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Letter from the Editor
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his year more than 10 million florists will send flowers to honor mothers and 150 million cards will be delivered to mothers in more than 46 countries around the world. Mother’s Day is something to which everyone can relate. Whether biological, adoptive, stepmother, or godmother, the influence of a mother reaches across regions, religions, castes, cultures, genders, and every financial status with a guiding force that molds and shapes the lives and personalities of her children. There could not be a more universal celebration. But long before Mother’s Day was designated on the calendar of any country, God signed a resolution that commanded us to honor our mothers. He wrote it with his finger on tablets of stone. We know it as the fifth of the Ten Commandments: “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you” (Ex. 20:12 NIV). The following is taken from an anonymous poem that describes the things mothers teach their children just by being an excellent example: When you thought I wasn’t looking . . . I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one. I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals. I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to. I saw tears in your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it’s all right to cry. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I looked . . . and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn’t looking. A few years ago when I wrote the book, Gifts of Grace in Women of Faith, I made this dedication: “To the memory of my mother, Leona Gore, who was capable of sharing a bathroom with five daughters and still make it to church on time; who transformed small, mundane parsonages into homes we could call our own; whose creative sewing made homemade dresses look like designer fashions; who always put others’ needs before her own, thereby teaching me by example how to share God’s gift of grace with others.” It is a privilege to honor mothers not only on Mother’s Day, but every day of the year. Disclaimer All of the content in the GoodNews Christian Magazine is for general information and/or use. Such contents does not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making (or refraining from making) a decision. Any specific advice or replies to queries in any part of the magazine is the personal opinion of such experts/consultants/persons and is not subscribed to by GoodNews Christian Magazine. The information in GoodNews Christian Magazine is provided on an “AS IS” basis, and all warranties, expressed or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining to any information, advice or replies are disclaimed and excluded. We reserve the right to refuse any advertisement or article we deem inappropriate.
Contents 14
GoodNews from the Pastor’s Desk
6 What Your Pastor Wished
26
GoodNews for Life
22 My Mother, My Dreamer,
You Knew about Funerals
My Protector
by Brian Branam
by Delaney Walker
GoodNews for Kids
8 A Special Gift for Mom
GoodNews for Health & Fitness
24 Achieve Your Health
by Danielle Jennings
Goals in 2017
GoodNews on Money Matters
by Elise Perez
10 “Avoid the New Normal” by Andrew Lee
GoodNews for Men
12 Ananias
by Charles G. Laws
GoodNews Cover Story
26 La Esperanza Bakery GoodNews for Teens
30 The Lost and Found by Jacob Herald
GoodNews for Women
GoodNews for Couples
Morning Glory
by Carl Corser
by Sheila Bird
GoodNews for Seniors
14 Ringtone Misery Turns to GoodNews for your Taste Buds
16 Key Lime Pie
by Angie Parris GoodNews for Parents
20 MOTHER—Six Letters with Many Meanings! by Brenda Dedmon
32 Lemons to Lemonade 34 Protect Mom’s Final Wishes by Mark Rich & Shell Underwood
GoodNews for Everyone
36 Will You Trust Me? by Dr. Greg Collins
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GoodNews for Everyone
38 From Failure to Success by Yecid Carrillo GoodNews for Everyone
40 Constant Yet Changing by Mead Vest GoodNews for Everyone
42 Well I’m Just Not Feeling It by Shelbie Rogers GoodNews from the Physician’s Desk
44 Help Keep Your Brain
Sharp with the MIND Diet by Dr. Juan Gonzalez GoodNews Espanol
46 Un Toque Impulsado Por La Fe by Tony Garcia GoodNews for Grandparents
50 Nana’s Corner By Kaye Stein
Gò0dNews from the Pastor’s Desk
What Your Pastor Wished You Knew about Funerals
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These five questions may help ease undue stress in the grieving process. by Brian Branam
peaking from experience, I find many families in loss are at a total loss when it comes to funerals. As if losing a loved one were not hard enough, families may find themselves blindsided by a set of immediate and painful decisions for which they were not prepared. Perhaps I can offer some suggestions that may help ease undue stress in the grieving process. 1. You don’t choose a funeral home, you choose a funeral director. A funeral home is a building in which a funeral is held. A funeral director is a person who makes sure all of the details of a funeral are handled. A good funeral director can be as much of a minister to your family as your pastor in a critical time of need. The choice of “where” to have the funeral is actually a choice of “who” will have the funeral. Ask your pastor who he or she trusts to serve your family well 2. Funerals are simple personal services not long public productions. Funerals do not add to life, they honor life. In actuality, funerals are not for the deceased but for the family and friends left behind. Some families add undo stress to their grief by feeling they have to put a funeral together in much the same way as one would plan a wedding or some other type of formal ceremony. Funerals are not meant to be formal, but personal. All your pastor really needs from you are those special, personal touches. As your pastor prepares for the funeral, share a story that reflects your loved one’s heart and personality, perhaps a favorite Scripture, or a song that is meaningful to the family. 3. Balance the emotional need with the emotional toll. The time of visitation and the funeral service
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itself are critical steps that help bring closure, solidify memories, and draw support from others. Yet in seeking to accommodate for others, the question becomes who can come and when? That desire to accommodate turns into a few days of waiting, a day of visitation with a funeral and a graveside service to follow. This protracted time can take an emotional toll rather than fill an emotional need. In making scheduling decisions for a few, families pass an emotional tipping point. Bring it to balance. Make a decision that is best for your family and not for a few. Let people come to you. 4. An irreplaceable support to your immediate family is a church family. I hear people say all the time, “I don’t know what I would have done without my church family.” If you do not have a church home, find one. Connect, serve, and learn to love them. You are going to need them. We all suffer sorrow and loss. As a pastor, there is nothing sadder for me than to see a family who suffers alone. Don’t go alone, get in church. 5. Do you know the Lord? First and foremost, your pastor wants to know that you know the Lord. No matter how eloquent your funeral sermon may be, your pastor cannot preach you into heaven. It is only through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ that we have assurance of eternal life. The greatest hope we have in any time of loss is that you are not lost forever. If you do not know the Lord, be saved today!
Brian Branam is the pastor of Liberty Baptist Church, a multi-site church in NW Georgia. For more of his material visit www.FeelMyFaith.com.
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Gò0dNews for Kids
A Special Gift for Mom
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by Danielle Jennings
othing says Mother’s Day like a sentimental, handmade gift. From handprints in clay to handcrafted cards,
Mother’s Day is not complete without those gifts that are made with love. It is also not complete without flowers. Any type of flower, as long as it is given with love, is never a bad flower! So why not create flowers out of handprints? What a special way to deliver those flowers to Mom!
