Full Gospel Lighthouse Church, Inc.

624 Torringford West St., PO Box 1201, Torrington, CT 06790-1201

Phone: 1-(860)-489-4137
www.fglchurchtorrington.com
Pastor: Rev. Daniel Bossidy

February 2016
Dear Friend,
Greetings in the wonderful name Jesus Christ. The Lord is moving by His
Spirit at church! There is nothing greater than to know the love of God, which passes all
knowledge. He is our hope, our strength, our comforter, and the lifter up of our heads!
The Scripture says, "Behold, what manner of love the father hath bestowed upon
us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not,
because it knew Him not" (I John 3:1). Everything we have from God is a gift. The very
breath we breathe, the places we live, and even the time in history we are in are all gifts
from God. But the greatest gift God gave us is the manner of love He has towards us. We
are called the sons of God because of all Jesus Christ did for humanity on Calvary's cross.
How deep and rich the love God has towards us! Not even the sky can contain His
limitless love! If the ocean was filled with the love of God we would need thousands of
earths to even begin to hold all of His great love. God's love is without measure. The
Scriptures tell us that faith works by His love. To think He would choose each of us out of
the world simply because He loves us, is more than I can comprehend.
In Jeremiah 31:3 it says, "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I
have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn
thee." His love has no beginning and has no end. Before we were born, He knew us. He
knew every decision we would make and every path we would choose, yet He still loved
us! He so loved us that He chose to adopt those who come to Him by faith. He draws us to
Himself by faith and offers us eternal life. That life is not just for some day after we die.
Eternal life is life beyond life now. It is not just existing from day to day. The life Christ
Jesus offers us is full and liberating to the inner man. The Scriptures tell us He will not
withhold any good thing to those who walk uprightly before Him. He works all things
together for good to those who love God and who are the called according to His purpose.
When God looks on His people He sees what Jesus Christ did on Calvary so we could
have fellowship with Him. What a wonderful Savior, who would take a poor lost sinner
and lift him up from the miry clay and set his feet upon a rock!
Deuteronomy 7: 7 & 8 says, "The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor
choose you, because ye were more in number that any people: for ye were the fewest
of all people: But because the Lord loved you, and because He would keep the oath
which He had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty
hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh

king of Egypt." This was spoken to Israel in Moses' day, yet it rings true in our day as
well. It shows us the heart of Almighty God towards His people. His lovingkindness and
tender mercies are upon those who have opened their hearts to Him. He bestows His great
love on those who receive from His heart the love He shares. Jesus told us to love one
another as He loved us! That was His commandment in the New Testament. If we are to be
like Him we need to fashion our hearts after His heart. The kings of this world fight for
their own cause. Jesus Christ fought for the cause of His Father. There is a huge difference!
His Father's cause was that the Lord Jesus would die in our place on the cross. The Father's
cause was to reconcile humanity back to God. We sinned and came short of His glory. We
turned away from the Lord. Yet God in His infinite love and mercy, sent Jesus Christ to
live the life before us, be our example, shed His blood in our stead, and rise from the dead
for our justification. Oh how great His love is to us!
If you have never asked the Lord to forgive your sins, today is a beautiful day to do
so. Jesus said, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me: and him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37). We have His assurance that we will be
received by Him if we open our hearts and ask forgiveness (for all of us have sinned at
some point in our lives). What God calls sin and what we call sin may be two different
things. Nevertheless, we acknowledge our sins and errors to Him and He frankly forgives
us, for He has that power. Good works or fair words or any man-made ways can earn favor
with God. The Scripture says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved" (Romans 10:13). His love includes all who call on His name! When you
call out to Him He will answer and begin the change in you that is necessary to make all
the crooked places straight, all the low places high, and all the high places lower. The
apostle Paul said he had confidence in one group of people that He (the Lord Jesus) who
began a good work in them would perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Don't wait for
another day. Let the love of God enter your life. He will make all the difference in the
world for you!
I invite you to our services, where you can hear the Word of God and be blessed. We
meet on Sunday at 10 AM and 7 PM and Wednesday at 7:30 PM. If we can pray for you
please don't hesitate to call or write to us. We know God answers prayer! May God bless
you "more abundantly!"
Sincerely,

Rev. Daniel Bossidy