didn't know how my husband would react. Would he…
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Congratulations Ann Hutchison
Read more: Congratulations Ann HutchisonLynn Donovan here. It is with great joy that I announce that the Board of Directors of Three Keys Ministries has agreed to ordain for ministry, Ann Hutchison. Ann has faithfully served this community now for several years. She is a woman after God's own heart, a sold-out follower of Christ, and a woman that…
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When God Reveals His Upper Hand
Read more: When God Reveals His Upper HandHey SUM family, Tiffany here! Not too long ago I posted an update about my house. I mentioned that I had written scripture throughout my (current construction) house with my children and grandparents. We went around to each of the rooms and took turns with markers and scripture in hand. I came back some time…