Monthly Archives: September 2018

Les Miserables part 2 Life under Grace or Law

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This blog is Part 2 about the story of Les Miserables  and this week its about Grace or Law. May it speak to you!

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Remember today that you are amazing and loved!!! Jen and I made it safely to Germany and we are excited to spend some time with family and share about Love your neighbor with churches, groups and individuals. Please keep us in your Prayers that God will give us the right words to share and that each person feels inspired.

Have a blessed week and don’t forget to see where you are at with grace or law in your own life!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Les Miserables or second chances

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This blog is about the story of Les Miserables and Second Chances. Be encouraged!

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We hope your week was great! In a few days we are leaving for Germany and we are excited to see family and friends over there!! But we also had a great week here in San Francisco. Jen had her book club and she encourages and feels encouraged by the women there. We also had our North Beach Christians small group, a place to inspire and be inspired by others to love our neighbor and neighborhood more. We meet once a month but each time we are encouraged. Do the same in your neighborhood. Exchange ideas with other Christians and encourage each other in loving your neighbor!

Have a blessed week and don’t forget to give someone a second chance!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

You don’t need everyone to love you just…

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Find out what this blog is about by watching the video. We hope it inspires you!

https://youtu.be/jr9QtXwC9vc

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We hope your week was great. If I would need to title our last week it would be the week of Goodbyes and on the other hand celebration. We had a memorial service for a friend from the neighborhood who we knew for a long time. IItwas good to remember him with all his friends. And then we also said a Goodbye to Bethany on her way to Italy. Pray for her while she is starting with YWAM there for 1 year. But then we also had happy moments with a birthday party of our neighbor friends and we got to see the San Francisco Symphony. Of course, we also had all the usual things going on which was awesome too!!

With that looking back the last week was a great example for life, happiness and sadness so close together. But both together make out life and everything in between. So if you are in a sad time right now just know it will pass.

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Ready for an Adventure?

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Right in front of me on top of my desk is a wedding invitation for my brother and his future wife with the words “Our Adventure begins”. I love that way of looking at life. When we think of Adventure we think of new experiences, exploring something, but also taking risks. With a great adventure, you never know what comes next. But most of the time we would have some kind of guide who can lead us on this adventure. As an example, if you go White River rafting you probably will go with someone who is experienced and not just by yourself in your own little rubber boat.

Life as a follower of Jesus is an Adventure, but the great thing about that is that we also have a guide with us. God leads us along the way and is always with us. He knows totally what’s best for us along the way of that adventure. I was recently reading through the books of 1. Kings and you can see different outcomes when the kings went on their Adventure with God or without him. When they went with him He was guiding them along the way, gave them the right perspective and also the courage to do the right thing. If they walked by themselves, usually things didn’t work out well for them.

So going on an adventure always requires a good guide and God wants to be that guide for each one of us. Yes, Adventures can be challenging and sometimes scary, but with the right guide at your side things will work out better. Because you know He’s got things! Going down that White River and seeing the waves left and right can really bring fear, but with the guide in the front of the boat giving instructions and leading, it can be a lot of fun.

We want to encourage you to let God guide you in your Adventure. You will have an exciting journey ahead, but also someone who is with you when things don’t look as good.

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Labor Day is here and also the time of our last big barbecue for this year. Its sad that it is the last one for this season, but in the same way we are really excited to spend time with our neighbor friends. Make sure to invite some new people to your barbecue it is always exciting!!

But sadly life can’t be just barbecues; sometimes we also have to do office work. But we got a lot of stuff done this week. And it feels good too when you can see immediate results.

We hope you had a good week too and want to wish you an amazing one for this coming one! Let God guide you into your own Adventure with Him!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen