Author Archives: Markus

Mountain Reminder

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Today we are talking about mountains, but not literal ones. Be inspired!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!

Our week here in San Francisco was again full of time with different people. Many of them live right in our area, which is great and also opens doors for spontaneous conversation. These spontaneous moments often deepen friendships. Whether it’s a quick hello to someone on the way to the park or while running around the block or meeting other families and children in the park, all of this opens up opportunities for conversation. We want to encourage you to live these opportunities in your neighborhood.

Also, don’t forget to look back at your life and remember the moments where you stood in front of a big mountain and God came through.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

 

Gospel Carriers: William Carey

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This weeks Gospel Carrier also has the name Father of modern missions. Be inspired by his story.

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!!

I cant believe we are already in the last week of February! The first 2 month of this year have been going fast! Did it feel fast to you too?

Community is so important and there are so many ways we can find it. One is a men group that meets at our church that meets once a month. It’s a time to spend time together, get to know each other more and encourage each other. The other group is for women to read a book together and connect once a month about it. Again there are many ways to connect, and these are just 2 examples from our life here. The important thing is that we are part of a community. We want to encourage you to plug into community.

We also hope you got inspired by the video about William Carey. Take this Action Step: Ask God for perseverance and help in overcoming obstacles in the things he called you to do!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

 

The Shofar, Worship and Jericho

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Today we are talking about worship and how it changes things. Be encouraged! Also a correction the game was called journey to Jerusalem not Jericho!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!

Doing things as a community is wonderful. Jen and I are doing a parenting class right now with our church. In the class are parents from our church with young kids. There is a time of teaching but there is a big time of sharing and encouraging each other in moments of success as well as moments of challenge and everything in between. Doing that together helps everyone to not feel alone but supported by each other. This is also true for loving your neighbor. When you build community where you live, people including you are having others in their life they can share with and feel supported by. We want to encourage you to think about what steps you want to take today to deepen or build the community around you.

A call to action at the end of the video: Make worship an important part in your life and set time aside for it!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

 

Gospel Carriers: Francis Asbury

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This weeks Gospel Carrier rode a lot to spread the Gospel. Be inspired by his story.

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!!

This week had a special moment of being able to connect with an old ywam friend who moved away but is now moving back to the city. One thing that encouraged me in this was that friendships don’t have to end when someone moves to somewhere else. It takes an effort to stay connected long distance, but it is worthied. We want to encourage you to connect this week with 1 friend that moved away and you lost contact with.

We also hope the video about Francis Asbury inspired you. Take this Action Step: Ask God where he calls you to. If you don’t have a clear direction keep doing the things he already spoke clearly about Loving your neighbor or how John Wesley said: “Do All the Good You Can, By All the Means You Can, In All the Ways You Can, In All the Places You Can, At All the Times You Can, To All the People You Can, As long as Ever You Can!”

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

 

A true guide you can trust

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Find out more about this guide in todays video!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!

We talked about this before but a wonderful way to connect and get to know your neighbors is through hosting a brunch. Its such a fun thing to do and doesn’t just connect neighbors to you but also to each other. We just had another one on Saturday and had so much fun with everyone. We want to encourage you to set a goal to invite your neighbors for one brunch in the next 2 months!!

Alos take this action from the video: Spend time to meditate on Psalm 23 and ask God to show you the areas where you had your trust in the wrong leader or thing.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb