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Weekend Worship – The Post I Didn’t Expect to Write
Read more: Weekend Worship – The Post I Didn’t Expect to WriteI’d expected a Christmas full of excitement and expectation, but it turned out very different than what I’d expected. My friends, I always hesitate to share this kind of stuff because I only want to be an encouragement to you. But I’m trusting that in obeying His nudge to share this weird journey Abba will…
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2014 Community Fast
Read more: 2014 Community FastGood Friday morning to you, SUMites! I sure do enjoy Christmas. It’s a gentle time of year, filled with hope, peace and family. And as I write this post today, I’ve just said goodbye to my husband’s family and they are headed home. December is a neat month where people seem to be just a…
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Weekend Worship – Our Greatest Gift to Jesus
Read more: Weekend Worship – Our Greatest Gift to JesusOn coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. – Matthew 2:11 I've always read this verse in light of the gifts the Magi brought Jesus. Yet just this…
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How One RAK Inspired Another
Read more: How One RAK Inspired AnotherMy friends, a couple weeks ago I shared this post about my daughter Leslie and her amazing heart of generosity. Specifically her act of kindness in taking a Visa gift card she had received on her birthday and giving it to a homeless person. What blows me away is how we are inspired by these…
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A “wild goose chase” with God is never futile!
Read more: A “wild goose chase” with God is never futile!A “wild goose chase” with God is never futile! I want to share a great story with you that began last year. Sometimes when we let the Holy Spirit lead us, we feel like HE is taking us on a wild goose chase but know this, God knows exactly what HE is doing… Our…
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Ho Ho Ho… But I’m Not Happy. I’m Stressed Out!
Read more: Ho Ho Ho… But I’m Not Happy. I’m Stressed Out!Hi My SUMite Friends, Well if you’re anything like me, you’re in the middle of the busiest part of this Christmas season. It’s this time a year that most of us feel overwhelmed by all of our added responsibilities, such as buying gifts, wrapping gifts, shipping gifts, decorating, etc. etc. And for me specifically, I…
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Walking in Mary and Joseph’s Sandals, Part 2
Read more: Walking in Mary and Joseph’s Sandals, Part 2My friends, sorry for the delay in posting the rest of this series. I hope you’re enjoying exploring Scripture for more nuggets and details surrounding our Savior’s birth. I love how Abba’s Word comes alive as we do this. Did you discover new things as you read Luke chapters one and two? What I noticed…
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More Than A Random Act of Kindness
Read more: More Than A Random Act of KindnessGreetings SUMites. I hope you’re having a beautiful Christmas season filled with love and holiness. Today I have a special treat for you. What you’re about to read below was sent to me by a fellow SUMites, Cindy. This email arrived in my inbox on Saturday. However, I didn’t get to read it until late…
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Weekend Worship – My Random Act of Kindness (RAK)
Read more: Weekend Worship – My Random Act of Kindness (RAK)It wasn’t an ordinary day for us. It was a landmark day. It was a day that would hold more meaning than I expected. Our agenda that day was to get Leslie’s yearly MRI done and behind us so we could focus on Thanksgiving. It’s routine now and thankfully down to a yearly check to…
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SUM News!
Read more: SUM News!My friends, I know I said last week that we’d be discussing Luke chapters one and two today, but we have a lot going on at the moment in the radio-sphere, the blogosphere, the web-sphere and a few other places that we want to make sure you get to take part in. So today’s post…
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700 Club Interactive
Read more: 700 Club Interactive{Lynn} On Wednesday I will get on a plane and head toward Virgina. On Thursday I will be interviewed about our book, Not Alone. Gang, I would be so thankful to have a word whispered to our Lord for me. Here is some information from Molly who is the Senior Guest Coordinator for the 700…
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Thankful to be Thankful
Read more: Thankful to be ThankfulMy friends, I know we get a lot of stuff this time of year about thankfulness, but I have to share a story with you. I hadn’t even planned to post this week with the holiday, but this seemed the perfect time to share it. The last week or so has been tough. In all…
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Weekend Worship – Dreams, Prophecies and Magi
Read more: Weekend Worship – Dreams, Prophecies and Magi“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, ” God with us. – Matthew 1:23 Hello dear friends! I hope you’re enjoying this series about Joseph and Mary. Some of you left comments on Wednesday’s post with some great insights. Go…
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I Would Sign Up Again – Unequally Yoked
Read more: I Would Sign Up Again – Unequally YokedHello SUMites, Today I have a question for you. How many times have you set down in church and looked around the sanctuary at the couples seated together, husband and wife, and felt defeated, disappointed, and pain? I know this place of pain existed in my life for many years. And I really didn’t understand…
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Let’s Walk in Mary and Joseph’s Sandals
Read more: Let’s Walk in Mary and Joseph’s Sandals“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, ” God with us. – Matthew 1:23 My friends, can you believe Christmas is just five weeks away?!?! Right now I'm doing a series with my life group at church in preparation of…
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Weekend Worship – Stand Strong in Jesus
Read more: Weekend Worship – Stand Strong in JesusFinally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces…
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Where We Discover The Power For Our Lives
Read more: Where We Discover The Power For Our LivesBack in October, I asked you to jon me for a journey. I took you with me through the vision and the implications of all that I saw in the spiritual realm when I went to receive prayer in the Healing Rooms at Bethel. GOD CRACKED THE UNIVERSE open for me! But do you remember…
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Ordinary Moms ~ The Legacy Makers
Read more: Ordinary Moms ~ The Legacy MakersOrdinary Moms ~ The Legacy MakersPassing Faith To The Next Generation A deer in headlights. I’m sure that’s what my face looked like as I stared across the breakfast table at my husband who finished our conversation by stating flatly, “Our daughter will be attending public school.” His intense reply to my suggestion of…
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The Home With The Open Door – Powerful Parenting
Read more: The Home With The Open Door – Powerful ParentingThe Home With The Open Door – Powerful Parenting It started with a pound of hamburger. Yep, I discovered a door of trust and a bridge to relationships, as well as a ton of laughter, opened up in our home when I was in the kitchen with a pound of ground beef. In the very…
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Moments in a Storm: A SUMite Testimony
Read more: Moments in a Storm: A SUMite TestimonyMy friends, today I want to share a wonderful story from one of our readers. Many of you know Dawn from the comments on our posts and see her heart's pursuit of Abba and His peace and hope as she walks through a storm right now. She mentioned a wonderful story about one of her…
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Another Adventure
Read more: Another AdventureGood Monday Morning SUMites! Today is a fun and crazy day! Dineen and I will actually be in a recording studio in Los Angeles today and tomorrow. We will be narrating both of our books, Winning Him Without Words and Not Alone, creating an audio book. Say WHAT??? Who would ever guess us two wacky…
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Weekend Worship – Letting Go
Read more: Weekend Worship – Letting GoI had a day last week where I so desperately needed to hear from God. So much was going on and there was so much I wanted to get done and do that I felt overwhelmed by all of it. I’m sure you can relate. I really hate that feeling and I don’t use the…
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This Is For The MEN – Men of Valor
Read more: This Is For The MEN – Men of ValorMy friends, today this post is for the men. There are actually more men that are readers here than you might think. And let me assure you that they are men who love Jesus and who also love their pre-believer wife. They also struggle with many of the same issues that women wrangle with in…
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A Tale of Prosperity
Read more: A Tale of ProsperityMy friends, I have some news to share and I’m so happy I can share it with you, especially since so many of you prayed for me and my family over our financial situation. But let me start at the beginning of this God-filled story. At the end of each year I begin praying for…