Fasting
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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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2025 Fast Wrap-Up
By LuAnn Wendover and Nickole Meierotto Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 This past week has been an amazing time in the annual corporate fast. When Nickole and I were asked to
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Day 5 of our Fast: Love is a Verb
By Nickole Meierotto I might be dating myself, or maybe just letting out a bit of my weird, but do any of you remember DC Talk from back in the 90s (late 19th century according to the kids these days)? I used to listen to the album “Free at Last” on repeat and one of
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Day 4 of Our Fast: When We Ask God ‘Why’?
By Nickole Meierotto Are you a "why?" person? Do you know any "why?" people? Do you have a child in your life who is a "why?" child? I have to confess, I'm a "why?" person. It's more than likely one of my more annoying qualities…I just gotta understand WHY! I have a burning desire to
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Annual Fast, Day Three: Have You Ever Found Yourself on Autopilot?
By Nickole Meierotto Have you ever found yourself on autopilot? You’re driving home or to work and suddenly you realize you’re there but don’t remember the trip? Or you’re in the middle of a task and then suddenly you’re done and have no recollection of completing the task? Sometimes my life ends up on autopilot,
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It’s Time to Prepare for the Annual Sumite Fast
By: LuAnn 2026 has arrived! 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
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Community Fast – Day Four Prayer Prompt
Today we are taking our prayers into real preparation for warfare. Today, ask the Lord for revelation. And ask for wisdom. Ask God to reveal or perceive what you don’t see that is going on first in the spiritual realm and then in the natural. Prayer prompt: Lord, reveal the truth about my marriage and my
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New Year – New Beginnings!
Happy New Year, dear SUMites. We trust your Christmas went well and you’ve stepped into the New Year, yes, it’s 2024, positively. Photo courtesy of James Wheeler and pexels.com As a quick side note, the world often expects us to charge into the new year but after a usually busy December, I find it’s often
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Where’s our Focus when we Fast?
Happy New Year, dear SUMites. I do hope you all had a blessed time with loved ones over the Christmas/New Year period. And now we Fast. It’s become the traditional way we SUMites start our years. It’s a great way as individuals to draw closer to God and doing it together can deepen that experience
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Oh, to be God’s friend
Welcome to day one of our annual corporate fast! As I write, I am sitting here in a shed/cabin in my back garden. I asked Bryce if I could commandeer the 'cabin' this week, as he normally uses it for work. He said yes, smirking a little at my weirdness LOL. So this is my
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While in the Wilderness – Fasting Day Two
How did day one of the Fast go for you? If you didn't manage it yesterday don't beat yourself up — It's perfectly normal to have a few hiccups in this big exercise called fasting. Just dust yourself off, get back on the horse, and start afresh. Over here, so far so good. I've not
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Day One of our Community Fast
Hello friends Ann here and it’s Monday, day one of our fast. I am so looking forward to seeing what God will do among us this week. There is always something exciting that happens. Now, I woke this morning raring to go. However, I was nervous too. I’m going without food all week, and that's
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A Fasting Reflection, by Vidya Rodney
Hi SUM family, Ann here! Many of you will know Vidya Rodney, who sends us lovely guest posts for the blog. Today she has shared a little about how the community fast in January went for her. It's a good thing to reflect back on a fast after the event. Once we have recovered,
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Fast Day Four: Which Bible Character Captures Your Journey?
Ann here today, on Thursday morning, day four of our fast. How are you all doing? So far, I’ve had no food since Monday sunrise and am feeling doddery. Time with the Lord at this point is simply about ‘being’. I don’t have mental sharpness so am floating around the house, popping on a bit