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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 11 A The gift that brings the greatest joy HEALTH NOTIFICATION Are You Hard of Hearing? A major name brand hearing aid provider ZLVKHVWRÀHOGWHVWDUHPDUNDEOHQHZGLJLWDO hearing instrument in the area. 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Miracle Ear Ear Florence Kennewick Miracle Miracle Coos Walla Bay Miracle Ear Ear Walla 7903 Grandridge Blvd OR Suite N 632 Anderson 1423 Plaza Way Bay, Suite A 97420 2775 Hwy 101 W Suite B • Florence, 97439 Ave Coos Oregon 509-557-7634 541-423-3142 541-423-3142 Receive all God has for you and enjoy your life To receive God’s blessings and enjoy everyday life, we simply need to make the deci- sion to believe Him and His Word more than our thoughts and feelings. The Bible is our instruction manual on how to grow into the new nature He’s given us and become who He wants us to be. The PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center Gallery Hall is currently show- ing the original landscape pho- tography of Dayna Law. The public is welcome to view canvases through the month of October. Purchases may be made by visiting the Hospital Gift Shop during its regular business hours, Monday through Friday. A portion of all pro- ceeds will be donated to Peace Harbor volunteers to help maintain the hospital’s theme of a caring and healing atmos- phere. Preisler to ‘build community’ with Universalists Sunday Sunday, Oct. 16, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Florence Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (FUUF), Florence City Councilor Ron Preisler’s talk is titled, “Building Community in Florence.” Preisler has been an engaged member of the Florence community, includ- ing his current term as Vice President of the Florence City Council. He has also worked with Habitat Restore, as a hospice volunteer and board member, treasurer for FUUF, and pres- ident and treasurer for his HOA. He will enjoy receiving feedback regarding the Florence community. FUUF is at 87738 Highway 101 at Heceta Beach Road and is wheel- chair accessible. Each service concludes with refreshments and dia- logue circle to explore the questions that come up dur- ing each service. For more information, go to florenceuuf.org or call 541-997-2840. R E-CORNER Dave’s Most people have heard of the 3Rs of environmentally friendly behavior- REDUCE is to use less of something. Use less water, turn off lights, use both sides of a paper. REUSE is to use an item again. Refi ll a water bottle, reuse a container and buy reusable bags. RECYCLE is to make new items from old ones; recycle bottles, glass, paper, cans, plastic, cardboard & more. T ip Know what you can and can’t recycle Read up on the recycling rules for your area and make sure you don’t send anything in that can’t be processed. Each city has its own specifi cs, so try to follow those guidelines as best you can. But it can be more complicated than that. There’s real recycling, and there’s green-washed recycling and knowing the difference can help you avoid encouraging companies from ‘fake feel-good’ recycling. Q uiz (answer will be in next Saturday’s edition) Answer to Previous Quiz: C Recycling If you make a new basket from an old ice cream bucket you are… A) reducing. B) reusing. C) recycling. D id you Know? People in the U.S. make up 5% of the world’s population but use 25% of the world’s resources and generate 30% of its garbage.* IC 02-7 1) 9 55 4 (54 COAST DIS AL L SA PO RV SE WWW.MIRACLE-EAR.COM www.miracle-ear-kennewick.com So take some time each day to read and meditate on scrip- tures that tell you about God’s love for you, who you are and what you have in Christ. Ephesians 3:17 (AMPC) says, “May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His perma- nent home) in your hearts. May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love.” This scripture is saying that God loves you; His will is for you to be His child and receive every blessing He has for you- righteousness, peace, joy, pro- vision of your needs, healing and restoration. In Christ, you have a personal relationship with your Father God, and you can hear from God and be led by the Holy Spirit, who lives in your spirit. In Christ, you have access to God’s grace and strength to do whatever you need to do. Because of God’s grace, you are blessed and you can enjoy your life. Landscape photography on display at PeaceHealth CEN TR www.miracle-ear-kennewick.com 509-262-5731 sincerely sorry and willing to turn away from it. (See 1 John 1:9.) 3. The next step is to study the Word in the area we need change. For example, if I have a problem with anger, I need to study scriptures about anger and forgiveness. Use the Word like medicine and take it into your heart and mind. James 1:21 (AMPC) says to “welcome the Word which implanted and rooted [in your hearts] contains the power to save your souls.” There is power in God’s Word to bring change to our souls. E W I TH A S CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Changed by grace In John 15:5 (AMPC), Jesus says, “I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.” I love this scripture because it reminds me that God doesn’t expect me to change on my own. He is the power source and gives us the grace and strength we need to do what’s right and make changes in our lives. Here’s how we cooperate with Him, doing what we can do to bring about change: 1. We hear the truth in God’s Word and we're convicted by it. It’s the Word that shows us who we are and reveals the sin in our lives. We have to realize what we’re doing wrong before we can know what needs to change and how. 2. Then we repent of our sin. Being repentant means we're IL E In Christ, you are sin-free in God’s eyes When God forgives your sins, it means all of your sins: past, present and future. You do not have to be afraid of sin because God has taken care of the problem. This is why the Gospel is such good news. Some may worry that if we don’t fear sin, we will keep sin- ning on purpose, but that’s not true. If you are truly born again and really have a relationship with God, there is a new nature inside of you. Second Corinthians 5:17 (AMPC) says, “If any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiri- tual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come.” Now, no one is perfect, and we all make mistakes some- times. But if the Holy Spirit is living in your spirit through salvation, you won’t be com- fortable with those mistakes because God’s nature is at work in you. The devil would love for us to feel like God is mad at us for our mistakes, but the truth is, God is love and we need to humbly accept His love and grace. M Of all the gifts we could ever receive, God’s gift of salvation is by far the most amazing and important one. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved… through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; not because of works… lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]” (AMPC). We are saved by the grace of God through our faith in Him; our faith does not buy our sal- vation-it merely receives it. As Ephesians 2:8 says, salvation “is the gift of God.” It is impossible to buy a free gift and this can be hard for us to understand. Our flesh wants to earn and deserve this free gift and take credit for being worthy of it. But salvation is given to us freely, by God’s grace, and the same way we receive Christ’s salvation, is the same way we have to live — by grace. God gives us His forgiveness and grace daily; we just have to believe and receive it.
