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August 3, 2022 The Elk City News - 5 Call today to support Devotional the church page! 580-225-3000 WHATEVER TOMORROW sal BRINGS Yow Auto Supply 221 South Jefferson Mo ofusareafraid Elk City, Okiahoma of the unknown; 580-225-2166 we do not know what 1121 South Main, Elk City lies ahead and we worry P.O, Box 2579, Elk City, OK 73648 Phone: 580-243-0466 + Fax: 580-243-0472 about being able to cope with it. We yearn | J. KellyeL. Fuchs cpa for stability in an ever-changing world. Office: 80-225.8877 Whatever tomorrow brings, we can have the Fax:580.225.1183 peaceful conviction |__—_____&—______ that God’s love for us Company PLLC 9 win, Ekechy 716 W 3rd St, Elk City 580-225-3442 is unchanging and everlasting. | Worship | ee Great Plains Bank this week and discover a steadfast security and a sustaining faith. No matter what the future Randy Dupree, LUTCF Ete City holds, God will take Life + Home » Farm Auto SEE.FIDLZ2O5 care of us. 503 West 3rd, Elk City grbarkokcor 580-2225-3330 Daily Bible Reading Judges Philemon Isaiah Isaiah Psalm Psalm Psalm 16:23-31 1-25 41:1-20 43:1-21 78:1-37 78:38-72 86 Spiritual Body odor Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society )X Daily Devotional at DailyBible.AmericanBible.org ©2022 Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.O. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com. observation that may sound moment, learning to know distasteful, but is an import- Jesus intimately and behav- Area Chur irectory ant concept: wherevera body ing differently because of our Seventh-Day Adventis exists here on earth, there growing knowledge of Him. Assembly of God First Baptist Church Canute will inevitably be some level Every person has a unique 580-471-3688 Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor Martin Brown 11375 N. 1990 Rd., Elk City of body odor! Cultures and belief system, developed in Assembly of God 580-472-3472 times determine what level is a unique family, church and 115 W. Sth St., Brick Retrop Baptist Church Pastor Wes Via considered acceptable. life situation, so we each Pastor: Gary Griffin Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 People in early European his- have a different perspective Assembly of God 580-303-0791 tory rarely bathed. Body odor of what “stinks”. We may United Methodist 7th and Locust St., Sayre 702.W. Country Club Blvd, Blk was accepted as normal, and get so focused on someone’s 580-928-4296 Queen ofAll Saints City not particularly noticed, In offending behavior that we Jimmy Blanken, Min. 914 N. Sth St., Sayre 580-225-0262 America, anything more fre- neglect to acknowledge what 580-928-2385 Scott Rodgers, Rev. First Assembly of God Rev. Danny Grover quent than a weekly bath only needs to be changed in us! 2701 S. Randall , Elk City United Methodist Dixie Yoder became common after the Paul addressed this problem 580-225-1167 St. Mathews Catholic 320 S. Magnoliea St., Erick turn of the century in 1900; in Romans 14: “One man’s Kevin Akins, Min. 3001 E. Hwy 66, Elk City 580-526-3949 I often hear statements like mass marketing of deodor- faith permits him to eat all Grandview Assembly of God 580-225-0066 this one: “Dr. Dixie, I'm a ants did not begin until the things while a weaker one Rev. Danny Grover United Methodist believer. I've been pretty dis- Pioneer and Country Club, Elk City 802 N. 4th St., Sayre early 1960's. Now, we have limits his eating to vegeta- 580-225-7742 Christian 580-928-2146 appointed in what I see some abundant clean water and bles. Neither is to regard the Nat Hicks Antioch Christian Nazarene Christians doing and hear soap available to us to min- other with contempt...rather 3200 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City them saying. I really want imize or eliminate physical let us determine not to put an 580-243-0066 First Church of The Nazarene to respect and admire Chris- odors; good nutrition can re- obstacle or stumbling block Jeff McDowell 816 W. 6th St., Elk City tians. Am I being too sensi- Great Plains Baptist Assn. 580-225-2026 in a brother’s way.” duce odors from the inside. It 1902 Watts St., Sayre Christian Church Robert Barkely, Pastor tive and critical?” has become culturally unac- We cannot make others act 580-928-2585, 1S. Walnut, Erick Pentecostal Both