April 2017

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Letter from the Editor

C

ommunications experts tell us that the average person speaks enough words to fill twenty single-spaced, typewritten pages every day. This means our mouths crank out enough words to fill two books of 300 pages each month, twenty-four books each year, and 1,200 books in fifty years of speaking.

Thanks to phones, voicemail, and face-toface conversations, words comprise a large part of our lives. So the kinds of words we use are important.

I read where there are more than 800,000 words in the English language, but 300,000 of these are technical words and scientific jargon used only by specialists in various fields and disciplines. That leaves you and me with 500,000 words to communicate in our daily lives. Of course, nobody has a vocabulary of half-a-million words. In fact, the average person knows only about 10,000 words and uses only about 5,000 of them in everyday speech.

That’s it—just 5,000 commonly used words to communicate a universe of ideas, emotions, events, and desires.

Soft words sung in a lullaby will put a baby to sleep. Excited words will stir a mob to violence. Eloquent words will send armies marching into the face of death. Encouraging words will fan to flame the genius of a Rembrandt or a Lincoln. Powerful words will mold the public mind as the sculptor molds his clay. Words, spoken or written, are a dynamic force.

The articles I edited in this month’s issue have powerful words of the good news that can transform our lives.Mike Shreve’s wellchosen words describe three key ingredients that make up a happy marriage (see page 32).

Love, friendship, laughter, and virtually every emotion we feel is inspired by words.

Unfortunately, fear, anger, frustration, and hatred are also invoked by words. Every word and sentence we use has the power to shape how others see us and how they see Christ in us. Our words have the power to bless or curse—to “sentence” others to healing and hope or gloom and despair; forgiveness and freedom or guilt and bondage; blessings and applause or discouragement and despondency. Beginning today, let’s resolve to speak words that bring blessings, peace, and hope to everyone in our lives.

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Contents 14

GoodNews from the Pastor’s Desk

6 You Belong!

by Dr. Greg Collins GoodNews for Kids

8 A Changed Person

by Charles G. Laws GoodNews on Money Matters

10 “Taking the Fun out of your Refund”

by Andrew Lee

GoodNews for Men

12 Dear 19-Year-Old Me

by Darren Schalk GoodNews for Women

14 Step Away from the Measuring Stick!

by Alicia Klepper GoodNews for your Taste Buds

16 Embrace a More Abundant Life

by Deana Thompson GoodNews for Parents

20 Paying Our Dues

by Bethany Ruckman

26

GoodNews for Life

22 Opening Lines—An Old

46

GoodNews for Everyone

36 April Showers Bring May

Travesty in a New Wrapping

Flowers

by Delaney Walker

by Destiny Hope Shreve

GoodNews for Health & Fitness

24 Are You Really Healthy?

by Thomas Morrison GoodNews Cover Story

26 Mtn. View Nissan of Dalton

by Emily Bangura GoodNews for Women’s Health

28 Vein Blood Clots

by Dr. James White GoodNews for Teens

30 Are You Tired?

by Caleb Prytherch

GoodNews for Couples

32 Three Ingredients for a Happy Marriage

by Mike Shreve

GoodNews for Seniors

34 Finding That Special Caregiver

by Esmerelda Lee

GoodNews for Everyone

38 Ain’t Never Been This Low Before

by Charlton Lewis GoodNews for Everyone

40 Christian Zombies

by Don Smith GoodNews for Everyone

42 Developing Self-Control While Resisting Temptation

by Robert Leamon GoodNews from the Physician’s Desk

44 Ask the Doctor: What Is an Internist?

by Dr. Blaine Minor GoodNews for Everyone

46 Seeking God’s Direction for Generation X

by Shane Franks GoodNews from the Outdoors

50 Confessions of a Turkey Hunter - Part 1

By Rusty Asble

Gò0dNews from the Pastor’s Desk

You Belong!

A

The church is a home for all who call upon the name of Jesus.

by Dr. Greg Collins s a child and a teenager growing up, one

in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the

of the great obstacles most kids face is peer

foundation of the world, that we should be holy and

pressure or the feeling of needing to fit in.

without blame before Him in love” (Eph. 1:3-4 NKJV).

One of the earliest examples in grade school is when

In the kingdom of God, fear is not of God. So we

it comes time to choose teams for a game or activity.

never have to wonder if God will choose us or will we

I remember the anxiety as two of the most talented

be last taken. For God has already chosen all of us in

kids would be designated as captains and they

Christ. We were God’s first pick to be with

would start choosing players to be on

him and to be on the winning side.

their team. The anxiety would only

Jesus intended for His church to

continue to grow the further

be a place of healing, a house

they went and the closer it

of hope, and a home for

got to the fact that someone

all—not just some.

was going to be the last

Never allow

one chosen. See, as the

yourself to be in a place

last one, the thought

where you are just

is I really wasn’t chosen

tolerated. Be a part of

at all but merely got on a

that place where you

team by default. It leaves

are celebrated. The

that person believing that

church is the body of

ultimately they don’t belong.

Christ, and it is a home for

When many in the world

all who would call upon the

today view the church, they see it

name of Jesus. Romans 10:12

as a place where they are not likely to be accepted; in essence, they feel like they

says, “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same

wouldn’t or don’t belong. They see the church as a

Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him” (NKJV).

place of exclusiveness and not inclusiveness. At times,

Know that God is for you, He has chosen you to be a

this perspective (due to our own fault) does portray

part of His Kingdom. All you have to do is call upon

this image. The message of the gospel declares that the

Him and He will embrace you and call you His own.

good news of Jesus Christ is for all of mankind. It is

You belong! In the kingdom of God, you will find

not exclusive to one people or ethic group, and neither

your place, your hope, and love that declares over you

is it exclusive to people of means and wealth. The

that you belong.

gospel of Christ and the body of Christ is for everyone Christ chose us in Himself before the foundation of the world was even laid. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places

6 // April 2017

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A Changed Person

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As a child I realized that the patterns and regularity of nature were not by chance; there had to be a God who controlled the perfect timing of it all.

by Charles G. Laws

he earliest recollection I have of my life was

Him. Could a human, just a little boy (or anyone for

when I was six or seven years old. I loved

that matter) come to know this Being who created the

playing outside with bushes, flowers, and nature

universe and controlled it?

around me—a trait that has followed me throughout

My family did not go to church, and I had no

my life. I enjoyed nature and did much thinking about

knowledge about what church was about. Several years

how things came to be. I knew that it was not by chance

later a lady, Mrs. B, came around the neighborhood,

and observed how nature followed cycles—cycles

which was largely unchurched, asking children to go

of beginning, cycles of growth, and cycles of death.

to church and Sunday school. She would pick them up

I looked into the skies many times and observed the

and bring them back home after it was over. I gladly

patterns there. I watched the moon as it went through

volunteered to go. Maybe I would learn of this God that

its phases and revolved around the earth, held in its

I believed existed! It wasn’t long before I encountered

position by some unknown force. The sun rose in the

John 3:16-17, the most profound statement I had ever

east and set in the west daily. The hours of daylight

heard: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one

changed from long days of sunshine to very short days

and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not

of sunshine, and the moon varied accordingly.

perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his

I looked into the night skies and saw the stars, each one following its pattern with regularity. All of this beauty and regularity could not be by chance, so I arrived at a premise that if all the patterns and regularity were controlled, there had to be a God—an all-powerful Being, who created all of this beauty

Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through Him” (NIV).

Here the words God and Son are capitalized, meaning that not just any god, but the God who created all things. The teacher went on to explain that God sent His Son into the world to save it and gave Himself as a sacrifice because we all had sinned and come short of the glory of God. The fact that “whoever believes in him shall have eternal life” was also profound the first time I heard

and controlled

it and it still is today. The teacher gave an “altar call”

the perfect

right there in the Sunday school room to accept God’s

timing of it

Son as Lord and Savior. I thought, If someone would die

all. I knew of

for me, forgive me of all my sin, and give me eternal life, then

this God, but I

He is certainly worthy of my accepting Him. I accepted

did not know

Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior that morning. I became a changed person because now I not only knew of God and his Son, but I knew Him!

8 // April 2017

Charles G. Laws is a member of Cleveland First Church of the Nazarene. He has a B.A. degree with a major in mathematics and minors in physics and education from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville TN and a M.A. degree with a major in mathematics from The University of Tennessee (UTK). He enjoys reading, chess, walking and listening to music.

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“Taking the Fun out of your Refund” MONEY MATTERS WITH DR. ANDREW LEE

Dr. Andrew Lee is professor of English at Lee University. He also serves as a coordinator for Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. He and his wife Esmerelda have three children.

