Friendship Part 1 Committed and consistent

Over the next few weeks we want to look at what makes a great friendship. We hope you get encouraged and empowered to build a great friendship!

A little while ago we were able to see our friends up in Seattle. When my friend and I spend some time talking he talked about how our friendship is really committed. We call each other once a week and pray for each other. We did that since almost the beginning of our friendship while he still lived in San Francisco (of course sometimes the week thing didn’t work out). Over all those years our friendship got deeper and deeper and it has to do with 2 things, being committed and consistent. It doesn’t matter if you are in a good or bad season in your life, you will walk through them together with a friend at your side. When you look at the bible you can see friendships like that, Jonathan and David or Paul and Timothy. They stood with each other in bad and good seasons. You help each other through those, but then you also have fun together in the seasons between.

So when you want to have a lasting friendship make sure you are committed and consistent. This is true for your friendships to people, your marriage and also for your relationship with God. It is also true for ministry. To bring the good news to neighbors and friends, being consistent and committed is really important. Through that people will see you for who you truly are and they see through the way you treat them more about your relationship with God.

Our encouragement for you is to have or find a committed and consistent friendship and to invest into it. Set time aside on a weekly base to spend time with each other. After you setup a great friendship start to do the same when you bring the good news to people. It will make a difference in your life and it will make a difference in the lives of others!

Hey our friend

We hope you had a great week. Our Fall DTS graduated last week which was exciting since each of them will now go out and apply the things God taught them in this last season. Please keep them in your prayers since transition seasons are often challenging and can make you feel as if you are alone. Pray that they feel Gods presence really strong on their lives in that season.

Please keep praying with us for a new location for our game night. For now we will have it at our apartment, but in the long run our apartment is too small to host all the people, so we are looking for a new location. We have a potential location but don’t know if it will work out and if it is a good fit. Please pray with us for a perfect new location.

Thank you so much for praying with us.

Have a blessed week

Markus and Jen