Jessi Marquez

Kick the Habit

There are a few habits I plan to kick, and oddly enough, they are all somehow related.

I realized that where you invest your heart, is where you invest your life. If you want to know where your heart is: look at where you spend your money, time and energy/thoughts.

Anyone that knows me, knows my love for people....

Sometimes we are called to go somewhere/ do something...

and it doesn't make sense.

We feel opposition and logically we can't find reasoning.

The bible says if we have faith as small as a mustard seed, we can move a mountain. (Matt 17:20)

I think most people read this and think it means you can have little faith, and do much. That is true, but I think there is more.

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In such a noisy city, how does one hear the whisper? Join us for a 4 part series on hearing Gods voice…keep your next 4 WEDNESDAY nights open!!!

WHAT:

4 part series: Hearing God

Week one: How do we know God speaks?

Week two: How can you hear Gods voice?

Week three: What do you do once you hear?

Week four: Re...

Is a dream really chasing the dream?by Chad Ray Rodriguez on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 11:16am

So I think it&...

In New York City...

• Each night more than 40,000 people -- including more than 16,000 children -- experience homelessness.

• Currently 38,400 homeless men, women, and children bed down each night in municipal homeless shelters, and thousands more sleep rough on the streets or in other forms of shelter.

• The number of homeless families has nearly doubled over the past decade.

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I just got a job!!

I believe thats the normal reaction when someone is hired after being unemployed for months. However, I haven't been normal for a long time...

When I first came back to New York, my initial reaction was to just be patient...and wait to see what doors God would open. My heart desperatly wanted to serve in ministry after working in missions for the past year. However, as I ...

Over the last month, I have had the privilege of getting to know the pastors Paul and Andi Andrew. I arrived at 8:30 am, alongside my friend Kaitlin, to help them set up. The room was buzzing with ...

When you write a blog, you sometimes wonder...is this reaching anyone? Last night I logged into my facebook account and found this message:

Jessi,

Good evening. I'm confident we've never met (though I'm sure our degrees' of separation probably aren't that great), but I wanted to send you this quick message because your website inspired me today.

Your post about a friend's picture, b...

My little sister wrote an essay today on Martin Luther King Jr. She gave me a copy to look over and I wanted to share it with you.

Have you ever had a challenge? Maybe it was small and you overcame it. Or maybe it was big and you felt like it was impossible. Have you ever given up when it got too hard? The Bible says anything is possible with God. There is one man who strongly comes to mind when hearing this.

Ma...