Someday you will hear that Billy graham is dead. Don’t believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have just gone into the presence of god! Billy graham
Last week Billy Graham passed away or in his words changed his address at the age of 99. I want to dedicate this video blog entry to him since he is a great example how Jesus can shine through us! Be challenged by Billy Graham and how he brought the gospel to many people and follow his example by stepping into the calling God has for you!!
Hey our friend
How was your week? Ours was awesome! We had the opportunity to visit a church in Redding together as a team. It was a very refreshing time. I was also able to connect with a friend who is working on planting another church in our area. Its amazing to see how God is working!! We feel so blessed to be part of that! Don’t forget to pray for your community and neighborhood. Let God lead you on how! It makes a huge difference for the area as well as for you!!
Remember this week!! God has a calling on your life step into it! And if you try to find it, this is the Foundation of it Matthew 28.16-20!
God bless you
Markus and Jen
Today we want to share a few testimonies with you how a few people that took the love your neighbor class at our church started to love on their neighbors.
This weeks vide blog is about sharing the One we care most about! Be inspired!!
We talked about many things hospitality can do and one last one is it can bring healing. Over the years we had so many deep conversations over dinner that brought healing to people. Sometimes it is the simple act of actually sitting around a table together with other people that brought healing from loneliness and isolation that that person experienced for years. It amazes me how much a little meal can change a person’s life. When you invite someone into your life and you create a safe place for them, they will be open and God can start to bring healing from hurt and lies the enemy placed into their lives. John 21:15-19 shares the story of Jesus and Peter after Peter denied him 3 times. It was right after a meal that Jesus asked him if he loves him. That conversation brought up hurt and shame in Peter because of breaking his promise to Jesus that he would never deny him. But Jesus rebuilds the trust with a few simple questions over a meal. So that time that just started as a meal set up Peter to become the man Jesus would build his church on. So a simple conversation can destroy lies and bring healing.
One of the things many people are longing for is a place of belonging, a family. When you provide hospitality in your home you invite your neighbors into family. I remember a thanksgiving meal at our house where we went around the table and had everyone share what they were thankful for and the answer was pretty much the same for everyone that came; the feeling of family around this table. When you open up your home and invite neighbors in it is different than if you go out to a restaurant, You invite people into your home and your family. So hosting a dinner can change the perspective someone has about family. Some people might have never had a loving family, but now experience being loved. Some people might have never received an invitation to a home, but now they are sitting at the table eating dinner together. In Psalms it talks about that God will put the lonely into families and we can all have a part in that by offering hospitality. But its not just a great thing for the neighbor that joins you, its also a blessing for you. Our lives are so enriched by neighbors being family to us too. Home doesn’t end at our fence anymore but it spills over into many other houses around us!