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April 21, 2021 5 Elk City Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center 301 Garrett St, Elk City 580-225-2811 SPIRITUAL CONDITIONING A Fresh Coat of Paint Bigstockphoto/Willee Cole 716 W 3rd St, Elk City 580-225-3442 A A ll of the skill and technology in an operating room is house in need of paint looks tired and worn. Regular dedicated to one purpose…the assurance that the patient maintenance can keep it from getting to that point where the gleam will be restored to health. There is one condition, however, that has dulled and decay has set in. A fresh coat of paint is like a second all the skill of the surgical team cannot control - he condition of chance; just a touch-up and things look bright and shiny again. the patient’s spirit. It has been proven that those patients with a Our spiritual lives can fade, too. We need regular nourishment and hopeful, positive, and faithful attitude have a significantly greater preservation to keep ourselves from feeling spiritually neglected. chance of survival and recovery. We can learn a faithful attitude by Get a “touch-up” for your spirit at your local house of worship and studying God’s Word. A practice of positive spiritual conditioning you will shine brightly. at your house of worship each week could save your life. Daily Scripture Daily Readings Bible Reading Hosea Matthew Hosea Matthew Hosea Mathew Hosea Acts Hosea Acts Leviticus Acts Leviticus Acts 9:17-10:15 17:1-27 11:1-11 20:1-19 11:2-12:14 20:20-34 13:1-16 3:1-26 14:1-9 4:1-22 16:1-19 4:23-37 16:20-34 5:1-16 Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society z Daily Devotional at DailyBible.AmericanBible.org Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society z Daily Devotional at DailyBible.AmericanBible.org ©2021 Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.O. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com ©2020 Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.O. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com Refuse Suicide by lifestyle in 2021 It’s solidly based in fact. Centers for Disease Control FOOD: Many literally and Prevention) At the risk poison themselves with pro- of sounding simplistic, I’m cessed, zero-nutritional trash, mislabeled as “food,” and by making a statement that I will constantly over-eating. Three- explain more fully, and build quarters of American men; upon in the coming weeks: more than 60% of women 417-737-477 and nearly 30% of boys and The foundational reason Pastor: Gary Griffin girls under age 20 are obese Americans—including believ- or overweight (Institute for ers—turn to… Health Metrics and Evalua- food for comfort tion). 580-472-3472 leisure as an escape DRUGS: Recognizing the Pastor: Wes Via work as our identity over-medicating of America, a recent Mayo Clinic study too many drugs as a crutch Dixie Yoder found: nearly 70 percent … is failure to grow in of Americans are on one understanding God’s great uicide by lifestyle is not prescription drug more than goodness, including the readily acknowledged as 50 percent take two twenty percent are on five or more finished work of identity, deliberate self-destruction, but it’s real, and far more common prescription drugs. comfort, healing and provision than we realize. Solomon, Antibiotics, antidepres- accomplished by Jesus in His gifted with great wisdom, said sants and opioids are most sinless life, death, resurrection this: commonly prescribed. (Mayo Scott Rodgers, Rev. and ascension. 10:30 He who is loose and slack in Clinic Proceedings Magazine). With the legalization of This is not a criticism of his work is brother to him who is a destroyer, and he who does marijuana, and the normaliza- those who experience sickness not use his own efforts to heal tion of the use of chemicals, or lack; rather a look at how himself is brother to him who these numbers will continue to to more fully cooperate with commits suicide.” Proverbs escalate. God’s completed provision. 18:9 WORK: Many Americans Many believers die slowly complain about being over- Infinite Grace Ministries and early through a lifestyle worked, but research shows teaches freedom from de- of too many prescription and Americans spend less time at structive choices by focusing street drugs; tobacco; too much work and more time in leisure 421 N. Booth Ave. attention on God’s limitless food and too little exercise; activities than ever before: too much worry, and too little Since mid-1960s, the love-power. By praying and sleep. These choices are often typical American work week giving financially, you are an made in ignorance, in a culture decreased almost eight hours, essential part of this ministry undergirded by the devil: (1 while leisure time rose nearly of hope. John 5:19) “…the whole world seven hours weekly. This addi- Please consider Infinite lies in the power of the evil tional time is the equivalent of one…” He is humankind’s 7-9 weeks of annual vacation Grace Ministries in your year- vicious, cunningly deceptive time. round giving! Your generosity enemy, who takes every oppor- Leisure time increased is an eternal investment in this tunity to kill, steal and destroy. unequally. Less educated, and future generations. Call The more he can present the lower-income Americans destruction as “natural” and work less, with more leisure 580-774-2884 for information Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Peña “unavoidable,” the more cun- than Americans with higher about convenient auto-debit; 600 W. Main, Elk City ningly he can produce death. incomes, largely due to more send your tax-deductible dona- Pastor: Jose Reyes We may protest calling this government entitlement pro- tion to PO Box 466, Weather- 580-799-2964 “suicide”. Suicide is “one who grams. Working less explains ford, OK, or donate securely kills himself intentionally”. lower incomes. When one ignores readily WORRY: Two of every ten through our free phone app. To available information concern- Americans over age twelve download, search Ask Dr. Dixie ing unhealthy lifestyle choices, take antidepressants. With the in the App Store or Google he or she enters this category. extra leisure, why are Ameri- Play. Eating, drugging, working—or cans so exhausted, anxious refusing to work—or worry- and stressed that antidepres- Send your questions and ing ourselves “to death” isn’t sant use has risen nearly comments to: drdixie@drdixie. simply a meaningless cliché. 400% since 1988? (Data from org 1st Month Free! 1224 S. Eastern Ave, Elk City, OK 1/2 mile S. of Walmart 580-374-1360 Sears Hometown Stores Christ Ministries 2821 W 3rd St, Elk City • 580-225-2131 310 N Washington, Weatherford 804 W. 6th St, Elk City 580-772-7327 580-243-9708 580-799-2440 210 Regional Drive. 580-225-3003