Were you able to enjoy a great dinner around your dining table? If not do it this week!!
I lived in San Francisco for about 13 years now and Jen 7 which is a long time. One of the things I can say about this place is that you have always something going on. If it is a concert, sports, meetups, dinners etc., you name it and it is probably there. Doesn’t it sound awesome that you have so many choices? Yes in some ways it is, but in others it actually isn’t. Let me explain: Many people stand in front of so many choices and don’t know what to accept and what not. With that it creates often the answer maybe. So if something better comes up you can still skip out on the other thing. But the problem with that is, you will never be able to build deeper relationships if you always hope for something better. To build good friendships with people around you, you have to commit. You have to say yes and whatever comes along doesn’t matter, because you are important to me. So the problem with no strong friendships is actually often created by our lack of commitment or of the other person. Because if you don’t commit, that person has a hard time to commit, because everything depends on you and if you say last minute yes or no. So to be able to be committed we have to learn to say no. Yes there are always great opportunities out there, but it doesn’t mean we have to take all of them. Choose one and stick with it! When Jesus choose his disciples he was committed to them and stood with them till the end. He didn’t choose all people he could have had relationship with, he just choose 12!
So with this I want to challenge you to commit. Commit to connect with your neighbors one night a week. Make it a value and priority in your life!! It will not just change the life of your neighbors, but it will transform your relationships! You are looking for great friendships? Be committed!
Hey our friend
We hope you had a fantastic week! We had a wonderful time here in San Francisco. In the middle of the week we had a review and evaluation meeting. It was an encouraging time! For the rest of the week we just had normal life. Jen and I both feel encouraged how much relationship is created just by living life with our neighbors. Its such a blessing.
Think about ways to commit more!!
Have a blessed week
Markus and Jen
Wir glauben das du bereits einen großen Unterschied in dieser Welt machst und hoffen das dich der letzte Blog noch mehr inspiriert hat ein Teil von Gottes Antwort für Menschen zu sein die Hilfe brauchen und sie seine Liebe spüren zu lassen! Du machst einen Unterschied in dieser Welt!!
We pray God encouraged you and gave you an even greater grace for you and other people around you through the message of last weeks blog! We need to stay consistent even if we see backward steps! God wants to keep moving in our and the lives of our neighbors and he will not give up! So let us never give up either!!
This week’s blog is about a dream I had the other day and how God wants to encourage all of us through it!! And this is a picture of me and the neighbor dog I talk about in the video!
We hope you got encouraged with last week’s testimonies and hopefully they inspired you to love your neighbors and neighborhood!
Today we want to share a few testimonies with you how a few people that took the love your neighbor class at our church started to love on their neighbors.