What you’ll need: • White sheet of paper
• Green paint for the stems • 4 other colors of paint • 1 color for the ribbon
• 3 colors that you want your flowers to be (Mom’s favorite colors would look nice!) • Paintbrushes
• Sponge to apply paint to hands!
How to:
• Apply the first color of paint to one of your hands • Press hand down firmly on piece of paper
• Apply second color of paint to the other hand
• Press down firmly overlapping the thumb on the first hand • Next, paint the stems with green paint from the palms to the bottom edge of the paper • Allow those hands and stems to dry for a few minutes • Apply the third color of paint to one of your hands, and overlap the other two handprints in the middle. • Your fingers should be right about where the thumbs are • Press hand firmly down on the paper
• Paint a green stem from that palm downward to the edge of the page. • Using your 4th color, paint a ribbon around the stems where they come together. • Let dry and present to Mom on Mother’s Day!
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Danielle Jennings is the director of children’s ministry at Ooltewah United Methodist. She is a graduate of Lee University and is currently working on her master’s degree. Her passion is working with children and helping them succeed.
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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.
recent national news story reveals that many
every driver in the household, borrowing every dollar
Americans who are obese or overweight have
in student loans in order to attend college or graduate
decided to stop dieting or trying to get in
school, and planning for Social Security to be our sole
better shape. As Americans generally have grown more
or primary source of income in retirement so we can
overweight, many have apparently decided to abandon
“live it up” today. If we surround ourselves with people
any hope of being physically healthy and have instead
who are living this way, we come to believe that this
capitulated to corpulence. Commentators have used
is “normal” and it’s nothing to be concerned about. In
phrases like “the new normal” to describe America’s
fact, these same friends and family who are struggling
gravitation toward greater girth. In other words, many
financially may put us under negative peer pressure by
Americans have grown so used to seeing unhealthy
encouraging us to follow their foolish example rather
lifestyles everywhere they look that they have decided
than following wise and biblical counsel regarding
there’s no point in trying to improve their physical
personal finance. Eventually, we lose hope of ever
health since “everyone I know is this way.” It’s not
changing our financial situation.
my intention here to comment on fat shaming versus
What if, instead of succumbing to the depressing
fat acceptance; rather, here’s my point: financially
scenario I just described, you decided to be the example
speaking, there is a real danger of growing accustomed
of a healthy financial lifestyle? You determine to make a
to “the new normal” of struggling to make minimum
monthly budget and stick to it; you live on less money
monthly payments on countless consumer debts,
than you earn and save money for emergencies so you
paying a home mortgage for a full thirty years rather
can cut up your credit cards; you invest for retirement
than paying it off early, eating out almost daily instead
and retire wealthy; and you have money to donate
of buying groceries and cooking at home, having a
to worthy causes anytime you choose. Then you’d be
sixty or seventy-two month car payment contract for
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Gò0dNews for Men
Ananias
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Are you willing to be an “Ananias” to a brother or sister in Christ who is going through a difficult situation? by Charles G. Laws
ometimes as we read the scriptures, there is a simple
On the surface, this is a simple yet profound story,
meaning on the surface, but many times there is a
but the question arises: “Why did God need Ananias to
deeper truth. This happens in the Book of Acts in
lay his hands on Saul so that the scales would fall from
Saul’ s “Damascus-road” experience. In many cases we are more comfortable with the simple
his eyes?” After all, He made Saul blind in the first place! We see that Saul spent several days with a small band of
meaning because it requires less of us! Sometimes it requires
disciples, and they became companions. He would not
no action on our part other than reading it as our daily
have felt comfortable meeting the entire group of disciples
devotion! In Acts 9:2-9 we read of Saul’s conversion on the
at once, especially considering the fact that he persecuted
way to Damascus to persecute the Lord’s disciples, called
Christians zealously before his Damascus-Road experience!
“people of the Way” (see Acts
Also, the disciples would
9:2). As he neared Damascus,
not have felt comfortable
a light from heaven flashed
meeting Saul by himself!
around him and he fell to the
The truth is that Saul needed
ground. Then a voice said to
Ananias to introduce him to
him, “Saul, Saul, why do you
the entire band of disciples.
persecute me?” Saul answered
Each of us needs other
“Who are you, Lord?” The
Christians in our Christian
answer given to him is in
journey, sometimes just one
verse 5: “I am Jesus whom you
individual and sometimes
are persecuting.” He replied.
a small group, to help us
“Now get up and go into the
through a difficult situation.
city, and you will be told what
Also, each of us should be
you must do” (NIV).
willing to be an “Ananias” to
Saul was blinded by the
a brother or sister in Christ
light, and for three days he did not eat nor drink anything.
who is going through a difficult situation. The following
He apparently stayed at the house of a disciple named
lessons are learned from the above and are excellent for
Judas (not Iscariot). In Damascus there was a disciple
discussion in a Bible study.
named Ananias. The Lord called him in a vision and told him to go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and seek out a man called Saul of Tarsus who was blind. He was instructed further to lay his hands on him that he might receive his sight. Ananias naturally was afraid, but the Lord said, “Go” in verse 15, and he did as the Lord commanded.
1. Each of us needs other Christians at times to help us through a difficult situation. 2. A visitor is more at ease if he or she is accompanied by a friend or a small group. 3. An excellent tool for church growth is the development of small groups or “communities.”
The Scales fell from Saul’s eyes and he got up and was baptized. He took some food and regained his strength. In verses 19(b)-20 we read: “Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God” (NIV).
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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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Gò0dNews for Women
Ringtone Misery Turns to Morning Glory
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Casting my fears and concerns on the One who cares for the sparrow−and me! by Sheila Bird
’ve never been a morning person so when my cell phone alarm went off, I wanted to hide it under the mattress and go back to sleep. It didn’t matter what I was going through, how I felt, or how much sleep I had the night before; I could always count on that relentless little ringtone to force me out of my cocoon of blankets and into the light of day. This particular day I was so overwhelmed by the cares of life that I would have postponed the sunrise if that were possible. Reluctantly I dragged myself out of bed, muttered a half-hearted prayer, and got ready for work. The things I had left undone the day before and those that lay ahead of me were all I could focus on. My husband drove me to work that day. He is one of those awful morning people. Before he has even had breakfast, he is chattering away about everything under the sun. I, on the other hand, don’t speak until it becomes absolutely necessary. Since I didn’t take the time to dwell on the Lord, who so graciously gave me another day to live; I began to cast my cares on my husband. I figured he could handle my insecurities. So I said to him, “I don’t know why in the world the Bible tells us not to worry about tomorrow. I am not sure it’s even humanly possible.” He calmly agreed with me that it is difficult to hand our cares over to the Lord. He assured me that God knows what is best for us even when we don’t.
