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The Spouse Effect
Testimony: Tessia Reeves AUTHOR: Tess Reeves. I’ve loved Our Creator for decades and never grow weary of hearing from Him. I was entrusted with Keith, my husband of 28 yrs. As if that wasn’t enough, he helped me to raise 2 magnificent daughters (Jessica, 25yo and Jalyn, 22yo). I love our nondenominational church in Gainesville,…
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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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Crisis & Resilience
Hi SUM Nation, Lynn Donovan here. Last November I was honored to share with my long-time SUMite friend on her Podcast, Warrior Words, about thriving in a mismatched marriage. You can hear that here. Heather invited me once again to share another story on her podcast. I share how our faith carries us through a…
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Advent – A Season of Waiting!
“Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.” – Simone Weil French philosopher and mystic We SUMites can attest to the notion of waiting patiently. Can’t we? As we wait in hope for our partners to say yes to Jesus as their Lord and lover of their souls. Hi, Ian from summery…
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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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The Silent Day! At Least That’s What Satan Believed!
The Passion Week – Wednesday- by Lynn Donovan The Silent Day SUM Nation, on this Wednesday as we remember and honor the Passion of Christ, let’s focus on what happened on Wednesday leading up to the resurrection. The Bible offers little information regarding Jesus, His disciples, and their activity that day. But we know many…
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The Shift Of This Generation Begins With Us. It’s GO Time.
Hey SUM family, Tiffany here! I just wanted to pop on quick and share a wonderful song with you all. In searching for the original, I found a cover by a group called the Creative Trio. There is something prophetic about this group covering the song. I know a lot of us have young ones…
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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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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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A Donovan Clan Update – Thanksgiving 2020
Hi My SUMite Family, I’m so proud of Ann Hutchison and how she has stepped up to help me with the blogging. She really filled in a space that was desperately needed when Dineen stepped out. Today, I feel like it’s time for a Donovan Clan update. The last update was Thanksgiving 2019 when Mike…
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On Shedding the ‘Unequally Yoked’ Badge
Hello friends, Ann here! It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote, but in my last post I shared a story from our archives where the Holy Spirit had given us a caution about using the ‘unequally yoked’ label too much. To catch up, you can read that post here. Today I'm interested…
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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!
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? 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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JESUS AND THE CHURCH ARE THE ULTIMATE MISMATCH
Lynn here. THIS IS FROM THE LORD! The entirety of our years on earth are rushing, headlong toward ONE SPECIFIC DAY! A Day that’s been destined in our future for eternity. A day the has been promised before time began. The greatest day of all eternity!!! The wedding supper of the Lamb! And SUMITE NATION,…
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It’s Worth The Waiting! Chronicles of the Donovan Clan
Twenty-seven years. I won’t look back at the years with longing for what might have been. I look back at the decades and see Jesus in every turn along the journey. I view the Father’s hand of favor and love and I feel the peace of the Holy Spirit as the Trinity lived within.
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MUST READ For SUMites Still Waiting
My heart has been with the many who are reading here and are STILL waiting for your miracle. It may have been wrenching to read about spouses coming to faith while you languish in the loneliness and deep conflicts of a mismatched marriage. I know for me, reading about happy couples was sometimes a dagger…
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My Husband Changed After I Said This
From our archives, articles which remain relevant for the spiritually mismatched marriage. This post is part III in this series. Click on Part I and Part II to read the precursors to this article. This was originally posted on April 20, 2012. ***** Unequally Yoked and the Atheist Blogs A few months ago I was emailing…
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Life Is Too Short to Live Any Way but Happy! By Lori Lyn Skipper
Welcome back to the adventures of Lori Lyn Skipper. My son, Brad, and I made it just fine after his dad left us because we had God on our side. Yes, there were definite struggles, but I had such a peace about me, Philippians 4:7 NLT: Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything…
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I Can’t Write Anything Like THIS Miracle
SUM Family: Today I was going to start writing about 1 Peter 3 but I’m overwhelmed by the miracle stories that were posted in the comments on Friday. I want to share one of them. I know many of you don’t have time to go back into the comments but this story is a living…