I

realize my title for this column may seem

cash in a savings account solely for emergencies

depressing, like an old spinster schoolmarm

(new tires, fix the car’s alternator, buy the

carrying a ruler and patrolling the aisle of the

children’s medicine which your insurance

classroom, ready to whack any inattentive student.

won’t cover). Once you have that first thousand

But hear me out, please. A quick search online reveals

dollars in this emergency account, you should

that the average tax refund this year is $3000 per

work on saving a full three to six months’ of

taxpayer. For a married couple with two incomes,

living expenses in this same account in case of

you can do the math—quite a nice “windfall” every

a job layoff or short term disability. For most

spring. But there’s the problem. Remember that a tax

people, this would mean a cash account of

refund is not a gift; it’s your money that you allowed

between $8,000-$12,000 dollars. This allows you

the government to keep all year without paying you a

to quit using credit cards for emergencies and

cent of interest. The IRS is simply returning your own

finally cut up those cards.

money to you, yet many people are giddy over their

2. Pay off debt. In my last column, I described the

refunds as though they’d won a small lottery prize.

awkwardness of loaning your relative or friend

That attitude explains why many of us are tempted

some money, and then watching as they go on

to splurge and spend every nickel of it. Rather than

a shopping spree. If you’re the debtor, use your

going on that cruise, buying that couch or computer

refund to actually pay off your loans.

or new cell phone, I’d like to offer the following

3. Start your retirement account or kids’ college

suggestions for your tax refund (and if you’ve

fund. By depositing that tax refund into an IRA

already spent your refund on that cruise, make a

or college savings plan, you’d be amazed at the

resolution next year, to try one of these more practical

results nearly two decades later.

ideas instead).

1. Build up your emergency cash account, save it.

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Gò0dNews for Men

Dear 19-Year-Old Me

by Darren Schalk

D

ear Nineteen-Year-Old Me, Last night I played softball for the first

time in several years. It wasn’t pretty. And a

I miss your smooth, unwrinkled face and fluid joints. I miss your ability to eat everything and not gain a pound. I miss your head full of hair and your hairless

friend who’s only slightly older than me went down

nose and ears. Makes me wonder what else happened

hard with a pulled hamstring. I was not so unfortunate,

while I was sleeping. Have I shrunk a couple inches?

although my hamstrings are screaming at me today.

Did my IQ drop? If so, how would I ever know? Have my

Which reminds me, who decided to call them hamstrings? I always picture a bunch of pigs playing stringed instruments when I hear that word—like a piggy string

fingernails stopped growing? Do I no longer love duck-billed platypuses? (We can safely rule that one out, I still love them—dodged that bullet.) This whole aging thing is scary.

ensemble.

So, how does one age

Today I had to take

gracefully? Seems like it’s

several headshots for

an impossibility to me. An

upcoming events. When I

improbable equation. I will

had the chance to review

most definitely not be aging

them, I was not pleased.

gracefully, but maybe you

I looked old and chubby.

can. I will go down into

What happened to you,

the annals of life kicking

nineteen-year-old me?

and screaming. Of course,

When did these wrinkles

it probably won’t last long

around my eyes become so

because I’m sure as I kick, I

pronounced? When did my

will pull a hamstring while an

gut start poking out? When did hair start leaving my head and migrating south to my ears and nose?

When did I start grunting every time I stand up? When did you become me?

Last week I started performing interviews for an

ensemble of pigs plays Beethoven in the background. But I won’t be able to hear them. My hearing will be gone by then.

Aging disgracefully, Thirty-something-year-old you

assistant. When did I become a professional, conducting interviews and searching for assistants? When did

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while I was sleeping, unbeknownst to me. I thought I was still you, nineteen-year-old me. But I’m not you anymore. Now I’m me. And I really, really miss you.

12 // April 2017

Darren Schalk is lead pastor of Keith Street Ministries, curriculum editor for the Church of God of Prophecy, and the author of Dear God We Need To Talk. He has been featured on radio and television programs across the nation discussing topics of faith and discipleship. Find out more at DarrensChalk.com or ksm.church.

Gò0dNews for Women

Step Away from the Measuring Stick!

Accepting God’s Word and His presence recalculates all of our self-inflicted benchmark values.

by Alicia Klepper measure—dollars, sometimes cents, jean size,

W

declares, "God is who He says He is! God can do what

height, time of the day, people who like us;

He says He can do!" is the only meter we need to be

ith so many quantities and things to

Faith—that pure, sometimes wobbly, position that

and people who don't. Then contributions, donations,

reading. So when the scales, the budgets, the sizes,

gas in the tank, vacation days, disposable incomes,

the incomes and the reports, and the numbers don't

overwhelming outcomes appraisal of a home, and upside

measure up to what we were expecting or hoping for,

down value of a car are enough to leave even the blessed

let's appraise it all next to the magnitude of our God.

of the blessed feeling like they're always coming up

The One who measures limitless in His faithfulness,

short. Who said all that mattered anyway? Since when do

infinite in His love, immeasurable in His ability,

numbers hold value over God's words? And if you have

unceasing in His mercy, and boundless in His provision.

reached the mature place where none of it gets to you, I

Instead of gauging what we see with the instrument of

can't relate. But I hope to meet you there one day. Save

our feeble perspectives, let's calculate our circumstance

me a seat, I'm on my way.

next to a God who can't be measured.

Occupied with not measuring up in a particular area,

A wise woman once comforted me with these

I came across a sign that read, "God's not checking your

words: "It's only numbers. And they all belong to Him

bank account, He's checking your faith." This made me

anyway," (Carol Oswalt, my mom).

realize that's it's not only my figures that are skewed, but I'm gauging the wrong things entirely. Even if every measuring stick we carry around in our minds lined up to our ideal expectations, we are still completely and

So let's step away from our measuring stick of how things should look and how they don't by picking up God's Word, the only genuine standard of measurement for our lives. When we accept it,

sorely lacking if faith isn't our exclusive mile-marker and

His word and His presence recalculates all of

God isn't our sole source of satisfaction.

our self-inflicted benchmarks of value, so that we will come to see that what is of worth is found completely in Him. “And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen” (Eph. 3:18-21 NLT).

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Alicia Klepper and her husband Mark have been married for 15 years. They have 3 children and are active members at Peerless Road Church of God of Prophecy.

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Embrace a More Abundant Life

“I

by Deana Thompson

have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 NKJV).

That is the reason Jesus came as an infant on that

night so long ago: that they (we) may have life; and that it wouldn’t just be a barely-making-it life or a run-of-the-mill life, but that it would be a life more abundant than anything we have ever heard about or experienced. He came so that we would not have to go through life dead on the inside, either because people have snuffed out our desire to live through their words or actions, or because we have chosen to let our feelings, our emotions, our life, die so that we don’t have to feel the pain anymore.

That is not how Jesus wants us to live. He left heaven to experience this fallen, sin-sick world so that we may have abundant life. He was executed so that we may have abundant life. And, as we will celebrate this month, He was resurrected by the power of God (see 1 Cor. 6:14) so that we may have abundant life. His resurrected life is infinitely more than the mere rabbits and dyed chicken eggs that people have attempted to associate with Easter. Because He lives, we also live (see John 14:19).

This abundant life, however, does not end when we take our last breath. As He told Martha before His death,

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Dalton Church Directory

Apostolic

The Bridge, An Apostolic Church 715 College Dr, 30720 706-280-0541

Assembly of God

The Sanctuary 515 Reed Rd NW, 30720 706-270-2088 First Assembly of God 508 Sheridan Ave Dalton, GA 30721 706-226-7743

Baptist

Antioch Baptist Church 1205 Antioch Road, 30720 706-278-1305 Hopewell Baptist Church 3527 Airport Rd, 30721 706-226-5987 Eleventh Avenue Baptist Church 2550 South Dalton Bypass, 30722 706-278-7020 Good Hope Baptist Church 2525 Lake Francis Rd, 30721 706-259-3719 Grove Level Baptist Church 2802 Cleveland Highway, 30721 706-259-8519 Kinsey Drive Baptist Church 2626 Kinsey Dr, 30720 706-277-3505 Whitfield Baptist Church 2134 Dug Gap Rd, 30721 706-278-6776 Harmony Baptist Church 187 Lower Dawnville Rd, 30721 706-226-5521 Eastbrook Baptist Church 204 Hill Rd, 30720 Maple Grove Baptist Church 347 Maple Grove Rd, 30720 706-259-3927 Northwest Georgia Baptist Church 222 North Pentz St, 30720 706-463-3490 Olivia Baptist Church 1817 Guy St, 30720 706-278-3507 Abundant Life Baptist Church 811 J and J, 30721 706-278-5289 Beaverdale Baptist Church 2496 Beaverdale Rd NW, 30721 706-259-7089 Calvary Baptist Church 2115 Chatsworth Rd, 30721 706-278-6324 Carolyn Baptist Church 2305 Cleveland Highway, 30721 706-259-8142 Cove Baptist Fellowship Church 461 Carbondale Rd SW, 30721 706-277-3484 Dalton Second Baptist Church 502 West Tyler St, 30720 706-278-7422 Deep Spring Baptist Church 1449 Beaverdale Rd NE, 30721 706-259-3255 Dug Gap Baptist Church 2031 Dug Gap Rd, 30720 Eastside Baptist Church

