Category Archives: Markus and Jen News

Rhythms

We have a new video blog with a topic that can really help you to make things happen that you otherwise just think of!

 

Hey our friend

Sometimes showing a friend the love of God, is helping them searching for a job. That is exactly what I did last week. I helped an old friend that worked at our local coffee shop with job search. Often simple things like that that all of us can do speak volumes about how much we care. We want to encourage you to exactly do that. If a neighbor or someone needs your help, help even if it seems insignificant and maybe inconvenient, do it anyway!

With that as an intro we hope you had a wonderful week!! Our week here was great with many opportunities to connect and love on people. It’s awesome to see how God can use each one of us! Jen and I celebrated also Valentine’s day together by playing games and eating a brownie at home. It was so refreshing and we were able to avoid all the big crowds.

We wish you a wonderful week!! Don’t forget to establish rhythms in your life!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Hopegiver

Watch our newest blog to find what its about! Be encouraged!

Hey our friend

If I would have to describe the week with one word it would be meeting. We had our half yearly Bay area evaluation meeting which was encouraging. It s a meeting to see how everyone is doing and how the different locations are doing and to pray and help in ways we can. Then we met with neighbors and friends from the community for time of sharing. Then I also had an old friend from Germany here to visit and we also had a brunch with neighbors as well as our usual weekly things. It is amazing to see how God is using those times to be really encouraging to us as well as the others we meet up with. Why don’t you meet up with someone this week that you haven’t seen for a while and see how they are doing!!

Don’t forget this week to be encouraged by father God!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Counterintuitive

Sometimes things that make no sense make sense. Watch our brandnew blog!

Hey our friend

We cant believe it that January is already over. It felt like January went by in the fifth gear 🙂 How was your January? Did it go as fast as ours?

Last week we were teaching in the Discipleship Training school on on the Topic Relationships and Friendship. It was an exciting weekend with teaching sessions and times with the students. Relationship is such an important topic especially in todays time!

We also had wonderful times in our neighborhood!! God is awesome!!

Don’t forget this week that things that make no sense sometimes make sense!

Have a blessed week!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Changing Generations

May this blog inspire you and help you to see even more how you have the power to change generations!!

Hey our friend

Isn’t it amazing to know that we are loved by Father God! When we go through our weeks like that it just brings so much more hope and it also gives us more love for others in our neighborhood and homes. We feel that ourselves so much in our lives through having more and more love for our neighbors and all the different places we serve in our our neighborhood.

We also had a wonderful first meeting with all the bay area ministries last week were prayed for each other and just worshipped God together. It was such a good start into the new year for everyone.

We want to encourage you like we said in the blog above to share the good news with a neighbor or someone you are in touch with. Bring change to generations!!

Have a blessed week!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Encouragement in trials for others

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,… so that we can encourage others in whatever trials they may be undergoing with the encouragement we ourselves have received from God.

2. Corinthians 1.3-4 (The complete Jewish Study Bible)

Last week we wrote about how God is with us in trials and how he brings comfort and encouragement in the middle of them. Today we want to look at the second part of the verse where Paul focuses on others. So when we go through trials and we receive encouragement from God it is not just for us. It is also meant to help others. Even Paul went through many trials in his life, he encouraged so many while still being in them. By doing that he actually helped others to grow in their faith and be encouraged by the fact that God is also with them.

Last week I talked about 2 approaches of 2 trials and the different outcomes for me. Looking at the second one where I leaned on God in the process and got encouragement and comfort from him didn’t just do well for me but also to others. A while after I went through this situation I was able to share with others how God comforted me and encouraged me in that season and how much it changed and helped me. Through that, they got encouraged and started to be hopeful for the trials they were in.

God is using the testimonies of our lives to help others be encouraged in their situations and to bring courage to them that they will also be able to make it through. So our victories God gave us can become victories for others.

We want to encourage you to share with others how God helped you through trials and comforted and encouraged you in them. Take courage and talk about the challenging times and how you were not alone!

Hey our friend

We hope you had a fantastic week!! We had a wonderful time with the first Haeusser Hangout of 2019. It was a great time to spend together with neighbors and others from the area. What are you doing to connect with your neighbors and community? Share in the comments!!

Don’t forget to encourage others this week through your testimony!

Have a blessed week!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen