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This entry was posted on Saturday, December 09. 2006 and is filed under Personal.

We are blessed to be part of a vibrant and growing fellowship at Calvary Chapel Old Bridge, and I’m encouraged to see so many new faces every week. However, one of the drawbacks in a large church is that it’s impossible to get to know everyone who calls CCOB home. My favorite part of the week is the fellowship we have in the foyer between services, but it never seems as though we have enough time. That’s why I’m so excited about starting my own personal webpage. It provides a new way that we can fellowship together and enables me to share thoughts, photos, prayer requests, etc. with more of those who attend CCOB. The rest of the pastoral staff will also be able to post entries that they think may be of interest to the body throughout the week.

I know this type of Internet communication may seem a little high tech and impersonal to some, but I welcome anything that can knit us together as a body, enable us to get to know each other better, and provide a means by which we can share the gospel in our generation.

Listed below are a few things that will help you to understand how this site works. I look forward to hearing from you and getting to share some more of what goes on throughout the week through this site.

Be blessed,

Lloyd



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    • Sunday, December 10. 2006 Bill wrote:
      Your messages are very uplifting and instill faith and devotion.Please include more on the dangers of the Internet; particularly Internet dating. Dangerous to the young, but also very dangerous to those in their fifties whom are particularly lonely and vulnerable; meeting strangers in strange places - ridiculous, and we need to be reminded.

      Thank you and bless you
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    • Sunday, December 10. 2006 Tony wrote:
      wow what a great idea! I hope everyone utilizes this wonderful resource.
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    • Tuesday, December 12. 2006 robert baeza wrote:
      i think this is awesome that brothers could communicate in ways which would not have happened otherwise. This is a good tool, I'm glad to see this come about. Godbless.
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    • Wednesday, December 13. 2006 Rebecca (Christensen) Haney wrote:
      Pastor Llyod,

      I just wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying this site! CCOB will always be my home church and I am so encouraged by your entries on this site. I always feel at home when I listen to your messages online. Thank you for your commitment to ministry!

      Hope all is well!

      Resting in HIM,
      Becky (Christensen) Haney
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    • Saturday, December 16. 2006 sue case wrote:
      I have Been with CCOB since 1994
      and I have watched It grow
      God Is working i love tuseday
      morning Bible study with other women
      (WHAT A BLESSING)
      Am so at home at CCOB
      Lloyd You will never know how you helped with trouble i was having...
      i will always be grateful
      for this God Bless you and
      your Family
      sue case
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    • Monday, December 18. 2006 carol wrote:
      Pastor Lloyd, I seldom make my way to greet you Sun AM, as I'm off to pick up my son. Shame on me! When you announced this website, I thought "cool", now, I can say "hi" and "thank you" for your instruction, encouragement, and insight! I pray alot of people will use this means of communication! God bless you and your family.
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    • Sunday, December 24. 2006 nancy wrote:
      I am not certain that I am writing in the write place but I am hoping this will work. This is a very busy season. A season that has lost my respect. I am not a Christian, I am Jewish but I do respect all faiths. I like learning about the different religions. However for years I have felt that the season of Christmas has all the wrong meaning to people. I know that on Christmas it is the birth of Jesus that is being celebrated. However, I have always felt that people do not get it. Just yesterday I was at the mall. It was so sad to see just how rude people are thisd time of year. I understand there is a lot of stress in everyones life but isn't Christmas suppose to be Joy and Peace? At the mall people were fighting and using bad words, giving the middle finger and fighting over parking spots....In the mall people were shoving and pushing. I was knocked into several times and I was the only one saying "sorry"...The people that banged into me kept going. No one as much as gives another person a smile as they pass by. People were fighting in lines and saying such mean things to each other. I do have respect for your relogion and it hurts me to see what goes on. I think that people all over the world need to be reminded of the meaning of Christmas. I think they need to be reminded over and over. It is a time when giving should be a blessing, but instead it has become "I bought you this, so what are you getting me"....
      Our world can be very good, but they is a lot of disappointment when I see people being like this. I know that we do not live in a perfect world but shouldn't we all try to make it the best we could, the way the G-d would want?
      I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Please help people to remember what Christmas really is....
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    • Thursday, January 18. 2007 Tony wrote:
      In response to "Nancy":
      I feel your pain Nancy. I too have noticed that many people are rude and obnoxious. I was also like that earlier in my life. As a young man, I thought I had everything; a great job making a lot of money, wife,car, etc. But there was something missing in my life. As I searched for what was missing, I indulged in heavy drinking of alcohol, smoking crack, snorting coke and extavagant vacations, abusing my own body, nothing fulfilled that desire. Every Monday morning as I started my day at work as a manager, I treated people like dirt, snapping at them and being very rude. I was so angry - not knowing why. Another manager at work would come in with this peaceful look on his face and was very calm in stressful situations. I was envious of him and wanted that peace for myself. One Monday morning, I asked him about that peace that he seemed to have. He told me about Jesus and what Jesus is doing in his life. I didn't believe him at first and barked some explicits at him. A few weeks went by and I was more and more intrigued by his peaceful look. I asked him again and his response was somewhat the same. He told me that he has a personal relationship with Jesus and that I could have the same relationship too for the asking. He invited me to his church that was meeting in a school cafeteria in an Old Bridge middle school. I went and I was astonished by the smiling faces and kind people. It was so different to meet people that were genuinely nice and joyful. This was very different than I was ever used to growing up in a Catholic home. The music was modern and the words of the songs gave glory to God. The pastor taught from the Bible and related the words to life - more specifically, I thought the pastor was talking directly to me. I immediately knew that this was right and I felt a warmth in my heart that I never experienced before that time. At the end of the service, the pastor asked if anyone would like to give their heart to Jesus. My heart was racing and I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I knew it was right and I responded. My life has never been the same and I finally found what was missing. It was God Himself missing from my life. Don't get me wrong, I'm not perfect, I still make mistakes but I no longer have those angry mornings or that longing desire for something missing. I no longer seek joy from drugs or alcohol. Jesus is doing a wonderful work in my life and even though it is tough sometimes, He gives me the strength to perservere. The church? Calvary Chapel Old Bridge. The pastor? Pastor Lloyd Pulley - still teaching the Word and many are still coming to Jesus every week. And those other rude people in the Malls? They need to meet the Savior and have a personal relationship with Him. That is the only way our world will change from being selfish and rude to kind and loving. Jesus can change your life as well just for the asking. Call the church and asked to speak to a pastor - 732-679-9222
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