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913 East Morris St, 30721 706-278-8553 First Baptist Church 802 Kenner St, 30721 706-226-9681 First Baptist Church of Dalton 311 North Thronton Ave, 30720 706-278-2911 Good Samaritan Baptist Church 3137 Cleveland Rd, 30721 706-259-7239 Gospelway Baptist Church 336 Jupiter Cir, 30721 706-278-1424 Harvest Baptist Church 3986 Cleveland Hwy, 30721 706-694-8951 Lakeshore Park Baptist Church 12 Crescent St, 30720 706-275-6050 Liberty Missionary Baptist Church 506 South Pentz St, 30720 706-226-5535 Liberty Baptist Church 4443 Tibbs Bridge Rd, 37021 706-226-4936 Lindsey Memorial Baptist 3503 Lindsey Memorial Rd, 30740 706-673-7650 Macedonia Baptist Church 1355 Dawnville Rd NE, 30721 706-259-9220 Maple Grove Baptist Church 347 Maple Grove Rd, 30721 706-483-6300 McFarland Hill Baptist Church 307 Brickyard Rd, 30721 706-277-5521 Mount Rachel Baptist Church 332 Haig Mill Lake Rd, 30720 706-278-5192 Mount Ridge Baptist Church 1401 M L King, Jr. Blvd, 30721 706-278-0335 New Hope Baptist Church 900 Roan St, 30721 706-226-2093 New Hope Baptist Church 2105 Tunnel Hill-Varnell Road, 30755 706-673-8050 New Life Baptist Church 2620 Old Grade Rd, 30721 Poplar Springs Baptist Church 897 Poplar Springs Rd, 30720 706-259-8727 Salem Baptist Church 1448 Pleasant Grove Dr, 30721 706-259-7045 Shiloh Baptist Church 2014 East Waugh St, 30721 706-226-5981 Temple Baptist Church 2310 South Dixie Rd, 30720 706-226-6785 Unity Baptist Church 1008 Burleyson Rd, 30720 706-226-3026 Valley Baptist Church 2907 Old Rome, 30720 Welcome Hill Baptist Church 2772 E Welcome Hill Circle, 30721 706-278-0368

Bible

Fellowship Bible Church 2044 Dug Gap Rd, 30720 706-278-6269

Catholic

Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church 968 Haig Mill Lake Rd, 30720 706-278-3107

Christian

First Christian Church 1506 Dug Gap Rd, 30720 706-278-7244

Church of Christ

Central Church of Christ 515 N. Tibbs Rd, 30720 706-278-8051 Riverbend Church of Christ 2218 S Riverbend Rd, 30721 706-226-0819

Church of God

Cedar Valley Church of God 2744 Cleveland Highway, 30721 706-259-0016 Church of God of Union Assembly 2311 South Dixie Rd, 30720 706-275-0510 City View Church of God 1814 City View, 30720 706-226-6686 Crosspointe 2681 Underwood Street 30721 706-278-2649

Community

Rock Bridge Community Church 100 West Gordon St, 30720 Community Fellowship Church 409 North Fredrick St, 30721 706-278-3204

Episcopal

Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church 901 West Emory St, 30720 706-278-8857

Lutheran

Christ the King Lutheran Church 623 S Thornton Ave, 30720 706-278-3979

Methodist

Bethel UMC 123 Bethel Church Rd, 30721 706-278-3309 Dalton First UMC 500 South Thornton Ave, 30720 706-278-8494 Dawnville UMC 1529 Spring Ln NE, 30721 706-259-5342 Fairview UMC 735 Riverbend Rd, 30721 706-996-5057 Five Springs UMC 2823 Five Springs Rd, 30720 706-277-3928 Mineral Springs UMC 4079 Airport Road, 30721 706-517-0200 Mount Vernon UMC 597 Lafayette Road Rocky Face, GA 30740 706-673-4667 New Haven UMC 4040 South Dixie Highway, 30721 706-217-1879

Pleasant Grove UMC 2701 Cleveland Highway, 30721 706-259-3141 Sugar Valley UMC 503 Murry Hill Dr, 30720 706-280-9112 Trinity UMC 901 Veterans Dr, 30721 706-278-4042 Tunnel Hill UMC 121 North Varnell Rd, 30755 706-673-4022 United Methodist Church 1700 Beverly Dr, 30720 706-278-3954 Varnell United Methodist Church 3485 Highway 2 Cohutta, 30710 706-694-8023 Wesley Chapel UMC 808 Jamestown CT, 30721 706-270-2331

Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene 2325 Chattanooga Rd, 30720 706-278-8428 Grace Church of the Nazarene 1111 Nelson St, 30721 706-278-1171

Non-Denominational

Abundant Life Bible Church 2110 Antioch Rd, 30721 706-270-9733 Church on the Hill 1035 Abutment Rd, 30721 706-278-9208 River of Life Church of Dalton 2919 East Walnut Ave, 30721 706-965-6683 Cornerstone Family Church 1240 Dawnville Rd, 30721 706-259-8509 Good Neighbors Church 910 South Thornton Ave, 30720 706-226-0846 Gospel Light Tabernacle 804 Sheridan Ave, 30721 Saint James Overcoming Church 400 North Fredrick St, 30721 706-278-0319

Pentecostal

True Gospel Pentecostal Church 109 South Henderson St, 30721 706-278-5696

Presbyterian

ChristChurch Presbyterian 510 South Tibbs Rd, 30720 706-226-5437 First Presbyterian Church 1419 Chattanooga Ave, 30720 706.278-8161 Grace Presbyterian Church 2107 Threadmill Rd, 30720 706-226-6344

Seventh Day Adventist

3 Angels Hispanic SDA 701 E Morris St, 30721 706-618-1182 Dalton Hispanic SDA 112 W Long St, 30720 706-275-0523 Seventh Day Adventist Church

300 South Tibbs Rd, 30720 706-226-216

Chatsworth Church Directory Baptist

Blue Ridge Primitive Baptist Church 706-517-9849 134 Hyden Tyler Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Calvary Baptist Church 706-695-7747 Highway 225 North Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Center Hill Baptist Church 706-695-7988 65 Berry Bennett Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Cisco Baptist Church 706-695-9270 Highway 411 North Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Cool Springs Baptist Church 706-517-5388 Holly Creek Cool Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Fellowship Baptist Church 706-695-2626 4396 Highway 52 Chatsworth, GA 30705 US First Baptist Church 706-695-2112 121 West Market Street Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Flat Branch Baptist Church 706-695-2663 3443 Highway 286 Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Free Hope Baptist Church 706-695-3717 4176 Highway 76 Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Holly Creek Baptist Church 706-695-8522 422 Holly Creek Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Keith Road Baptist Church 706-695-6441 Keith Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Little Consauga Baptist Church 706-517-5733 1100 Sugar Creek Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Maranatha Baptist Church 706-695-6330 Highway 225 South Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Mount Pisgah Baptist Church 706-517-8944

2309 Old Highway 411 Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Murray Baptist Church 706-695-9712 508 West Peachtree Street Chatsworth, GA 30705 US New Hope Baptist Church 706-517-3089 1273 New Hope Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US New Prospect Baptist Church 706-629-9521 7629 Highway 225 Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Old Fashion Baptist Church 706-695-5420 885 Ben Adams Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Open Air Ministries 706-386-4848 1058 Mtn. Crest Drive Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Prayer Baptist Church 706-624-9216 10859 Hwy. 225 South Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Shinning Light Baptist Church 706-517-1739 801 North 5th Avenue Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Smyrna Baptist Church 706-695-5815 1913 Smyrna Church Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Spring Place Baptist Church 706-695-5532 441 Highway 225 South Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Strait Way Baptist Church 706-517-2861 508 West Peachtree Street Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Zion Hill Baptist Church 706-517-5913 Highway 225 North Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Bible Grace Bible Church 706-517-2179 217 West Fort Street Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Church of Christ Woodhaven Church of Christ 706-847-7400 508 West Peachtree Street

Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Church of God Chatsworth Church of God 706-695-9388 Highway 411 South Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Church of God of Prophecy 706-695-4242 986 Highway 411 South Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Spring Place Church of God 706-695-8000 717 Tibbs Bridge Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Timms Chapel Church of God 706-629-4720 7727 Highway 225 South Chatsworth, GA 30755 US

Full Gospel

Faith Worship Center 706-695-6866 189 Hyden Tyler Road Chatsworth GA 30705

House Of Prayer 616 Jenkins Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Methodist Center Valley UMC 706-695-3203 5394 Highway 225 North Chatsworth, GA 30705 US First United Methodist Church 706-695-3211 107 W Cherokee Street Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Fullers Chapel UMC 2144 Fullers Chapel Road, Chatsworth, GA 30705 Mineral Springs UMC 71 North Way St Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Spring Place UMC 706-695-5143 Po Box 248 Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Non-Denominational God’s Light House 784 Smyrna Church Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 Dayspring Church 706-695-7335 Highway 52 Alternate Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Liberty Tabernacle

706-517-3140 2196 Smyrna Church Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Living Word Christian Fellowship 706-695-5005 960 Cherokee Drive Chatsworth, GA 30705 US New Beginnings Ministries 706-695-6067 646 Floodtown Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Tabernacle of Praise 706-517-0377 1435 Leonard Bridge Road Chatsworth, GA 30705 US Wings Of Faith Ministries 706-695-1527 1122 North Holly Drive Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Pentecostal Victory Tabernacle 706-517-1458 355 Ellijay Street Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Presbyterian

Sumach Presbyterian Church 706-695-4773 2089 Sumach Church Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

Seventh Day Adventist Seventh-Day Adventist Church 706-517-5124 1115 Highway 52 Chatsworth, GA 30705 US

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Gò0dNews for Parents

Paying Our Dues

“A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

—Proverbs 15:1 NKJV

“S

by Bethany Ruckman

o then, my beloved brethren, let every man

that dodge ball is over and we are going to get started,

be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;

one of my precious children just had to take that one last

for the wrath of man does not produce the

shot. Bam! Nailed him right in the eye. Let's just say one

righteousness of God” (James 1:19-20 NKJV).

