SOMMER FAMILY BLESSING

Welcome to the blog for Linda Sommer.

My Blog will cover three subjects:

WORD FROM THE LORD, FAMILY, and MINISTRY.

WORD FROM THE LORD
Every day I spend time with the Lord in the morning and He speaks to my heart words that are encouraging, exhorting and sometimes rebuking.

At first, I felt not to share these words with others, but then I realized I am just one of His followers. There are many people who need a word daily from the Lord, but they do not have the time to seek Him. This is why I decided to share the words I received from time to time. The messages are in first person as the the Lord relayed them to my spirtual ears.

FAMILY
We have three sons and nine grandchildren. There is something new happening all the time in the Sommer family. I will post some of these events of interest.

MINISTRY
Tom and I have traveled the world. To find out more about our ministry you may consult our webpage -
http://www.voiceofthesword.com/.
I will keep you updated on future speaking enagements and ministry developments.


Saturday, May 31, 2025

HEIRS

I want you to think about the inheritance that you have in Me. I own the cattle on 1,000 hills, and I am able to meet all your needs according to My riches.

You are My child, and this makes you an heir of God and a joint-heir with Me. I have justified you by My grace. You received My inheritance when you were born again and this inheritance is eternal.

You are surrounded by a whole host of angels who have been sent to minister to all the heirs of salvation.  All I have is yours. Enjoy your inheritance daily right now and for all eternity.

ROMANS 8:17; HEBREWS 1:14

Friday, May 30, 2025

EXCEEDING

My servant Paul experienced the exceeding abundance of My power that worked through him after His Damascus Road experience.

He was able to do exceedingly great things because he yielded to My Holy Spirit within him.  He knew that he was not the one who was able to do great things.  It was My Spirit working in him.

Paul daily yielded his body to Me as a living sacrifice and then he listened carefully to the voice of My Spirit Who taught him and guided him. I want you to follow his example, and do it daily.

EPHESIANS 3:20. 

Thursday, May 29, 2025

TRIED

Every time you are tempted, you are on trial.  I ever live to make intercession for you, and My prayer for you when you are tempted is that you will say no to that temptation.

You can always win over temptation when you take those tempting thoughts captive and then send them to Me.  Ask Me then to send you a righteous thought.

It is no sin to have a tempting thought.  Satan is sending those thoughts to you daily.  Know that I am praying for you, and I have made it possible for you to win. You are more than a conqueror through Me.

JAMES 1:12; 2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-6; ROMANS 8:37

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

WEARY

My servant Paul wrote many letters to the various churches he planted. He exhorted most of those churches to not grow weary in well doing.

He added that if they did not faint and grow weary, they would in due season reap what they had sown. Remember that My Father is in charge of the seasons of planting and sowing.

One of the main tactics of My enemy in these last days is to cause the saints to give up.  He tries to block the fruits of the labor of the saints, but if every laborer is faithful to keep sowing, they will see the fruit.

GALATIANS 6:9; 2 THESSALONIANS 3:13

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

MERRY

The benefits of a merry heart are great.  Those who look to Me to give them joy will have merry hearts.  At My last Passover meal with My disciples I told them how they could receive My joy.

I told them three  things that they could do in order to receive My joy and have My joy remain in them. Those three things were ABIDE IN ME, MY WORD, AND MY LOVE.

When you daily receive My joy, you will have strength and a continual merry heart.  You will have health because a merry heart is good medicine and you will have a continual feast and a cheerful countenance.

JOHN 15; PROVERBS 13, 15, 17

Sunday, May 25, 2025

INSTANT

I desire for you to be instant in doing two things daily.  This means that you are to prepare yourself to instantly obey My Holy Spirit when He guides you to share the gospel and pray with others 

Be ready to stop everything you are doing when you are led by My Spirit to pray. Your quick response to My call for you to pray could even save a life that is in danger.

Paul exhorted Timothy to always be prepared to share My gospel of the kingdom both in season and out of season.  Daily watch for opportunities to share My good news with others.

ROMANS 12:12; 2 TIMOTHY 4:2

Friday, May 23, 2025

PATH

My cousin John came preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.  He was preparing the way for My coming.

