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18B May 19, 2021 Elk City Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center 301 Garrett St, Elk City 580-225-2811 SPIRITUAL CONDITIONING SHARING GOD 716 W 3rd St, Elk City 580-225-3442 A ll of the skill and technology in an operating Bigstockphoto/Gino dedicated to one purpose…the assurance that the patient Santa Maria room is Bwillest wishes be friends restoredshare skilldreams all the and to health. There is one their innermost of the surgical team They for the future. cannot condition, secrets cancontrol also share and feelings, - the however,their theircondition that thoughts of about God. The world leaves no room for doubt that our youth needa the patient’s spirit. It has been proven that those patients with ahopeful, positive, in firm foundation and faithful order attitude to face have moral inevitable a significantly issues. Let greater God chance of survival and recovery. We can learn a make a lasting imprint on their souls…share Him with a best friend faithful attitude by studying this God’s week at your Word. houseAof practice worship. of positive spiritual conditioning at your house of worship each week could save your life. Daily Scripture Daily Readings Bible Reading Acts Matthew Acts Matthew Acts Mathew Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts 2:22-47 17:1-27 3:1-26 20:1-19 4:1-22 20:20-34 4:23-37 3:1-26 6:1-15 4:1-22 7:1-22 4:23-37 7:23-43 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 Real women equal but different ©2020 Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.O. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com Real women like a “good straightforward, black-and- time” and can drink copious white thinkers just like men, amounts of alcohol without and when they aren’t—be- looking drunk and stupid cause they can’t—their more Real women always have a overt emotions are labeled and man and want to have sex any medicated. God designed women to 417-737-477 time, anywhere be real through a relationship Pastor: Gary Griffin Real women have glamor- ous, powerful jobs and plenty with Him, not according to of money cultural standards. This fictitious representa- A woman living from 580-472-3472 tion of womanhood has result- God’s design loves Jesus and Pastor: Wes Via ed in promiscuity, STD’s, ad- allows Holy Spirit to empower dictions, eating disorders and her: knowing that a secure, the “revolving-door” of live-in confident life is only possible Dixie Yoder relationships, divorce and through a love relationship remarriage that are system- with her Heavenly Father. “Dr. Dixie, I don’t usually atically destroying America’s A woman living from look back to “good old days,” families and children. God’s design isn’t flawless, but but what has happened to mu- compassionate in relationships In our eagerness to re-es- tual respect between women with husband, children and tablish equality, we’ve mistak- and men? I think we use each friends, and diligent in her enly pursued sameness. In the Scott Rodgers, Rev. other more than we like each work.. 10:30 Sixties a seemingly innocent A woman living from other. I want to respect men, trend, called “unisex”, began to God’s design says an absolute and to be respected!” grow. Clothing, hairstyles and “no” to abuse, trusting God In years past, girls and names became more generic; to make necessary changes in women were considered the blurring distinctions between the abuser even as she moves gentler, “tender gender”; men and women, and open- herself and children to a place generally treated with care- ing the door for acceptance of transgenderism. of safety when threatened. ful respect, especially when A woman living from God’s pregnant or accompanied by The word “unisex” means, “one sex or gender”. While design appreciates men with 421 N. Booth Ave. young children. On the nega- tive side, those same days also male and female human beings their differences, rather than forbade women to vote or own have many things in common; disdaining them because they property because they were for example, eyes, arms, legs aren’t like her. not believed to be intellectually and kidneys, etc., there are A woman living from God’s capable. more physiological, emotional, design chooses faithfulness Women have fought hard and life-perspective differenc- to one husband, until death, over the years to re-establish es. These differences cannot be putting her own needs and the equality designed and neutralized through drugs, by desires second to the needs of intended by God when He cre- wearing look-alike clothing or her dependent children; refus- cross-dressing and pretending 601 W. 20th St., Elk City ated the first man and woman. ing choices that will damage or We enjoy many improvements we’re the same. destroy her children. in salaries, sports, property When God created us male Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La Peña A real woman knows that 600 W. Main, Elk City ownership, and leadership and female, He never intended living out of God’s original opportunities. But with the that we try to become one gen- Pastor: Jose Reyes design and from His power is gains, we have lost so much der or to ignore or change our 580-799-2964 what makes a woman real. femininity, along with the awe- “plumbing” and insist we’re something we aren’t. 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