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Weekend Worship – Colossians 1:9-14
Read more: Weekend Worship – Colossians 1:9-14Let's start with a prayer… Precious Lord, we continue to ask You to fill us with the knowledge of Your will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives us, so that we may live a life worthy of You, Lord, and please You in every way: bearing fruit in every good work,…
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A Day in the Life of a S.U.M.
Read more: A Day in the Life of a S.U.M.Hello, my dear friends! How I missed you this past week. I shared in my last post that my hubby and I were off to a get-away to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and have some R&R. Our destination? Kauai, Hawaii. Yes, truly and for real. This was our first time to visit this tropical…
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Was Jesus a Democrat or Republican?
Read more: Was Jesus a Democrat or Republican?Yep, it’s that time again. Every four years the Presidential politics rise up around our nation and especially around the Donovan house. How about you? I’m daring to talk about politics today because if your house is anything like mine, politics is a deep chasm of which my husband and I stand on opposite sides.…
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My Biggest Cheerleader by Martha Bush
Read more: My Biggest Cheerleader by Martha BushIt is my profound privilege to introduce to you today another of our long-time community members, Martha Bush. I have come to know Martha and love her deeply. She has a heart for the spiritually mismatched and guides a group of ladies at her home church. Today I' welcome Martha as she has a short…
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Weekend Worship – Psalm 150
Read more: Weekend Worship – Psalm 150Praise the Lord. 1 Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Father God, no matter where we are, we will praise your Holy and Mighty Name. You are our Mighty Savior, our One and Only. You are ALL we need. 2 Praise him for his acts of power;…
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Who in the Heck ARE YOU?
Read more: Who in the Heck ARE YOU?My friends, Can I just thank you? Last Friday I asked all of you to share about some sensitive and very private concerns in your lives. When I was writing that post I re-wrote it five different times and nearly deleted the entire thing twice because I didn’t believe anyone would leave a comment. I’m…
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Receiving Grace
Read more: Receiving GraceLast week I spent five days and four nights in Dallas, Texas at the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) conference. This was my eighth year to go and yet again God had some things to show me. Maybe you're wondering why I'm sharing this here since I keep my fiction side (nonfiction authors call it…
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Does God Have a Ministry For You?
Read more: Does God Have a Ministry For You?Lynn here: For many, many years I honestly believed that if my husband was not a believer, I could not serve in any ministry. That is a lie from the pit of hell and I want to blow that myth completely out of the water. In fact, today it's my delight to share a new…
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Weekend Worship – Psalm 149
Read more: Weekend Worship – Psalm 149Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people. Lord, hear our songs of worship and take them as our offering of love and adoration. And thank you for singing over us! We adore you! 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people…
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Enter To Win and Flourish
Read more: Enter To Win and FlourishHi Everyone, I have found a new and dear friend in the editor of Flourish Magazine. Myra is an amazing woman of God who is filled with a passion to help women flourish in the love of Jesus Christ. Most of you know that Dineen and I are regular contributors to the bi-monthly magazine. This…
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Astonish Us, Lord!
Read more: Astonish Us, Lord!Yesterday many in the S.U.M. fasted and/or prayed for Rash Hashanah. Did God reveal something new to you? Be sure to jump over to our Facebook page and share. We'll be talking about it there as well as here. “Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I…
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Rosh Hashanah – Join Us
Read more: Rosh Hashanah – Join UsUPDATE: I will be offline from Sunset on Sunday through Monday evening. But please leave your names and your prayer requests because I will be praying over them the rest of the week. ~Lynn My friends, thank you for your amazing comments on the post last Friday. I’m blown away. I wanted to respond…
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Forget the Devos. Let’s Worship!
Read more: Forget the Devos. Let’s Worship!My friends, I sensed God’s leading this week to change our Weekend Devo to Weekend Worship. We are a community bonded together by a common desire to see our loved ones know God as we do and our hearts are knitted together by a love for Jesus and each other. Lynn and I are continually…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – Coming To Faith
Read more: Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – Coming To FaithI have contemplated and prayed, struggled and contemplated about writing about what I’m about to share with you. Why? Because I don’t really understand what to do with it. I don’t know what it means and the implications to this ministry. But, I’m compelled to share with you my tiny story of recent. There are…
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God, I Need to Hear From You
Read more: God, I Need to Hear From YouEver have one of those weeks where you end in a completely different place than where you started? That’s what happened to me last week and this was the prayer of my heart. God, I need to hear from You. I needed direction, guidance and affirmation. You name it, I needed. Life had taken a…
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Weekend Devo- What’s Your Mountain Top?
Read more: Weekend Devo- What’s Your Mountain Top?This is the hilltop in the middle of a park that's in walking distance to my home. In the background you see the hills that back up behind the cluster and crowded homes in my neiborhood. This place is my mountain top where I sometimes go to walk and pray-an oasis in the middle of…
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We’ve Reached The End. Or Is It Really the Beginning?
Read more: We’ve Reached The End. Or Is It Really the Beginning?My friends, I’m impressed that it’s time to bring our Kingdom Come To Earth series to a close. I truly have so much more to share with you about praying for anointing and about how the Holy Spirit is intricately involved in our worship experience. But, I’m thinking it’s time to leave what we have…
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One More Story…
Read more: One More Story…My friends, I don’t think I ever shared in detail about how things played out with my daughter’s cancer. Maybe it needed to be now so that I can share in context of how God comes, shows up and works in ways that are blatantly astonishing or the opposite, so subtle that we don’t realize…
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Let Me Tell You a Story…
Read more: Let Me Tell You a Story…This is a story I wrote in 2006, but it actually happened to me during the Summer of 2002. The reason I want to share this is because it shows how God can work in a simple activity like grocery shopping. God showed up BIG that day for me and I wasn't the only affected.…
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A Holy Anointing by Janet S.
Read more: A Holy Anointing by Janet S.To follow is a guest post by Janet. She has written here for us before but today is a specail treat. She shares her personal story of worship and I KNOW it will touch you. Read all the way through and then watch the 15 second video at the end. I PROMISE you will be…
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On The Fast-Track – Kingdom Come to Earth
Read more: On The Fast-Track – Kingdom Come to EarthMy friends I’m sitting in my tiny office overwhelmed with expectation. I’ve had encounters with God this week that still freak me out. I feel like I’ve been thrust on the fast-track to come up to speed with the Holy Spirit. And next week I’ve asked my friend Janet to share an astonishing encounter with…
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Who is This Man?
Read more: Who is This Man?On Sunday my hubby called me from the disc golf course and asked if I’d like to go to a movie with him. It took me a few seconds in my fumbling surprise to say yes. Why? Because we have had this ongoing disconnect about going to the movies. I know this sounds a bit…
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Weekend Devo – Blow Away Again…By You
Read more: Weekend Devo – Blow Away Again…By YouMy dear and precious friends, Yesterday I read all your comments on our post from August 6th about our visit with FamilyLife Today. I am blown away and so very humbled. To read your stories and hear your hearts in each one…I cried. My daughter walked in and asked me what was wrong. I showed…
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Grace and Mercy
Read more: Grace and MercyHey Everyone, I’m writing this on a Thursday morning. After arriving home from Little Rock, I’ve been balancing school meetings, back to school was Wednesday, my son and his girlfriend arrived for a visit, my daughter dropped a quart jar of salsa on her toe, spent the day in urgent care, canned another 10 quarts…