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He said that no matter how we interpret the scripture about tomorrow, that life will go on. So I agreed with him that everything would be alright, even though I still questioned how. As we arrived in the parking lot where I worked, everything was still dripping wet from a brief summer rain. Sunrays were piercing a light fog that was slowly lifting from the ground. I opened the car door and heard a little bird singing. It was loud and strong, happy and carefree. The little bird seemed completely unshaken by the wind and the rain that had passed through just hours before sunrise. In my typical morning disposition I said, “Listen to that bird. What’s he got to sing about anyway?” And in my husband’s atypical, lighthearted way he answered, “Maybe his bills are paid and he has no thought for tomorrow.” As I walked down the sidewalk, conviction fluttered in my heart like the wings of that little bird. His song became impossible to ignore. It caused me to turn my eyes and ears toward heaven. As I did, my aches and pains, worries and cares lost their grip on me. I decided to join the little bird in song. I think it went like this: “I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free, for His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.” Sheila Bird writes from her home in Cleveland, TN. She is a published author and is passionately pursuing the ministry of encouragement through free-lance writing.
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Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix first four ingredients and pour into pie crust. Bake six to eight minutes until tiny bubbles begin to appear on top of the pie. Remove it from the oven. Do not allow it to begin browning in the oven! Cool and refrigerate overnight.
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Dalton Church Directory
Apostolic
The Bridge, An Apostolic Church 715 College Dr, 30720 706-280-0541
Assembly of God
Christian Fellowship Assembly 3656 Chattanooga Rd, 30755 706-280-7594 First Assembly of God 508 Sheridan Ave Dalton, GA 30721 706-226-7743 The Sanctuary 515 Reed Rd NW, 30720 706-270-2088
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
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Eastside Baptist Church 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
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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 Christian Free Worship 210 Robinwood Circle, 30720 706-313-1129 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 706-529-2911 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 MOTHER—Six Letters with Many Meanings!
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A reflection that it will be an encouragement to all mothers to recognize what an opportunity they have to influence their children. by Brenda Dedmon
had the opportunity to grow up in a Christian family
providing hope to her family and friends. She was a
with wonderful parents. I recognize that I am blessed
wonderful encourager to always try new things. When
because I know some people who did not have that
I was taking piano lessons, I remember her sitting at
privilege. I am the youngest of six girls, and my mother
the piano as I tried to play hymns and sing along. Her
was one of my heroes. I think I always knew that, but I
singing encouraged me to believe that I could play
realized it even more after her death.
better than I really did.
As I reflect back on her mothering skills, I realize
Tough skin and tender heart. It was not always easy
that some of those skills I really did not recognize until
raising six girls. Even in the difficult days, she had a
after she was gone. But I am grateful and thankful for all
tough skin to make it through, but she had a big heart
she did for me as her child.
too. She always was loving and finding ways to help her
The following acrostic of mothers is an example of my memories of her and hopefully will inspire you to be the same kind of mother to your children.
girls and showing them how to love others. Helper. She set a beautiful example of what helping others really meant. When she would go to visit anyone
Multi-tasker. She had the ability to perform many
for any reason, she always wanted to take something to
tasks for her family, church and community, and made
give to them. It was sometimes just a card or a flower
it look easy in the process.
from her garden, but she wanted to be a helper to them.
Optimistic. She always was able
Efficient. It seems she could take a little and make it
to see the best that could be by
go a long way. She had a way of making the food ample for anyone who happened to drop by at mealtime, and she sewed most of our clothes but she made them look "store bought." She was efficient with her time and always made her family members feel they were her number one concern. Resilient. Whatever life brought her way, she had a resilience that always made her stand strong. Sacrificial. She was always putting her family above her own needs. She gave of her time, her attention, and even her sleep to make sure that her family was provided for adequately. This acrostic is a reminder of what all mothers do every day. May God bless you as you continue your journey of motherhood.
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Brenda Dedmon, director of children's learning center, First Baptist of Dalton.
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Gò0dNews for Life
My Mother, My Dreamer, My Protector “A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” —Agatha Christie
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by Delaney Walker y mother was my first
While the imagination of a child
mother has spent years protecting—
protector. The first nine
is wondrous, the imagination of a
first with her body and now with
months of my life were
parent, fueled by hope, is fearsome.
her support.
spent sheltered in her womb, and
She cheered as I took my first steps,
At New Hope we have the
hers were the first arms where I
encouraged my scholastic growth,
opportunity to support mothers
found my rest. Her love sprung
and supported me enough to make
in being their children’s first
from wonder and formed into a
the monsters of doubt and fear look
protectors. The goal is not to make
deep, abiding, determination to
like sock puppets.
the decision for her. Our mission
guide, to care, and to protect. Her
Before I proved myself, she
is to empower her to make life-
heart made room for me during
believed in me. In Psalms, David
affirming decisions by providing
those long months of pregnancy
references the Lord knitting him
help, hope, and accurate information
from the first bout of morning
together in his mother’s womb.
through free, confidential services
sickness and through those
David, like those before and after
and community education. We are
restless nights.
him, was created with intention
blessed with the unique privilege
and with purpose. And as
to believe in her so she, in turn, can
mother began to dream for me. Long
underwhelming as I find myself,
believe in her child.
before my first conscious thought,
the Lord created me with purpose
her mind was alight with possibility.
as well. It was this very purpose my
As I was being formed, my
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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 Achieve Your Health Goals in 2017 Through healthy lifestyle changes such as eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly, you can reach the goals you’ve set.
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by Elise Perez
ave you set your goals for the new year? Goals of any type need to be challenging without being overwhelming. If you need help crafting
a few healthy goals for the new year, the health and fitness experts at Bradley Wellness Center can help.
Drink More Water
Our bodies consist of 60 percent water. Among
other functions, water • Regulates your body temperature • Cushions your joints • Keeps your mouth, eyes, and nose moist • Helps your body process nutrients • Flushes out waste products • Helps to improve your energy level. Experts recommend that most of us should drink six to eight eight-ounce glasses of water each day.
Remember to Rest
Most of us don’t need to be reminded to rest!
However, it can sometimes be tempting to continue exercising even though our bodies are exhausted. If you haven’t exercised in a while, you should consider alternating your active days with rest days. As you build your stamina, you may choose to have just one rest day per week.