I often start my day with this passage from James,

because let's be honest, I naturally do the opposite. Being quick to listen and slow to speak is just about as natural

thing led to another and I forgot the part about being slow to become angry, and ended with "sit down, shut up, and open your Bible!"

Yikes, Mom failed. I just went ahead and dictated my

as my hair color these days. Each day I have to purposely

way into our devotional that day. To top it off, we really

stop, breathe, breathe again, and maybe one more time,

do not like the words, “shut up,” spoken by anyone in

then try to think of something rational to say after one of

our family. We actually put money into a jar for what we

my children decided that he or she was going to test my

consider harsh or rude words such as shut up. Yes, they

ability to follow the advice of James.

shouldn't have started the game of dodge ball when they

Here is a recent scenario. Typically, I start homeschool

should have been ready to sit and listen. Yes, they should

at 8:30 with a devotional with all four of the kids. Everyone

have obeyed instantly, but what message am I sending

is supposed to come into the school room, sit down, and

when I throw a fit when I don't get my way?

be ready to listen. On this particular day, when I walked

I will never be a perfect parent; I prove that often. I do

into what I thought was my school room, I'm pretty sure I

feel it is imperative for parents to humble ourselves before

lost my way and ended up in the chimpanzee exhibit at the

our children and seek forgiveness when we stumble. Don't

zoo. First of all, it smelled terrible. Apparently, my children

get me wrong, I’m not saying that our children shouldn't

do not have sensitive noses because the baby had a blow-

be held responsible for disobeying, but it is our job as

out and that didn't seem to bother anyone, or maybe they

parents to correct poor behavior. What I am saying is that

didn't notice because they were in a very intense game

it is okay to admit when we just flat-out handled some-

of dodge ball. As a mom with four children, I can cherish

thing wrong and are willing to seek forgiveness. Just as we

the moments when I stumble upon the children laughing

expect our children to put money in the jar, our children

and playing together. It's when I see them getting closer

must see that we humbly pay our dues as well.

and closer to not laughing anymore that I cringe. So as I anticipated this happening and calmly instructed them

20 // April 2017

Bethany Ruckman is a wife, mom of 4, and a registered nurse.

She can be reached by email at sunbird9922@hotmail.com.

Church Activities & Events

Tunnel Hill United Methodist Church Jeff Stice Concert • May 19 at 7pm

121 N Varnell Rd., Tunnel Hill, GA. Jeff Stice is coming to THUMC for a piano concert! From 1989 through 2015 top 5 nominee for Southern Gospel Musician of the Year Singing News Magazine!

Hill Crest Baptist Church

Remembrance Lighting Service for Alzheimer’s

On Sat. April 8th, 2017 at 6:00pm at Hill Crest Baptist Church1901 Cityview St., Dalton, GA. Call 706-271-2537 For more information. This will be an outside event, so bring your lawn chairs. If you wish, bring a picture of your loved one who had Alzheimer’s or has passed away with Alzheimer’s. Come and celebrate their memory! There will be a special speaker, a cake walk, and singers. Snacks & drinks will be available for sale to benefit Alzheimer’s disease.

Dalton Seventh-Day Adventist Church The 9th Annual Dr. Bob Raitz Memorial Golf Tournament

Held at Spring Lakes Golf Course in Chatsworth, GA on Sunday, April 23. The tournament will be a four-man team format, with a shot-gun start at 1pm. Registration begins at noon.

Individual fees are $65 per player, sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please call Jeff White, Jr. at 706-218-4979 for more information. Registration forms are available at the school office or online at www.learningtreeschool.org. All proceeds from the tournament benefit Learning Tree Elementary School’s Sponsorsphip Fund. Thank you in advance for helping to make quality Christian education affordable for our children in the Dalton community!

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First Baptist Church of Dalton CLC Easter Hat Parade

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Gò0dNews for Life

Opening Lines—An Old Travesty in a New Wrapping “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”

—Albert Einstein

R

by Delaney Walker

ecently, New Hope received an odd piece of mail

intact embryonic cadaver ($400 and $600). By far, the highest

inconspicuous in packaging, but offensive in content.

priced part is an unborn baby’s brain aged less than eight

Inside the envelope was a single folded-up sheet of

weeks, $999. This last one also comes with a guarantee: 30

paper. Upon further inspection, it turned out to be a pricing pamphlet for “Opening Lines,” a division of Consultative and Diagnostic Pathology, Inc. Sounds harmless, right?

It turns out a well-written name can cover a multitude

percent discount if significantly fragmented.

There was no return address on the envelope and the only personal touch to the pamphlet was one highlighted line: Prices in effect through December 31, 1999. I have no

of sins from the general

idea what the sender wanted

populace. Opening Lines

New Hope to do with the

was established “in order to

information. Maybe it was

provide a convenient and

a taunt, or perhaps he or

efficient way for researchers

she wanted to share the

to receive fetal tissue without

information. Whatever the

a lot of bureaucracy.” In

intention, it has served as a

case the reader misses the

reminder to me.

fine print, the pamphlet

Planned Parenthood has

dedicated an entire page

been in the news as of late

to the following: “FRESH

for its sale of unborn baby

FETAL TISSUE harvested and

parts taken from abortions.

shipped to your specifications

It would be easy for people

where and when you need it!”

to believe this is a new evil,

The company boasts of

but, as the pamphlet makes

its wide array of “specimens,” including livers, spleens,

clear, Planned Parenthood’s actions are an old travesty in a

pancreases, lungs, heart blocks, and spinal columns. In an

new wrapping. A country and a people with a moral code

effort to sweeten the deal, Opening Lines promises discounts

that not only supports abortion, but also celebrates it as an

for “specimens significantly fragmented.” How could a

action of empowerment, should not be surprised by the

research facility resist; especially when promised the service

dismemberment, sale, and dispersal of its weakest members.

fee is “lower than the industry average.”

The service fees range in amounts from $50 to $999 and

One question haunts me after looking through this pamphlet: what could have been different? This pamphlet

distinguishes between unborn baby parts that are younger

was supposedly printed around 1999. That was eighteen

and older than eight weeks (the former being the more

years ago. This evil was known eighteen years ago and yet

expensive of the two). The parts up for sale include, but

we still struggle with the sale of “specimens” today.

are not limited to cord blood ($125), thymus ($75 and $100

I do not want to look back in eighteen years with the

respectively), ears ($75 and $50), eyes ($75 and $50 with a 40

knowledge I could have done more to make this world

percent discount for a single eye), and bone marrow ($350

a safer place for our weakest, most fragile members, but

and $250).

instead stood on the sidelines.

Although a majority of the unborn baby parts are priced at $350 and below, a handful cost more, including gonads ($550), an intact trunk with or without limbs ($500), and an

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Delaney Walker is the development director at New Hope Pregnancy Care Center. She is an avid fan of reading, exercising, and making silly faces at babies in the grocery store.

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Gò0dNews for Health & Fitness

Are You Really Healthy?

The World Health Organization defines health as: “A dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

H

by Thomas Morrison

ow do you define health? Are people healthy if they do not feel sick? Consider Joe, who has felt in reasonably good health for sixty-five years. He hasn't

had his health checked or been to a doctor in

regular helper at her church. Is Linda healthy?

