Jan 23

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1/23/2012 10:22 AM 

Hey my friend

Week 1 with the new DTS is already over. It flew by so quickly. Also the time that Jen is in Thailand is almost over. She will be back next Friday. Yeah. During the last week I was also able to meet up with some friends in the neighborhood as well as having the coffee shop meetings. I also started preparing for the students to join today. They will work with the boys and girls club during their time here. Please pray for that part of the ministry that they will have a great impact on the kids and are able to bring hope to them. During this upcoming season there will be a lot of new things for me to work on like getting married in May. Please keep me, Jen and the ministry in your prayers in this time.

I want you to think about the following. In Luke18:18-30 there is this story where a rich man comes to Jesus and asks him what he needs to do to have eternal life. So Jesus told him to sell everything and follow him. The rich man ended up leaving and Jesus was sad. Why did he leave? When you look at our world today the focus is many times just on money and power. To count as successful you would need money and power. But that leads many times to pride. It leads to that our value comes out of that. I believe the issue with the rich man wasn’t the money, but it was his value system. I believe a big part of his value and of who he is came out of that money and the status and security it gave him. But when Jesus said get rid of it he was probably thinking that without it he would be nothing. But the truth is that by giving it all up he would be even more. He would be able to come to a place where he totally has to trust Jesus because he doesn’t have another option. And I believe that is the problem with money or any other thing. If we start putting our trust in anything else (like House, money, job, retirement funds) then Jesus we are doing the same thing as the rich man. And I believe all of us do or did so at certain parts in our life. I want to challenge you to think about areas where you need more of Jesus. Where did you put your trust in things instead of Him. Trust me its worthied to look at that because he is the best provider and he takes amazing care of you.

Have a blessed week.

Markus