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Sacred Marriage?
Read more: Sacred Marriage?Today it's my great privilege to welcome back for a second time Janet. Janet resides on the East Coast with her high school sweetheart turned husband and their three daughters. She begins and ends her day with God and strives to still be in constant dialogue with Him between. Thank you for being part of…
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Weekend Devo – Feeding on God’s Best
Read more: Weekend Devo – Feeding on God’s BestLike newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. – 1Peter 2:2-3 Have you ever noticed how you wind up drifting away from your spouse when you don’t spend time together and make time to talk…
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The Call to Stand Firm
Read more: The Call to Stand Firm(This is from a 2009 post that I dug out and updated. It fits our ongoing series so well even after three years!) The stories in the Bible display a constant thread of struggle and perseverance. From Jacob to Joseph to Moses and the Israelites. In Genesis 32, Jacob is faced with a potential disaster.…
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Weekend Devo – God’s Irony
Read more: Weekend Devo – God’s IronyThe king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him. – Esther 6:4 By now you know how much I love the story of Esther. For one, she is…
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Taking a Walk with Nehemiah, Part 2
Read more: Taking a Walk with Nehemiah, Part 2On Tuesday we started our journey with Nehemiah and his calling to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. In the comments, Shelly pointed something amazing out in Nehemiah 2: After this post I was intrigued to read Nehemiah myself with the perspective of marriage at hand. Only made it to chapter 2 but what stood out was…
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Taking a Walk with Nehemiah, Part 1
Read more: Taking a Walk with Nehemiah, Part 1If you're doing a read your Bible in a year plan, chances are you're reading in Nehemiah right now. I've been reading this story of rebuilding Jerusalem's wall with a new fascination. It's as if God is whispering in my ear as I read, asking, "Are you committed to building your marriage like Nehemiah fought…
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A Miracle for Gina
Read more: A Miracle for GinaThe community of believers here astounds me. My friends, I cried reading the letters and email prayers that arrived for Gina. Here are only a few sentences pulled from some of your prayers: Dear Gina, Precious child of God, I am praying for you today. May God grant you peace beyond understanding as you walk…
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Weekend Devo – What about Dad?
Read more: Weekend Devo – What about Dad?Father’s day can be a difficult day to navigate for many of us. I find it usually has to do with unmet expectations. I know I’ve struggled with this at times, wishing our family picture looked just a little more like the families I saw at church. But instead of focusing on what’s missing, let’s…
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It’s a Dog Gone World
Read more: It’s a Dog Gone WorldLet’s finish this tale (pun intended). To read Part I of the Hound from Hell, visit here. Is He a Nice Doggy? As he approached the last barrier I was a little nervous but because this was the main fence separating the property from the road, I wasn’t yet in full panic in that’s where…
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What Should I Do?
Read more: What Should I Do?Or not do? That’s the flip side of this question. But I’m betting you’re wondering why I’m asking that question. Care to take a walk with me? The longer we walk with God the more aware we become of the unseen. We no longer accept what’s on the surface out of an understanding that there…
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Shades of Grey and a Hound from Hell
Read more: Shades of Grey and a Hound from HellSo, ahem.. Right…. I have a story to tell and I’m about to be very real. It’s a risk to share what I’m about to tell but, I absolutely know there are so many of you who will understand. I know sharing my little escapade will keep you from tripping up like I did, and…
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Weekend Devo – God Has Your Back
Read more: Weekend Devo – God Has Your Back“Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. – Isaiah 58:8 I have loved this particular verse for a quite a while now because God used it to affirm me…
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Spiritual Warfare, Part 3: The Rest of Our Armor
Read more: Spiritual Warfare, Part 3: The Rest of Our ArmorIn my last post I left off with our feet. Yes, our feet shod with the gospel of peace! When our minds are full of God’s Word, and we are relying on and trusting God, we are STANDING firm in our faith. This is our strength. I read something in a Bible study (Duty or…
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We Believe In Miracles for Gina
Read more: We Believe In Miracles for GinaMore than a year ago God began to push me about. “Lynn, I’m waiting for you, Dineen and the entire community of SUM to do a great work for me.” Gulp! Let me tell you that I didn’t want to listen. I had an inkling of what God may have wanted after our enormous success…
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Miracle for Gina
Read more: Miracle for GinaThis is Gina. She is a 17 year old high school Junior. And today, Tuesday, June 5th is a day where her entire life could change forever. Why is God bringing Gina to our community today? What is her miracle? Gina and Caitie More than a year ago God began to push me…
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BIG Astonishing HOPE
Read more: BIG Astonishing HOPEClick on Join Us and The Community Map We are all community. We believe in an extravagant and all-powerful God. We are His hands and feet. He’s placed us all around the world to be light, to serve, to love, to reflect Jesus. It’s this amazing community that God has intricately and purposely placed…
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We Believe In Miracles
Read more: We Believe In Miracles***Update*** To read and see photos of Gina after our miracle, click here. Thank you so much SUM Community. You have honored the Lord with your great love. This is Gina. She is a 17 year old high school Junior. And today, Tuesday, June 5th is a day where her entire life could change…
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Our Community
Read more: Our CommunityJoin Us We are an amazing community of believers who love Jesus, love our unbelieving spouse, our family, and one another. We are united together by the two greatest directives: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest…
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Weekend Devo – Birth of a Stronghold
Read more: Weekend Devo – Birth of a Stronghold“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” – Galatians 5:1 (NIV) Sweat beaded on my brow as I worked my way down the flowerbed. The bucket next to me sat nearly full with weeds and dead…
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Fresh Start SUMMER
Read more: Fresh Start SUMMERToday, It's my delight for you to meet Beverly Nault. She is actually a local friend of mine, part of my critique group. Bev has written several books and has a few more in the future. So thrilled for her. So meet Bev and two of her books about the amazing community of Cherryvale. …
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SUMMER READING
Read more: SUMMER READINGToday we are continuing our Summer reads suggestions. If you remember on Saturday, we told you that we are committed to help other authors in the same way so many helped us last year when we launched our book, Winning Him Without Words. We have some great books for you to consider for your summer.…
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World Wide Community of SUM
Read more: World Wide Community of SUMWe are all community. We believe in an extravagant and all-powerful God. We are His hands and feet. He’s placed us all around the world to be light, to serve, to love, to reflect Jesus. It’s this amazing community that God has intricately and purposely placed together, we will do GREAT things for the Kingdom. …
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SUMMER
Read more: SUMMERWell It's Memorial weekend. Wow, almost half of 2012 is already gone by. Say What? I'm still stuck in March, I think?? But here we are and this week as Dineen and I begin to enjoy the summer season, we will be traveling and away from our computers this next week. So we thought we…
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Spiritual Warfare, Part 2: Your Bible is Really a Sword
Read more: Spiritual Warfare, Part 2: Your Bible is Really a SwordIn last week’s post on spiritual warfare we talked about shifting our focus and seeing who our real enemy is. This week let’s dive back into Ephesians 6 and talk about one specific piece of our armor. Our sword. Before we do that, I want to make one more interesting observation about verse 12: For…