Hi Everyone!  I am so grateful for your responses to the recent sermons from 1 Corinthians 7 in regard to being single and being married.  As was mentioned this past Sunday, whether we are studying about God’s plan for marriage or God’s plan for being single, everything boils down to what you believe about God. Can we trust Him? Does He have a good purpose for our lives ? Is He good? Is He sovereign? Does He watch over our lives with Fatherly care, counsel and comfort?  Can we trust that all things come to us from His Fatherly hand?

I am also so grateful to be a part of a church family that listens to sermons, not merely for what we can get out of them personally, but also for how we can be better equipped to love and serve one another in our church family and beyond.  I love Ps. 68:6 which reminds us that God provides a home for those who feel alone.  And that home is found among brothers and sisters in the local church!

Jesus said, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”  Matt. 12:48-50.  God has given both singles and marrieds our truest and most eternal family in the church that He shed His own blood to save.  It is pure joy to watch our church family love and care for each other in this way.

The Lord bless you and keep you in His peace!

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