Faith
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The Greatest Sacrifice
The word that came to mind for this post was "lent"… So, you guessed it. I started searching and reading and trying to flesh this thing out-and of all that I read and pondered, the one thing that stands out the most is that Lent is time of great sacrifice. Gang, let me tell you,…
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Hope Floats
Praying over this post, this is what the Lord gave me. And I thought, "Ok. Hope is really a perfect topic for Holy Week." I mean…that's really what its all about. Freeing us of the bonds of sin and giving us hope in the security of eternity. But I still didn't get it. Hope floats?…
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Weekend Devo – God Loved Us First!
My friends, we have a wonderful week of devotions planned for next week. Rosheeda has prayfully written something for each day so that we can walk through the week with hope, faith and love planted squarely in our Jesus, and celbrate the greatest gift of this life and the next (yep, it's the gift that…
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God Set Me Up!
A couple weeks ago I wrote my post about the Israelites crossing the Jordan as a step of faith in their journey to claim their Promised Land. I also wrote about how this is our story as well, that we too have Jordans to cross and Jerichos to march around in order to claim the…
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Weekend Worship – Moving Forward
This weekend I'm at Lynn's-we're working on the conference coming in April. We are so excited about this event! God keeps showing us more and more of what He wants to accomplish and reveal at this conference. We are so blown away! My friends, God sure seems to have us on a fasttrack to our…
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A Step of Faith
My precious friends, God has put a fire in my heart to speak to you about taking a step of faith. There is something God is calling many of us to do-something unique to our place and time and season-and He’s given you a promise that goes with this. And maybe you’ve prayed and waited…
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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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Is Your God too Small?: Three Radical Changes To BIG Hope
My 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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Weekend Worship – Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord Will Provide
Yep, 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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Born to Create
I 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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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!
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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Weekend Worship – Praying On Our Armor
We'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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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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Weekend Worship – God Makes Beautiful Things
We'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
My 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
My 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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How the Enemy Targets Us
My 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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Weekend Worship – Walking in Freedom
My 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…
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Know Your Enemy’s Tactics
Before we dive into the deeper waters of spiritual warfare, I feel led (and have for weeks for this series) to help you have a better understanding of what spiritual warfare is and what place is has in our lives. For years I lived in a place of fear in regards to the enemy. I’d…