Focus on Form
Learning to use the correct form while exercising
can help you to steer clear of future injuries. Bradley Wellness Center employs six certified personal trainers and three fitness consultants. They want you to achieve your goals and will help you with any questions you may have. All members of Bradley Wellness Center are offered a complimentary personal training assessment.
Eat Healthy
According to the American Heart Association, a
healthy diet consists of five servings of vegetables, four servings of fruits, six servings of grains, three servings of dairy, and two servings of protein each day. Bradley Wellness Center has a registered dietitian on staff to help you learn more about how eating a proper diet can help you meet your health goals. All members are offered a complimentary nutrition consultation. Just ask the associate at the front desk for an appointment.
Try New Things
If you’re new to exercising, everything is
new! However, if you exercise on a regular basis, it can be easy to become bored with your routine. Here’s a challenge: try one new activity each month. This is a great way to introduce variety into your routine and reduce the chances of exercise burnout. An easy way to build variety into your schedule is to try fitness classes.
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La Esperanza Bakery
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In a world filled with imperfections and obstacles, this bakery remains faithful to its mission of serving the community of Dalton. ow did we end up with the name of La
In the year 2000, doors were opened for the
Esperanza Bakery? After putting together
Lara and Altamirano families to start a business
words and phrases trying to think of
as a bakery. We started off renting a location with
a new business name, it was a little stressful
a building of approximately 2,400 square feet. We
to figure out and have everyone come to an
had very little equipment,
agreement. But we all sat down and thought about
but we had a positive
having a future in God more than anything and
attitude and a
thought of Esperanza, which the translation in
lot of desire to
English is “Hope.” The word hope says it all. We
overcome. The
put our faith in God that everything would turn
equipment we
out for good, and, thankfully, He has responded
had was not in
and been faithful. We feel his support in all
the best shape.
times—good and bad.
We had to
Our Beginning
hold the oven
the carpet industry was strong. We originally
a stick for
As individuals, we arrived in 1995 when
went to work in the carpet industry, but God had a different plan for us. We stayed in Dalton because Dalton has been a big part in our lives. Our family has grown here; we have been blessed with two children, and as family we have decided to stay in Dalton.
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door shut with it to stay closed. And that is just a small example of
the things we had to overcome at the beginning of our journey. Overall, we always ask God for wisdom and guidance for this project. The process has not been an easy one. There have been ups and downs, but we never lost our faith. It took time and lots of patience, but with God’s help, we now have over sixteen years in business. With time, La Esperanza Bakery has been growing and we have faith that it will keep growing. Each day we are surprised how our clients support us in buying bread, and with the support of our faithful clients, we have now been blessed to be able to add on to the building. Now, we have over 9,000 square feet to serve our faithful clients better. Our motto is “pleasing our clients and innovating our products for everyone’s taste.”
excellent and has let us make a difference in the area. Our bakers stand out with the excellent service we provide. None of this could have been possible without God. Our mission in life has been to serve and to help others. We can gladly say that it has been a big blessing to help the community in different
Our Mission
Many factors are extremely important
to success. Some examples for us have been communication among each other, good administration as a business, responsibility, passion to work and serve, but most of all, commitment to the business. Another ingredient is to remain faithful to your mission and serve in any circumstances that life throws at
organizations and their activities. God has blessed us, and we have learned not to retain that blessing but to share it. He will never stay with nothing. La Esperanza Bakery has been supporting kid’s and teen’s sport teams as well as Dalton State College students for their rallies and events. We have been blessed with opportunities to be part of a few 5-K runs and being a support to those with special needs, birthdays, and events. The list can go on, but all we can say is that we feel blessed and honored to be able to support the community in different areas.
you. We all have to remember that not everything—not everybody—is perfect. As a bakery, we have learned to convert obstacles into challenges, which has made our service
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Our Traditions
We really want to keep our tradition in the
bakery for our customers and our children to learn and realize they are the future in the bakery. In the bakery, we try to maintain traditions like the Three King’s Day in January, Semana Santa in April, Valentine’s Day, Children’s Day, which in the Hispanic society is celebrated on April 30, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Fourth of July. We also try to do a few giveaways of school supplies for back-toschool children, and Day of the Dead in November, Christmas in December, and other events that fall in between. We
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try to keep the tradition in making special breads or decorations for listed events. Some events have slowly faded with time, but we try to maintain it so we can remember our background and culture. Above all, we try to maintain humbleness and great service to our customers for a great experience and quality of our product. At the end of the day, we love to receive a smile and a thank you in return of the service provided. We are also very grateful for all of our employees with the help and support that they provide day in and day out. Without them, all of what we do would not be possible. For more information, call (706) 270-0178.
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Gò0dNews for Teens
The Lost and Found
A story about what can happen when a teen becomes a light to the lost.
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by Jacob Herald
eing a teenager in a world like ours is rough. The constant peer pressure placed on you can reach into your very being and break you. It can cause you to back out of what you’re doing, especially when you know it’s right. Peer pressure can come between you and God and prevent you from accomplishing His work. However, in this dark world there is a shining beacon of hope—a dwelling of peace from the harsh storms, and a harbinger of love. His name is Jesus. Unfortunately, in this world there are people who lie just outside the light. These people walk around as hollow shells of who they can be. They feel worthless, forgotten, broken, and destroyed. They see the light of Christ and wish they could come into its warmth; yet they remain in the cold shadows of the world. They are lost. My own friend was one of those individuals. His own mind twisted his view, causing him to walk alone spiritually when he needed help the most. He was a hollow shell traveling the world just outside of the light. He had everything he needed for a spiritual fire, yet he lacked the spark. He was lost. I was that spark. I would see my friend walking through this world alone and lost, his soul wanting a
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connection with his Savior. He needed help, so that is when I took a risk and invited him to church. That one decision to shine a light changed his entire life. I acted as a guide, leading my friend toward the brilliant beacon of Christ. He knelt down at the altar not knowing how to pray. The pastor explained to him that through Christ, forgiveness is available to all. He told him that all have fallen short of the grace of God, yet through Christ all wounds can be healed. It was as simple as asking for Jesus to forgive your sins and accepting him into your heart. In that amazing moment, my friend found Christ. Love and happiness filled his once hollow heart and spilled out into his life, healing his once fragmented mind. He was found. That is why we must shine our lights out into the darkness of the world. We must be sparks to those who need it most. We must be bold for Christ, stepping out to shine our lights to reveal those who are lost. This simple act could lead your lost friend, lost relative, or even a lost stranger to be found. Jacob Herald is a fifteen-year-old Christian teen constantly seeking to grow in the Lord. He is a member of Herald Family Ministries, an evangelistic family who travels the U.S. working for the Lord through preaching, singing, and outreach, and has found his calling as a writer and speaker for Christ.
