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Jump Into The Next Four Weeks – See The Miracles
Read more: Jump Into The Next Four Weeks – See The MiraclesMy friends, in the past few months since returning from Bethel, so much has happened in my spiritual walk. And you know what is so cool? I’ve witness a shift in our community as well. There is a new sweetness within our people. A newly born passion to be authentic and it’s when we ARE…
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Weekend Worship – Holy Hummingbirds, Batman!
Read more: Weekend Worship – Holy Hummingbirds, Batman!My wonderful and precious friends, I wish we could all be in one room worshipping God together. What a sweet incense that would be, rising up to our Lord, wouldn't it? The beautiful part is, one day we will get to do this. Our room will be the throneroom of heaven and we will all…
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No Ordinary Light
Read more: No Ordinary LightToday I want to share something with you that may seem a bit weird. And I’m not even really sure why I’m supposed to share this story. However since the time it occurred the Lord has placed it continually before me as the next post I’m to write. I’m thinking somehow this encounter will greatly…
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Is Your God too Small?: Three Radical Changes To BIG Hope
Read more: Is Your God too Small?: Three Radical Changes To BIG HopeMy precious friends, today I want to talk about hope. We’ve talked about hope in the past but we need to revisit this key area of our faith walk because without hope, we can’t have faith. Without Jesus, we can’t have grace. And Jesus is the one we need to place ALL our hope in…
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Conflict In Marriage – I Bet You Didn’t Know THIS EITHER
Read more: Conflict In Marriage – I Bet You Didn’t Know THIS EITHEROn Friday I shared a story about how the enemy twists words in our marriage conflicts. Geeze, when I heard this it really made me mad. I can just imagine in the early years of my marriage how this could have and likely DID happen in our home. But what makes me even madder is…
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Weekend Worship – Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord Will Provide
Read more: Weekend Worship – Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord Will ProvideYep, there it is. My "new" set of wheels. My dear friends, I've taken you on this car journey with me, first sharing my family's finanical challenges, the need to sell my "beloved" SUV, and then the search for another car. Nothing "magically" appeared but I consider God's provision in this whole scenario as pretty…
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Conflict In Marriage – I Bet You Didn’t Know THIS
Read more: Conflict In Marriage – I Bet You Didn’t Know THISI heard the most astonishing story this past week. And as I’ve thought about it, I’m compelled to share it with you. I was engaged in a discussion with a few people about marriage. You can imagine this particular subject will come up often because I’m so fascinated by God’s design for marriage. The gist…
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Born to Create
Read more: Born to CreateI have a bone to pick. Something that has bugged me for years. It's not quite on topic with being spiritually mismatched but then again, this one change in your thinking could change every aspect of your life. Care to pick that bone with me? It's about creativity. For as long as I can remember…
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A Marriage of Honor
Read more: A Marriage of HonorSo my friends, it’s been a tough week. On Friday morning I telephoned Dineen on her cell phone and said, “I need you to pray for me. I’m really sick and can’t seem to kick this cough. It’s one in the afternoon and getting into Kaiser (our healthcare provider) will be impossible at this late…
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Weekend Worship – God is Our Victory and He is Here!
Read more: Weekend Worship – God is Our Victory and He is Here!Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. – 2…
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We are Equipped!
Read more: We are Equipped!As we walk in our faith, God continually puts a call on our hearts to be more like Jesus. It's a mystery we will walk through our entire time here and is part of God's Kingdom come here on Earth and is part of God's great plan. The mystery is that people who have never…
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Monday Morning Update
Read more: Monday Morning UpdateGood Monday Morning Everyone, My friends, forgive me for being a little out of the loop. I wasn’t able to be involved in the comments as last week I was really sick. I spent most of the week in jammies on the couch. I think I may have coughed up a lung at one point,…
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Weekend Worship – Praying On Our Armor
Read more: Weekend Worship – Praying On Our ArmorWe're reaching the end of our spiritual warfare series, my friends, and I can't think of a better way to punctuate all we've learned than praying on our armor of God. Join me in prayer and then let's praise God for His outlandish and extravagant love for us. Ephesians 6:10-18Lord, we are strong in You…
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The Beautiful but Dark Gateway
Read more: The Beautiful but Dark GatewayI left you earlier in the week with a scene from our kitchen table. My daughter had experienced a supernatural and scary encounter. But, you know as I think upon this, my heart soars… You know why? This 17 year old kid KNEW what to do. Somewhere, somehow, I’ve equipped her with enough to go…
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Weary of the Battle?
Read more: Weary of the Battle?I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. – Vince Lombardi My friends, today I want to speak to those of you who are…
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The Battle For Your Kids
Read more: The Battle For Your KidsLast night my daughter looked up from the kitchen table where she was working on homework. I'd just sat down in the family room to watch the news recorded our on DVR. It was late in the evening as I arrived home from an evening Bible study and she from drama rehearsal. ”Mom, the bed…
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Weekend Worship – God Makes Beautiful Things
Read more: Weekend Worship – God Makes Beautiful ThingsWe've had an emotional week here in the SUM community, my friends. I have read your comments, prayed over them and at times I have cried as I read the outpouring of your precious hearts. So I wanted to do something special for today. I prayed for God to lead me to just the right…
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God Knows Your Name
Read more: God Knows Your NameMy friends, I have just loved reading all your comments on Wednesday’s post! You are so fired up and ready for battle. I told you I had something special for you today. This is the other side of our warrior armor and is grounded in the heart of our Precious Lord, our Abba Father, who…
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Where the Enemy Attacks Us
Read more: Where the Enemy Attacks UsMy friends, how has your week been? Did God speak to your heart about who you are to Him? Did you discover more lies the enemy has craftily embedded into your life? That last week I have sense God’s plans for this SUM community more strongly than ever before. He is getting us ready, the…
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It’s Safe Inside of “This” House
Read more: It’s Safe Inside of “This” HouseHi Everyone, I have so much to share with you that I feel like I’m going to bust open. Firstly, those of you who have already registered for the conference and those who are considering going and have written to me, I’m just doing the Snoopy Dance to know that I will meet you face-to-face,…
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Why The Tormentors Come
Read more: Why The Tormentors ComeWell it’s been a riveting series so far. I have prayed for all of you who left your lies at the foot of the cross on Monday. Thank you for your courage and for defeating the enemy’s power in your life. Stay diligent and work to place God’s truth into your lives, hearts and minds. …
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How the Enemy Targets Us
Read more: How the Enemy Targets UsMy dear friends, I want you to know that I am praying for you all through this series. I truly sense God is moving us to new places, to take new territories in our lives and regain territories we have lost too. Last week I talked about the enemy’s tactics, namely his attempts to keep…
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Can A Christian Be Oppressed?
Read more: Can A Christian Be Oppressed?It started in a garden… Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” People were given authority over the entire planet. And…
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Weekend Worship – Walking in Freedom
Read more: Weekend Worship – Walking in FreedomMy friends, this last week has been amazing! If you haven't read the posts and comments, please take the time to read and pray and soak in what God is doing right here in this amazing community of believers! The words and prayers are so precious and encouraging. God has big plans for us, dear…