Authentic Friendship with Catherine Parks

Journeywomen

Hunter Beless

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of the Journeywomen podcast, I’m chatting with Catherine Parks about authentic friendships. We talked about everything from the role of confession, repentance, and prayer in our friendships to how the gospel actually restores our relationships with one another when we’ve wronged or been wrong. Since my conversation with Catherine, I’ve found myself encouraged to walk in authenticity in my own relationships for the building up of the church and ultimately, for the glory of God. I hope you’re encouraged to that end as you listen as well! So you’ll know our guest a little better, Catherine Parks is a writer and Bible teacher who loves to help women build friendships around Scripture and prayer. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Genesis 2-3 Colossians 3 Psalm 51 Romans 2:4 1 John 1 Psalm 42 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What is the goal of Christian friendship? How does the gospel restore your relationship with God and with others? How can confession, repentance, and prayer impact your friendships? What are you going to do or implement as a result of what you’ve learned this week? CATHERINE’S RESOURCES Repentance: A Daring Call to Real Surrender by C. John Miller The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson Psalms by Sandra McCracken The body of Christ CATHERINE’S SIMPLE JOYS Biographies of heroes of the faith I Love Lucy Chai lattes OTHER RESOURCES Real: The Surprising Secret to Deeper Relationships by Catherine Parks CONNECT WITH CATHERINE Website Facebook Instagram Twitter SPONSORSHIP DETAILS FOR MORE: Subscribe: iTunes | Android Follow Us: Website | Instagram | Facebook Support the podcast by writing a review *Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support Journeywomen!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. I'm your host, Hunter Beelis.
0:07.9	Life's a journey we were never meant to walk alone. We all need friends along the way.
0:12.3	On the Journey Women Podcast, we'll chat with mentors about gracefully navigating the
0:16.3	seasons and challenges we face on our journeys to glorify God.
0:20.5	On today's episode of the Journey Women Podcast, I'm chatting with Catherine Parks about
0:24.2	authentic friendships. We talk about everything from the role of confession, repentance, and
0:28.9	prayer in our friendships to how the gospel actually restores our relationships with one another
0:33.9	when we're wrong or when we've been wronged. Listen to what she said.
0:37.7	The good news about Jesus coming and living the perfect life we couldn't live and dying
0:43.0	as the perfect sacrifice that we desperately needed. And then rising again to give us perfect
0:48.7	hope, this changes everything about our relationships. For one thing, first we're brought near to our
0:54.7	father and we're given the Holy Spirit to help and comfort and empower us and to empower us in
1:02.1	our friendships and in those relationships and we're given the friendship of the perfect friend,
1:08.2	Jesus. And when we trust him, all of that is secure and it's unable to be removed. Nothing we do
1:15.8	is going to change that. Since my conversation with Catherine, I have found myself encouraged to walk in
1:21.6	authenticity in my own relationships for the building up at the church and ultimately for the
1:26.0	glory of God. I really hope you guys are encouraged to that end as you listen as well. So you'll know
1:30.3	our guests a little better. Catherine Parks is a writer and Bible teacher who loves to help women
1:34.8	build friendships around scripture and prayer. I can't wait for you guys to hear from her today,
1:39.6	but before we go there, I want to tell you about an opportunity to tell us a little more about
1:44.1	yourself so that we can better serve you as a team and so that you'll have a chance to win an ESV
1:49.0	single column journaling Bible by Crossway. By completing the short survey linked in the show notes
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