Christians and ceptable not to shower daily. the way we think they should, 580-526-3284 non-Christians have higher or even the way the Bible So, what do our bathing hab- Bible Baptist Church Grace Temple expectations of people who 1018 W. B Avenue, Elk City 601 W. 20th St, Elk City says they should, We are to its have to do with Chris- 580-225-5344 First Christian Church Lindell & Nequita Brown, Pastors profess to know Jesus as tian behavior? I’m glad you encourage and admonish one (Diciples of Christ) Lord. Because we are an- asked! At salvation, the Holy another while paying close Central Missionary Baptist 1500 N. Randall, Elk City Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La ticipating a certain level of Spirit moved into the phys- attention to our own behav- 1205 W. B Avenue, Elk City 580-225-7801 Pena behavior, disappointment is ical bodies of believers to ioral “cleanliness”; choosing 580-225-0212 First Christian 600 W. Main, Elk City 1601 N. 4th St., Sayre Pastor, Jose Reyes greater when Christians fail. eliminate the odor of sin on not to be offended by others Eastside Baptist 580-928-3639 580-799-2964 Sadly, over the past several the inside (1 Corinthians 6:9- as God does His sanitizing 421 N. Booth Avenue, Elk City generations, those who claim 7, 19). Because Jesus is the work in each one, from the 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Presbyterian to know God have become Living Water, and we have inside out. This is not the Chris Carlisle, Min. Church of Christ First Presbyterian noticeably less knowledge- sloppy tolerance of sin that His cleansing life within,it is 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 217 N. Washington Ave., Elk City Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 580-225-3130 able about the Word of God. now possible to progressively is promoted by our culture. 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City When Christians are ignorant wash away the “odor” of sin Rather, it is a recognition of 580-225-0203 Gantt Carter, Min. Non-Denominational ‘of God’s power, and are un- from our behavior: dishones- Biblical sin even while we Church of Christ ty, greed, lack of discipline, encourage change with pa- instructed about the practical First Baptist Erick ‘The Way Church 1600 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City 201 S. Jefferson Ave., Elk City changes needed in our daily unfaithfulness, gossip and tience and mercy. 580-225-7951. 580-526-3397 behavior, we will continue unkindness, to name a few. 1 Thessalonians 5:14: “We Elk City Community First Baptist Church of Christ Elk City to act just like the unsaved These sinful, immature be- urge you to admonish the Meets at Pioneer & Bell 120 S. Randall Ave., Elk City haviors, especially when seen 400 S. Sheb Wooley, Brick 580-225-1184 world. Disillusionment will loafers and the disorderly, en- 580-526-3375 580-225-5295 certainly follow. courage the timid and faint- in men and women who have Jason Klechner, Min. The New Testament de- been a part of the Body for hearted, help the weak; be Northeast Church of Christ Gateway First Baptist 616 N. Locust Avenue 4227 W. 3rd St., Elk City scribes believers as the Body many years, is spiritual Body patient with everyone, always 580-225-1184 580-225-4395 of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12 odor. It’s offensive, and keeping your temper.” 504 N. 4th St., Sayre 580-928-5518 Curtis Newton, Min, and Romans 12 explains that needs to be “washed” by be- Call 580-774-2884 for more Westside Church of Christ each believer is a unique part coming sensitive to the Pres- information on how to be free 580-225-3052 ‘The Link First Hispanic Baptist 200 S. Main, Elk City of the His Body. So here’s an ence of the Holy Spirit each from spiritual body odor. 919 W. 8th St., Elk City Church of God 580-225-7901 Trinity Fellowship Church of God 501 W. 1st, Elk City Sayre Main Street Baptist 580-225-0227 580-928-2345 Call today to support 1101 N. Main St., Elk City 580-225-2938 Joe Thompson, Min. Christ Ministiries the church page! Mt. Carmal Baptist Jehovah’s Witnesses 804 W. 6th St., Elk City 580-243-9708 1801 W. A Avenue, Elk City Jehovah's Witnesses 580-225-3000 580-225-2061 402 E. Washington Ave., Sayre 580-928-9330 One Church 120 N. 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