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Pastor Dave Watson and the Ministry Team of Calvary Chapel invite you to join us this Sunday, February 19th 9:00 AM or 11:15 AM For Pastor Dave’s Annual State of the Church Address A complimentary ministry brunch will follow each Service Please make a special effort to be with us for this very important Sunday in the life of our church as we seek to make a Maximum Impact in 2012 and beyond.

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February 19: Church Ministries’ Brunch: 10:15am & 12:30pm

Saturday, February 25th
8:00 – 9:30 AM

“But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:15

It’s time for YOU to have a good meal that YOU don’t have to cook!!!

Come out to Calvary Chapel for the February Women of Influence Breakfast and enjoy great food prepared for us by Perkins. Along with the food you’ll enjoy our Bible discussion and the great company of other women (who also won’t have to cook).

Date: Saturday, February 11^th
Time:  9:00AM – 11:00 AM
Place:  Connection Café at Calvary Chapel

30 Maple Parkway, SI, NY
Cost:  $5

If you plan to come, sign up at church on Sunday or call Deb Watson by Thursday at 718-983-8340.  Walk-ins are very welcome!

If you are like me, as life comes at you it is easy to get overwhelmed by it or very frustrated in it. It is easy to have in one’s soul a sense of discouragement. I think that all of that is normal. However, as a believer in the LORD Almighty and a follower of His Son Jesus Christ it seems my perspective should be much different. When it isn’t different, someone could rightfully ask, “How great is your God?”

I think most of us need to get a fresh vision of the greatness of God. One need only think about the universe for a few moments and one will be awestruck by just how great our God is.

We don’t know how wide, deep or high the known universe is because we can’t measure it. It is impossible to measure. We do know that it is humongous. It was created by, as one author has put it, a “giamongous God”. God’s immensity is demonstrated by the fact that He spoke this universe into existence from nothing. The Bible also tells us that He measures the universe with the width of His hand (Isaiah 40:12). This poetic language should make us pause and exclaim “How great is our God!”

I think two things happen when I understand how great God is. Psalm 8, where the Psalmist proclaims “Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth” brings out these two truths. In light of the immensity of God the Psalmist (David) sees how small and insignificant we really are. He says “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? (Ps 8:3-4)”. Then he realizes how special and important we really are to God. He continues, “You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet” (Ps. 8:5-6).

God is great and His love for us is great. You and I could not be more loved or better cared for as His children. In addition, He has great plans for us, both for now and in eternity. What we need to do is focus on Him and who He really is. As we do so those enormous overwhelming situations that we are facing will look small in comparison to our great God. Let us sing with the ancient hymn writer, “Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art, Thou my best Thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.”

Blessings,
Pastor Dave

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