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Play it safe and worship as a family. 580-2225-3330 Daily Devotional Reading Genesis Genesis Exodus Deut. Deut. Deut. Deut. I can’t stop thinking 28:1-22 351-15 40:1-38 1:1-33, 41-14 4:15-40 5:1-22 Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society ©2021, Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.0. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com Area Directory Thoughts reinforced through tience and perseverance, with First Baptist Church Canute constant repetition become joy...” (Colossians 1:11) Assembly of God 580-471-3688 Seventh-Day Adventist deeply ingrained thought- 3. When we learn to believe Assembly of God Pastor Martin Brown habits. When we tell our- “T can’t”, everything seems 115 W. Sth St., Brick Seventh-Day Adventist selves repeatedly: “I can’t”; impossible, and we stop try- Pastor: Gary Griffin Retrop Baptist Church 11375 N. 1990 Ra., Elk City “T don’t know”; “I’m con- ing. Second Corinthians Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 580-472-3472 Assembly of God 580-303-0791 Pastor Wes Via fused”, or “I’m too tired”, we 6 (Amplified): “This is the come to believe those state- confidence we have through 7th and Locust St., Sayre Catholic ments as inescapable truth. Christ...our power and abil- 580-928-4296 ‘Queen of All Saints United Methodist ity and sufficiency are from Jimmy Blanken, Min. 702 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk Because decisions flow di- 914. Sth St., Sayre rectly from thought patterns, God. He has qualified us, First Assembly of God 580-928-2385 City the life experience will in- making us to be fit and wor- 2701 S. Randall, Elk City Rev. Danny Grover 580-225-0262 evitably reflect increasing thy and sufficient...” Just 580-225-1167 Scott Rodgers, Rev. failure, ignorance, confusion think! Since God Himself has Kevin Akins, Min. St, Mathews Catholic and a weary, foot-dragging made us sufficient, the only 3001 B. 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