Would He or Wouldn’t He? Would My Husband Join Me in Faith? and more...

I believed I had been given a promise from God that my husband would join me in faith, and we would be of one mind. It seemed God was giving me signs. But was it truly a promise from God, or was it my imagination?

I was sufficiently convinced. So, I decided to believe the promise in faith. But would the promise come to fruition? It was crazily impossible. It was as impossible as parting the red sea!!

“Carrying a promise has been like holding a hand of cards and beginning to see victory ahead, even before it’s revealed to everyone else …..”

(The Pair-Shaped Promise, page 80).

Well, my friends, to find out what happened next, you can read all about my crazy story in The Pair-Shaped Promise. I will not spoil the ending by telling you what happened LOL. But all I’ll say is this:

God is faithful who called you.

And I will also tell you that Bryce has read the book.

Aggh… I’m excited for you to read it!!!! I simply cannot wait to see what you think. It is now available on Amazon — Get your copy here.

Love to you all

Ann

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SUM Nation….. What happens when a life-time atheist asks God if He is real?

This story is Ann’s real and true-life story of this very thing!!!

This book is hilarious. I laughed OUT LOUD, many times. I couldn’t put it down and read it all, several times, in one sitting. It’s an outstanding book. SO well written and you will be moved and encouraged.

Don’t give up praying because God will meet our unsaved family exactly when the time is right.

Read more here.

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Hello friends, Ann here

Over the last few years, I have been writing my testimony up into a book, and it is finally about to be published!

Here it is — The Pair-Shaped Promise: A True Story of Faith and a Promise Kept.

It is a story of my own coming to faith, it is the story of how Bryce and I navigated our spiritually mismatch in marriage, and it is a story of how I felt God had given me a promise to hold onto.

My friends, I can’t wait for you to read this book. It will be available to order shortly on Amazon, and I’ll be writing about it some more this week.

Many thanks to Lynn, and Three Keys Publishing, for helping me get this book out there. And love, as always,

Ann

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Easter, the death and resurrection of Christ, is an event that altered the fabric of humanity. Easter is the centrality of love. By this everyone will know that you are…

Easter, the death and resurrection of Christ, is an event that altered the fabric of humanity.

Easter is the centrality of love.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. -John 13:35

As I consider the love in the heart of Christ that He willingly offered Himself to be beaten brutally for me and nailed on a tree. I’m moved with emotion and purpose to love others, to forgive freely, to speak life and not death, to include, to be the hands, feet, and voice of my Father. Christ paid a very high price.

The profound implication of Easter is far greater than most believers set aside time to reconcile. Powerful and life-changing gifts were bestowed upon our generation through the covenant that Jesus sealed for us on the Cross. We are honor bound as benefactors of the spilled blood of Christ, knowing who we are and whose we are, to love well.

What does love look like?

Love is longsuffering.
Love is kind.
Love is humble.
Love is forgiveness.
Love is vulnerability.
Love always places connection with another as the highest goal.
Love is brave communication.
Love removes condemnation and releases honesty.
Love is the wellspring that flows from our heart.
Love is laying down my need to always be right.
Love is giving away my heart with the risk of betrayal.
Love heals, love restores, love triumphs and love is our foundation.
Love is everything good from the Father’s heart.
Love restores a single life and love redeems nations.

This Easter, let us lock arms together because we have something our spouse, our neighborhood, our country and this world is desperate to experience. We are the Beloved of Christ, His ambassadors of love, beginning within, then outward to our family, our communities and to the ends of the earth.

I pray you are deeply touched by the love of Christ this Easter. Lynn Donovan

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 & vs. 13 New International Version (NIV)

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Easter is the greatest love story ever told. And our SUMite Nation is founded upon the love and grace of Christ Jesus.

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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 feel closer to God. How do I feel and know His Presence?”

Great question. We all want to know.

The Holy Spirit immediately responds and I hear, “The Upper Room.” Meaning the answer was given by Jesus to the disciples in the Upper Room.

I opened my Bible to John, chapter 15. Immediately verse four jumps out at me: ABIDE IN ME.

I share this statement with my pray-ee. They ask the obvious question, “How? What does this look like?”

I said immediately, “It’s all right there. How to abide follows in that passage…
Look up verse nine.

Be curious about the Lord’s Words. Listen to what the underlying messages might be.

Read these chapters and ask Jesus questions. Example: Jesus what does it mean to abide. What is the full function of the Vinedresser? Jesus, when you say I may be full of joy, what does that look like? How do I get there?

Allow the Lord to really speak to you through His Word this Easter. There is something special for those who linger in these passages this week.

Hallelujah…. HE IS RISEN. JUST AS HE SAID.

Thoughts in the comments? Love, Lynn

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