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Righteousness

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This weeks video blog is about righteousness. Be inspired and encouraged!

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We hope you had a wonderful week!!

We love our church in San Francisco and have been part of it for 16 years. Last Sunday our church celebrated the 40th anniversary. Its amazing to see how God used it to empower, encourage and build up people for a long time. Even with many moves, challenging times, pastor changes and other circumstances the church kept going. I want to encourage you with that to be perseverant. Keep going in the things God called you to do and don’t give up in times of challenge.

And 2 more things at the end about the video: 1. Read Romans 4 and 5 and let God encourage you through them. 2. Let us ask God to show us where we still try to prove ourselves instead of leaning into his grace!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

 

Eternal perspective

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This weeks video blog is about perspective, specifically eternal perspective. Be inspired and encouraged!

https://youtu.be/gLSs9ALf3-8

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Wow this week was a busy one but a wonderful one too. We got to spend time with many different people for birthdays, meetings, small groups or meals. It’s a blessing to be part of so many different communities. All of us need community! If you dont have a community ask God to guide you to one that you can be part of!

And one last thing at the end about the video: Reflect on the things you are doing and ask yourself which of those have an eternal perspective vs short term. Let us ask Jesus to help us to get his perspective for every part of our life!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Redemption part 40: One last one and what’s next

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Today we finish up our series and talk a bit about what’s next!

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We hope you had a wonderful week!!

Thank you God for this week!! We had so many wonderful times but Saturday was for sure a highlight. We were doing Part 1 of the love your neighbor workshop with a local church in the morning which was a lot of fun. We really enjoyed the group and their heart for loving their neighbors. After we finished the workshop, we headed over to help with a big worship event at Golden Gate Park which our church put together. This year was the 6th time it happened.  Jen helped with the kids painting station and I was part of the prayer tent and a testimony wall. All of us had a wonderful time. It was also so amazing to see people from different churches coming together to worship Jesus in the middle of Golden Gate Park.

At the end here is a takeaway for the Redemption Series: Know that you are deeply loved by God, keep drawing closer to Him and let his love fill you so that you can love others even better too!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

 

Redemption part 39: How you can share the Message

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Today we talk about something very important, about how you can share the Good news. Be encouraged!

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We hope you had a wonderful week!!

Reading the bible together with others is such a blessing! We host a small group at our house from our church and we are reading the book of Romans together. The great thing about reading together is that each one picks up different things from the text things we might otherwise would have missed. We want to encourage you to join a small group in your church and have the wonderful community and study together.

Also don’t forget to deepen your friendship with Jesus and the ones he put on your heart and then to introduce them to your friend Jesus!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Redemption part 38: The Message goes everywhere

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Today we talk about how the message went everywhere. Be encouraged to also take part in it!

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We hope you had a wonderful week!!

During our last week we had a wonderful time learning and spending time together with our YWAM Bay area family. We had a day of teaching with a wonderful couple from Chicago and then we went on a 1 night retreat together in the Redwoods where they taught us some more. It was so refreshing being together and connecting with each other on a deeper level. We love those yearly teaching and retreat time. Its so wonderful. And then on the weekend we got to celebrate the birthday of one of our friends. What a wonderful week!!

Also don’t forget to ask yourself this question from the video: Who are the people God wants me to share the good news with? Also ask God to give you courage and the right words to do that!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb