Moment by Moment

All of you are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel. Deuteronomy 29:10 There’s this interesting little phrase that continues to repeat itself throughout the Old Testament. I’ve been reading through the book of Joshua in my personal  Bible reading and kept running across it, so I decided to do a little exploration.  The phrase is “the presence of the LORD.”  Basically, for the believer in the Old…

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And [the servant] bowed down his head and worshipped the LORD and said, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.” Genesis 24:26-27 (NKJV) Abraham’s servant had an almost impossible task- find a suitable and pleasing bride for his master’s only son, heir to the family fortune and one of the founders of the nation of Israel. Even…

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Tuesday/Wednesday/ThursdayReport Several members of our team have been going to West Haven orphanage each day. This is a facility for the developmentally disabled- whether physically or mentally.  Four years ago Bob Klima, a Christian lawyer from Manassas with a passion for the disabled traveled with GLCC to Jamaica and encountered West Haven. God stirred him deeply and he answered God’s call to make a difference.  He has since established a non-profit corporation, Children with Disabilities Fund International (https://thecdfi.org) which has almost…

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2 Corinthians 5:20  We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us:  “Be reconciled to God!” This past Saturday Justin, Katelyn (10 years old) and I were running some errands when I noticed that our minivan was almost out of fuel. When we stopped at a local Exxon to get some gas, I observed that it had been a while since the van had been washed- road salt and splash from the last snow event…

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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9  I think I have a bit of Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD).  It starts in the fall when the days shorten and continues through the winter months.  I often feel moody, depressed, sluggish, irritable, anti-social and have difficulty focusing on tasks (even more so…

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Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  Matthew 22:38 As many of you know, GLCC has connected with and been praying for Pastor Tim Kuhn and Faith at Newtown, a small evangelical church serving the community of Newtown, CT.  Here is a portion of his most recent prayer letter.  Dear Friends, Since my last update, just a month ago, life has changed here in CT in unmistakable ways.  People still cannot wrap their mind around the horrific tragedy in Sandy Hook. …

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If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 22:33-34 This past weekend my family and I traveled to Pennsylvania to spend a bit of time with extended family.  Because of Katelyn’s recent hospitalization, surgery and recovery, we had intentionally stayed home over Christmas.  She is doing remarkably better, so we thought we’d slip up to PA to catch up with loved ones we had missed…

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1 Corinthians 2:2  For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. re·solve  /riˈzälv/ n. a firm determination to do something. So I’ve been trolling around Facebook looking at everyone’s New Year’s resolutions; at least those who were bold enough to post them. I’ve never been too good at holding to New Year’s resolutions. But there sure are a lot of great resolutions flying around this time of year- lose weight, diet, exercise,…

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But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Galatians 4:4 Time is a weird phenomena.  It marches on unrelenting- sixty seconds in a minute, sixty minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day.  If I live to be 75 years old I will live 27,393 days, not a day longer, not a day less.  Time never changes and cannot be stopped. …

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In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, and the virgin’s name was Mary.  The angel went to [Mary] and said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God!” Luke 1:26-27, 30 Fear is perhaps our most primal emotion.  In small doses it can be very helpful- alerting us to potential danger and suggesting a course…

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