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Tremendous Resources
Lynn here. Take a spin around the new SpirituallyUnequalMarriage.com Let me know your thoughts. It’s still under construction. Blessings and hugs, Lynn
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Important Changes -Please Read
Good morning, SUM Nation, This is an important update. Please read it. After nearly 20 years of blogging on the platform, Typepad, I am changing our host service for all the websites: Three Keys Ministries, Spiritually Unequal Marriage and lynndonovan.com. My host Service, Typepad, notified me a few days ago that they are shutting down
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Psalm 127 — Build According to God’s Blueprint
Hi my friends, Ann here. Today we're going to look at Psalm 127, written by King Solomon: Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.In vain you rise early and stay up late,toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves. Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring
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Bummer in the Psalms
I know this story has circulated around a few places, but it feels as though THIS is what we need to be reminded. I read it recently and bawled my eyes out. Please sit with it and allow the Shepherd to love on you. (Psalm 23) —– Every once in a while, a ewe will
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How Can I Repay the Lord? with Guest Cheryl Coles
Cheryl Coles has been married 37 years, came to know Jesus 25 years ago, and has appreciated the encouragement of this SUM community for 5 years. She is a high school algebra teacher in Washington. Have you ever had a moment with God that you just couldn’t wait to share? Well, here’s what I just experienced
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Happy Birthday! Donovan Clan Update
Hello Sumite Nation, Happy birthday! Well, today is the one year anniversary of Mike’s bone marrow transplant. And he received results from a highly sensitive test yesterday. They found no traces of leukemia from the mutated gene source. He is cancer free. THANK YOU JESUS!!! Thank you, for praying for Mike. So
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Summer Study Psalm 107:17-22
It was several years ago when I was contemplating illness, disease, and the health struggles humanity faces that I was directed by the Holy Spirit to Psalm 107:17-22. Open your Bibles and let’s read together this passage. I will be reading the New King James version. I was asking the Lord. “Why do people get
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Life On the Edge
Cheryl Coles has been married 37 years, came to know Jesus 25 years ago, and has appreciated the encouragement of this SUM community for 5 years. She is a high school algebra teacher in Washington. All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name. Psalm 66:4Come and see
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“This Stage, Too, Shall Pass!”
By Martha Bush, Guest Writer Those of us who have been in a Sumite Marriage a long time realize we have gone through many stages along the way. Some may not be very pleasant. Many of these unpleasantries may make us cry out as David did, in Psalm 13:1-2, “How Long, Lord? Will you forget
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Holy Spirit, Come and Play
SUM, Church Without Walls, Lynn Donovan here. Last Friday, I shared about what happens when we invited the Holy Spirit into our lives. My granddaughters experience His presence during our PJ party. But what occurred after that was unexpected. The next morning, I awoke before everyone. I quietly slipped into my jeans and sweatshirt as
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Untangling Family Problems
One year, my husband gave me a beautiful diamond necklace for Christmas. After wearing it the first time, instead of hanging it up on a hook in my jewelry cabinet, I hurriedly dropped it into a drawer that held a “poodle dog lapel pin,” a keepsake from my teenage years. Several days later when I wanted to wear
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Rejoice and Be Glad!
Hello everyone, Jeanne Ritari from Minnesota, here guest-posting. I just had the most amazing encounter. It was for me, but it was also for you. I don’t have to tell you that being a person of faith married to an unbeliever can be hard.We can experience different degrees of opposition, from silent disapproval all the
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ULTRAMARATHONS OF FAITH
ULTRAMARATHONS OF FAITH by: Ena du Plessis, South Africa “Christianity isn’t for the little engine that can. It’s for the train wreck that can’t.” – Daniel Emery Price. It has become a yearly institution for me and my husband to run the ComradesMarathon. This road race between the South African cities of Pietermaritzburg and Durban
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The New SUM
It’s Friday. Lynn Donovan writing Day: Here are some thoughts and plans as we move the SUM ministry forward. I will step back into ministry Directorship now and handle more of the day-to-day stuff and in addition to the back-office needs. I’ll continue to write on Fridays. Ian Atcheson will also stay on board, sharing
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BIG Announcement
Hello SUMite Nation. Lynn Donovan here. I have an announcement. As of May 1, Ann Hutchison will be stepping down as the Director of the SUM ministry. As you may have read, recently she shared some of her family struggles here on the blog. She is finding she needs more time to devote to her
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Donovan Clan Update
Hi, SUM Nation. Lynn Donovan here with an update on Mike: Mike’s six-month, bone marrow biopsy, came back clean. No recurring disease. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ, our healer. Also, the blood work continues to reflect positive results. They will continue to monitor Mike for at least three years. His next biopsy will be at
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Happiness IS A LIE. Want to know why?
Sumites! Lynn Donovan with you on this fine Friday. So, the Lord has been speaking to me regarding our voyages through adversity. After walking through a tremendous adversity for most of 2024, I’ve now had time to reflect on my questions of why. What did I learn. God’s view of adversity and the truth of
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Valentine’s Day- The Day of Love
Valentine’s Day Oh, the emotions that arrive with the mention of this day. I want you to know that God LOVES Valentines Day. He sees it as a day where we celebrate the most significant thing in the universe. God loves us. He loves us so much He died and rose to life in order
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Did 2024 Suck? Read This
Hello SUM Nation, If your 2024 sucked (can I say that on a Christian blog?), then this post is for you: Get ready. Bible, pen and paper. Lynn Donovan with you here. Open your paper Bible and underline this passage: Nehemiah 8:9-10 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the
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Book Resources
Spiritual Enforcer This book is for the serious believer who is ready to engage in a higher level of spiritual warfare. This book is NOT for anyone who is less than desperate to pray with real power and authority in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 6 is our training guide for the unequally yoked in marriage. This