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10 - The Elk City News February 17, 2024 = ‘Gooperstives 18920 £ Sayre, OK 1170 Rd SEA OF LOVE == eenamacsnen > == ae he ocean is vast and ever changing; shimmering and calm one moment, _ restless Great Plains Bank and rough another. But, Ete City the waves always return to the shore. The way of SEE-FIDZICS love is much like that of grbankokcore the sea. It is beautiful, yet unpredictable - storms may brew, but calm We Have What We Say! always returns to make way for loving and happy moments. Like the love Part 2 of God, true love never fails. As Valentine’s Day making it to abound....those freedom to change and grow. approaches let us meditate who wait for the Lord, who We live in a culture that la- expect, look for, and hope in bels everything. ‘There are on the way of true love Him, shall change and renew medical, educational, social, and rededicate our love to their strength and power; religious, gender and ethnic that special one in our life, they shall lift their wings labels. with God’s help. Happy and mount up close to God Valentine’s Day. as eagles mount up to the This destructive habit of la~ sun; they shall run and not beling produces binocular be weary, they shall walk and thinking: We maximize our Daily Bible Readings not faint or become tired. own strengths and qualities, John John John Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm while magnifying the weak- 6:1-24 6:25-59 6:60-71 51 57 107 108 2. We talk ourselves into the nesses and mistakes of those Scriptures Selected by the American Bible Society X Daily Devotional at www.AmericanBible.org fearful bondage of rejection whose labels are different ©2024 Keister-Williams Newspaper Services, P.0. Box 8187, Charlottesville, VA 22906, www.kwnews.com Dixie Yoder and failure, or into the free- than ours. Labeling is sim- dom of knowing we are ac- ply a politically correct form 1. We talk ourselves into en- cepted in Christ. of name-calling, which very Area Church Directory ergy or exhaustion. As we often leads to shame and re- listen to someone who drags Proverbs 12:13: “The wicked jection; or at the other end Assembly of God First Baptist Church Canute Seventh-Day Adventis' through life, and every other is dangerously snared by the of the spectrum, entitlement 580-471-3688 Assembly of God Pastor Martin Brown word they speak is some transgression of his lips, but and blame-shifting. Scrip- Seventh-Day Adventist form of “tired” or “weary” the righteous shall come out ture is clear that because be- 115 W. Sth St., Brick Retrop Baptist Church 11375 N, 1990 Ra., Elk City or “exhausted”, sometimes Pastor: Gary Griffin Intersection Hwy 6 and 55 580-472-3472 of trouble. lievers are filled with God’s Service times: we get tired just listening to Assembly of God 580-303-0791 kind of love, there is no room 2:00 pm Bible Study them talk themselves into Black and white thinking for that kind of thought and 7th and Locust St,, Sayre Catholic 2:50 pm Church Service being tired! brings bondage. In this all- behavior. 580-928-4296 Jimmy Blanken, Min. Queen of Alll Saints 914 N. Sth St, Sayre or-nothing-thinking, we Over time, negative thoughts tend to see things, ourselves First Assembly of God 580-928-2385 and statements become a 1 Corinthinans13 5-7 (Amp): 2701 S. Randall , Elk City Rev. Danny Grover United Methodist and other people as being all Love is not conceited, arro- 702 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk habit, persistently encroach- wrong or all right; all good or gant, rude or unmannerly. 580-225-1167 City Kevin Akins, Min. St. Mathews Catholic 580-225-0262 ing into our mental space all bad; total success or total God's love in us does not in- 3001 E. Hwy 66, Elk City without our deliberately failure, This mindset quickly sist on its own way. It is not Grandview Assembly of God 580-225-0066 Scott Rodgers, Rev. choosing them. These nega- filters out the good and fo- controlling, touchy, fretful Rev. Danny Grover Pioneer and Country Club, Elk City United Methodist tive thoughts are usually cuses on the negative, and or resentful; and love keeps 580-225-7742 Christian 320 S. Magnoliea St., Brick based on changeable circum- we begin to predict what will no record of the evil done to Nat Hicks Antioch Christian 580-526-3949 stances, not eternal truths. happen in the future based it...Love bears up under any- 3200 W. Country Club Blvd, Elk City They feel totally believable, on our past fear. 580-243-0066 United Methodist thing and everything that Jeff McDowell 802 N. 4th St,, Sayre « 580-928-2146 even though often unrealis- comes. It is always ready to Great Plains Baptist Assn. Sun School: 9:30 AM/Worship:10:45 tic and unreasonable. They ‘The reality is we all make mis- believe the best of every per- 1902 Watts St., Sayre Christian Church pull us into a whirlpool of takes. Bondage and hope- son, its hopes are fadeless 580-928-2585 1S. Walnut, Brick Nazarene weary despair. lessness are like conjoined under all circumstances; it 580-526-3284 First Church of The Nazarene Bible Baptist Church 816 W. 6th St., Elk City twins. 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Booth Avenue, Elk City 580-225-0742 Church of Christ Iglesia Evangelica Cristo Es La not heard? ‘The everlasting abound and be overflowing, 2884 for more information Chase Brower, Min. Pena God, the Lord, the Creator of bubbling over with hop about scheduling a personal Church of Chri 216 N. Adams Ave., Elk City 600 W. Main, Elk City the ends of the earth, does appointment today. Ask how Fairview Baptist 580-225-0718 Pastor, Jose Reyes not faint or grow weary...He you can support this min- 312 S. Lusk Avenue, Elk City 580-799-2964 3. We talk ourselves into liv- 580-225-0203 Gantt Carter, Min. gives power to the faint and ing from labels and suppos- istry and make an eternal Presbyterian weary, and to him who has no edly unchangeable conclu- difference for someone who First Baptist Church of Christ Brick might He increases strength, sions. ‘This takes away our struggles with life. 1600 W. 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