John was that voice in the wilderness crying, "Prepare you the way of the LORD, make His paths straight."  Isaiah prophesied that all flesh would see the salvation of God.

When I came and gave Myself as the perfect sacrifice, I made it possible for you to be put on the straight path of My righteousness. I am also your Good Shepherd Who will keep you on that path.

LUKE 3:4-6; PSALM 23

Thursday, May 22, 2025

LIGHT

I gave this invitation to all who believe in Me.  I invite you and every believer to come to Me and take My yoke upon them and learn of Me meekness and lowliness of heart.

Then I said that My yoke is easy and My burden is light. My yoke is the Holy Spirit, and I want you daily to be yoked with My Holy Spirit because He can give you the strength and guidance you need daily.

My burden is light in weight because when you give Me your cares and burdens, I share that burden with My Father. Then We pray for you.  I am Your care taker and giver. I give your cares to My Father.

MATTHEW 11:28-30

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

JOIN

My servant Paul exhorted the churches he wrote to be of one mind and one Spirit.  In order to be of one Spirit, you must be joined to Me in truth and love.

My adversary always tries to divide.  He hates unity because he knows that a house divided against itself cannot stand.  This is why he causes division in families, countries, and even My body on earth.

Be alert to Satan's strategy to divide.  He uses the very mouths of people to speak his language of accusatory, critical, judgmental words.  Watch  and pray so that he will never use you to speak his words.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:10

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

SINCERE

My servant Paul prayed a beautiful prayer for the church in Philippi.  He prayed that they might approve those things that were excellent and that they might be sincere and without offence until the day of Christ.

This is a great prayer for you to pray for all those you love.  He also prayed for the believers to be filled with the fruits of righteousness that are from Me.

Every morning ask Me to fill you with a fresh anointing so that you will be able to express the fruits of My Spirit to all those you talk to each day.

PHILIPPIANS 1:10-11















Monday, May 19, 2025

SUBMIT

The word "submit" means in English "to present or to refer to others for consideration or decision." This means that a person who submits usually wants another person to help them make a decision.

The Greek word, "submit: means "to be under obedience." You are to obey My commandment to love others as I have loved you. I want you to first submit yourself to Me.

Paul encouraged believers to submit themselves one to one another in the fear of God. This means that you are to submit to others with love in your heart for others because you are to love others as I love them.

EPHESIANS 5:21  

Sunday, May 18, 2025

CONTENTION

There were contentions often between My disciples.  Later after Paul was converted, the contentions between him and Barnabas was so sharp that they had to separate.

Barnabas wanted to take Mark with them on their travels to minister, but Paul did not want to take Mark since Mark had left the work of the ministry for a season.

Contention happens when two people are not content with their circumstances.  Paul said that godliness with contentment is great gain.  Pray that you will be content no matter what your circumstances are.

ACTS 15:35-39; 1 TIMOTHY 6:6

Saturday, May 17, 2025

PRESERVE

There are two things that will preserve you throughout your life.  David listed these two things in a Psalm he wrote.

A verse in this Psalm was a prayer that David often prayed.  He prayed: "Withhold not Your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me."

David's life was one of fight and flight.  This was a prayer that he often prayed to Me.  He knew that I was merciful, and he counted on my kindness and truth to continually preserve him.

PSALM 40:11














Friday, May 16, 2025

TOGETHER

You are a co-laborer with Me.  I am always with you, and I desire for you to pray together with the body of Christ.

There is such power in agreement, and most of all I want you to be in agreement as I intercede for your family, friends, and even nations.

I ever live to make intercession for you and all those who believe in Me.  When you do not know what to pray, ask Me to reveal what I am praying concerning people and circumstances. I will help you pray.

HEBREWS 7:25

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

SHINE

As you abide in Me, My Word, and My love, your path will grow brighter and brighter.  I am the light of the world, and when you were born again, I lit your spirit with My light.

The world seems to be getting darker and darker, but My beloved will shine brighter in this darkness. Day by day, ask for a fresh anointing so that My Spirit within you will shine outward to those you meet.

