Faith
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Sinner vs. New Creation
My friends, welcome to part two of this series on salvation. I just love how Abba shows me these truths and walks me through them. They are truths I desperately need and feel honored to share. As one is blessed with wisdom and knowledge to know Him better, I believe many are blessed too, as…
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The Miracles of Walmart Prayer Day
Hello SUM Nation: I hope you watched the video from our Walmart Prayer Day, if not click here and get ready to smile. My friends, the Lord surely showed up and heaven opened over that store. Let me share some of the details that touched my heart. There were 10 Team members including the Teen-Brigade,…
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Wired for Salvation
My friends, as I neared the end of the Transforming the Mind series, Abba downloaded a new one about salvation. Honestly, I never expected to write about this subject, but obviously He wants us to understand more about what His salvation is, because it truly is His and comes from Him alone (Psalm 51:12). Did…
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Transforming the Mind: Finding God in Worship
My friends, we have walked this journey of transforming our minds now for six weeks. We began with Feasting on God’s Word, then continued with Claiming and Praying God’s Promises, Giving the Holy Spirit Authority, Pleading the Blood of Jesus, Thanking and Praising, and last week, Choosing Joy. This week, we will talk about finding…
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Reader Question: Struggling with Shame and Regret
Hi Lynn and Dineen, I am writing this email because I feel an incredibly heavy burden. Right now I am struggling with a great deal of shame and an amount of regret over my decision to marry an unbeliever last year. It is tough for me to really believe that through this mistake, God will…
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Transforming the Mind: Choosing Joy
My friends, the Transforming the Mind series is continuing. Abba keeps giving me more and more to learn and share with you. What I love so much about this is that as I teach it I’m learning it as well. Just like what it says in Romans: You, then, who teach others, do you not…
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Transforming the Mind: Thanking and Praising
My friends, I’m amazed this series is continuing (I changed the main title to Transforming the Mind, because that is truly what it’s about, Romans 12:2!) So far we’ve covered Feasting on God’s Word, Claiming and Praying God’s Promises, Giving the Holy Spirit Authority, and last week, Pleading the Blood of Jesus. When I started…
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The Seven Seasons of The Walls
Hello SUMite Nation: Today I want to share some thoughts as we continue our journey toward the Promised Land. Remember we have been talking about seasons. If we can condense the long years and seasons and see them from heaven’s view. this is what our journey truly looks like. And it’s beautiful. Day two is…
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Reader Question: I Don’t Know What to Do
Hello Dineen and Lynn. My husband and I have been married for 15 years. He told me in January 2013 that he was no longer a Christian. He became an aetheist at 51 years old. I was and still am devastated. I married a Christian man and we based our marriage on the same religious…
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Battlefield of the Mind: Pleading the Blood of Jesus
The last three weeks we have talked about the battlefield of the mind and the transformation that the Bible speaks of in Romans 12:2, first with Feasting on God’s Word, then part two, Claiming and Praying God’s Promises and last week, Giving the Holy Spirit Authority. This week I want to talk about pleading the…
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Chronicles of the Donovan Clan – My Son And The Conference
Hello My Friends, Well, last week was quite the adventure. The conference did not disappoint. I learned a lot about fear. And my friends I think I have a lot to say about that four letter word. ahem…. My son was able to attend two of the four days. Hey, I will take what I…
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This Is Who We Are – AND WE ARE POWERFUL
Walking around the walls. It’s all about seasons. God impressed upon me that this story in the Bible is vital for us today as we begin to see the seasons. The Israelites walked around the walls for seven days. And then on the seventh day, they marched around seven times. It’s seasons for us. It…
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The Battlefield of the Mind: Give the Holy Spirit Authority
The last two weeks I’ve talked about the battlefield of the mind with part one, Feasting on God’s Word and and part two, Claiming and Praying God’s Promises. My hope and prayer for you is that you are starting to see more and more of the promises in God’s Word and that as you read…
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The Battlefield of the Mind: Claiming and Praying God’s Promises
Last week we talked about Feasting on God’s Word. Have you started your own search for the truths and promises that God has for you? I hope you brought them with you today. Remember, this is a journey about transforming our minds, so I’ll ask you again, what are your thoughts focused on right now?…
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It Doesn’t Make Sense
Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. ~Joshua 6:1 Yep, I see this verse as a metaphor. Do you? Let’s move forward with our story in Joshua. In chapter six God gives specific instructions to Joshua. Walk around the city, in silence. But…
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The Battlefield of the Mind: Feasting on God’s Word
What are you thinking right now? What are you worried about? What has your heart and mind twisted in knots on a daily basis? Do you know you have control over this? That you are not at the mercy of your thoughts and emotions? I didn't understand this for a long time. Only recently have…
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Weekend Worship – Letter of Love
Share on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter My friends, I want to give you some updates on the Miller household as there has been a lot going on lately. Praise God, we now know my daughter’s heart issue is due to her thyroid. She and I share the same issue and now we’re both on…
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Who Is Behind The Wall’s of Jericho?
What is the Promised Land for 2014? My Friends, We are standing on the threshold of entering the Promised Land. Let’s pause a minute to contemplate the implications. The similarities of our ancestors, the Israelites, and the implications of entering the Promised Land in our own lives is remarkable. Consider this: The men, women, and…
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Weekend Worship – A Year of Intimacy: Jesus in Us
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever- increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. – 2 Corinthians 3:18 Earlier in the year I shared that Abba has spoken to my heart that this would be a year of intimacy.…
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Don’t Know What to Pray?
Over the years I've learned that our mismatched situations come in all shapes and sizes. When I'm asked what mismatched means I explain that it can be as clear as one spouse believes in God and the other doesn't, as gray as differing faiths or degrees of faith (i.e. a believer married to a Muslim…
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I Faced a Pack of Dogs and God Showed Up!
Our pursuit of God is the key to thriving in our marriage, our home, and in life. Join me today for a most unusual adventure and I pray the words ignite within you a fresh fire for more of God. This is a crazy story.. I seem to have a lot of these lately and…