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Gò0dNews for Couples
Lemons to Lemonade
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Respecting the right of your spouse to disagree and open your heart to accept another point of view could have a respectful conflict resolution. by Carl Corser
've heard so many times from older couples who say they have never had a feud. Is that really true? Maybe they have sugar-coated reality. Disagreements? Not me and my wife; we don't have them. We just have highly expressive exchanges of words. All couples will sooner or later have conflict. How they approach the resolution is what makes a marriage relationship successful or end up in the divorce courts. Life itself applies enough pressure to our marriages, so heaven forbid that we complicate things with unwise handling of the lemons life serves. Yes, lemonade is so refreshing as we relax in a lawn chair under a big shade tree on a beautiful spring afternoon. How refreshing it can be when we can have peaceful and respectful conflict resolution in our marriages by turning lemons to lemonade. Resolution is so sweet after a bitter conflict.
R—respect E—express S—share O—open L—listen U—understand T—think I—imagine O—offer N—negotiate
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Please, please, please, start off on the right foot. Respect the right of your spouse to disagree. Express your real concerns and not petty little unrealistic feelings. Find ways to share common goals and interests that unite you as a couple instead of causing division. Open your heart to accept your spouse’s point of view. Who knows it might shock your resolving activity. Listen carefully to your spouse’s concerns and proposals to resolve your conflict. Understand the priority or key issues involved in the conflict. Rabbit chasing should not be allowed in the resolving of a marriage conflict. Think about the possible consequences that would result if the conflict is never resolved. Imagine possible alternative solutions to the present conflict. Think outside of the conflict “box.” Always be willing to offer reasonable compromises that will really make the lemonade so, so sweet and refreshing. When we are being reasonable with each other, conflict-resolving results will be lasting. Negotiate fair and balanced agreements together that will be acceptable to both individuals involved. These agreements then can be realistically kept, therefore taking the old sour lemons in your marriage and making sweet lemonade that refreshes your marriage relationship. Oh, how sweet it is to see a couple’s marriage relationship refreshed.
Carl Corser is an ordained bishop, vice president of the Gideons Cleveland North Camp, Peach State board of directors and Chaplin, owner of Corser Enterprises Roll-Off and A+ Sheet Metal.
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Gò0dNews for Seniors
Protect Mom’s Final Wishes Planning can preserve your estate and spare tough decisions during grief.
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by Mark Rich and Shell Underwood
ach of Laura’s siblings thought they knew their
determines how, when and to whom your assets will be
mother’s final wishes. However, when she
distributed after your death.
became ill they couldn’t agree on her care. When
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but victory is
she passed away, they struggled to divide what she left
won through many advisers. A financial representative
behind. Like her mother, Laura doesn’t consider herself
can work with you and your attorney to organize
wealthy. Creating an estate plan seemed unnecessary.
wills, trusts, legal and medical powers of attorney, life
After being at odds with her siblings and paying a large
insurance, and charitable gifts. The representative can
portion of her inheritance in taxes, however, Laura’s
also coordinate beneficiary designations on your life
reconsidering making some plans to spare her own
insurance, annuities, savings or retirement plans to
children added grief.
make sure your benefits are directed as you wish.
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t
haste leads to poverty (Prov. 21:5 NIV). While many
you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you
people feel estate planning is for the wealthy; having
have enough money to complete it? (see Luke 14:28).
an estate plan may actually be more critical for families
Often if we plan for our death, we only think of funeral
with more modest means. They can least afford to lose
expenses. Many times families are side-swiped with the
family assets to probate and legal fees or taxes.
costs that follow a loved one’s death after the funeral is
“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He
paid for. This can not only rip families apart but also can
will establish your plans” (Prov. 16:3 NIV). With an
leave them in poverty. A good financial representative,
estate plan, you can protect your assets for your family
if you will let them, will explain how much coverage
and shield loved ones from difficult decisions in a time
you need and why you need it. A great financial
of grief. In particular, if you own property, care for
representative will meet with you every year and tailor
dependents, or have been married more than once,
the plan to your needs so that your family has enough
you need an estate plan. Mistakes can be expensive
money when they need it the most.
and costly to your family’s well-being. Your estate includes your car, home, bank accounts, investments, life insurance, and personal belongings. Your estate plan
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Shell Underwood is a lifetime educator. She taught in Murray and Whitfield County Schools for 14 years as a science and math teacher. She has a financial planning office with Modern Woodmen of America in Dalton and she continues to volunteer in the local city and county schools with the Readers to Leaders program.
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Will You Trust Me?
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The question before us today is the same one Moses faced. In the midst of all these circumstances and situations, will we trust God at His word? by Dr. Greg Collins
n the third and the fourth chapters of the Book of Exodus, we find the story of Moses and the burning bush. There have been tens of thousands of sermons, if not more, preached from these passages of scriptures. But the thought that comes to me is the overall test this encounter brought to the life of Moses. The questions that appears from this encounter and test from the Lord God is, “Will you trust me?” God sets forth a mission for Moses’ life. But Moses makes a variety of excuses as to why he should not be the one to accomplish this mission for God. There are several factors Moses understands that gives him pause as to do what God is instructing him to do. He understands the strength and varicosity of the people he is to confront. For him, it is a question of strength and safety. God answers his doubt by showing the staff turned to a serpent and this hand becoming leprous. He knows his own insecurities and doubts of himself. He questions God on his ability to speak, so the Lord gives him Aaron as a helper. Lastly, Moses knows the hardness and stiffneckness of the people he was to deliver. Moses says the people will ask, “What is the Lord’s name?” So God instructs Moses to say I AM has sent him. The sum of this conversation between God and Moses boils down to the question, “Will you trust me?” says the Lord. This test is no different than the test you and I face every day. We know who we are and our own
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shortcomings. We know the difficulties of the variety of trials and tribulations we face. Whether it is financial crisis, health crisis, or even family crisis, we know the strength and difficulties of those things we face. As born-again believers in Jesus Christ, we must learn to trust Jesus Christ more and more each day. Apostle Paul speaking to the church at Rome said, “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:38-39 NKJV). Paul knew that trusting God was the key and that God’s promise to never forsake us stands above all the things we can possibly face. Today, be encouraged. No matter what you are facing. God is for you and with you in Christ Jesus; just trust in him. “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day (2 Tim. 1:12 KJV). Dr. Greg Collins has served over 20 years in ministry. A graduate of Andersonville Seminary, Dr. Collins’ ministry has impacted thousands of people around the country and world through TV, print and internet outreaches. He also preaches and teaches in many venues and crusades around the world. Most Sundays he can be found in the Pulpit of Faith Worship Center in Chatsworth, Georgia.
