Covenant Life Church

We’re continuing our Marriage Series this week, looking at what it means to choose the Tree of Life in our marriages. The Bible talks about four different things that are trees of life, and we looked at one of them last week: words. Now, we’re going back to the Garden of Eden one more time to see that choices change lives. It was not a sin for Adam and Eve to look at the fruit or contemplate the s...

Adam and Eve had the greatest marriage in the history of mankind because they are the only couple to experience marriage without the influence of sin. This week, we’re going to examine their relationship to see if there is any wisdom we can glean from their story that will help us in our marriages. To do this, we have a choice to make—just like Adam and Eve. We can take the fruit of the tree of th...

This week, we’re kicking off a new series about marriage and talking about the joy of new beginnings. As we start this discussion, we first have to understand that our marriages are not centered around us; like other things in the life of a Christian, they’re all about serving and giving our best to the other person.

This week, Pastor John is delivering the State of the Church message, a look at various phases and dimensions of the church in an effort to be accountable and transparent. This allows us to celebrate the past, assess our current realities and set a course for the future, and together, we will cast vision for the days, weeks and months to come — while praising God for all that He’s already done.

We have spent the last couple of weeks talking about rejection, which is something that all of us can relate to at some level. We have been exploring the reasons that people rejected Jesus to ensure that those beliefs or mindsets are removed from our lives and get guidance on how to handle our own rejection. This week, as we wrap this series called Rejecting Jesus, we are looking at three categori...

Rejection is one of life’s most difficult — and most common — experiences. All of of us have to deal with rejection at some point in our lives, and what might surprise you is that Jesus Christ dealt with rejection constantly. When we think of Jesus, we often think of the Triumphal Entry, but we tend to forget that, within a week, that same crowd was calling for his crucifixion. Last week, we began...

Of the thousands of different ways that life can bring us pain, there are a few of them that are universal. Rejection is one of them. Every one of us at some point has dealt with rejection, and there are lots of reasons for it. Despite the reasons, though, rejection is a bitter and difficult pill to swallow. The Bible shows us that Jesus was despised and rejected, and this morning, we are starting...

In previous sermons and series, we’ve talked about all of the ways that life hurts us and discussed the importance of purpose. This week, as we kick off a new year and combine these two ideas, we can offer this fresh perspective on past events: there was a purpose for your pain, and there is a purpose in your healing. You did not suffer for nothing. The hurt, offense, betrayal, grief or abuse was...

We’re wrapping up our series about the ways that God spoke during the Christmas account and how we hear from Him today. We’ve already discovered that God still speaks through angels, dreams, visions and signs. This week, we’re exploring the simplest and most profound way that God speaks to us, and that is through the Holy Spirit.

As we continue to explore how God communicated during the Christmas account and the ways that He still speaks to us today, this week’s message is all about how God speaks to us through signs. Signs are another way that God speaks to help answer questions we have about His will. Many times, they will be tangible things that we can see that will help communicate a spiritual truth that we can’t see....

Angels are often part of the celebration of Christmas, sitting atop many of our Christmas trees, and they play a huge role in the real Christmas story found in the Bible, too. An angel that told Zechariah about John the Baptist. The angel Gabriel told Mary that she was carrying the Christ-child, and in Luke 2, a host of angels joined the one who appeared to the shepherds to declare that Jesus had...

If we want to hear from God and know His will, we must recognize the different means and methods He uses to communicate. To help with this, we are kicking off a new series about the ways that God has spoken to His people in the past and how He still speaks today. By looking at the Christmas account found in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, we will see how people heard the voice of God then and use...

As our church continues to pursue the vision of The Jericho Project, a ministry designed to help the victims of sex trafficking, there has been a lot of support and excitement, but there have also been a lot of questions. People who may not fully understand why we’re doing what we’re doing have asked questions about having those people in our building or in our church services. This week’s message...

In the Thanksgiving season, people are focused on a disposition of gratefulness and thanks, but it’s clear from verses like 1 Thessalonians 5:18 that followers of Jesus should carry an attitude of gratitude all the time. It is the will of God for us to be grateful - not just in the good times but in every circumstance. This week, we’re going to explore the fact that gratitude isn’t just a decorati...

This week’s message – Help for the Hurting Heart – is the conclusion of Pastor John’s three-part series about guarding our hearts. Over the past three weeks, we have explored how the difficult circumstances that we endure affect our mind, emotions and decision-making process, and we have learned that Jesus came to heal the pain in our hearts caused by the tragedy, trauma and trials of life. To hel...

Jesus said in John 10:10 that He came to give you an abundant life. There is no area of your life that cannot and should not be affected by your relationship with God, and although our relationship with Him begins at salvation, it doesn’t end there. He wants you to be forgiven and free and healed and whole! Last week, we talked about guarding your heart for the holidays, and this week, we’re takin...

When you go to the doctor for a check-up, they are going to check your blood pressure, pulse and cholesterol. They’re going to check all of the things that have to do with your heart because it is the center of your existence. If it’s not healthy, it’s impossible for any other part of your body to work properly. The same is true for your spiritual heart, which is why Proverbs 4:23 says to “guard y...

The society in which we live values titles, money, fame and notoriety. This is shown in the fact that, when meeting someone new, the first question we usually ask is, “What do you do?” Based on the answer to that question and our own experiences, we begin to assign a value to that person and the role they play in society. However, Jesus came to welcome us into a new society - one in which He looks...

In Psalm 34:19, we read that “the righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.” Sometimes, we suffer because of our own mistakes, flaws, failures and sins. If that’s the case, we should repent and ask God to help you change. Sometimes, though, stuff happens that we didn’t cause and can’t always fix. What do we do when things aren’t great? How can we be okay whe...

This week’s message - It’s Not Your Fault - is part of a series that began many years ago to address issues that are considered taboo and that the church has been silent about for too long. The taboo issue that we’re discussing this time is sexual abuse. Countless men and women have suffered sexual abuse in silence because the issue isn’t commonly addressed from the pulpit, but by looking at the a...

When it comes to fulfilling our purpose as doing the work of God, we are good at making excuses, but the reasons that we give hold us back from experiencing everything that He has in store for us. This week, Jay Webb (West Metro FCA) uses the life of Jeremiah to show us five excuses that we often say in response to our purpose and calling - and how God’s promises are bigger than each of them.

Purpose is so powerful that Jesus was murdered over it. Purpose is so powerful that the 12 apostles gave their lives to it and ultimately gave their lives for it. You and I have been gifted and called by God for a purpose, and we have been prepared for fulfilling our purpose. Not a function, office, position or title – a purpose. We’ve been invited to yoke ourselves to Jesus, so He can show us how...

A lot of people are looking for their function or position, but God wants us to take a step back and first find our purpose. Multiple passages of scripture say that every one of us is gifted in some way, and those gifts are given to us by God for the benefit of the body of Christ and fulfillment of the Great Commission. This leads to some logical questions. If we have a gift, how do we get ready t...

In 1 Peter 4:10-11, we learn that every one of us has a gift that God has given us, and He wants us to use it well. The problem is that we only tend to focus on the “what” and rarely step back to see the “why.” We have turned finding and fulfilling God’s calling into a seemingly endless lifelong pursuit of tests, inventories and profiles. We analyze, quantify, categorize, separate and study the gi...

According to verses like 1 Peter 2:9 and 1 Corinthians 1:9, we are all called by God. He has called us into fellowship with Jesus, but He has also called us to do something. After all, the Bible tells us in Ephesians 2:10 that we are created to do good works, which God already has planned for us. Unfortunately, the concept of calling in the American church, like so much else, has gotten a little s...