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The Power of Communion (This practice can heal you.)
The Power of Communion (This practice can heal you.) Today, I want to encourage all of you who have been fasting. And encourage all the rest who weren’t able to fast. Finishing our fast and taking what we gained into our everyday lives is powerful. I want to share how I join in unity with
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Cultivating Gratitude
Hello SUM Nation! Author: Nickole Melerotto, North Carolina One of the things this team of ladies and I have discussed toward the end of 2025 in our weekly prayer meetings is a desire to track prayer requests and answers to prayer. We want to celebrate and relive the moments of answered prayer with all of
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Comparison
Author: Jacquiline Lasnik, Colorado, USA We are anointed…chosen….and called to greater than ourselves and to die to ourselves in the process. I prayed over this post before writing to you. I wondered can someone soft spoken and scatter brained encourage you? We’re all in different seasons, battles, or life stages. How can I write words
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THE HIGHER ROCK
Author: Cathleen Rafalko (Cat) NJ Believers love the promises of God! There are thousands of them in the Bible. A Bible promise is a divine guarantee, rooted in God’s unchanging and faithful character. God’s promises are a binding declaration for a future hope. They are powerful and reliable. In thinking and meditating on praise and
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GRATITUDE OPENS THE GATE
Author: Ena du Plessis, South Africa “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,” says the well-known Psalm 100:4, “and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.” The gates and the courts mentioned here, most likely refer to the temple building. Seeing that there is no longer a physical temple structure, but we as
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Preparing for the Fast
Hello SUM Nation! Author: Nickole Melerotto, North Carolina As we embark on the 2026 Annual Corporate Fasting and Prayer Week, I want to take a moment to thank all of you who are joining us this year. When I first began fasting, I felt the discipline was a bit elusive. I didn’t totally understand what,
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It’s Time For the Annual Sumite Fast
2026 is here! Once a year our community completes a five day fast. This fast sets the tone for the coming new year. Fasting is a discipline and not an easy thing to do. But it is a necessary part of a Christian’s life. The Word is full of advice on how to live as
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Community Fast 2026
January 5-9, 2026 Every January we fast together for breakthrough for our faith, our family and the year ahead. Plan to participate in this scriptural practice and discover how fasting impacts our lives. Did you know that even a 24 hour fast can reset your physical body? A fast is a humbling be for God
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Praying for ALL the Lord’s People!
It’s Election Day in America. I’m drafting this post with the last polls on the West Coast soon to close. By the time many of us read this post, a winner may have been declared. Or not. I wanted to keep this post brief. I was reading Ephesians 6 the other day for a prayer
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We Need Each Other!
Photo courtesy of Pexels.com and Matheus Bertelli Hello! Ian from sunny Sydney here. In the last few days, I’ve been reflecting on my observations of the group of us who joined Ann and Lynn for a few days of fellowship and attending the Bethel conference last month. One point particularly struck me: we need each
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September SUM Meet Up Registration
If you are planning to attend our SUM Nation meet up in September, please register now. We are planning details and need to have information to make this meet up amazing. Thank you. Lynn Loading…
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And Onwards We Go!
Dear friends Well, we’ve reached the end of our How I read my Bible series. I hope you enjoyed it. I always say 'God made us each as unique as a snowflake'! Some of us have a special place where we curl up to read each day … Some of us have a favorite book
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A Holy Moment. Don’t Miss It!
We Are in the In-between It’s likely you have read or heard me speak about the Jewish holidays and specifically, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. I want to take a minute to remind you to be observant in this in-between week. I’ve found that decade after decade many things will come to an end or
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Shift our Focus – Part 4: Don’t Walk Alone
Photo courtesy of Abel Tan Jun Yang at Pexels.com Hello dear friends. Ian, from a chilly Sydney here. First day of winter and the southern part of Australia has got caught in a cold snap that’s come up from Antarctica. Brrr … This is the final part in my little series on shifting our focus
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Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
“This isn’t what I married.” Said Bryce. “And there may come a point where I say to you enough is enough.” He stood by the chest of drawers suddenly seeming distant. I sat on the bed. My heart was pounding with fear. “Don’t you ever say to me you can’t give it up if I
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I see a cloud the size of a man’s hand
Hi SUM family, Ann here. Whew, it’s been an exciting week with us hearing about two spouses’ salvations in one week. If you missed those you can catch up here and here. Well, unbelievably, there’s more! No sooner had I uploaded Monday's post about a second salvation than I got a message from another SUM
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Bind Them To the Cross of Christ
Today, I want you to pray this verse over you unsaved spouse and children. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. -Matthew 16:19
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SUM Community FAST – DAY ONE
Take communion today and with each partaking, embrace the opportunity to say, proclaim, and confess again, “I herewith lay hold of all the benefits of Jesus Christ’s full redemption for my life; forgiveness, wholeness, strength, health, sufficiency. In Jesus name.”
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This One Thing Will Change Your 2020
I’ve been learning about the power of communion. And it may appear counter intuitive to talk about the Lord’s supper when we are fasting but there is something here that is incredibly powerful. I believe we miss so much in the familiarity, so let me share what I’m learning.
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SUM and a Donovan Clan Update
Hi SUM Nation, It’s time for a Donovan Clan update. And well, it’s difficult to share that my amazing husband is still diligently job searching. It’s interesting that when your older, finding gainful employment becomes more challenging. Hmmmm. And believe me I’ve done so much praying about all of it. I’m convinced I’ve heard the
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Our Story is His Story: History in the Making
What does the SUM ministry and the blue-bottle jellyfish have in common? What a strange question, but it’s one that God gave me back in 2016 while our community was fasting. For those who are new here, we fast each year together and it’s not unheard of to hear a word or two for us