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From Failure to Success
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Recalling examples from Scripture that the miraculous hand of God delivered them to a victorious conclusion. By Yecid Carrillo
e are in a journey in which we encounter changes, challenges, and even defeat. Living in a constantly changing world and environment, many times it seems so easy to give up on our faith, our principles, our dreams, and even on the divine plans God has for us. When we look at the Holy Scriptures, we find a number of occasions where a person, a group, or a nation faced failure. Some had literally given up, overwhelmed by defeat, but in the same moment where there was no hope, their faith was activated and the miraculous hand of God showed up just in time to deliver them and bring them out to victory and success. Here are a few scenarios from the Scriptures. Moses went from being a prince to becoming a fugitive in an instant. Forty years later when he was used to a completely different environment, he met with God himself in the desert. From a simple, forgotten shepherd, he became a successful leader of a nation. Joshua, Moses' most faithful helper, became so attached to Moses, the man of God. When
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Moses was taken from him, little did Joshua know that his greatest victories and successes were getting ready to begin. God spoke to Joshua directly, telling him that in the same way He was with Moses, He would be with him. God told him "Only be strong and very courageous" (Josh. 1:7 NKJV), but these two initiatives needed another very important ingredient, the Word of God. In the same chapter, verse 8, God asked Joshua, "Keep this Book of the Law always in your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful" (NIV). I can't help but think about the three Israelite young men who refused to bow down to worship the statue built by the Babylonians when the people of Israel were taken into captivity. Hananiah, Michael, and Azariah (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego) knew that the
consequences of their action could have cost them their lives. They acted in faith, based on what they believed. They were willing to be burned alive in a fiery furnace, not knowing that right in that moment, the King of kings and Lord of lords was already stepping into the blazing furnace to wait for them, to protect them, deliver them, and use them to make His name known among the nations. Dear friend, no matter how difficult your circumstances seem to be, the same God of the Bible is still available for you today. I have experienced His mighty hand delivering me and many others time after time. Allow Him to change your failures for success.
Yecid "Jesse" Carrillo. Born in 1979 in a Christian home in Colombia, South America, I committed to serving God at the age of 17, and immediately started preaching on the streets, parks, hospitals, public transportation, and everywhere there was an opportunity. I have served as a pastor of a Spanish- speaking congregation for seven years along with my precious wife, Evelyn. We both know that our calling is to preach to the lost, and now I serve as a preacher to minister in different evangelistic revivals where we have seen the mighty hand of God helping those in need of His touch.
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Constant Yet Changing Passing the baton to new fountains and areas of life helps to step into the unknown but constant nature of God.
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by Mead Vest
he world seems to be in a constant state of flux. The older I get the faster time seems to go by. In this state of change that seems to be swirling all around, having a steady routine seems to be a high priority to create a peaceful life. I like order, structure, and having a plan. I can be flexible but I like flexibility with parameters. However, God doesn’t always work within expectations. You can’t always look at the past and forecast the future based on circumstances. In the past year or so I was faced with several big decisions, one of which was to move out of a position in which I had been serving for seven years. This position was actually an extension of something I had been actively engaged in for about twenty years in a different manner. I felt like moving out of this position would be saying goodbye to a part of my life that had held my heart for two decades. I would loose the connections and the mentoring opportunities I so valued. It was a difficult decision, since I knew that passing the baton to someone else meant a shift in much of what was familiar. My logical nature and my pros and cons list told me that it didn’t make sense to give up that area of service; however, I had an overwhelming feeling that it was time. I made the decision, which opposed all logic. I can’t say I had peace about it, but I knew I couldn’t ignore the overwhelming feeling to pass the baton. A year later I was faced with several more big decisions. This time one of the decisions was related to
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another area of my life in which I have been engaged in service for more than a decade. On my logical list, the pros of leaving outweighed the cons and demanded me to make an exit; yet, my inner soul knew I had to stay. I needed to continue working where I was, even though I knew that I was saying yes to an unknown. Things were changing and I didn’t have a clear outlook of what my future held and yet I was compelled to stay put. It didn’t make sense and it certainly wasn’t the same answer I had received about a year prior. In fact, it was the exact opposite. One time my logical side told me to stay when I was compelled to go. The second time it made no practical or logical sense for me to continue on in that area of service, but I had to continue anyway. While God remained constant, He was constantly changing— changing my circumstances; changing my perspective; changing the way I responded. I chose to rely less on the stability of what I was accustomed to and instead step out into the unknown. My decisions defied logic, and to the casual observer may have appeared irrational, but the continual change in my life was based on the constant nature of God. Mead Vest is married with seven children. She is passionate about classical education and serves on the school board of Candies Creek Academy associated with Candies Creek Baptist Church. She has homeschooled for over twenty years and is in leadership with a nonprofit that promotes competitive speech and debate for high school students. She is an avid organizer and an essential oils enthusiast.
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Gò0dNews for Everyone Well I’m Just Not Feeling It
Our relationship with God is an ever-changing, constantly moving, and developing one. Let your strong faith draw you closer to God even when you are not feeling it. by Shelbie Rogers
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here have been times when I simply do not feel
Our relationship with God is an ever-changing,
the joy of the Lord. That may be because every-
constantly moving, and developing one. There is no
one is moved by a song in worship and I’m not.
point where you’ll be finished, and once you stop try-
I’m feeling discouraged because my prayers just don’t
ing to get closer, you’ll fall farther away. There is no
seem to be answered, which leaves me not wanting to
fixing this feeling because the second you stop tending
pray. When I read my Bible, I’m just not focused like I
your relationship with God, it’ll break all over again.
once was. Life is just bearing down on me to the point I
There is beauty in having a faith that will see you
just don’t want to go to church anymore and it feels as
through this time when you are growing closer to
though the closeness with God is slipping away.
