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!!
Hey our friend
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
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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.
In a few days we are celebrating Easter. When you read through the gospels and the days leading up to Easter you see so much pain, betrayal and hurt. Everything seems to go down and no hope is left. The disciples followed Jesus for many years and now one of their own betrays him. Judas, even after hearing and seeing Jesus do miracles for many years chooses money over his friend and sells him to the ones who want to kill him. The rest of the disciples lose all hope and perspective for life after Jesus is arrested. I can’t imagine how that felt. For many years their lives main focus was Jesus. All they did was follow him and let him lead to whatever needs to be done. But now it is over. They are lucky that people don’t go after them as well and want to kill them too. When Pilate then gives the crowd the choice to free Jesus or a criminal prisoner hope comes back to the disciples. He must free him they think. The crowd would never choose the criminal above Jesus. But a moment later all hope is gone, the crowd chooses the criminal and asks for Jesus to be killed. A short time after they see him one last time at the cross before he would die. All the words are forgotten that Jesus told them that he would come back, that the reason he came is to be a sacrifice so we can all be reconciled with God. In the time of sadness, all memory of those words vanished. Sad and depressed all of them leave.
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