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  • Celebrating 15 Years of Ministry: It Just Keeps Getting Bigger and Better

    Celebrating 15 Years of Ministry: It Just Keeps Getting Bigger and Better

    By Martha Bush “Mama, you are the Christian in your marriage, but you are not showing respect to Daddy,” my two grown daughters said to me. And with that, they shoved a book in my hands, called Love and Respect, and said, “You need to read this, and get your act together!” In that moment,

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  • Introducing Jesus Round the Dinner Table

    Introducing Jesus Round the Dinner Table

    By Ann Hutchison I lit the candles, put some serene music on, and let the aroma of lamb waft through the house. It was Passover evening, just a couple of weeks ago, and I'd made my family a special meal. "Ok, family," I called out. "Let’s have dinner!" And so my three came to the

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  • So, We Roll up Our Sleeves as Workers!

    So, We Roll up Our Sleeves as Workers!

    Dear friends, I hope the past few posts down memory lane have been interesting to you. God loves this community – His SUM family – and wants us to walk in hope!   Wrapping up this series on past words from the archives, I guess I have a couple of thoughts: It's so important that

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  • Listen to God’s Voice of Love in 2021!

    Listen to God’s Voice of Love in 2021!

    My friends, I've been so humbled by the response to the 90 day devotion, Kingdom Conversations.  This book is a collection of the words the Lord spoke to me and that I shared in our local newspaper for a few years. It's similar to Jesus Calling but listening to the Father's voice. Order a copy and

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  • Giving Tuesday 2020 A SUMite Blessing

    Giving Tuesday 2020 A SUMite Blessing

    Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. – Luke 6:38 All of you who give even $5. I bless you in the name of Jesus. If

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  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving

    SUMites, we are taking Thanksgiving week off. You should too!!! *grin* Spend time with your families. Eat way too much food. Enjoy a slice of pie. Kiss your husband and do something adventurous and new with your kids.  Give Thanks! We will see you right after Thanksgiving with a few announcements. Woo Hoo!! Stay tuned!

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  • Four Simple Things To Change Your Perspective

    Four Simple Things To Change Your Perspective

    Hey there SUM family, Tiffany here! On Monday I gave a little glimpse of what I have been enduring these past few months with work. I wasn’t sure how to put this into words but then I got the perfect illustration that came to me on Wednesday. I was at work. We were short staffed

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  • Help! I’ve Been Thrown Into The Lions Den!

    Help! I’ve Been Thrown Into The Lions Den!

    Hey SUM family, Tiffany here! I know there have been some people asking progress on my journey with running for the local school board. I honestly don't have a lot of information at this time. However, it is really great to have people reach out from my community and share that they have voted for

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  • Are We Living In the End Times?

    Are We Living In the End Times?

    Are We Living In the End Times? My friends, I’m stepping away from the study of 1 Corinthians 13 as I want to address the issue of the end-times messages that are overwhelming the Christian church. Since March there have been a number of doom proclaimers in Christendom. These are well respected and educated pastors,

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  • Ann and Lynn SUM Sidebar 8 18 20

    Ann and Lynn SUM Sidebar 8 18 20

    Ann Hutchison is the Director of the Spiritually Unequal Marriage ministries. She is a contributing author, she also provides weekly video teaching, as well as overseeing all aspects of the ministry’s social media, email, and website management.  Ann resides in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband and two teenage boys. She loves chatting with friends,

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  • Abraham and Sarah – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible Study

    Abraham and Sarah – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible Study

    Hey SUM family, Tiffany here! Today I want to talk about Abraham and Sarah. Before God changed their name, they were known as Abram and Sarai. It was to Abram that God spoke of some amazing promises. Let's take a look shall we? Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country,From your familyAnd from

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  • Mary – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible Study

    Mary – SUMITES in the Bible – Summer Bible Study

    Hey SUM family, Tiffany here! Luke 1 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, ”Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; [e]blessed are you

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  • Ann’s Story

    Ann’s Story

    I’m just a teeny bit crazy for God, and walk through life asking Him questions at every turn. It is a captivating thing to draw close to Jesus, and I’ve pursued that while living in a home where there’s only one of us believing — So far. I’ve been writing for the Spiritually Unequal Marriage

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  • Get Moving! March Into Your God-Given Authority!

    Get Moving! March Into Your God-Given Authority!

    By Martha Bush Today, I would like for us to talk about an excerpt from Lynn’s book, Marching Around Jericho. I will be referring to Chapter 9—My Authority in Christ, page 91. To refresh your memory of that chapter, Lynn expands on three common held beliefs and deceptions we fall into about the demonic realm

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  • To The Spiritually Mismatched

    To The Spiritually Mismatched

    Someone needs this WORD today. While in my prayer time I asked the Lord, “What do I need to write today for all of us (The SUMites)?” At first, I didn’t hear anything but as I rose to leave the Lord began to speak over me…. And He said this is for all of us.

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  • Resurrection Sunday: What One Person Can Do For Jesus

    Resurrection Sunday: What One Person Can Do For Jesus

    By Martha Bush Coming up this weekend is Easter Sunday — the day we celebrate The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  In the week prior to Easter each year, by way of the scriptures, I visit the sites of “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” I enter The Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus

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  • The Story of the Baby in the Womb

    The Story of the Baby in the Womb

    By Martha Bush                                                                                                        

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  • What is TRUST- Word From Switzerland

    What is TRUST- Word From Switzerland

    Today a word from Anja Grotto-Ingold who lives in Switzerland. Psalm 125:1 “Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.” Dear SUMites, This is important knowledge for all who battle storms in their lives! Daddy has shown me this morning that what I received yesterday concerning

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  • What Do You Do When Perspectives Collide?

    What Do You Do When Perspectives Collide?

    Hey Sum Family, Tiffany here! Each passing day brings news of another thing in the Carter Crew's daily lives that is affected by COVID-19. Though we are currently on spring break, the Elementary School is going to e-learning for the following two weeks. The zoo is closed along with movie theaters, public libraries, hair salons,

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  • Marching Into Truth

    Marching Into Truth

    By Martha Bush Hello, my fellow SUMite Marchers. Can you give a big shoutout to Lynn for this remarkable teaching in her new book, Marching Around Jericho! Today, I want us to talk about those false belief systems and lies Lynn refers to in Chapter 1. Quote, page 20: “The majority of my march consisted of

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  • LCM Battling Bear Stadium: Home of the Battling Bears

    LCM Battling Bear Stadium: Home of the Battling Bears

    By Martha Bush Little Cypress Mauriceville Battling Bear Stadium, Orange, Texas, is exactly what its name implies: The Home of the Battling Bears! There was a time I spent every Friday night at the stadium watching the boys battle it out with that brown piece of pigskin, with their opponent. Not a football fan, I

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