God even though you do not feel it. The question is
Let’s be real honest. I try to act like these feelings aren’t happening, but they are. For some reason there is this “fake-it-till-you-make-it” mentality. I’m not faking it anymore because faking does nothing. God knows my heart, and faking it is trying to trick myself or other people. I’d much rather make it better. I know it is hard to believe it is possible because this all seemed to happen out of the blue when you were closest to God. There is a lot of Christian verbiage
“will you let your faith be strong enough to see you through?” What kind of Faith? • A faith that will continue to sing praises during worship when you aren’t feeling it. • A faith that will continue to pray when you see nothing happening • A faith that will continue to read God’s Word when you don’t feel like you are getting anything from it. • A faith that will continue to go to church when you simply do not feel like it.
I could use right now to explain ex-
We rely too heavily on our feel-
actly what is happening, but I’ll re-
ings when we should rely on our
frain because the focus is on how
faith in God. “Trust God from
to regain this closeness rather
the bottom of your heart, do
than label the lack of it. “Lord,
not try to figure out everything
when doubts fill my mind, when
on your own: Listen for God’s
my heart is in turmoil, quiet me and
voice in everything you do, ev-
give me renewed hope and cheer” (Ps.
erywhere you go; He’s the one
94:19 TLB).
who will keep you on track.”
Where will your faith be found?
(Prov. 3:5-6 MSG).
Will you just accept this place and remain? Will you move past it to regain your closeness with God? It is my choice to make it just like it is your choice to make it as well.
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Gò0dNews from the Physician’s Desk
Help Keep Your Brain Sharp with the MIND Diet We’ve all heard the saying, “You are what you eat.” Well, what if we told you that your brain agrees?
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by Juan Gonzalez, M.D. of Hamilton Neurology Associates
recent study by Chicago’s Rush University Medical
• 5 servings of nuts a week
Center showed that older adults who followed
According to the diet, the five “unhealthy foods,” (red
a specific diet called Mediterranean-DASH Diet
meat, butter and stick margarine, sweets, cheese, and fried
Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, more commonly
foods) should be limited to one serving per week (one
called the MIND diet, tested seven and one half years younger
tablespoon of butter or stick margarine is permitted each day).
in cognitive tests and were 53 percent less likely to develop
“The MIND diet promotes better blood circulation to the brain
Alzheimer’s disease.
with a decreased burden of disease such as hypertension
So what is this MIND diet? It’s a combination of two
or heart failure,” says Juan Gonzalez, M.D., neurologist
diets you may have heard of: the Mediterranean diet and
with Hamilton Neurology Associates. “Therefore, it has the
the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet.
potential to preserve the brain as we age.”
Both of these diets have been proven to reduce the risk for
MIND Diet Recipes
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Pumpkin Spice Smoothie
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Ingredients
the foods and nutrients that are scientifically proven to be
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
associated with dementia prevention. The diet is based
2 small-to medium-sized bananas
on nine healthy food groups and five not-so-
1 big handful of fresh spinach
healthy ones:
1 to 2 dates
Nine “brain-healthy” foods:
1/2 cup almond milk
• Leafy green vegetables
1 dash nutmeg
• Vegetables
1 dash cinnamon
• Nuts
1 to 2 handfuls of ice
• Berries
Directions:
• Beans
Place pumpkin,
• Whole grains
bananas, spinach, date(s),
• Fish
milk, nutmeg, and
• Poultry
cinnamon in a blender.
• Olive oil
Blend on medium speed for
Five “unhealthy” foods:
about 30 seconds. Add ice and
• Butter and stick
finish blending.
margarine
Pecan Salmon
• Red meat
Ingredients
• Cheese
1/2 cup pecan halve
• Sweets
4 (6 oz.) salmon filet
• Fried foods
1 tsp. sal
MIND dieters aim to include
1/2 tsp. garlic powde
the following in their diets:
1/4 tsp. pepper
• At least 3 servings of whole grains a day
3 tbsp. olive oil
• 6 servings of leafy greens a week—plus
Directions:
one other veggie serving a day
Finely chop pecans.
• 2 servings of berries a week
Sprinkle salmon with salt, garlic powder, and pepper. Dip
• 1 serving of fish a week
salmon in finely chopped pecans. Add olive oil to a large,
• 2 servings of poultry a week
non-stick skillet over medium-high heat; add salmon and cook
• 3 servings of legumes a week
three to four minutes on each side or until well browned and it
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Gò0dNews Espaῆol Un Toque Impulsado Por La Fe
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by Tony Garcia
osotros frecuentemente oir la historia de la mujer en la biblia con la tema de la sangre predicar en santuarios y ensenado en la clase de domingo. Pero la mayoria del tiempo nosotros saldremos justo el sentimiento como nosotros escuchamos un buen mensaje de el pastor y seguir sobre nuestra vida. Pensamos que es una Buena historia y caminar lejos con una buena sensacion, no pagar ella fue en tal desesperada necesidad. Aun cuando realmente paremos y tomar un mas cercano aspecto en esta mujer circunstancias, deberia sorprendernos en forma valiente ella era realmente para tomar tal audaz paso en su fe. Debe hacernos saber a nosotros mismos , si tuvieramos que estar en esta situacion nos consideramos teniendo esa misma libertad de la fe? El libro de Marcos capitulo 5 registra la historia de Jesus de la embarcacion a la orilla de yhe de Galilea, cuando un gobernante de la sinagoga de nombre Jairo viene corriendo a Jesus en su desesperacion para un toque para su hija que esta enferma hasta la muerte. Como Jesus procede a seguir Jairo a su casa para hacerlo, apagado en la distancia es una mujer que se ocupa actualmente de un problema de sangre el espacio de doce anos. Durante doce anos acudio a los medicos para una cura , pero nunca se encontro ningun resultado. Durante esos anos se convirtio en mas debil y mas debil. Ella espero en antcipaciondel dia que se seque la fuente que estaba causando tanta perdida de sangre en su cuerpo y que ella haria todo. Durante doce anos espero en solitario como ella fuera debido a la ley mosaic que consideraban inmundo. La ley Mosaica indico era considerado inmundo. Sin embargo incluso a traves de los ultimos doce anos habia sido tan debil y tan enferma y mucha anticipacion, algo dentro ella dijo que si ella podia tocar a la prenda de Jesus, entonces ella se haria todo. Con esta fe encontro prensado entre la multitude y dar todo esfuerzo que tenia al tocar el borde de su ropa. Cuando ella finalmente le toca la biblia nos dice que inmediatamente fue sanado y se curo. Su inspirador ver como la fe de esta mujer era tan fuerte y determinado
