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2025 Fast Wrap-Up
By LuAnn Wendover and Nickole Meierotto Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 This past week has been an amazing time in the annual corporate fast. When Nickole and I were asked to…
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Day 5 of our Fast: Love is a Verb
By Nickole Meierotto I might be dating myself, or maybe just letting out a bit of my weird, but do any of you remember DC Talk from back in the 90s (late 19th century according to the kids these days)? I used to listen to the album “Free at Last” on repeat and one of…
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Day 4 of Our Fast: When We Ask God ‘Why’?
By Nickole Meierotto Are you a "why?" person? Do you know any "why?" people? Do you have a child in your life who is a "why?" child? I have to confess, I'm a "why?" person. It's more than likely one of my more annoying qualities…I just gotta understand WHY! I have a burning desire to…
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Annual Fast, Day Three: Have You Ever Found Yourself on Autopilot?
By Nickole Meierotto Have you ever found yourself on autopilot? You’re driving home or to work and suddenly you realize you’re there but don’t remember the trip? Or you’re in the middle of a task and then suddenly you’re done and have no recollection of completing the task? Sometimes my life ends up on autopilot,…
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Oh, to be God’s friend
Welcome to day one of our annual corporate fast! As I write, I am sitting here in a shed/cabin in my back garden. I asked Bryce if I could commandeer the 'cabin' this week, as he normally uses it for work. He said yes, smirking a little at my weirdness LOL. So this is my…
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While in the Wilderness – Fasting Day Two
How did day one of the Fast go for you? If you didn't manage it yesterday don't beat yourself up — It's perfectly normal to have a few hiccups in this big exercise called fasting. Just dust yourself off, get back on the horse, and start afresh. Over here, so far so good. I've not…
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Day One of our Community Fast
Hello friends Ann here and it’s Monday, day one of our fast. I am so looking forward to seeing what God will do among us this week. There is always something exciting that happens. Now, I woke this morning raring to go. However, I was nervous too. I’m going without food all week, and that's…
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A Fasting Reflection, by Vidya Rodney
Hi SUM family, Ann here! Many of you will know Vidya Rodney, who sends us lovely guest posts for the blog. Today she has shared a little about how the community fast in January went for her. It's a good thing to reflect back on a fast after the event. Once we have recovered,…
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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…
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Fast Day Two: The Tenderness of the Father
Ann here! It’s the morning of day two here, and so far so good. Amazingly, my family are talking about ‘Mum’s fast’ and encouraging me along, which has been a new feature this year and it captures how things have shifted in my home. I have a little more to share on that shift below.…
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Fast Day One: What is the Story God Has Written?
Dear SUMites, here we are on day one of our SUM corporate fast! It's Ann here and I can’t help but think that this particular fast is going to be meaningful. There is so much for us to inquire from God about. Our world is literally groaning for healing, and so are we. So we…
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Prepping for Our Fast
Ann here! With Christmas festivities behind us, and hopefully some happy memories made, it’s time to turn our minds to our annual SUM Community Fast. The fast will start in a week’s time, on Monday 4th January. If you haven't already, check out my video from last week. Personally, I’m so in need of this…
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SUM Fast Day 4 – Promises and Memories
Ann here! We have reached day 4 of the fast. It’s Thursday afternoon here in New Zealand and, remarkably, I’m still going foodless. I’m pinching myself as this is officially the longest I’ve managed to go without food. I’m praying that I can inch across the finish line tomorrow. Now to us: I have my…
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SUM Fast Day 3: He Gathers and Covers Us
I would say us SUMites identify strongly as people of covenant. We dig deep to make our marriages great, we’re intentional about staying connected to our spouse, and the whole concept of covenant drives us deeply. Our faith difference necessitates it. This covenant mindset helps us sympathize with Jesus’ covenant that He carried so deeply.…
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Hunger Slays The Dragon
PRE Fast Day THREE On Monday (January 8) as you reach mid-afternoon most of us will begin to experience hunger pangs. Grrrr, the drive of our physical body is powerful. And it’s often our weak responses to the physical that cancel what is about to triumph in the spiritual. I’ve determined that a LARGE part…
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Hunger Touches The Heart of God
PRE Fast Day TWO Question: Do you know what to do while you fast? What am I supposed to do? Do I pray normally, pray more? Do I just sit in silence? Do I just starve myself and hope something happens? Perhaps some of you are scratching your head just like I did a few…