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In Our Homes We Are Fresh as a Daisy!
Hi dear friends, On Monday I talked about a particular feature of our Christian life in our homes: That on the one hand we're engaged in fierce battle against the powers of darkness; but on the other, much of our faith life is about enjoying the abundant life of Jesus by receiving his love and
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Representing Jesus to Our Families
By Ann Hutchison Hi SUMites! I just had a realization that gave me a giggle. I went onto our Instagram page, scrolled down, and realized that I have put so many pictures of weaponry on there. We have at least two sets of boxing gloves … a sword … a spear … a few videos
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Close The Open Doors by Lynn Donovan
Continuing from the last post. Let’s explore the second reason people lose their healing and freedom following an encounter with Jesus. OPEN DOORS: Around six-to-eight weeks following a prayer session a person will experience a moment. They stop and think to themselves, why am I feeling like this again. Why am I having these destructive
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Why Can’t I Keep My Freedom In Christ? By Lynn Donovan
Hi SUMite Family, I want to share some gained wisdom with you today. As many of you are aware, I have a prayer ministry where I pray with people to help them gain freedom from the enemy strongholds in their lives. I pray with others to help them uncover the specific areas where the enemy
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Paul and Silas Show Us What To Do in 2021 -SUMMER Bible Study
SUMite Summer Study 2021 Vignettes of Paul Paul and Silas —– SUMites, Lynn here. I’ve noticed that many of us are living smack in the middle of the fight. And the fires are burning molten. For me, I experience more enemy push back than in any other time in my life. EVER!! There was a
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Lynn Donovan – Where We Are Today
SUM Nation, Lynn Donovan here. Gang, it’s time to catch up with you. I’m going to share a few random thoughts. So grab your coffee, strap in, get ready. LET’S GO! First, I believe that as followers of Jesus, we are amid one of the most challenging seasons of our faith life. This feels especially
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Battle Series: We Won’t Start With The Giant!
Hi SUMites! Today we’re embarking on our series entitled ‘Fight that Giant!’ If you missed the introduction to this series you can catch up here. I’m rubbing my hands together at the thought of writing these upcoming posts, for 'giants' — That is, spiritually difficult things in our lives — are nasty critters. As we
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Love Suffers Long … And We Celebrate!
Dear friends, hello! It’s Ann here, writing from a sunny Auckland. I’m smiling because this past fortnight was a treat seeing Lynn, Ian, Martha, Tiffany, and Dineen all take trips down memory lane to write about our community. Mirroring that, it was super encouraging to read the comments. Thank you!! We celebrate the work of
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Where Are You Planted?
Hello there, Sumites! So great to be with you today to celebrate the 15th year of this beautiful ministry! I mean, community. Because that’s what this is, more than anything. A community. God’s taught me a lot about unity over the years. I still remember when the Holy Spirit significantly shifted our thinking here at
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Celebrating 15 Years! – God works in mysterious ways!
Happy 15 years dear SUMites. Ian here from Sydney, Australia. I thought I’d share how I found this community that is very dear to me. Some of you may be familiar with my story but for all of you newbies you might find it interesting how a man from Down Under stumbled across this safe
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Heavy Stones and Dry Bones – A Poem by Charumathi R. Rao
Heavy Stones and Dry Bones – A Poem by Charumathi R. Rao She walked down the dusty path, very early on that Sunday morn, A bag of spices in her hands, teary faced and heart forlorn. She’d seen him stripped and beaten blue, a crown of thorns upon His head, All He’d said had
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What Does Hosanna Mean – Passion Week Starts Now!
SUM Nation. Lynn Donovan here. Gang, it’s TRIUMPHANT ENTRY Sunday. Do you know on this day the people of Israel believed their Messiah arrived. AND INDEED HE DID. This story is very familiar to Christians world-wide, but there is so many nuances and unsaid statements that we completely miss. Here is one. The disciples and
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A Wave is Coming
Hello friends, Ann here! I hope these recent words from the archives have been refreshing your souls. Don’t we need it right now! After a year of sitting through this pandemic, we certainly can do with a little spark of fresh stuff. So, let's roll up our sleeves and carry on a little longer with
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Jesus, I can’t see past my SUM!
Happy Friday, friends — Ann here! Today, I’d like to share a vision that the Lord gave our community a few years ago. It was Dineen who received it, and she shared it on the blog — The original article is here. I hope when you read the vision below it will encourage you! Here’s
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The Harvest – The Many!
Dear friends, Ann here! One of the things I’m currently thinking about is the word 'Harvest' and how it relates to all we have been through in this community. I guess I feel we've been prepared through some pretty gruelling training (i.e., the challenges of a spiritual mismatch), and that training has equipped us to
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The Harvest Ahead
Dear friends, Ann here. I mentioned on Monday that I would share some words from our archives that God gave our community. These words are promises that we're dusting off now because they feel relevant for today. For the past months I've been hearing God that after this pandemic many of us are going to
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God’s Promises from the SUM Archives
Ann here! Dear SUMites, do you remember last year I said I would pull out some of the words that God has spoken to our community over the years? In particular I’ve been interested in key promises we have received from the Lord — Corporate promises for us that we can look at together. Here's
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Pray This Prayer For Your Family and Marriage
There are times we need to lean on other’s prayers. And today, I have a prayer that God gave me recently to pray for my home and family. Lean on it. Pray it aloud in your prayer time. Pray it often. It truly is from the Lord. Save it in your notes on your phone.
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A Letter From Jesus. You Need This Today!
SUMites, This post is for the weary. This post is for those who have been in the trenches and can’t feel their toes, their nose, and struggle at times to think clearly. This post is for those who feel hope draining from their future, and dreams appear dashed. This post is for all the warriors
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SUM Community 2021 – Marching Forward!
Dear SUM family, Ann here. I hope you are relishing the moments from last week's community fast. I’m still smiling at it all. And now we turn our minds towards 2021 in earnest. As you know, I’ve been praying about this coming year for us. But somewhat surprisingly, it seems that the word God wanted
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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