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que era tan fuerte y deteminado que poder ella y fortalecer a moverse en un momento cuando ella era la mas debil en su vida. Como la multitud considerada inmundo, tomo una oportunidad de ser arrojado fuera de las puertas de la cuidad y ser lapidado hasta la muerte si alguien se enteraba que ella, era una mujer con un problema de la sangre hacia fuera en publico. Con todas estas probabilidades en su contra ella sustituido este miedo con la fe y fue simplemente confiando en este un punto de contacto con el Mesias. Ella se arrastro mas cerca y mas cerca de Jesus mientras que hace su manera a traves de la mutitud, ni su debilidad, ni la ley, ni su vida importaba en este momento. Lo unico que sabia era que ella iba a dejarlo todo para ponerse en contacto con Jesus. Es evident ver que su fe y su vida se colocaron todo en la linea para este un punto de contacto y esta un toque con el Mesias. Hay varios momentos en la vida que no encontramos desesperdos por algo necesario para nostoros. La realidad de es la respuesta hacer contacto con el Mesias. Que estamos dispuestos a renunicar para llegar a el. Podemos ser como la mujer que dio cada onza de su fuerza para conseguir la atencion de Jesus. O tal vez solo podemos encontrar dentro de nosotros mismo para decir lo que sabes ? No importa lo que la sociedad dice acerca de mi voy a seguir presionando a mantener busqueda de jesus sin importarque intenta detenerme o cuanto tiempo puede tomar. Va a hacer mi punto de contacto con Jesus de modo que puedo tener mi rotura a traves de . Asi que tal vez usted esta tratando de hacer ese punto de contacto con Jesus para sus hijos o otra situacion personal. Incluso ya sea finazas enfermedad o depression este estimulo es para ti. No permitas que las circunstancias o otras personas que le rodean le impiden ser solictante de Christo. Le buscan de todo corazon y dar todos los esfuerzos que se puede dar a sentir su presencia en tu vida. Incluso si sientes que hasta ahora solo seguir creer que no importa lo que estes en la vida de que Jesus seran siempre la repuesta. Todo lo que necesitas para llegar a el es un toque que es impulsado por la fe. Tony Garcia has been marred for five years to his wonderful wife Dolores. He works in quality control at Beaulieu America. Both he and his wife are the youth leaders of Varnell Full Gospel church in Varnell, Ga. He is also a local evangelist in the community of Dalton.
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The goal of foster care is to strengthen the children to go back to their biological families. by Jennifer Govea
n Northwest Georgia, there is a crisis for people to care for other people’s children on a short- and longterm basis. I am referring to “foster care.” Whitfield County alone has approximately 250 children in care and only thirty-two foster homes. When you do the math, you may think that each foster family has seven to eight foster kids, but that is not true! I know families with one child, another with six, another with two, and so on. Some think the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) is the bad guy wanting to rip kids out of their homes and take them away from everything they know and love. Nothing could be further from the truth! When a family situation gets so bad that the child is put in danger, DFCS gets involved to protect children who cannot protect themselves. Reasons for removing a child from a potentially dangerous situation could be physical, sexual, verbal abuse, or neglect due to drug and alcohol addictions, or mental health disorders. DFCS always looks for suitable family members to care for the children, but if none are appropriate, that’s when the state calls foster families to step in and help. The goal of foster care is for families to be strengthened and children to go back to their biological families because they want to keep families together. In the meantime, caring foster families take children into their homes to provide a safe and loving environment while the biological parents get on the right path, and, hopefully, able to get their children back. While in foster care, children often receive attention and nurturing they haven’t been used to including other
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important details such as haircuts, dental/emotional/ healthcare visits, clothes, and structured parenting they need. Taking foster children to a movie, out to eat, and on vacation are luxuries that make them feel special and a part of the foster family. Foster parents need a break sometimes and that’s where you come in! You can provide short-term respite or volunteer care for these families! Some examples of that would be babysitting for a few hours either at a foster family's home or your house for a date night, having one or two foster kids stay at your house over the weekend so the couple can attend a marriage retreat, or keeping a foster child overnight while the rest of the family goes to an outof-town funeral. The training and home requirements for providing this type of short-term care are much less than what foster parents go through and are greatly appreciated by foster families. If you are thinking that you wouldn’t qualify to help because you are single, don’t have children, are retired, or live in an apartment, none of that matters! You just need a big heart to help others and trust God to do the rest. For more information about how you can provide a break to foster parents, please contact Melanie Garlin, Resource Development at the Whitfield County DFCS office at (706) 272-2805. We also have a need for teen homes and large sibling groups if you feel called in this area also. Jennifer Govea is a bilingual editor and former missionary in Latin America. She and her husband currently work at Rock Bridge Community Church and have a son.
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Nana’s Corner
Giving children and grandchildren downtime to disconnect opens the door to teach them many things that includes the love of God.
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by Kaye Stein
et up! Get up sounds that high-pitched voice of
soreness in the morning is nothing compared to the
my granddaughter, followed by lots of giggles.
smile on your face as you recall the fun you had with
As a parent, those were not always so cute,
those grandbabies.
but as a grandparent, you live for those moments. They
As a nurse of more than thirty years, I can tell you
seem to fly by all too fast, and then the wait until the
that there are benefits to play and laughter. As we get
next visit.
older, we tend to play less and feel tired. The good
No matter what stage
news is that this is easily
of life you are in, you
rectified by getting up!
have a purpose, a reason
Getting active! And loving
to be here, a role to play
on those grandbabies! Stay
as God’s servant. We
active in between visits,
grandparents have a big
and you won’t be as sore
role in our children’s and
the next time you have
our grandchildren’s lives.
play dates.
The pressures on parents
God’s Word in
seem astronomical as kids
Ephesians 6:4 says for
are exposed to so much
fathers not to provoke
more these days. And the
their children to anger;
exposures are at a fast
rather, bring them up with
pace with social media
discipline and instruction
such as Facebook, twitter,
that comes from the
YouTube, Instagram, and
Lord. Those who care
so many others. Children
for children should act
need downtime! They
in love, treating children
need to disconnect!
as Jesus treated the people He loved. Since going to
A trip to Nana and Pappy’s house for a sleep-in,
grandmother’s house is seen as a special treat, we have
morning pancakes, and a romp around the yard picking
a special opportunity to reach our grandchildren and
flowers, is just what they need—not to mention all
open the door to teaching them about the love of God.
the hugs and kisses they get! There is just something
Those are valuable moments we cannot afford to miss
gratifying about playing Hide-n-seek or building a
out on, so don’t miss a moment with your grandkids.
castle with the couch cushions. Yes, we probably get
Get up, play, and share God’s love!
away with a few things that Mom and Dad might not allow, but the joy and laughter that resonates through the house can lighten your soul. Playing games with the grandkids has physical benefits for us seniors. The
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