I hope my short stories are helping you to reaffirm that we are truly fearfully and wonderfully made. Health is not simply a physical commodity; it is much broader than that.

more than ten years, but this year his wife

Since it is dynamic, health is subject

Margaret convinced him to go. The

to change, and that should bring

doctor said she was fine, but, Joe

great hope. Since it includes

over the last ten years, had

every part of us and not just

developed elevated blood

the physical, it means your

sugars and hypertension. His

health is more than what

cholesterol also looked high, and

you eat and whether or not

there was a problem with his colon.

you exercise (though that's

Shortly thereafter, Joe is rolled into

included). It also includes

surgery to have a cancer removed from

your spiritual and mental

part of his colon. Now, I ask you, “Was Joe

state. Are you able to see and

really healthy?” After all, he felt fine.

encourage the good in people,

What about Chris? Chris is a triathlete.

or are you always cynical and

He is totally dedicated to his sport, and he runs, bikes, and swims miles every week. His latest checkup showed excellent heart health, and he is

negative? The quality of time you spend with family, with friends, and with God are perhaps the greatest measure of your personal

physically healthy in every way. Unfortunately,

well-being and health. How skilful you are at

his commitment to his training has been so

handling those relationships positively will affect

total that he has often had to miss his children's

the satisfaction of your life more than anything

school events, and his wife finally became so

else.

fed-up with his lack of attention that she left him. Is Chris healthy?

Or how about Linda? Her husband has

As you think about the physical, mental, and relational areas of your life, are you really healthy, or do you have areas that need work?

Parkinson's disease, and in the last several

You cannot change your destination overnight,

years, her physical health seems to have taken

but you can change your direction overnight.

a downward turn as arthritis pain has flared up, and she has had a couple of operations, including a

We here at the Bradley Wellness Center would consider it an honor to partner with you in helping

hip replacement. Nevertheless, she always has a smile for you

you with those changes. Contact us at 706-278-WELL to start

and an encouraging word. She never seems to have a bad thing

a healthier lifestyle today!

to say about anybody. Rather than being slowed down by her operation, aches, and pains, she seems to be doing more than ever. She's a volunteer for several community groups and a

24 // April 2017

Thomas Morrison is the fitness coordinator and a personal trainer at Bradley Wellness Center in Dalton, GA, where he has served for the past 15 years. You can find out more about him and his other writings at www.bradleywell.com.

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Mountain View Nissan of Dalton

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Driving It Forward Since 1981

By Emily Bangura

t Mountain View Nissan of Dalton you can find your next new car or the tools needed to fix up your current car. Mountain View

Nissan of Dalton offers new vehicles, pre-owned vehicles, the tools and parts to fix your vehicles, and all the services needed if you want them to fix it for you. They have everything you need with the treatment you deserve.

Mountain View Nissan of Dalton offers all the new models for the Nissan Sentra, Nissan Versa, Nissan Frontier, Nissan Altima, and Nissan Pathfinder. However, they offer more than just Nissans. This location offers pre-owned Nissans and a range of other pre-owned cars from a many of the top automakers. Also they are not just here to sell cars; they want to help you take care of your car after you buy it. They provide lifetime warranties on most the new and pre-owned cars they offer, which is something other dealerships don’t offer.

Mountain View Nissan of Dalton also provides routine maintenance and repairs in their service department and the tools and parts if you prefer to do the maintenance yourself.

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A Family Business

The Watson family understands the urge to

do the maintenance yourself. They are the owners of Mountain View Nissan of Dalton and are firm believers in the hands-on approach. In 1981 Mr. A.C. Watson purchased a Ford store and then his two sons, Don and David, along with his nephew, Andy Watson, joined the team and helped grow the business. Together they bought the Nissan store in 1988. Eleven years later, they opened a pre-owned car store, Mountain View at 153, and started to expand their merchandise. In 2006, the group bought the Lincoln franchise and then the Chevrolet franchise in 2007. In the last few years, the Watsons have expanded rapidly by buying Ringgold Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram, renaming it Mountain View Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram. In 2016, they acquired another location, which became Mountain View Nissan of Dalton, and they are now doing renovations. These renovations will make the Dalton Mountain View Nissan one of the largest and stateof-the art facilities in the nation, measuring in at over

50,000 square feet. In this new facility, customers will be able to watch their cars being worked on. The renovations should be done in a couple of months, and the new building should be open to customers in May of 2017.

Drive It Forward Program

Mountain View Nissan of Dalton has felt

so accepted and welcomed by the people in the community of Dalton and North Georgia. They started in the city, not knowing what to expect.

The community has embraced them fully, and they are grateful for the welcoming response. One of the ways they say thank you is with the Drive It Forward program. Thomas Williams’ wife, Maggie Williams, helped come up with the idea to thank the community that has treated them so well. They have asked the community to nominate other people in

Now Mr. Watson’s family members, fifteen of them, work in the family business. They each make their rounds to all of these locations. The Watsons are keeping and running Mountain View Nissan of Dalton as a family-owned store. There are three generations of Watsons working together and bringing in outside sources to help round out their team. The current executive manager, Thomas Williams, was working in a restaurant when Mr. Watson offered him a job. In 2005, Williams’ family owned a restaurant business, and Mr. Watson ate lunch at their restaurant every day. When Williams was twenty, Mr. Watson offered him a job, and when his parents sold their restaurant, he took Mr. Watson up on his offer. Williams started off as a sales representative and quickly became the car sales manager. In Chattanooga, he was the general sales manager for two years, and he was an obvious choice for executive manager when they decided to open the Mountain View Nissan of Dalton in July of 2016. Now the Watsons, along with all their dedicated employees (including Thomas Williams) make the community of North Georgia and Dalton excited to have them around.

the community who are “driving it forward” and going the extra mile for their community in some way. At the end of each month, they pick a winner, and in May of each year, there is a dinner held for all the winners where one winner is picked from the group to be given a 2017 Nissan Versa S Plus. Maggie Williams says, “We are really excited to be a part of this wonderful community. And, we want to give back by positively impacting the lives of the people of Dalton. As a way of expressing our thanks and continuing the kindness you have shown us all here at Mountain View Nissan of Dalton, we want to give back to you. Drive it Forward is our new campaign to pay it forward. If you know someone in the community of North Georgia who makes a difference, let us know about them! We want to recognize what truly makes Dalton such a great place—the people.

Mountain View Nissan of Dalton fully believes in Driving it Forward and giving back to the community which has given so much and continues to give so much to them and other organizations.

Check out Mountain View Nissan of Dalton online at nissanofdalton.com and see what sets them apart, or call them at 706-459-3600 and set up a time to stop by.

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Vein Blood Clots

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The best way to evaluate and diagnose SVT and DVT is by physician review and immediate ultrasound examination.

by Dr. James E. White hile many still perceive varicose veins as nothing

hospitalization with surgical intervention by vena cava filter

more than a superficial problem and cosmetic,

placement may be necessary for large unstable DVTs.

this unsightly condition may be accompanied by

Prevention

more serious medical ramifications. The onset of superficial

To prevent the formation of SVT and DVT, consult with

vein thrombosis (SVT) and deep veins thrombosis (DVT) go

a physician who specializes in vein disease for review and

hand in hand. Affecting more than 2 million Americans per

options. Other proactive measures include wearing medical

year, the formation of clots (or thrombosis) can result from a

grade compression stockings, staying physically active, and

failure to address and treat symptomatic varicose veins of the

maintaining adequate hydration. The use of compression

lower extremities.

stockings and low-grade blood thinners during surgical

SVTs are thrombosis in the more superficial veins. They can occur in the extremities, abdominal wall, and the breast.

procedures decrease SVTs and DVTs in patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia.

SVTs do cause tremendous

Risk Factors

pain and discomfort; but are

Certain factors can

usually not life threatening.

contribute to the risk of

DVTs can be life threatening.

developing SVT and DVT.

DVTs are blood clots

To name a few, varicose

occurring in the deep veins

veins, surgery (especially

most common in the pelvis

orthopedic surgery of

and lower extremities. Due

the lower extremities),

to the location and size of

prolonged bed rest,

the thrombus, a DVT blood

malignancy, and injury can

clot can potentially break

all increase the likelihood

loose and travel to the lungs,

of SVT and DVT. Some

resulting in a pulmonary

patients may have family

embolism (PE). Suspicion

genetic tendencies for

of DVT requires immediate

thrombosis—coagulopathy.

medical attention. In fact, each year, an estimated 200,000 people

Coagulopathy can be screened by a battery of blood test as well

die from PE as a result of the detached blood clot DVT blocking

as a genetic screen.

blood flow to the lungs as a PE. Symptoms and Treatment When the presence of varicose veins are accompanied by

With today's advancing technology, patients with vein disease have many options. Minimally invasive vein treatments like Radiofrequency vein closure (VNUS) and endovenous

symptoms such as pain, swelling, redness, or a sensation of

laser ablation (EVLA) have almost eliminated the need for more

warmth in the lower extremities, it is possible SVT or DVT are

invasive procedures such as painful vein-striping surgery to treat

present. SVT, DVT thrombosis can only be detected through a

and eliminate varicose veins. Even better, these procedure are

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moist heat, along with Aspirin, and NSAID medications like Motrin. Some advanced techniques can reduce the clot burden and decrease pain symptoms overnight. Treatment of DVT typically includes prescribing blood-thinning agents such as Lovenox and Coumadin. In more serious but rare cases, however,

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Are You Tired?

