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The Heart of the Spiritually Mismatched
Read more: The Heart of the Spiritually MismatchedMy friends … Last Tuesday morning, the California sun was shining, as those of us who were already at Lynn’s house (Lynn, Gillian, Jim, and I) set the breakfast table ready for those who were yet to arrive. Then, a bunch of lovely ladies came down the pathway to knock on Lynn’s door. We stood…
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Do you Un-love Yourself? I did.
Read more: Do you Un-love Yourself? I did.Hello my dear SUMites brothers and sisters, Lynn Donovan, with you today. I’m feeling extra empathy and compassion for all of us who have walked this road of the unequally yoked. In a prayer session this week, I was praying with a friend, and uncovered an area of unhealed pain that needed the love of…
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Dealing with Disappointment
Read more: Dealing with DisappointmentIan from sunny Sydney here. Spring is here, Down Under and the flowers are beginning to blossom as the temperature increases. Photo courtesy of Mikhail Nilov and Pexels.com We’re a little sad in our house at present. Fiona and I were off on a holiday last week, but I injured my back, and it didn’t…
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Ask Lynn: READER QUESTION
Read more: Ask Lynn: READER QUESTIONHi SUMers, Lynn Donovan here. I want to tackle a question that was submitted through our community survey we took a number of months back. Q: I need help with fighting anger and frustration at times as I am pulled in so many directions by family and work. Alone time with God is precious but…
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A Testimony, by Barb Twigg
Read more: A Testimony, by Barb TwiggBarb here with a testimony! A few months back I felt led to start praying and declaring that our clubhouse belongs to the Lord and His Holy Spirit is welcome. I declared we’d see salvations, healings and deliverance. Our pool will become a baptismal. I live in a 55+ community where we meet on Thursdays…
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Friendships — A Christian Perspective. Guest Post by Jim Edwards
Read more: Friendships — A Christian Perspective. Guest Post by Jim EdwardsAfter our recent pair of posts on friendships, a long-time friend of this ministry, Jim Edwards, was inspired to write a third piece to it. So without further ado, I hand over to Jim — ** Friendships — A Christian Perspective I’ve been much mused at Ian and Ann’s wonderful descriptions of our different friendships…
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September SUM Meet Up Registration
Read more: September SUM Meet Up RegistrationIf you are planning to attend our SUM Nation meet up in September, please register now. We are planning details and need to have information to make this meet up amazing. Thank you. Lynn Loading…
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Ephesians Chapter Six Part: TWO
Read more: Ephesians Chapter Six Part: TWOLynn Donovan here. Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday. Ephesians 6:11-18 How do we swing our sword. Watch me in action: Excerpt from Spiritual Warfare manuscript: For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV This is one…
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Ephesians Chapter 6 Part ONE
Read more: Ephesians Chapter 6 Part ONEHello SUM Nation. Lynn Donovan here. Wow, July is coming to an end, and we have reached the last chapter of Ephesians. Let’s jump in. Get out your paper Bible and read these verses. Numerous researchers have proof that retention is much greater when reading from a paper book verses a screen. True that!!!! I…
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Book of Ephesians – Chapter 3
Read more: Book of Ephesians – Chapter 3What a great introduction we’ve had from both Lynn and Ann on this wonderful epistle of Paul’s. Ann mentioned how much I love Ephesians and one of the reasons is that Paul is prayerful throughout it. It starts with a prayer, includes a couple of great prayers (chapter 1 and 3) and then ends with…
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Book of Ephesians — Chapter Two
Read more: Book of Ephesians — Chapter TwoMy friends, we are now up to chapter two. I love the fact that it is a favorite book of both Lynn and Ian. Doesn’t the book just … glitter … so far? It glitters in its promise. But you know what? The overriding thing about this chapter, for me, was that it gave me…
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Summer Bible Study – Book of Ephesians- Chapter One
Read more: Summer Bible Study – Book of Ephesians- Chapter OneBook of Ephesians Lynn Donovan here. SUM Nation the book of Ephesians is one of my all-time favorite books of the Bible. That’s because this is a letter to the church that has overcome. This group of believers lived in the middle of a morally bankrupt society that is filled with idol worship and every…
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Pray Instead of Complaining. A Guest Post by Lisa MacFarland
Read more: Pray Instead of Complaining. A Guest Post by Lisa MacFarlandPray Instead of Complaining The people started complaining to Moses, “Give us some water!”Moses replied, “Why are you complaining to me and trying to put the Lord to the test?” Exodus 17:2 (CEV) After reading Ann’s post recently about the “deliciousness of a wife”, I posted a comment about how easy it is to give…
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“Do you enjoy spending time with Jesus?”
