Hey our friend
We hope you had an awesome week. Ours was a blast. We had 3 visitors from Germany, 2 from LA, 1 from Kansas, 1 from Chicago and 1 from Florida. It was wonderful to see each one of them. We also had a big barbecue at our house for the 4th of July. The great thing was that neighbors, church friends and others came together to celebrate that special American holiday. It opened the door for great conversations.
During our next week we will try to spend some extra time on preparing for the teachings in July. Please pray for time to do that. Also keep the San Francisco YWAM base in your prayers while they are working on raising funds to keep the building and minimize loans for it. http://www.ywamsanfrancisco.org/miracle/
The great commission not the great suggestion
Over the last few days I started to think about the great commission in Matthew 28.18-20 and what that means for us. When you look up the meaning of commissioning you find out that it means to place an order, with which you get authority to do that order. So the great commission is not just a suggestion, but instead Jesus is ordering us to do it. He didn’t just tell us to do it, but he also gave us authority to do it. I think many times we don’t look at the full picture. I think sometimes we don’t realize that Jesus doesn’t have a plan B. He trusts each one of us to fulfill the great commission because we are His friends. He doesn’t put a guilt trip on us or try to use us against our will. No He partners with us as His friends to change the world. If we want to get something big done, we would make the same choice and ask our friends to help us because we know we can trust them. We know they would get the job done because they love us. Are we using them? No, because we would do the same for them. So the great commission is Jesus asking us to bring the gospel to the people. But in reality, he did the same for us since we are His friends. I want to challenge you to start thinking of the great commission and how you can actively live it. Start with your neighbors!!
Have a blessed week
Markus and Jen