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

—Galatians 6:9 NIV

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by Caleb Prytherch

ave you ever been tired? Now I know that we all have

of meeting to speak to the Lord and pleads to God on behalf

been physically tired before, but have you ever felt

of the Israelites. Moses asks God to show him His ways, so

so tired that you weren't sure how you were going to

that he can properly lead the people. I believe Moses must be

make it? Has it ever gotten to the point to where you almost

feeling pretty tired at this point and truly may not know how

felt as if you could never make a quick/easy decision? There

he is going to make it. Then the Lord speaks to Moses and

are so many things that we can have going on in our lives that

verse 14 says, “My presence will go with you, and I will give

we often feel as if we won't be able to survive one more day.

you rest” (NIV). Here, Moses is trying to figure out exactly

We have things like school, family, friends, work, and maybe

how he is going to lead the Israelites, and the Lord reminds

even sports that weigh us down and make us feel very, very

Moses that He is always with him and He will give him rest.

tired. Often times this tiredness makes it seem as if we are helplessly drowning.

Not only can tiredness be from physical things, but we also can allow this tiredness to creep into our spiritual lives as well. We may

How many times do we often feel like Moses, struggling with where we are and with what we are doing? Maybe we desire to fulfill God’s will for our lives, but we have become weary and very tired trying to do so. Maybe we have allowed things to creep into our lives that have taken us

go to church or be involved with our

off the path and made us very tired. We may feel like

youth group and at first it is all going

we won’t be able to make it through one more day,

well, but over time we allow the

but God gives us hope. I believe God is reminding us

things of this world to burden us to the point that we lose sight

today, just as He reminded Moses, that He will be with us and He

of why we really are going

will not fail us, but rather,

to church. We become so

He will give us rest. We

tired physically that we

need to rest in the peace

drown out the things

of God and allow Christ

of God in our lives

to give us the rest that we

and we miss what God

need. Our burdens are

desires to do in us and

not our own to bear, but

through us. This is not

rather Christ’s. Therefore,

a healthy way of living; in fact, it could lead to devastating results if we keep up the same pace.

In Exodus 33, we find the Israelites in the wilderness after they had built the golden calf.

let’s give our burdens/ weariness to Christ and allow Him to do some amazing things in our lives.

The Lord spoke to Moses and told him that the Israelites needed to leave and pursue the land where God had told them to go. The Lord, however, is not happy with the Israelites and how they had sinned. So Moses goes to the tent

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Three Ingredients for a Happy Marriage Having the right ingredients for a thriving marriage does not happen automatically.

by Mike Shreve

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hen it came to making lemon meringue pies, my mother was the absolute best. For many years, whenever I traveled to Florida,

if possible, I would stop by my parents’ home in Winter Park to visit. Usually, I called ahead to let them know I was coming. Invariably, I would hint at how nice it would be for Mom to make one of her special creations. Almost always, she happily complied, but on rare occasions she would say, “I’m sorry; I don’t have one of the main ingredients.” Eventually, I learned my lesson and began strategically phoning far enough in advance to give Mom ample time for a trip to the grocery store. Having all the right ingredients is an absolute necessity—and that’s true for anything in life. It doesn’t work without advance planning. With regard to marriage, there are three ingredients you can’t leave out. Keep them stored in the “cabinet” of your heart.

Ingredient 1: Marry a person, not an image.

Many singles have an image in their minds of the

perfect spouse. After finally exchanging “I do’s” with the person of their dreams, at times they realize with surprise, the person they married doesn’t exactly match the image they have in their minds. So the next couple of years are spent sculpting, daily “chiseling”—chipping away at character flaws or areas that need improvement— so the person will match the image more perfectly. At a certain point, if the marriage is going to survive—more importantly, if it’s going to thrive—the aspiring sculptor must throw away the image and simply love the person.

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Ingredient 2: Always publicly praise.

How many times have I been regretfully pulled into

some conversation with a married couple that began as a pleasant walk through the park and ended up with all of us dodging bullets in a war zone? It starts off benign, talking about pleasant things—then with no warning, some husband or wife begins to unload negative statements that sound like an echo of complaints that have been uttered hundreds of times. Then I realize I’m being used as a sounding board for internal frustrations that should have been worked out privately, not vented to someone outside the relationship. It causes immediate embarrassment that often evolves to anger. There is an important rule to go by in a marriage relationship: When faults need to be pointed out, do so privately. When other people are around, point out the good and praiseworthy things in your spouse.

Ingredient 3: Practice random acts of kindness.

Don’t reserve acts of kindness for just birthdays,

anniversaries, or public holidays (Father’s Day or Mother’s Day). Instead, find random ways to express appreciation and affection to your husband or wife—not just in words, but in deeds. Start and end every day with affirmations of loving commitment, but go beyond words to tangible acts you might call “random acts of kindness.” Try doing something special every day for the husband or wife who has partnered with you in life with no motive except to express love.

Mike Shreve has been teaching God’s Word since 1971.

He has authored 14 books including the best-selling “65 Promises from God for Your Child” and a new book on the names and titles of God’s people, titled “WHO AM I? Dynamic Declarations of Who You Are in Christ.” He and his wife, Elizabeth, pastor The Sanctuary in Cleveland, TN. www.shreveministries.org

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YearsCaregiver Strong FindingSeventy that Special

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Staying involved with their church, their work in the community, byfamily Esmerelda Leethis couple’s love strong! and their has kept

have been asked over and over again, “Where do you find

by Esmerelda Lee

Cons: Most agencies control their employees, limiting the

enjoy an inspiring old love stories. Favorites like adhere to a strong work ethic. Mitchell attributes his such special caregivers, people that anticipate needs, truly control of the family member/patient. When you hire directly, An Affair to Remember, Love is a Many Splendid sons’ successes to their mother. He did say that he love, genuinely careand and are greatmove at whatme theymore do?” than The someit is less expensive sincebelieved agencies normally addtheir a surcharge to “some Thing, others and Betty in giving children of the modern-day onofthe Hallmark good lickings,” that helped too. healthcare industry at large is facedlove with stories the plight finding the actual caregiving rate.

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There is something to be said about the In a world where soanmany on their caregivers. As our nation’s aged population grows, this topic Interview: Whether you are using agency,people living infocus a purity and innocence of the courtship and love own happiness and make life-altering decisions continues to be paramount to those caring for their loved ones senior living community or hiring someone directly for your depicted through old movies. I am also honored to based on these motives, I asked Betty and Mitchell in a senior living facility and those caring for them at home.

I home, the interview process is crucial.

I always trythe to involve a see these love stories played out in real life through if they were happy throughout sixty-nine years would like to shareadults. a few Couples that fell in love and stayed You older of marriage. “We alwaysresident/patient. worked it out, and if we through a world war, the Depression, life didn’t laugh at each other, or of the tips Iin amlove learning maywe be afound skilled someone execuchallenges, raising and burying loved ones are something to laugh about. You’ll have problems in along my eighteen-yeartive, leading businesscouples that loved for life. marriage, but who doesn’t? You just have to talk it old healthcare career man etc. However, if Bettyinand Mitchell Lyle are a local Cleveland out,” Mitch replied. the hopes that whether you are not if thethey actual couple that met in the first grade at When I asked ever fought, Arnold Memorial School.

For Mitchell it they looked puzzled.

“Who you are looking for a recipient of care, your doesn’t at first sight. Betty believes that fight? Weassessment are bothissosecondary different, and caregiver atwas homelove or for the grinning first-grader grew on her we like different things. When we your own community, to the primary recipient over time. According to Mitchell, they fought, the one with the strongest these suggestions of that care. Involve the were would “sweet” on each other but did not case won.”

Mitchell also added, “We compromised, but Betty be of some get help.serious until after World War II. person being cared for. made Mitchell enlisted in the Navy in 1943 the most compromises.

I Know your needs: Assemble Your am still and stayed out to sea for most of that surprised that she chose me.”In Before searching for Care Team: Whether time. He remembers a year and half Betty’s much softer voice, she said, a caregiver, going I wouldby before his feet even touched are caring forto fight about, “If there you is something consider executing a But each week when mail someone at home or saving.” in dry land. there is something worth was delivered to his aircraft carrier, On August 22, 2016, Betty needs assessment. Hiring a senior living commu- and Betty’s unrelenting letters and her faith Mitchell Lyle will celebrate their someone to cook, and run nity, understanding the that he would return home kept their love strong. seventieth wedding anniversary. Today, these errands is very different care team, having Plaza at When Mitchell and Betty were finally reunited lifelong Cleveland residents live and at Garden than hiringafter someone experience in grooming and bathing. communication and an interdisciplinary is so impor-has little thewith war, they dated for eight short months Cleveland Senior Living.approach Their apartment before they were married.