Solomon wrote this: "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day." As you spend more time with Me, your countenance will shine brighter and brighter.

PROVERBS 4:18

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

CANDLE

The spirit of man is My candle that searches the inner parts of a human being.  You are a spirit being.  You have a soul and you live in a body. This is how I created you.

Only when I light the candle of the spirit of man are they born again of My Spirit.  My psalmist David wrote: For thou will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

During this last great harvest, I am lighting the candle of many of the prodigals who have rebelled against Me and who have been walking in darkness.  Pray that My light will pierce those dark hearts.

PROVERBS 20:27: PSALM 18:28

Monday, May 12, 2025

STILL

You are the planting of the LORD.  You are a tree of righteousness.  Every believer in Me can rejoice in these truths.

My servant David wrote a psalm about how these plantings grow and mature. He wrote: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon."

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat a flourishing. This is a promise that every believer who is aging can claim.  Rejoice that even in your last years on earth, you will be fruitful.

PSALM 92:12, 14

Saturday, May 10, 2025

FALLING

You daily pray for those who have problems walking.  You pray that I will set My angels around them to keep them from falling.

I am able to keep you from falling not only physically, but also spiritually.  I am able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before presence of My Father.

You have always received this promise with thanksgiving: "Now unto Him Who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy (Jude 1:24)"

JUDE 1:24


Friday, May 9, 2025

LOVELY

You are living in the last days when I prophesied that there would be wars and rumors of wars.  The earth seems to be filled with darkness.

Fill your mind with thoughts that are lovely, honest, true, pure, just, and of good report. These are the things that My servant Paul wrote that you should think about.

What thoughts you embrace in your mind will either cause you to be embraced with My peace or embraced with anxiety and fear. 

PHILIPPIANS 4:8

Thursday, May 8, 2025

FRIENDS

Friendships are based on trust.  A true friend is one with whom you can share your most intimate thoughts. After I got to know the disciples I had chosen, I told them that they were My friends.

I said, "Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knows not what his lord does, but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of My Father I have made known to you."

Every morning when you wake up, I want to have a friend to friend conversation with you. Ask Me questions and then wait for Me to answer you with a heart to heart talk.

JOHN 15:15

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

ABOVE

I want you to seek and set your affection on things that are above, not things on this earth.  There are so many distractions on earth that draw you away from thinking of Me.

As soon as you arise from sleep, read one of the Psalms.  Then write some things down that you want to thank Me for that happened yesterday. This will draw your attention to Me. 

When you enter My courts with thanksgiving, you will be led into praise, and finally worship. Now you are in the Holy of Holies where I will meet you there. My glory light will make things on earth grow dim.

COLOSSIANS 3:2

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

TENDER

My mercy endures forever and I am a God of tender mercies.  I watch over you with tender mercy because I know you are flesh and that you may give in to the temptations My adversary sends you.

When you are tempted, remember that I am watching and I want to tenderly rescue from Satan's grip.  This is why I came.  I came to liberate you from Satan by forgiving you and redeeming you.

Yes, whenever you are tempted, take your thoughts captive and give them to Me immediately.  Then I will give you a righteous thought that will counter those attacks from Satan.  

LUKE 1:71-80

Saturday, May 3, 2025

CARE

There has always been a measure of division in My body on earth.  However, these divisions are caused by those members of the body who are not abiding in my love or by Satan who seeks to divide. 

I desire that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 

Division occurs in My body on earth simply because someone or many are abiding in their flesh instead of abiding in My love and My Word. Pray for My body on earth to be one even as My Father and I are one.

1 CORINTHIANS 12:25

Friday, May 2, 2025

THIRST

When I met the woman at the well, I told her that I had water to give her that would satisfy her thirst and that the water I have to give will become a well of water that will spring up into everlasting life.

On the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles just after the priests had finished their water ceremony, I said these words, "If any man thirst, let him come to Me, and drink. 

He who believes on Me, as the scripture has said out of His belly shall flow rivers of living water." The living water is My Holy Spirit.  Pray for the living water to fill you each day and you will be satisfied.

JOJN 4:14; JOHN 7:37-38