God’s Faithfulness
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Psalm 1 – A Wisdom Psalm
Hello, Ian from sunny Sydney. It’s still a bit chilly as we’re now in the final month of winter here but I especially love a sunny winter’s day. I love the Psalms. I’ve been reading, praying, singing a psalm most days for the last ten years. They’ve been invaluable in my learning to pray. Why?…
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River of Grace!
Hello Sumites, Ian from hot and humid Sydney here. Photo courtesy of pexels.com and Quang Anh Ha Nguyen I thought I’d tell you a story today. have a frustrating relationship with my mother-in-law. Lyn is a lovely lady and in the almost 30 years we’ve been in each other’s lives, our relationship has been awkward…
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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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Living Well when Not Knowing – John Chapter 14:6
John 14:5-6 – “Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The three ‘I am’ statements in verse 6 are incredible in their significance and as…
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Keep Praying!
Photo courtesy of Arina Krasnikova and Pexels.com Following on from Lynn’s post, I too felt led to write a similar post after reading something earlier in the week. As a result of both Lynn and I being led to write similar posts, I’m sensing there’s some of us are feeling discouraged. We’re believing these posts…
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Being Pursued!
Photo courtesy of Pexels and Magda Ehlers Hello, Ian from sunny Sydney here with a short post today. I listened to these words the other day and they were a great reminder of God’s immense love for every one of us: Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes,leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.My beloved is…
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The Power of Remembering!
Photo courtesy of Tara Winstead and Pexels Hello, Ian from Sydney here. As many of you might recall, I’ve been reading the Psalms most days for the last few years. I’ve now forgotten how long it’s been as I never tire of their goodness, wisdom, and passion. As you’d expect, across 150 psalms, most of…
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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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A Work of God in My Home
By Ann Hutchison Hi SUM family! Today I'm continuing on from Monday's post, with a curious story about something God did in my home this year. It shows just how good he is, and I really do hope you enjoy this story. As I've shared before, last year none of my family was going anywhere…
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The Ice Cream Van
Hi again dear SUMites I said in my last post that the Holy Spirit had given us two playful pictures to hold at the moment. The first one I described in the last post. The second one I'm sharing today. We are children to Jesus, and sometimes he will use playful analogies with us. What…
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SUM Community, Let’s Party!
By Ann Hutchison My friends, today is an auspicious day: A certain someone turns fifteen. Nope, it's not one of our children, it's this ministry. Fifteen years ago today this blog had its humble beginnings with its very first post! Books emerged. A YouTube channel. Friendships. Testimonies. We've seen salvations of spouses, restorations of marriages,…
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Our Coatings of Protection
Hi SUM family, Ann here. Last week I had a ‘moment’ in my SUM life, as we do, that turned into a good wisdom lesson for me, so I'm going to share it today. It was about God's protection. I was reclining in my favorite armchair before bed one night, cocoa in hand, when something…
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About Our Homes…The Heavenly Perspective
Hi friends, Ann here. Today I want to share something that God showed me about the homes within this community: the Spiritually Unequal Marriage community. These homes are deeply special to Him, and although they are unconventional in Christian terms, what He showed me is that they ‘sit under an open heaven’. That’s a great…
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Calm in the Storm
Image Courtesy of Serge Bertasius Photography and Free Digital Photos.net Hi, Ian here from sunny Sydney. Wow, who could have imagined when I wrote about supernatural happenings and wilderness experiences in my last post that a few weeks later almost the entire would be thrust into wilderness. It’s scary with how fast things have moved.…
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Holy Assignment – SUMites PLEASE DO THIS!
SUMite Nation: I have a homework assignment for you. Several weeks ago, I found what I’ll call a “Dream List” tucked inside my Bible. It was written on September 14, 2015. I wrote out this list in the early dawn of Rosh Hashana that year. I apparently decided to scribble down my future hopes, prayers,…
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Divine Moments
Image courtesy of BlueSuedeBallroom.com Hello, dear SUMite friends. Ian from sunny Sydney here. I returned this morning from a whirlwind trip to San Antonio to attend the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) annual conference. This is now my fourth conference and the reason I keep returning is that each time I go I experience a…
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The Enemy Cannot Handle This!
Sunday, September 29th is the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. We’ve talked about this Jewish holiday over the years. In fact, the first time I’d ever been made aware of it’s significance was because of a blog post from either Lynn or Dineen. For those who are not familiar or are new to this holiday, a…
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It’s Worth The Waiting! Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Twenty-seven years. I won’t look back at the years with longing for what might have been. I look back at the decades and see Jesus in every turn along the journey. I view the Father’s hand of favor and love and I feel the peace of the Holy Spirit as the Trinity lived within.
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Jehovah Perazim – The Lord Who Breaks Through
Hey SUM Family, Tiffany here! I don't know about you but I have really been yearning for breakthrough! It gets me fired up thinking about the breakthrough needed in my life as well as others. I am really struggling to completely detach from my old self. I am not saying that I am not growing,…
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The War Is Over – Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
My 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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Our Father IS the Father in Luke 15
Jesus 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…