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Fourth Week of Advent: Peace (and Christmas!)
Read more: Fourth Week of Advent: Peace (and Christmas!)Merry Christmas, SUMites! I’m finishing up my Advent series today, because Lynn and I will be taking next week off to have more time with our families. We love you and bless you with all the joy and gladness this season holds, dear friends. Enjoy your family, enjoy your friends and most importantly, ENJOY JESUS!…
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Wonder Gives Birth To…….
Read more: Wonder Gives Birth To…….Please share more of your #WonderOfChristmas with me here in the comment, Facebook or email me. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause…
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Third Week of Advent: Love
Read more: Third Week of Advent: LoveHello, SUMites! We’re less than two weeks away from Christmas. Can you believe that? I’m almost done with my Christmas shopping…I think. How about you? And what’s on the menu for Christmas Day? What do I need to make? Who’s coming over? Need more lights up outside. I hope my mother loves her gift… I…
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#WonderOfChristmas – Who Needs Peace?
Read more: #WonderOfChristmas – Who Needs Peace?I received so many photos and tags on Social Media as our community captures the #WonderOfChristmas. Look at this one from Patty. Her son admiring the train set up at Macy’s. Priceless December can be so amazing and also hectic. I wonder how many of you need peace on this Friday? I continue to hear…
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Second Week of Advent: JOY!
Read more: Second Week of Advent: JOY!Hello, SUM Family! We’re moving closer and closer to Christmas, and like you, I want to be intentional in enjoying the details of Christmas. Yesterday morning I went into my prayer room to pray for my own family and our SUM family here. I continue to pray and declare Jeremiah 24:7 over our spouses and…
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#WonderOfChristmas -SUMites This Is Our Season
Read more: #WonderOfChristmas -SUMites This Is Our SeasonHello SUMite Nation, I’m going to save the Emotional Healing study for the new year. I think I need to have several uninterrupted weeks for this topic. It will be powerful. Today, I want to share with you what the Lord is speaking to me for the month of December. And it started with a…
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Waiting on the Promises with Hope
Read more: Waiting on the Promises with HopeMy advent wreath-the first candle lit represents hope. Hello, SUM Family! Life at the new Miller Home has been crazy busy and hectic to say the least. We’re mostly settled in with just a few boxes here and there.My daughters and son-in-love will soon arrive to spend Christmas with us-our first Christmas in our new…
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God Saved Our Marriage…and My Husband
Read more: God Saved Our Marriage…and My HusbandJamie and husband Jason Jamie’s Story: I first found the SUM Community in July 2014 when my husband said our marriage was over. We’d been married 1 month shy of two years. We were on vacation when he announced the end of our marriage-and needless to say, it was out of the blue. When we’d met…
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The Hope in Waiting … reflections on Advent
Read more: The Hope in Waiting … reflections on AdventPhoto courtesy of 9comeback/FreeDigitalPhotos.nety/FreeDigitalPhotos.net There’s something both exciting and tremendously nerve-wracking when an author presses the send button on the email that whisks their latest manuscript off to a publisher. Exciting? The project we’ve been working on has now reached a point of completion. In my case that project had consumed a lot of my…
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The New Prayer Book -Sample Chapter
Read more: The New Prayer Book -Sample ChapterHello, SUMites! Boy howdy, I’ve missed all of you so much. I have so much I want to write about. So much that I’m learning from the Lord. So much that has happened in a short 30-day window. I want to continue our conversation about boundaries and emotional healing. And I also feel as though…
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Winning Them With Prayer: Sample Chapter
Read more: Winning Them With Prayer: Sample ChapterChapter Two: Praying The Word of God By Lynn Donovan Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. – Psalm 103:20 (NKJV) The WORD. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was…
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Introducing The SUM Shop
Read more: Introducing The SUM ShopWhat’s The SUM Shop, you ask? Well, my friends, Lynn and I have been working on several projects over the last few months and a store dedicated to this community is one of them. At The SUM Shop you will find books, one of which is the new SUM community book, Winning Them With Prayer.…
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Offense Follows on the Heels of Pain
Read more: Offense Follows on the Heels of PainWhen our hearts are wounded, we have two choices. How we respond will lead down two very different paths. We can choose healing and a path back toward joy. Or we can choose offense and stand on the slippery slope and slide slowly into bitterness, anger, depression and demonic oppression. And let me tell you…
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Reaction Mode
Read more: Reaction ModeDear friends, the following is a post I did a few years back. The Holy Spirit has continually reminded me of this post the last week or so, but I wasn't sure if it was a needed subject at the moment. Then on Thursday as I was working on the registration details for the Hope…
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Offense
Read more: OffenseSUMites, in the last 30 days the enemy has come like a flood and with a specific weapon, offense. In the last four weeks, I’ve had to fight for my heart with all the faith I possess in a way I haven’t in a long time. I’ve battled, fighting against pain and fear and worked relentlessly…
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The Times They are a Changin’
Read more: The Times They are a Changin’My friends, I pray this video encourages you. As I suggested, read Ezra and this amazing story of how God used King Cyrus, the leaders of the Trans Eurphrates, King Artaxerxes and King Darius to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. The very people and plans to stop this wound up revealing the original edict by Cyrus to rebuild…
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Defending the Bible
Read more: Defending the BibleA few days ago, I received a prayer request from a new reader. As I answered her email, I realized that her situation is also similar to many of us. So, I want to share her question/prayer request and my answer. Let me know if you are in this season of marriage and struggle and…
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Expecting Perfection
Read more: Expecting PerfectionMy friends, I’m finally settled (mostly) in our new home and writing my first post for the blog from my new office. I am so excited about one part in particular. Why? I have doors. Yep, doesn’t take a whole lot to make this gal happy. I can now close the doors of my office…
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A Tablecloth of Thanks 2016
Read more: A Tablecloth of Thanks 2016I started a Thanksgiving family tradition a few years ago, quite by accident. This tradition has become my absolute favorite. I'm sharing it today, as I do every year so that our new readers can begin this tradition in their home. This is also a Family Faith Tradition I share in our new book, Not…
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Spirit of Faith
Read more: Spirit of FaithPhoto Courtesy of Stuart Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos.net Faith. For a small word it has a heck of a punch. Doesn’t it! What immediately comes to mind when you read the word, faith? Lots of things I expect and sometimes we assume we understand it and more automatically assume we have a lot of it. Yes of course…
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Expecting and Dreaming!
Read more: Expecting and Dreaming!My daughter Leslie's blessing prayer on our entry. 🙂 My friends, Mike and I are getting settled into our home. There are still boxes to be unpacked and things to be put away, but I am loving the process. And the promise. There is so much promise coming… I shared on our Facebook page recently…
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What Do We Do With Halloween?
Read more: What Do We Do With Halloween?Each year when October 31st rolls around I find it fascinating how many of us in the Christian community struggle, trying to figure out what to do with this day. Is it a holiday? Should we celebrate it? Do we allow our kids to participate in Trick-or-Treat? Is it a sin if they do? I’m…
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Moving Day!
Read more: Moving Day!My daughter Leslie wrote this in the entry. SUMites, today’s the big day. As you read this, hubby and I are moving into our new home. I can’t begin to tell you how excited we are. I can’t wait to pray over the Scriptures you sent as I sit in my “war room,” knowing those…
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A Holy Spirit Moment
Read more: A Holy Spirit MomentMy friends, I have a fascinating story to tell you today. I shared in the past that God is changing things up a bit in how He speaks to me. Let me tell you this is both a bit frustrating and very exciting, but I absolutely love this adventure with Him. And I love His…