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Light needs a power Source

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Last week we talked about how we should let the light of Jesus shine through us. This week we have a video blog on how it’s important to stay connected with the power source!

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We hope you had a wonderful week! Ours was just a normal week here. We are working hard on the book and are excited to see it move forward. God keeps giving us inspiration every week we write. It is definitely a project where you have to think long-term. But we are excited for the day when its done!! Keep us in your prayers!!

Jen and I also had personally a wonderful week! We feel blessed by being part of such a wonderful community here in North Beach and also for having a beautiful summer!!

Have a blessed week and make sure to spend time with the power source Jesus so our light can shine brighter and brighter!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Approach

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This weeks video blog is on how we as Christians can approach things in different ways with different results. Be encouraged and challenged.

P.s. Here is a link to the info about the film Unplanned I was talking about. I recommend seeing it, but be aware its not a light topic movie to watch!!

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Jen and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary last weekend!! I can’t believe it’s already 7 years! Time flies. We are so blessed to have each other!

Besides that our week was also good. We had 2 great small groups, time with the kids at the boys and girls club a wonderful encouragement group and just so many wonderful moments connecting with the neighborhood just to name a few. One of our highlights was our potluck for our whole street. It was a wonderful time for all the neighbors and us and it was a joint effort between us and a few neighbors. A wonderful way to build community! My friend also bought me (Markus) a plane ticket to see him up in Seattle for 2 days which was an amazing time too!!

We want to encourage you this week to stand up for the things you believe in but do it with an approach of love not with an approach of being right!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Outlook

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I give thanks to Adonai with all my heart
I will tell about all your wonderful deeds
I will be glad and exult in you
I will sing praises to your name Elyon.
Psalm 9. 1-2

Recently I was reading Psalm 9 and I love especially the beginning part. David shows us here the right outlook and perspective. In the moment he thanks God for things he did in his life and then also tells about his wonderful deeds his outlook is changing. It is moving away from maybe an outlook or perspective of fear or something else he is facing to God who has all the answers. While writing most of the Psalms David is going through some challenges in life. But instead of just looking what he can see with his eyes, he is looking at the things he cannot see. He is speaking courage to himself by reminding himself that he is on the side of the Most High!

So outlook is very important. Whatever hard time you might face in life it’s important that you are not just looking at the things you can see but choose to thank God and remind yourself of the amazing things he did in your life and the life of others. You can watch how your courage is rising and your perspective will shift. Your focus falls more on God and your relationship with him and not so much on the issue. And in that moment God can then give you courage to face whatever you need to face.

So the great thing is when you tell neighbors about the wonderful deeds of God in your life that opens up conversation and gives opportunity to share the good news. So start to give him thanks right now and start talking about the wonderful deeds!!

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We hope your week was wonderful!! We had our quarterly meeting with bay area ministries which was encouraging. It really helps when you spend time with others and hear their victories and struggles. That is why God always meant for us to be in a community. Even from our first day on earth he placed us in our family community. Let’s bring our neighbors into a loving community and let them see how God can move through it!! On that note we also had our wonderful neighbor brunch which was super encouraging. We love everyone who comes and they all became a community to us and to each other. So it makes a difference!!

So don’t forget starting today to thank God for the community you have or the one He wants to build through you and build up your courage!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Superheroes and your Identity

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You probably ask yourself what superheroes and your identity have to do with each other. Find out in this video Blog!

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God loves you without end, never forget that!!

This week we had many opportunities to spend time with neighbors and let Gods love shine practically through us. We also had many unplanned Conversations and Moments with neighbors which are sometimes the best moments!! Leave a little bit time in your day for those spontaneous moments so that you don’t have to miss them because of a lack of time!

Jen and I also had personally a great week and a refreshing weekend!

Don’t forget to let God show you your true identity, by spending time with him and studying his word, in more and more ways!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Great is thy faithfulness

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I don’t know if you ever felt that way, but sometimes God encourages you through the songs you sing in worship. Recently our worship team at church played the old song Great is thy faithfulness. While singing that song God showed me a in a deeper way his faithfulness in my life. It’s amazing how God can use a song.

When I looked up the poem the song is based on, I found out that it was written in 1923 by Thomas Chisolm. Thomas grew up very poor with bad health and basic education. But then, later on, he became a teacher and later a minister which he both had to stop because of his health. But in all of those circumstances, he wrote about Gods faithfulness. He did not base it on what the world could give him but solely based it on God himself.

1923 is just a few years before the great depression hit the world. I wonder how many people felt encouraged through that time to keep their focus on Gods faithfulness and not the one the world can provide by just reading that poem. I bet many people read those lines and put there trust back into God.

Later on, the song was played at big crusades of Billy Graham were thousands of people would give there life to Jesus. And now in the year, 2019 God encourages me through this song.

I’m sure that Thomas didn’t think his little poem would turn someday in a song and then would impact many people all over the place. He probably just wrote a poem to be encouraged and reminded about Gods faithfulness even in hard times. But God used it way bigger then he could ever imagine.

We want to encourage you with that song and story that God is also faithful in your life. Make sure to remind yourself daily about that. Also, step into the things He has for you and be faithful in them. You never know if there will be a song or something else that he puts on your heart that will encourage or bring change to people almost 100 years later.

 

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not
As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be

Chorus:
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning, new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hands hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own great presence to cheer and to guide
Strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside

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We hope you had a wonderful time celebrating Easter last weekend!! He is risen!! We love this time of the year since it can really open up conversation about our faith. With all the church services and different events people are more exposed to the truth and are more curious what it is about. Join us in praying this week for people that don’t know Jesus yet that they have an opportunity to hear the gospel in a way that they can understand.

Remember this week that whatever God puts on your heart do it, it can change your life and the lives of others forever!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen