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Strange Easter? Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Read more: Strange Easter? Chronicles of the Donovan ClanFriends, I will tell you that my Easter was strange. I attended my church on Saturday evening and was overcome by the presentation and the holiness of Jesus and what He gave to me. And then on Sunday morning, I attended my old church with Mike. It was weird and different and good.
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Good Friday
Read more: Good FridayJohn 12: 24-25 Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it…
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How Amazing
Read more: How AmazingAnn here! Lynn’s news last week was so amazing and today I just feel like speaking from the heart and sharing a little more about last week’s summit. Our summit intersected with a long-awaited baptism. What an almighty ROAR this was, one that we will now carry into our future. Our summit was called ‘Hear…
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The War Is Over – Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Read more: The War Is Over – Chronicles of the Donovan ClanMy dear SUMite Family, To write the title of this post, brings tears. I've waited since I began this blog in 2006 to write this very post. So with intentional honor to our Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit, today let me share my news, officially. Please hear me first, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. This…
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A Journey into the Wild West of Prayer and Obedience
Read more: A Journey into the Wild West of Prayer and ObedienceBy Martha Bush God spoke to Abraham and said: ”Leave your country, your family, and your father’s home for a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation and bless you. I’ll make you famous; you’ll be a blessing. I’ll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I’ll…
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Our Father IS the Father in Luke 15
Read more: Our Father IS the Father in Luke 15Jesus tells the story to His followers of the Prodigal son in the book of Luke 15. And there is so much more going on in this story than we comprehend. I hope you have enjoyed the posts about this passage over the past few weeks.But today, we are going to look at the Father…
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God takes our little to produce an abundance
Read more: God takes our little to produce an abundanceImage courtesy of Sura Nualpradid at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I was reading the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 the other day and was challenged to reflect on it from the eyes of the boy who had the five loaves and two fish. If you wish to read along I used the version in John 6. I…
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The Perfect Son Who Stayed on the Farm
Read more: The Perfect Son Who Stayed on the FarmI wonder if you feel offense for the older brother?After all, this man dutifully stayed at home, working hard, toiling in the land and never disobeyed his father. Honestly, if you’ve been a prodigal, you wished you had never run away, and you feel guilty that you come home and are welcomed back. You compare…
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Our Pre-Believers Are Prodigal Sons
Read more: Our Pre-Believers Are Prodigal SonsSo, gang, let’s look at this Prodigal son and consider our spouses. They have been hoodwinked into a kingdom of darkness. And what is flabbergasting to me is this. They are convinced, passionately, that they are neutral to faith/religion. Or they are committed also with a passion in opposition to our God, in which they…
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Prodigal Spouse, Prodigal Believers
Read more: Prodigal Spouse, Prodigal BelieversI am having an amazing time reading the Word and meditating on two different stories. One in the Old Testament, in the book of Joshua and one in the New Testament, in Luke 15, the Prodigal son.Gang, WOW! The sub-plots and lesser-known lessons that most believers miss, are blowing my mind. But today, I want…
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“And My Hands Dripped with Myrrh”
Read more: “And My Hands Dripped with Myrrh”If you were to open Google earth right now, you’d see a picture of earth from on high. Zoom in, and you’d see New Zealand, Auckland, then a suburb. Zoom in. You’d see a house. Oh, and there inside that house, there’s a girl, me, where God placed her. Zoom out. Zoom in again. India.…
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Dear Lynn, Fear, My Spouse, and the End Times
Read more: Dear Lynn, Fear, My Spouse, and the End TimesHi all – I am new to this community and wanted to ask if it was natural and normal to feel anxiety and a little bit of fear when feeling as if we live in the end times and our husbands are not saved?
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God’s Promises Are Yes and AMEN!
Read more: God’s Promises Are Yes and AMEN!Hear my voice now, with Jesus, our marriage relationships will become easier. Jesus fills in all the missing places in your heart and life that your husband is unwilling or unable to meet. Stay strong.
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The Heart of the Matter
Read more: The Heart of the MatterImage courtesy of graur codrin at FreeDigitalPhotos.net From the beginnings of my faith journey as a teenager Romans 12:1-2 has been a favorite. It was the one I first memorized and regularly prayed seeking the Lord to help me not to conform to the world by transforming me through the renewal of my mind. Even…
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Delay Is Defeated
Read more: Delay Is DefeatedThis past week the Lord surprised me. He began to show me how many promises, hopes, and dreams have been delayed. He began to speak to me about delay. I asked the Lord about delay and He said to me that many in the SUM community are in this place along with me. During my…
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When God Asks Questions. Ugh!
Read more: When God Asks Questions. Ugh!Today, I’m sharing the Let’s TALK LIVE video from Wednesday. It’s vulnerable. It’s real. It’s God’s thoughts about our assignment in a spiritually mismatched marriage.
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I’ve Never Understood God In This Way Before…Have You?
Read more: I’ve Never Understood God In This Way Before…Have You?*Photo credit: Arkdiscovery.com, this is the forever blackened top of Mount Sinai, where God's presence came in fire. God is angry and full of wrath…and I want no part of that! I've heard throughout my lifetime that the God of the Bible (specifically the Old Testament) is mean and unmerciful and a murderer. I'm sure…
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I Have Guilt Over My Mismatched Marriage
Read more: I Have Guilt Over My Mismatched MarriageA few weeks ago, this question arrived on our Instagram:”What to do with that guilt I feel sometimes for marrying someone who is not a believer?”
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A Full Coffee Measure
Read more: A Full Coffee MeasureHi everyone, Ann here! Some SUM moments are so tough they’re funny when you look back, and I couldn’t resist sharing one with you. It was the time a well-meant speaker at church said these words from the pulpit: “Every year my wife and I sit down and decide how much to give to church.” …
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Living With The Enemy
Read more: Living With The EnemyI hesitated in writing this post. If you live unequally yoked, I think you will understand my perspective. If you aren’t, consider what I have to say. Several days ago, I received a phone call from a woman who lives in Wisconsin ( I live in California). She had heard about our book and took…
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Daily Prayer That Protects
Read more: Daily Prayer That ProtectsA few months ago, a friend of mine shared a short warfare prayer. Every day since then, on my walk-n-pray, I open my phone to the link and read/pray it out loud inserting my name, my husband’s name, children grandchildren, SUM ministries, Centerpoint ministries (my home church) and all my prayer ministries, the leadership and…
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It Happened Like This in a Little Town Called Gilgal
Read more: It Happened Like This in a Little Town Called GilgalBy Martha Bush With their adrenalin still running high right after miraculously crossing the Jordan River, Joshua, Caleb and a new generation of Israelites had to make a “pit stop” for three things to take place before moving forward into Canaan. It happened like this in a little town called Gilgal: 1. Don’t Move Forward…