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NEWSLETTER Wednesday Edition
| February 27, 2013 |
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Love Makes the World Go 'Round
(that's what Jesus' command does) |
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| Greetings! | 
It is God's love that transforms us. It is by His love that believers are infused with that same love. That is the love that believers share with others, in turn.
Our prayer is for God's love to become more evident in each believer's life, and that through our relationships with other believers He will make our love stronger as we grow spiritually.
The Church Staff |
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CORE GROUP MEETING |
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The Core Group of tomorrow. |
Once a month, most of the time, the Core Group meets: to be informed, to discuss matters, to make decisions for the church.
All leaders, managers, department coordinators, ministry leaders and members, and everyone involved in these ministries, including the small groups and youth groups, are members of the Core Group.
This coming Saturday, March 2, at 2:00 p.m. there will be a Core Group meeting at the GL Office. Consider yourselves notified. |
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WHAT IS YOUR VISION? |
At the las  t Core Group meeting, Pastor John did another "vision casting" talk. Did it get to you? How did it make you feel towards what your role is in the Kingdom Life? Did it change anything in how you see yourself as being an important component within the Body of Christ? Pray about it. See that you let the Holy Spirit work out the good things that God has planned for you to do! |
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MARKETPLACE MINISTRY | 
Move On!
..."Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to move on." - Exodus 14:15 Moses had brought the whole nation of Israel, approximately 600,000, to a dead end in the desert. The only thing between Israel and Pharaoh's pursuing army was the Red Sea. This was after ten plagues God had inflicted on Pharaoh to motivate him to free the Israelites. Finally, Pharaoh had freed Moses and the people, and they left Egypt. They thought they were home free. "Freedom at last," they said. But God did a strange thing. He directed Moses to take a route that led to the Red Sea, instead of the northern route around the Red Sea. God explained that He didn't want them fighting the enemies they would have encountered on this route. But still, there was the issue of the Red Sea. - They finally arrived at the Red Sea, and the people were wondering where they would go from there. News hit the camp: Pharaoh had changed his mind. He was coming after them with his army. Panic set in. The defenseless Israelites cried out, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?...It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!" (Ex. 14:11b-12) - God sometimes brings each of us to a "Red Sea" in our life. It may be a work problem that can't be solved. It may be a marriage that seems to be failing. It may be a debilitating disease. Whatever your Red Sea, God tells us one thing: "Keep moving." The Red Sea was before them, yet God was angered at Moses and told him to "Keep moving." - "But Lord, the Red Sea is before me." "Keep moving." When we live by sight, we act on what we see. God sets this stage in dramatic fashion. God is into the dramatic. There is no way out without God here. That is just the way He wants it. No one will get glory except God. -
A friend once admonished me when I was in the midst of an extremely difficult time in my life, "You must not withdraw from being proactive in your faith just because of this trial that you are in. God's hand is on your life. There are too many who are depending on you to fulfill the purposes God has in your life. Keep moving! Keep investing yourself in others." I didn't feel like it. I was in too much pain. But I did it anyway. God met me at the point of my greatest need once I decided simply to be obedient. Getting past myself by investing myself in others helped heal the pain. There is great healing when we look past our own problems and seek to invest ourselves in others for the sake of Christ. This is when our own Red Seas become parted. We begin to walk to freedom. But we will never experience the miracle of the Red Sea in our lives if we don't first "Keep moving."
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(Today God Is First (TGIF) devotional message, Copyright by Os Hillman, Marketplace Leaders.)
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CHURCH GREETERS | 
March 2 - Vonnie & Tito Cabrera
March 9 - Eunice Alinsod
March 16 - Lelit & Tony Luciano
March 23 - Ruby & Ding Dijamco
March 30 - Linda & Danny Santos
April 6 - Vonnie & Tito Cabrera
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Office Address: 1414 S. Azusa Ave., Suites 20-21, W. Covina, CA 91791
Church Address: 18901 E. Amar Rd., Walnut, CA 91789
MAILING ADDRESS: 436 Crestwood Lane, Walnut, CA 91789
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| Meditation |
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Thank You, Father, for the power of Your word to transform lives around the world. Thank You for giving me fresh insight each day so that I can understand how great Your love is for me and for everyone else for whom Your Son died.
Thank You for giving me the creativity and wisdom to make the things You do through me have a lasting impact in the community in which I move and serve. Praise You, Lord, for your goodness. Amen. |
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