After graduating college, awards they won from serving in their Briefly write down your expectations: It is important to tant. Caregivers need to know that they are not alone.

Theyvocations schoolThere teacher withlike Cleveland City to know and intheir theirfunction community, war-torn photographs briefly writeBetty downbecame what youaexpect. is nothing going need that is making a rewarding impact.

Schools, and Mitchell went to work for the railroad. of family members, and beside each recliner is a through the entire process of hiring someone, only to find out cause people to choose caregivers out of Later he became one of the members of our City Crisis situations tattered and worn Bible. that he or she does not meet your expectations. Be realistic. necessity. Through mystill experience, I would through Council.

They laugh at eachrather othergoand with each When whatvswas thethem secret to loving months of purposeful other. There areofalso days where the laughter and The decision to hire asked an agency hiring yourself pursuit the special caregiver than to each other through sixty-nine years of marriage, the talking are silent.

On those days, Fox News Pros: Most agencies have a vetting process. They intersettle. I am constantly reminded that I am NOT the recipient they both stated, “Stay busy so you don’t get into anchors are the only voices heard in the apartment. view, perform background checks and drug screens. They of the care; however, one day I could be. And to that end, I am trouble!” Betty and Mitchell were married at First Mitchell said it best, “What she forgets, I can can also provide a back-up for the caregiver should sickness driven by the words of our Lord, “Do others, as you wouldand even Baptist Church in 1946, and were always involved in remember.

When she unto laughs, I am happy, arise. Assisted communities also have a built backhave them do unto you. theirLiving church, work, and family.

Theyinhad two sons. though there were days she didn’t like me, she Both Tony and David were strong boys, raised by always loved me.” up for care giver call-in. The agency or community provides a strong, no-nonsense working mother. Betty was workers compensation liability and manages payroll and Esmerelda loving, but she always made it clear that her sons EsmereldaLee Leeisiscampus campusmanager manager for Garden taxes of thewould employee. for Garden Plaza of an Plaza of Cleveland,Cleveland, an independent and assisted love education like she did, and they would

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The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The More your worship, the less you worry.

—Rick Warren

by Destiny Hope Shreve Gò0dNews for Everyone

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

God’s commandments, panic sets in, and questions swirl lmost everyone goes through the typical New in the like,and Am gone.

I going to get caught?—Will God forgive Year’s cycle—making resolutions, then struggling “For lo, the winter is past, the rainmind is over The flowers Sound appearfamiliar? on the earth; the time this of singing . .” Psalm 38:18 warns, “I me?—Is going to has ruincome. my future? to keep those commitments.

—Song Solomon 2:11-12 myNKJV sins; they fill me with anxiety” (GNB).

Doing this can produce a lot of negativity and causeofyou to confess by Destiny Hope Shreve start off your year feeling like a failure. This is not a good

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hen someone the first word that mindset to carry with you intosays, theApril, future. comes to my mind is showers because that’s For the past few years, one of my resolutions has what happens this time of year. Rain and lots of rain. always involved overcoming anxiety. I make the decision Occasionally, you walk outside and hundreds of droplets to stop worrying so much and it usually works—but only soak your hair, drench your clothes, drip off your forehead,

for a little while.

Thenonthe familiar problems andin the and then splash theold, ground.

Cloudy skies, thunder challenges gather over myofhead like dark things clouds a rainy distance, and flashes lightning—these areon simply onInature’s as it presents production day. Thisprops year, intendstage to succeed.

But atomajor do so, I need to called spring.

In the minds of most people, this opening identify clearly the problem areas and the solutions. scene

The Consequence of Anxiety

fall just like raindrops until deep down in our hearts, seeds

There are many consequences of anxiety, but the following three are somedecisions of the most destructive: come to the surface.

We make to change for the said, “Our better,Weakness—Charles to be the kind of people Spurgeon we were meant to be, the anxiety people Godempty plannedtomorrow for us to be. of Newly sprouted plants begin does not its sorrows, but only their journey upward, pushing through soil. Theus curtains empties today of its strength.”

It the weakens mentally and close and the third act, titled “The Light” is about to begin. emotionally so that we cannot deal effectively with life’s No plant will ever reach maturity without the light of challenges. are awakened. Dreams and desires that have been suppressed

the sun, and no inspired dream will ever be accomplished

Misery—Proverbs 12:25 says, “Anxiety in the heart of The Cause Anxiety man causes darkens our minds with a sense at least forof the duration of the storm. However, those who and Malachi 4:2depression.” reveals Jesus is It the “Sun of Righteousness.”

There are many anxiety, one of thephase of sadness and understand thecauses process of of life realize but this unpleasant When we allow Hishopelessness. brightness to shine in our hearts, we begin is a necessary step. These dreadful weather conditionsfear are to blossom with praiseanxiety and develop the fruit of the Spirit insuggests, worst culprits is fear—fear of failure, fear of change, Anger—One management website merely setting the stage for the next act we could title “The our relationship with God and with others. He talks about this of rejection, fear of temptation, and fear of the future.

“Anxiety causes severe, constant stress. That means that “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. "For You have let go at some point in the snow Awakening.” in Isaiah 55:10-11: as thetorain comes down, and We tend to fear what we think we cannot control.

Jesus you become irritable easier.” Sometimes the reason people order to move forward.”—C.S. Lewis Under the ground are dormant seeds. They appear from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, dealt with this issue in His first get angry is due to a deeper inner conflict that triggers by Destiny Hope Shreve lifeless, motionless, even worthless. However, hidden deep and make it bring forth and bud . . . So shall My word be that main message.

He worry orfrom nervousness. twist, and turnMy in unpredictable ways?

That’s when he season is beginning to shift.

Fallwatered. is in the air; inside is undeveloped potential just waiting to urged be goes forth mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but you invite God into the situation; and if you believe, leaves are beginning to make their switch from His disciples not to worry One drop of moisture is enough to cause a tiny apple seed it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the ofofAnxiety He willCure take control every circumstance and make vibrant greens to autumn hues. Every time I look The to burst fortharound into a large tree covered with delicious fruit. for which sent it”for (NKJV). about food “all things workItogether good” (Rom. 8:28 NKJV).

I see changes taking place;and and clothing, while I love this thing There are many cures for anxiety, but usually God is In a similar way, we can go forand months, even years, not At the finale of this symbolic play,can we be will realize that That’s when you discover that change greatly seasonal transition, other types of change can make me then He said: the source.

One of my favorite scriptures is from beneficial, and here’s a few key reasons why: anxious and even upset.

I have a love/hate relationship with fulfilling our whole potential with it buried in responsibilities, everything we went through was a part of God’s perfect planProverbs “Do not Changes can make you more flexible. Being change. If things stay the same forbe too anxious long, I get terribly 31. itThat chapter describes characteristics of a godly necessary tasks, and the routine of life. and all works together for our good. resistant to new things can make a stressful situation bored. But when too many thingstomorrow; evolve all at once, about forI find Then onethat day, a storm hits,seeking and dark clouds our sky. It woman.

VerseFacing 25 says, “She is clothed with feel even worse. changes in life teaches you to be strength and I am desperately shelter in thefill familiar. tomorrow shall be in more fluid and able to “go with the flow.”

Around three months ago, us myto life was Teardrops altered drives us to desperation and then pushes pray. dignity and she laughs without fear of the future” (NLT).

Change can make you more intelligent. If there were major ways. People I thought would be its friends forever anxious for own you demands put your faith intransitions, God andyou commit no difficult or awkward would your life suddenly deserted me. It was a chaotic week full of tears Once things.

Sufficient to never learn new things or have experiences that about tomorrow, and pain. Afterwards, I understood it all happened for totally to Him, there is nonew need to worry a reason (like the often quoted scripture, “Toevil everything awaken your hidden potential. the day is the it’scan in make His hands.

Change you grow in faith. Think of there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” Eccl. because it”actually (Matt.God 6:34 all the biblical examples, like Abraham leaving his 3:1 NKJV). I realized that itof was who took Philippians 4:6 commands, “Be anxious for nothing, homeland, Moses leaving his prestigious position, the those people out of my lifeNKJV). to make sure I didn’t follow but in everything by prayer andofsupplication, with children of Israel leaving the bondage Egypt, David the downward path they were pursuing. cause leaving his sheep, Esther leaving an ordinary life, and Then I began to see changeAnother for the better.

I thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” enrolled in Cleveland Highof School, reconnected anxiety is sin. with Peter leaving his fishing nets. We remember these Bible (NASB). the primary answer totheovercoming anxiety old friends, and got transformed at the two church charactersSo because of their courage to face unknown.

When people knows?

You might be nextwas on God’s list. camps I attended. All of this was great, but there isWho prayer.