Read more: “Do you enjoy spending time with Jesus?”Photo provided courtesy of Lisa Folios at Pexels.com Hi Ian from Down Under here. It’s getting colder here in Sydney. But our winters are typically pretty mild and often quite dry as well which makes them very pleasant so long as there’s a heater not too far away if the temperature suddenly drops. I read…
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God’s Provision: A Story
Read more: God’s Provision: A StorySUMites, Those of you who've been with us a while will remember we had our last conference in April 2019, the Hear the Roar Summit in California. Well, that was impossible for me to get to. Honestly impossible. Yet I got there. I decided to dig out the story that I wrote on the blog…
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Get Over It!
Read more: Get Over It!SUM family, today we have a guest post from one of our long-time SUMites, Jan Bittner. I'm so happy to hear her voice on here as she has walked a great story. So now, over to Jan: By Jan Bittner “Get over it,” I felt God say to me just a month after my husband…
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My Trip To Israel, by Barb Twigg
Read more: My Trip To Israel, by Barb TwiggRecently we shared Barb Twigg's testimony about her looking forward to the trip of a lifetime — to Israel. Now that she has been on that trip, here's the second part of her story. Over to Barb — I saw my dream in person! Except it wasn’t the empty tomb opening. It was the place…
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Headed to Israel! A Guest Post by Barb Twigg
Read more: Headed to Israel! A Guest Post by Barb TwiggHeaded to Israel! I’m headed to Israel with 46 others from our church, one of which is my sister. But the fact this is happening is quite the God-orchestrated trip. Back in 2020 I had a dream that I was in the Oval Office with President Trump and all the secret service surrounding us. One…
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And So We Reach Friday: Thank You for the Blood
Read more: And So We Reach Friday: Thank You for the BloodFriday, the day of all days! Matthew 26:47-27:66, Mark 14:43-15:46, Luke 22:47-23:56, John 18:2-19:37 There’s a song I heard this week for the first time called ‘Thank you Jesus for the Blood’. Well, as we come together on this little place in the web, that’s what I want to say to Jesus today Thank you…
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Thursday, the Last Supper …
Read more: Thursday, the Last Supper …Jesus spends Thursday with his disciples. Matthew 26:17–29, Mark 14:12-25, Luke 22:7-20, John 13:1-17:26 No more crowds; it's just him and them. Round an intimate table he washes their feet and tenderly gives them bread and wine. He says this is something he has longed to do: He just adores them so much, and this…
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Wednesday, Two Days Before the Crucifixion
Read more: Wednesday, Two Days Before the CrucifixionAnn, thank you for guiding us through Holy Week. It’s such a good practice as others have mentioned in the comments to deliberately walk through each day alongside Jesus. Now it’s Wednesday. A quiet day. Well, it is in the Scriptures but there was still a lot of activity, some in public and some of…
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Tuesday, Three Days Before The Crucifixion …
Read more: Tuesday, Three Days Before The Crucifixion …My friends, we've reached Tuesday of Holy Week. Matthew 21:20-26:16, Mark 11:19-14:11, Luke 20:1-22:6, John 12:20-50. Honestly, so much happened on this day that it makes my head spin. It's not just the amount of things that happened; it was also the things that Jesus spoke that were particularly intense. You'll see what I mean…
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Sunday, Five Days Before the Crucifixion …
Read more: Sunday, Five Days Before the Crucifixion …Hi friends, It's Ann here and I'm looking forward to diving into our journey through Holy Week. Let's start here: Following in Jesus’ footsteps, we find ourselves in Jerusalem five days before the crucifixion. It's Sunday. This day is described in Matthew 21:1-9, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, and John 12:12-19. And based on those four…
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‘Water off The Otter’, by Barb Twigg
Read more: ‘Water off The Otter’, by Barb TwiggFriends, today we have a treat: Barb Twigg, one of our long-standing community members is sharing a word with us. So without further ado, I will hand over to her: *** I’m in school….with the Holy Spirit! I’ve not graduated, He keeps teaching me. I’m almost embarrassed to say why has it taken me so…