Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah, Compassionate Father, God of all encouragement and comfort; who encourages us in all our trials,…
Corinthians 1.3-4 (The complete Jewish Study Bible)
When we think of trial pretty much all of us are not excited about it. Trials are usually times that are hard or challenging for us, times where we often don’t know how to make it through and we don’t know how it ends. But trials are part of life and we can’t or should not avoid them and stay true to what we believe. Paul was a man who went through many trials in his life if its time in prison or people turning on him. But Paul points out an important fact, God is with us in the trials and He is the one who will encourage and comfort us in the middle of it and gives us hope. That is pretty amazing. Many people in this world go through hard times but have no one that encourages them or helps them through. But for all who know God, the creator of the earth, they can be affirmed that He stands right at our side and helps us through.
It reminds me of 2 hard situations and trials in my life. In one of them, I decided to be mad at God and just not listen to him about this situation. For many years that situation kept affecting me negatively and I felt hopeless. I had a hard time trusting God and it partially robbed me of joy. The second situation I decided to ask God and let him help me through and the outcome was so different. Yes, it was still hard, but through his encouragement and comfort I was able to make it through with hope and I came out stronger at the end.
If you walk with God through trials you come out stronger than before. We want to encourage you that through whatever trials you might be going through to ask God for encouragement. He is right at your side to help you through!!
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We hope you had a fantastic week!! Jen and i are almost fully recovered which is awesome!! We are so excited to see the book move forward this year and all the other things God has planned!! Keep us in your prayers while we are in the process of writing! How was your week? Give us an update maybe in the comments below!
Don’t forget to let God encourage you in your trials!
Have a blessed week!!
God bless you
Markus and Jen
What a perfect verse was chosen in the German church as the verse for the year 2019. Seeking peace and also pursuing it is so focused on an action of each one of us. A little while ago we heard a speaker share about how he seeks peace between Israeli and Palestinians and how much breakthrough he has seen over the years. But it took an action on his side to bring people together and to keep pursuing peace between them. He didn’t start through politics or a big media engagement, no he just brought youth from both sides together to meet and start understanding each other. Did it bring total peace for everyone yet? No but the people he brought together understand each other now and are connected through a friendship and started to reconcile.
First of all we want to wish you a merry and blessed Christmas!! We had a wonderful last week before Christmas and are excited for our Christmas celebration with our neighbor friends. Every year for Christmas Eve or Christmas day we celebrate Christmas with a nice dinner with neighbors and others from the neighborhood. It’s an equal blessing for the ones who come and for us. God wants to bring community through each one of us. May your family grow by adding neighbors to it. A blessing for you and for them!
We hope this weeks blog brings you a deeper freedom. The 2 scriptures we mention are Micah 7.19 and Psalm103.12 so you can read them!