“When anxiety great within me, Your were times I felt like I was on aintentionally roller coaster and consolation brought joy to my soul” (Ps. 94:19 NIV). not strapped in well. Because I was fearful of new rebel against challenges I had never faced before, I wanted to go is too somber. Rain has a way of causing a gloomy outlook,

without the help of God. First John 1:5 says, “God is light,”

The Challenge of Change

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back so badly to the familiar. Thankfully, I pushed through.

Have you ever felt that way . . . like your life was poised at the top of a track, about to quickly plunge,

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Destiny Shreve Hope Shreve the daughter Mike Destiny Shreve isisthe daughter of Mike Destiny is the daughter ofofMike and and Elizabeth and Elizabeth Shreve, pastors of The Sanctuary.

Elizabeth Shreve, pastors of The Sanctuary in Shreve, pastors of The Sanctuary in Cleveland.

She She will be a junior at Cleveland High School, Cleveland.

She is acurrently a junior in High high school, hopes to have career inCleveland journalism.. isand currently attending School as a and hopes to hopes work into thework field in of journalism. junior and the field of journalism.

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Ain’t Never Been This Low Before Whether I choose to try to hide from God because of my wrongdoing or whether I think He is hidden from me because of present circumstances, the good news is that in neither case can I ever be away from His Presence.

by Charlton S. Lewis

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he title of an old song laments, “I Ain’t Never

and hold him. And even in the darkness, he cannot hide

Been This Low Before.” The writer further

from God.

wallows in self-pity with a line that says, “There

If I have guilt and remorse that makes me want to

ain’t no place for me to go but to crawl up on the floor.”

hide from God, it is wonderful to know there is no place

How self-debasing can one get?

that I can go where He is not there. My “Wanted Dead

We all may feel at times that we are as low as we

or Alive” image remains forever etched in His heart

can go. No one else knows what we are going through;

and will never be erased. David says in verse 17: “How

it seems that no one else cares. We are at the end of our

precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!” (NKJV).

rope, in the bottom of a horrible pit. But the good news

Not only does He know where I am, but He is also

is there is Someone who knows where we are at all times.

thinking about me.

Then there are times we soar on top of the world.

If I feel like I am so low that I have to “crawl up”

We are in our own seventh heaven and think no one can

to get on the floor, my feeling is irrelevant because

touch us. Everything is great and we love everybody.

He knows where I am. I cannot go so low that He

We imagine nothing could be finer. But the good news is there is Someone who knows where we are at all times.David writes in Psalm 139:8: “If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there”(NKJV). He continues to say if he

doesn’t know where I am, even when I think I am hidden out of His sight. His hedge is behind me and before me, and His hand is upon me. It is wonderful to know that He knows my thoughts.

I can hardly comprehend it! Being fearfully and wonderfully made, my well-being is of

takes the wings of the morning to the

utmost interest to Him, and He will care for

depths of the sea, God’s hand will still

His creation.

lead him

May David’s prayer become my own: Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting (Ps. 139:23-24 NKJV).

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Christian Zombies

“ I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.”

—Galatians 1:6-9 NKJV

by Don Smith

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n this letter the apostle Paul has heard that these Christians, whom he had discipled and invested in were going back on their original conversion. This apostle had been with Jesus and had heard the Master say, “Why are you coming against me?” And from that day on, Paul turned around and moved toward Jesus. These Galatians were turning away from the gospel of Christ, to another “gospel.”

The thing about Zombies is that they are supposed to be dead people who are still living. They are presented as looking like humans, kind of acting like humans, but always on the hunt to “infect” others with their disease of zombieness. These folks who started out in the faith of Jesus were attempting to finish in their own strength, their own works, and their own perceptions.

Why, after being born-again to life would you want to go back to death? Why go back to the weight of the law when Jesus gave us life and a light load? They had become so misguided that they viewed their position as truth. There is only one truth: that truth is Jesus.

Throughout Christian history, mankind has been trying to circumvent the path that Jesus blazed. They have been attempting to find another path to salvation.

The root of this is human pride. We don’t want someone else’s path to work for us. We want to choose our own way. Why do I have to follow this Jesus guy?

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Maybe there’s another way and I’m going to find it.

Since Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, there have been many who have contrived multiple different ways to heaven. Christ said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6 NKJV). If that is the case, what are we doing?

There is a philosophy today that says there are many ways to God. Let me tell you; there are many ways to God. Individuals have a life and a path they have walked that gets them to the place where they recognize they need God; however, there is only one way to find His salvation, the man Christ Jesus. Paul said it quite clearly, Peter stated it very clearly, and Jesus said it emphatically. There is but one way to enter heaven, and one relationship with God, which is by accepting Jesus Christ as Savior and Redeemer. If you accept Him, then you will follow Him. If you accept Him, you will obey Him. If you accept Him, you will tell others how He changed your life and that He can change other’s lives if they will surrender to Him. My question is: Are you going to infect someone with the disease of the zombie, or are you going to tell the good news that Jesus redeems, restores, and makes us new? Are you going to proclaim truth or your version of a truth?

Donald E. Smith Jr. M. Div., D.Min. He is executive director of Hearts Set Free. donsmith@heartsetfree.org

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Developing Self-Control While Resisting Temptation Although Robert might be described as an outstanding martial artist by his peers, a large portion of his time is spent introducing Christ to others in a unique way!

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does this mean for us, and how can we apply it to our

flesh and the Spirit. No matter who we are

lives? Read John chapter 15:1-27.

or how strong we think we are, whether our

Webster's Dictionary defines the meaning of

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self-control as "having control over your impulses,

for sure; we all have struggles. We already know how

will power, restraint, self discipline, cool, coolness,

difficult it is to resist temptation. Trying to live a life of

calmness, self restraint, self mastery, strength of mind

self-control is so hard and it can be very discouraging

or will, to control yourself and your emotions, and the

when we fail over and over again because we try to

act of denying yourself." The solution is to study God's

accomplish this on our own.

Word. As we study we will discover that we will not

We have to remember that Jesus is the only person

only grow in self-control but also in self-discipline.

who did and could ever live a sin-free life. If there was

As we study God's Word, we experience the joy that

anyone else who could have, then Jesus would not

comes from victory over sin through Jesus Christ.

have had to go to the cross for the sins of the world.

Christ Centered Martial Arts (CCMA)

This tells us that we are not strong enough to live a sin-free life. This does not mean that the struggle is hopeless or that we need to give up. First Corinthians 10:13 tells us: "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man. But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able. But will with the temptation also make a way to escape. That ye may be able to bear it" (KJV). What

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Robert Leamon is a local martial artist of 36 years. During his career, he has had the privilege of training with a variety of instructors versed in multiple styles of the martial arts. Robert, together with his wife Lisa, stepped out on faith and founded Christ Centered Martial Arts (CCMA) in 2008. He is the chief instructor of CCMA and they have a main dojo (karate school) located in Rocky Face, Georgia, and another dojo in Chatsworth, Georgia. Robert and Lisa are very involved with their home church Emmaus Baptist as well as teaching an AWANA's elective at a couple of other area churches.

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Seeking God’s Direction for Generation X If God be not praised, the rocks will cry out!

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by Shane Franks

eneration X is what my generation is called—a

Before we took our positions as youth pastors, God

generation without an identity! Perhaps that

told me they would be called The Remnant, and that

is fitting! It’s a generation that has attempted

is who they are and what they are—a people set aside

in every way to erase the very thought of Jesus from the

for God’s high calling and higher purpose! It’s even

minds of students by reprimanding them for praying to

amazing to see how God is bringing some of us together

their Creator in school. This generation is without an

as leaders, who in the past, has had differences. Now

identity because its members’ identity has been lost due

God is forming such amazing bonds and relationships.

to their forgetfulness of who they are in God!

After all, that is who God is and what He does!

God has recently reassigned my wife Liz and me

If we as the body of Christ (community wise) could

to this cause! We were associate pastors at a small, rural

put aside our theological differences and break apart

church across the street from a state prison in Walker

our cliques in the church to whom God himself isn’t

County when it was prophesied to us that changes in

allowed to be a part of, then amazing things would

our ministry were on the horizon. I never guessed that

begin to happen and years of old bondages would be

it would mean being presented five days later with the

decimated before our very eyes! It is imperative that

position of being youth ministers at a Spanish church to

this happens now! We need a move from God, and the

whom my in-laws pastor! They knew we were already

world needs God more than ever! If these kids from

about God’s business, but they said that God would not

Fuente De Vida (Fountain of Life) can find that hunger

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After praying about it for some time, my father-in-

we in the adult world who are supposed to be the ones

law finally asked us in front of the whole church one

teaching them have no more excuses! So let us open

morning what our answer was! And we have been there

ourselves before an almighty God who already knows

ever since! But God has been moving! There is something

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Slowing making my way back to the truck, I decided to continue with the hunt.

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only exposed vacant limbs and lonely, strutting edges. After about another 45 minutes, I heard rustling in the fallen leaves to my right. Excited about the quiet sneak those little rascals had pulled over on me, I waited to see heads pop up over the hill in my direction.

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