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Gospel Carriers: Georg Fried(e)rich Händel

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This weeks Gospel Carrier is Georg Fried(e)rich Händel. He wrote a very famous piece of music that still points people to Jesus. Be inspired!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!!

This week we were encouraged several times about how God does wonderful things through small conversations and encouragement. Some told us about moments in the past when they were encouraged and found hope through us. Often we don’t hear about the results of what small acts of kindness out of love can do, but when we do we are encouraged and reassured about how important they are. We want to encourage you, especially this Christmas season, to do small things out of love for those around you.

We hope you got inspired by Haendel and his masterpiece the Messiah. Ask God and yourself what your gifting is. When you know, start using the gift for building God’s kingdom and let Jesus guide you in how.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Messenger

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Todays video is about Messengers. Find out more in the video!

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We hope you had a wonderful Christmas week!

“Your card and the brownies brought us so much joy for this pre-Christmas season. Thank you so much,” said one of our neighbors. Every year in December, we bake about 100 brownies and include a Christmas card with an encouraging message. We then give them to all our neighbor friends on our hill. We just did that last week and saw all the smiles it brought, especially when Caleb wished everyone a merry Christmas. It’s a simple action that brings a lot of joy to us and many others. Baking 100 brownies is a lot, but how about baking something for your 4 or 5 neighbors who live directly next to you and writing an encouraging card? In this way, you can bring a lot of encouragement to your neighborhood in a simple way.

One last question at the end related to the video: Who does God send you to as a messenger to bring his good news?

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

The boot tradition

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In Germany we have a boot tradition for December 6th. Today we want to talk about the man who it goes back to. Be encouraged.

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving week here in San Francisco. A table is so much better when you have people around it and that is exactly what we did on Thanksgiving Day.  We hosted a traditional Thanksgiving meal and had neighbors sit together with us around our table. We had a wonderful time together and it gave everyone there a feeling of family. We are so thankful that our new apartment can host a big dining table and more important than that people that can sit around it. We want to encourage you to start thinking about Christmas and who, of the people who live around you, you want to invite to sit around your table!

And 2 more things at the end about the video: Ask yourself who has a need for help and then help them in a way that they don’t know who did it! Stand up for someone who can’t stand up for themselves.

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Thankfullness changes you

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Thankfullness is really important! Be inspired by today’s video.

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First we want to wish you a happy Thanksgiving!

Last week we were homebound for quite a few days since San Francisco was hit with heavy rains. One of the days it literally never stopped raining from morning till night. But to look at the positive side of it, it opened up a door to finish up some admin work and also have extra time of prayer and worship. The extra time with God refreshed all of us. We want to encourage you to use times that look different then planned and plans that had to change to connect with God. You will be blessed!!

We want to encourage you to look daily at your life and look for things you are thankful for and then thank God for it. Over time this will bring a greater gratitude into your life.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Gospel Carriers: Johann Sebastian Bach

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This week’s Gospel Carrier is Johann Sebastian Bach. He was gifted in music and used his gifting to bring Glory to God. His music still encourages and brings joy to people in today’s time. Be encouraged by this wonderful man of God.

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!!

This week had a theme of prayer for us. Wednesday I was helping to lead a zoom prayer meeting at our church. On Saturday we had a prayer walk with YWAM across our side of the city and then Sunday I was part of a prayer team class at the church. I love the question Corrie Ten Boom asked: Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? Let’s make sure it’s our steering wheel!!

We hope you got inspired by Bach. Ask God and yourself what your gifting is. When you know, start developing your gift and start growing in it! Use the gift for building gods kingdom and his glory not your own, like Bach said “all to Gods Glory”.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb