COV LIFE BLOG

Disciple-making doesn’t just happen because a church exists and people show up. It is a deliberate process. Considering the modifying participles of “going . . . baptizing . . . teaching” help us recognize this process. It must include evangelizing (going to new people and new places), establishing (baptizing new believers and teaching obedience), and […]

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Posted on: August 6, 2015 - 10:00PM

You’ve learned Scripture from somebody. The Scriptures have been taught to you by people whose lives are of such a quality that the message was underlined, because the person who taught you had so obviously encountered God. When we see a life that has the wisdom and power and authority of God in it, and […]

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Posted on: July 30, 2015 - 10:00PM

God’s Word, the voice of the Church, and our prayers belong together. So we must now speak of common prayer. “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven” (Matt. 18:19). There is no part […]

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Posted on: July 23, 2015 - 10:00PM

What does it look like when a redeemed people live on mission? At Covenant Life, in addition to partnering with other missionary families and church planters, we send off a few teams yearly, to serve and minister to specific people groups. This year our summer missions schedule included a trip to Tampa, Florida. Our “trip” […]

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Why is it so important that we sing together on Sundays? Why can’t I just go out in the woods and sing or just light up a fire in my fireplace and sing to God by myself in the cozy comfort of my den? Isn’t our Sunday worship just a warm up for the message? […]

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Posted on: July 16, 2015 - 10:00PM

Just before I graduated from college, two of my best friends and I decided on whim to take a trip to Yellowstone National Park. One morning we decided to spend the day on a hike and see where the trail led. It was a long hike, and after a while we started joking that it […]

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Posted on: July 9, 2015 - 10:00PM

Sometimes I feel weary from trying so hard. Between the self-replenishing piles of laundry and the nagging reminders of my own sin, I quickly lose a childlike wonder of beholding and enjoying the Lord. I can only seem to think of all those women I know who are doing a whole lot better than I […]

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Posted on: July 6, 2015 - 7:00AM

Bring forth your vessels, even empty vessels! “All your need.” I do not suppose that you are under any great obligation to go out, tonight, and borrow other people’s needs, for you have enough of your own at home—needs many and varied. Very well, set them out. Hide none of them away, but put them […]

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Posted on: July 2, 2015 - 10:00PM

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the LORD. “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and […]

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Posted on: June 26, 2015 - 7:44AM

Reflecting on the Missions Trip to the Dominican Republic … “What did you learn?” has been the question asked most frequently since we returned. To be honest, it’s a difficult question to answer since I enjoyed the trip so much and learned a considerable amount. I learned about discipleship, fellowship, church health, marriage/dating, missions and evangelism. I took away […]

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Posted on: June 25, 2015 - 3:58PM