I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. John 5.19
One of the first things Jesus always did was looking at the father and seeing through that what he had planned. Jesus went many times away to pray. Prayer was his intimate time with the father. It was the times when he got refilled and just refreshed by having time with his father. Another reason I believe he did that for, was to really see how the father sees each person he gets in touch with. Just think at the different people Jesus got in touch with. Some of them were seen as rejects of society and were not really loved, but he showed them a love they never saw just by being with them. Others were well respected people and they felt his love as well.
When we have Gods heart for people we see them different. We start to see the whole person not just a little piece. We also create a deeper love in our heart for that person if they are on our mind more often. And caring about someone is really key to show hope!
So lets start today and pray for your immediate neighbors.
- Ask God in your prayer to help you see them the way he sees them
- Pray for wisdom on how to pray for them
- Ask God for inside on how to pray for healing and restoration they might need.
- Ask God how you can become a great friend to them and how you can show his love to them.
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What a week in San Francisco. Almost every day was full of rain, which in some way is not nice, but in a drought area it’s a blessing. We had some great time reconnecting with everyone and being able to spend time. We also had a great start with the students.
Please join us this week in praying for people that are sick and had to go to the hospital. We had a few people here in our neighborhood like that and I am sure there are some in your area too!!
Thank you for praying and remember to pray for your neighbors! Prayer changes the world!!
Markus and Jen
What are our motives to love our neighbor? Is it coming out of a feeling we have to do it to be good Christians or to do the right thing? Is it coming from getting benefits out for ourselves? These are just 2 examples, but there could be many reasons that motivate us, good and bad.
For the year 2017 we plan to write a lot on this blog, how you can show the love of God in your community and neighborhood through the way you live your life. So get ready for it!!
Each year this special holiday comes around which in its name encourages us to be thankful. It is so easy to look at things in our life or the world that would make us upset and makes us ungrateful. But when you are ungrateful it can really affect your life in a negative way. In the moment you focus on the bad things in your life it starts to affect every part of you. But the opposite is true as well. When you look at the good in life and start being thankful for it, it affects you in a positive way. When you look at the verse above in Philippians it gives you a guide on what you should put your focus on.
Most of us experienced death in our lifetime, if it was a family member, a friend or even a pet. A little while ago a good friend of mine lost his pet do to age. When we talked on the phone and I found out it sounded as if a person died. But that conversation made me understand how deep people are connected to their pets. How deep of a hole they leave when they die. But how much more is it becoming a reality when a person in our life dies. Questions about the after or if there is even an after are surfacing. Many people start to face the reality of death when they experience it with someone they love. For many it is a time of hopelessness and the moment to see how things in life that had so much value and meaning before become pointless.