Hey our friend
We hope you had a great week. Jen and I were teaching last week 100 Mission Adventures Students at the base. It was really exciting to see God move in the lives of the students and leaders. We also had some wonderful times here in North Beach. I was able to visit one of our first friends in the neighborhood and spend some time with him. Keep praying that he finds Jesus. We also had the graduation of our DTS Students which was in some way a happy moment, but in another way a sad moment since it was hard to let them go. Pray for their time of transition that God will guide them and refresh them.
Lets look back to look forward
Over the last 10 weeks we looked a lot at how to make true friends and change the world. There are many more things to say about this topic and they will be said in the near future. But I also believe that when God gives us something he wants us to steward it well. So I want to make sure that we all press in into the steps of the last 10 weeks (you can read them all by just clicking on the last few months).
- Pray for the 6 people God has put on your heart for 40 days.
- Make sure that you have a solid foundation (meaning be plugged in well at church and small group).
- Start building the relationships and start connecting with the new future friends
- Encourage and love on your new friends
- Invite them into your home and make them feel at home.
- Make it a safe place so people feel safe to share without fear.
- Ask the right questions that lead to the right conversations.
- Deal with fear in your own life as well as the lives of your new friends.
- Find out what influences your new friends and help them to find truth.
- Get involved in your community and serve together with your new friends.
These are all some easy steps but tie wise they can be different for each group. So be patient and don’t give up. Keep moving forward. There are 2 billion Christian on the planet. If each of them starts to reach out to 6 people and brings them towards Jesus we have pretty much reached the planet. Just a thought. Also when we look at the story of the talents in Matthew 25 we see that God really called us to use the giftings he gave us to bring fruit. Lets do this together and Make true friends and change the world!!
Have a blessed week and start to reach out
Markus and Jen