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It Was So GOOD. I Read It In a Day
A Pair-Shaped Promise SUM Nation….. What happens when a life-time atheist asks God if He is real? This story is Ann’s real and true-life story of this very thing!!! This book is hilarious. I laughed OUT LOUD, many times. I couldn’t put it down and read it all, several times, in one sitting. It’s an
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The Upper Room
Today I would like to challenge you to read the Upper Room Discourse, John, Chapter 13-17. These chapters are some of the most meaningful, powerful and life-transforming in the entire Bible. I become lost in pondering these passages. For example, a couple of weeks ago one of my prayer clients asked me, “How to do
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Easter, And A Break in Our Relationships Study
Easter is next Sunday so we will take a break from our Healthy Relationships Study. Let’s focus our time on the Greatest Event in History, the Holy Week. It’s Monday for most readers here at Sum. Today marks the Triumphant Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King 11 As they approached Jerusalem
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Seek to Understand; Not to be Understood
During the summer Bible study that Lynn, Ann, and Ian led on the book of Psalms, I wrote a guest blog entitled, King David’s Heart was Like a Pitcher, to show that David poured out all his emotions to God, both positive and negative. (Psalm 142:2) I also told the heartbreaking story of Maria and
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It’s About to Get Very Real
Hi Sum Family, Wasn’t Ann’s post on Monday amazing? I’ve pondered and prayed to try to determine what to share about personalities, emotional health and healthy boundaries. I’ve undertaken hours of review and study from the psychological/educational pundits to gain some small understanding of the vast amount of information available. It’s a lot! What I
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The Gift of Others!
Lent! We’re now 2 weeks into this annual pilgrimage to meet Jesus at the Cross and then to experience His resurrection of that wonderful Easter Sunday. For those of you who’ve been here for a while, you’ll know I love Lent. For me, it’s always a season to recalibrate, to assess my relationship with Jesus.
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Gentle and Humble in Heart
Hello, everyone. Ian here from sunny Sydney. We trust everyone’s 2026’s have started well. With the beginning of a new year, it’s often a good time to re-set and re-assess our relationship with God. Perhaps more so with all that’s going on in the world. Much of it not good making these times a little
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Effective Prayer for Healing
Seminar One: Praying for Healing for Self or Others January 14, 2026 LIVE at 11 am Pacific. Check your time zone. Can’t attend live. No Worries. You will receive a link to the broadcast after the event. So many Christians DO NOT know how to pray effectively. Many believers have never received training for effective
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Eyes off or on Jesus
Hello friends, Ann here. Last week, I was impacted by a post that randomly came across my Facebook feed. I'll paste it below, and then will continue the conversation underneath: ** "Fix Your Eyes on the Bridegroom: A Warning to the Bride of Christ" by IAN JOHNSON Recently, I had a
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Unlocking Power Prayers with the Forgiveness Key
Thank you for walking through this forgiveness series leading to Easter. When God provides revelation about the key to effective prayer, I’m urged to share that we all may walk in this life journey in greater victory. Today, on Good Friday, the greatest miracle happens for us. Observing Easter when Jesus surrendered his life through
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The Wonder of Forgiveness
This Easter, I’m undone as I consider the forgiveness of Christ. I can’t help but to feel all the feels every time I read about the crucifixion of Christ. As we ponder this week, let’s ask Jesus a few questions. I believe it’s this Easter that He is walking us into greater freedom and hope.
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Bet You Didn’t See THIS in the Bible
The Forgiveness of Easter SUMites, what if we prayed and we witnessed supernatural healing? What if we pray and we send back a hurricane? What if we pray and demons flee, or we pray and see life return? I want all of these things to occur when I pray and I believe we are able
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Significant Key to Prayer
Significant Key to Prayer Hope you read last Friday’s post about prayer because you need that background to unlock this powerful and effective key to answered prayer. Also, all of this teaching is leading up to Easter….. Just wait until I make that connection!!! It’s stunning. Okay, let’s read on. The commonality came to me
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Key To Effective Prayer
As we approach Easter and consider prayer for our unsaved loved ones, I want to turn our study to what Jesus taught about prayer AND the key He revealed regarding effective prayer. I’m exceedingly interested in praying effectively. There are lives on the line. Eternities are at stake. Tremendous needs for supernatural healing surround us.
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Launch Prayer? Does it really Work? Read This.
Image credit: Chatgpt, Lynn Donovan Greetings SUM Nation. Lynn Donovan with you. I’ll be with you every Friday now as I’ve settled back into a routine and the Lord is encouraging me to write on the blog regularly again. Easter Sunday is April 20th. So, for the next few Fridays, let's consider the weeks leading
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Want To Pray Differently In Front of Your Family?
Praying for your family or praying while they listen in an unequally yoked home is challenging. But I've found a prayer model that works. So tune in tomorrow and I'll explain Launch Prayers. Are you curious? Today, I bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus with hope. Great BIG and life-changing hope. In
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Lent – an adventure of the heart!
Hello, dear, SUMite friends. I trust this post finds you in a good place. Two post ago, my New Year’s post, I shared my ‘Word for the year. ‘Adventure’! I’ve held onto that ever since and wondered what adventure lay ahead. I had a hunch it would be something specifically with the Lord and would
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The GREAT reward of the Unequally Yoked
Sum Nation. Lynn Donovan here. Today in my Bible reading I was reading through the book of Mark, Chapter 3: 28 “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; 29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is
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Advent 2024: What are you Hoping for?
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 (NIV) Hello, dear Sumites, Ian from sunny Sydney. Here we are at the end of another year! And another Advent season.
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Politics and the Unequally Yoked
Politics and the Unequally Yoked Lynn here. Politics in the Bible? John Chapter 14? I’m so glad you asked. Let’s quickly define the scenario that is often at hand in our mismatched marriages as it relates to politics (and religion). In our marriages we view life, morals, beliefs and purpose through the lens of God’s
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Explaining God to Kids OR Perhaps Grownups
Hi Sumites, Lynn Donovan here. A few weeks ago, I was stuffed in the backseat of a rental car with my two granddaughters. My son and his wife were driving us to an overlook in Portland where we would view the entire city and the volcano in the background. It was spectacular. Somewhere in the