Hello friend

We hope you had a wonderful week. Ours was exciting but also a bit hard. After we got back from the retreat Jen had a cold which lasted for most of the week. By Tuesday night I got hit with it as well which grounded me for the rest of the week. On Monday and Tuesday we had a great time with the students. We prayer walked all over north Beach, worked with the boys and girls club and did a teaching on bullying. On Monday night we also had the alpha meeting at our house. It was a really good time as always. On Wednesday night I forced myself out of bed to host a class from our church at our house. It was a really good time. Please keep praying for the people we work with in North Beach that they find true freedom and hope. Also thank you for your prayers for the retreat. 3 people gave their life to Jesus and many got encouraged in their faith. Oh and a last one, I Markus got my green card in the mail last Friday, so no more waiting for visas. Praise God

Meat or a way of how a loving father blessed me and Jen

Last Sunday Jen and I talked about life and in some way we got on the topic meat and my love for it. I told her that I don’t eat as much meat anymore since it is pretty expensive and our budget is tightly planned. Literally 1 minute after that conversation our doorbell rang and one of our neighbors was waiting out there. He asked me if I would like to have some ribs and of course I would never say no to meatJ. So he came back and literally brought me at least 10 pounds of ribs. I was just standing there and could not believe what just happened.

If you think about a the best father you know and how he wants the best for his child, just think about how many great things God wants for you. God is a loving father who deeply cares about you. He wants the best for your life. Sometimes it is hard to understand especially if you had no example of a good father.  We want to encourage you this week to really look at and think about how you see God as a father. That can affect every area of your faith as well as practical things in your life. It can also affect your motivation on why you do things. Are you doing them for God because you feel you have to, or do you do them because you love him and know that it is the best thing you can do? Do you believe that God wants to bless you personally? To get a better picture of how he sees you read or watch through this love letter from god’s side as a father. Life is too short to live it without knowing and believing that you are truly loved by your father.

Have a blessed week

Markus and Jen

My Child,

 

You may not know me,

but I know everything about you.

Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.

Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.

Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.

Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.

Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.

Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.

Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.

Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.

Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,

for all your days are written in my book.

Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth

and where you would live.

Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.

Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented

by those who don’t know me.

John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry,

but am the complete expression of love.

1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.

1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child

and I am your Father.

1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.

Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father.

Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.

James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.

Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.

Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless

as the sand on the seashore.

Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.

Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.

Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession.

Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you

with all my heart and all my soul.

Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.

Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart,

you will find me.

Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you

the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires.

Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you

than you could possibly imagine.

Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you

in all your troubles.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted,

I am close to you.

Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb,

I have carried you close to my heart.

Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away

every tear from your eyes.

Revelation 21:3-4

And I’ll take away all the pain

you have suffered on this earth.

Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you

even as I love my son, Jesus.

John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.

John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being.

Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,

not against you.

Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression

of my love for you.

1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved

that I might gain your love.

Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,

you receive me.

1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you

from my love again.

Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party

heaven has ever seen.

Luke 15:7

I have always been Father,

and will always be Father.

Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…

Will you be my child?

John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.

Luke 15:11-32

 

Love, Your Dad

Almighty God

 

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