F ull Gospel Lighthouse Church, Inc.

624 Torringford West St., PO o! "2#", Torrington, CT #6$%#&"2#"

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P.stor' /e0. 1.niel ossid2
October 2014
Dear Friend,
Greetings in the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and from eer!one here
at church" # songwriter once wrote $Our God is an awesome God, %e reigns&$ %e
certainl! is an awesome God" 'here is a sister in church who was recentl! diagnosed with
a rare form of leu(emia" )he has been trusting and belieing God for a miracle" 'he latest
doctor*s re+ort came bac( sa!ing her white blood count is normal and the other blood
counts are much better than before& )he is er! e,cited" 'hough she still has a wa! to go,
she (nows the Lord will com+lete the healing&
- wrote that wonderful testimon! because sometimes when bad news comes to us it
ma! seem oerwhelming and insurmountable" 'here are things that ha++en sometimes
that we might thin( is too big for een God to fi," .ut - want to encourage !ou toda! that
Jesus said all things are +ossible to them that beliee& Faith and ho+e in Christ can change
us from discouragement to ictor!" -t can ta(e us through the most difficult circumstances"
/lacing !our trust in %im who made !ou is the safest bet there is because the .ible sa!s
no good thing will %e withhold from them that wal( u+rightl! before %im&
'here are some +recious +romises - found in the .ible recentl! that - want to share
with !ou" 'hese are things the Lord said to +eo+le, and the! are still true for us toda!" -n
Deuteronomy 31:8 it sa!s, $And the Lord, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be
with thee, He will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed"$
-sn*t that a wonderful +romise0 1o matter what tomorrow holds, no matter what - am
about to face in the near future, the Lord will go before me and be with me, and %e will
not fail me, neither forsa(e me&& 'hat*s what He said" %e is great enough to bac( u+ what
%e sa!s" )o don*t be disma!ed, and don*t fear" Just (ee+ +lacing !our faith and trust in
%im and %e will ta(e !ou to the other side of this situation"
#nother beautiful +romise %e gae us is in John 1:18 when Jesus said, $! will not
lea"e you #omfortless: ! will #ome to you"$ 2ou see, %e (nows where !ou are at all
times" %e loes !ou and does not leae us as an or+han or a fatherless child" %e +roides
comfort and strength to each of %is children" %e does not run from trouble& 'hat is
something - learned earl! on as a Christian3 the Lord Jesus will bring !ou and me through
eer! situation" %e doesn*t ta(e us around the +roblem, nor does %e aoid the trouble4 %e
doesn*t let us go under the things we face, and %e doesn*t cata+ult us oer those things"
Otherwise the! will come bac( to haunt us" .ut %e ta(es us through those things so we
can oercome them and be done with them& Our ictor! is in Christ Jesus, who is Lord
oer all&
'here is a +erfect illustration of what - am tr!ing to +ortra! to !ou, and it is found
in $atthew 1:%%&33" Jesus sent the disci+les into a boat and told them to go to other side
of the )ea of Galilee as %e went u+ into a mountain to +ra!" -n the middle of the night a
storm of wind arose on the sea and the! were being tossed to and fro and couldn*t get to
the other side" Jesus saw them toiling, but instead of calming the waters, this time %e
wal(ed to them on the water& )o on to+ of the storm the! were going through, the! saw a
man wal(ing towards them on the water& 1eedless to sa! the! were troubled" $'ut
straightway Jesus s(ake unto them, saying, 'e of good #heer; it is !; be not afraid"$
'his is what %e sa!s to us, too" 1o matter if !ou are going through the biggest storm of
!our life, or !ou 5ust desire to (now %im in a closer, more +ersonal wa!, the Lord still
sa!s to us, $'e of good #heer; it is !; be not afraid)$
.ut there*s more to this stor!, for /eter as(ed, $Lord, if it be thou, bid me #ome
unto thee on the water) And He said, *ome) And when +eter was #ome down out of
the shi(, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus"$ 1ow there were two men wal(ing on
the water& 1ow there are also two +eo+le wal(ing through !our circumstance3 !ou, and
the Lord" 6ee+ focused on the Lord no matter what" 7e read that /eter got a bit distracted,
because the )cri+ture sa!s, $'ut when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and
beginning to sink, he #ried, saying, Lord, sa"e me) And immediately Jesus stret#hed
forth His hand, and #aught him, and said unto him, , thou of little faith, wherefore
didst thou doubt-$ Don*t gie heed to the boisterous winds or the distractions all around
!ou" 6ee+ !our attention focused on the Lord Jesus, for %e it is that will bring !ou to !our
safe haen" 7hen the! both wal(ed on the water bac( to the shi+, then there was a calm
and the! made it to the other side or the sea" 2our time will come when the storm will be
oer and +eace shall fill !our heart& Onl! +ut !our trust in Jesus Christ, for %e that told us
to go to other side will surel! hel+ us to get there&
8a! God bless !ou this month" - e,tend an initation to our church serices )unda!
at 10 #8 and 9 /8, and 7ednesda! at 93:0 /8" Our church is located at ;24 'orringford
7est )treet in 'orrington, C'" /lease remember that we are +ra!ing for !ou&
)incerel!,
<e" Daniel .ossid!