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Friendship Starts with Jesus

Hearing that the 2022 Women’s Retreat theme was “friendship” didn’t excite me. I have friends. I have great friends. And I don’t fear making friends. Many have seen me greet on a Sunday morning with a huge grin on my face because I love any excuse to get to say hello to every single person whenever possible. I wasn’t convinced this theme would bring me anything groundbreaking. As it turned out, although my worldview wasn’t…

February 27, 2023
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The Gift and Challenge of Singleness

“I see now, Lord,” my journal entry reads, “that you are telling me no to yet another boy I dreamed might be my future husband. I do not yet understand this decision, but I pray that you give me clarity and help me to be content in a friendship. Lord, you alone know what is best for me. Help me be content in that. Lord, I beg you, please grow my contentment in you alone.”…

August 2, 2021
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How God Met Me in my Struggle with Impurity

Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live (Romans 8:12-13). In my last five years at Covenant Fellowship, I have been impressed with the sermon series that have been brought to us. Two that stand out…

March 4, 2019