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Finding strength that will never fail you
After I became a Christian,
there were many years when I
had no victory in my everyday
life. I was miserable because I
still had wounds in my soul
from the past that made me
insecure, angry, suspicious of
others, and hard to get along
with.
Even though I loved God
and went to church every
week, I had no idea that there
was power available to me to
overcome the hurts from the
past and the struggles of every-
day life. And everything that
came along that was hard to
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There’s no such thing as a
problem-free life
Some people have the mis-
conception that when they give
their lives to Jesus, they will
no longer have any problems.
It would be nice if this were
true, but in this world, we will
have trials and tribulations.
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handle, defeated me.
But I was so grateful when I
found out in God’s Word that
not only is He powerful, but
He wants to fill us with His
power. He promises in His
Word that we can have abun-
dant life in Christ because He
has overcome the world (See
John 10:10; 16:33).
The truth is, as believers in
Christ, we don’t have to live
weak, wimpy, pitiful, pathetic,
barely-getting-by lives. We
can have God’s power working
in us to enable us to do what-
ever we need to do in life.
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up anyway because Jesus has
overcome the world.
In John 16:33 (AMP), Jesus
says, “…In the world you have
tribulation and distress and
suffering, but be courageous
[be confident, be undaunted,
be filled with joy]; I have over-
come the world.”
No one can promise you a
problem-free life, but God
promises that if you will put
your trust in Him, He will give
you a faith that enables you to
rise above the problems you
face. And when you get
through them, you’ll be
stronger on the other side than
you were before you had them.
The truth about
God’s power
Knowing you can have
power from God to live in this
world is one thing, but learning
to believe this truth and walk
in it is the key to having victo-
ry over the trials and suffering
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2017
Relay
Florence
2017
Relay for
For Life
Life of
of Florence
A loved one, friend or neighbor, we all know someone who has
been touched by cancer. After sunset at each Relay For Life event,
there are hundreds of luminaria decorated with the names of
those who have battled cancer. This ceremony of light symbolizes
the hope and courage with which we all continue to fight can-
cer. If you would like to make a donation for a luminaria at our
Relay For Life, simply complete the form and mail to the address below.
Your name: ____________________________
Phone (Day/Evening): __________________
I would like a candle lit:
Name: ________________________________
In Honor, In Memory,
In Support Of, Thanks to caregiver
Name: ________________________________
In Honor, In Memory,
In Support Of, Thanks to caregiver
Name: ________________________________
In Honor, In Memory,
In Support Of, Thanks to caregiver
Credit to Team: ____________________________
Donation Amount: $_______________
Requested minimum donation of $5.00 per luminaria
Please make checks payable to: American Cancer Society
Mail to: Relay For Life of Florence ℅ Julie Rassmann
83360 S. Cove Drive, Florence OR 97439
www.RelayForLife.org/FlorenceOR
We save lives & create more birthdays by helping you stay well,
helping you get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back.
Being more than a
conqueror through Christ
Romans 8:37 (AMP) says:
“Yet in all these things we are
more than conquerors and gain
an overwhelming victory
through Him who loved us [so
much that He died for us].” I
love this phrase “more than
conquerors.” But what does it
really mean?
Being more than a con-
queror means that before you
ever have a problem, you are
confident that you have what-
ever it takes to overcome it
through your relationship with
Christ.
In other words, you know
you have the victory before
you ever get the problem.
Now, in order to “qualify”
for the power of God, we must
first come to the place where
we recognize that in and of
ourselves, we are weak and we
have limitations without God.
If we didn’t have any weak-
ness, we wouldn’t realize we
need Him. And one of the best
prayers we can ever pray is
“God, I need You, and I’m
nothing without You ” (See
John 15:5.)
It’s so important for us to
understand this because if we
wait until we have a problem
that’s too big for us to handle
before we rely on God’s
strength, then we’re setting
ourselves up to fail.
The best thing we can do to
live this life in victory is to
continually seek God with our
whole heart, realizing we’re
desperate for Him all the time.
Spend time with Him in
prayer and studying His Word
every day.
Then, when the storms of
life happen, you will be confi-
dent that in Christ, you already
have everything you need to
overcome them… and you’ll
experience the power of His
resurrection as you rise above
them.
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you face. I love Philippians
3:10 because it says we can
actually experience the same
power that raised Christ from
the dead.
In this verse, the apostle
Paul says his determined pur-
pose was to “know Him [expe-
rientially, becoming more thor-
oughly acquainted with Him,
understanding the remarkable
wonders of His Person more
completely] and [in that same
way experience] the power of
His resurrection [which over-
flows and is active in believ-
ers], and [that I may share] the
fellowship of His sufferings,
by being continually con-
formed [inwardly into His
likeness even] to His death
[dying as He did]” (AMP).
This is an amazing and
encouraging promise from
God, because we all face prob-
lems and have weaknesses we
can’t overcome in our own
strength or effort. But if we are
determined to trust God in
every situation, all the time,
we can fight the good fight of
faith by His grace.
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Reatha Ryan will be the
guest speaker at the Florence
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship on Sunday, July
16, from 10 to 11 a.m.
Ryan’s message is titled:
“The Humanitarian Clown.”
Ryan has worked in the
medical and mental health
fields as a registered nurse and
practitioner for 45 years. After
so many years of “pretty seri-
ous work,” Ryan said she took
interest in being a clown as a
fun way to make a difference
in the world.
She and a busload of 40
international clowns, all very
like-minded and like-hearted
took a trip together to Russia
for humanitarian reasons.
Ryan will share her experi-
ence as a clown in Russia with
the UU congregation.
The UU Fellowship, 87738
Highway 101 at Heceta Beach
Rd. is wheelchair accessible.
Each service concludes with
refreshments and a dialogue
circle to explore the questions
that come up during each serv-
ice.
For more information, visit
www.florenceuuf.org or call
541-997-2840.
S PIRITUALI -T EA INVITES PUBLIC
TO 70 TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
In the summer of 1999,
Suzanne Mann-Heintz, along
with James Heintz, began co-
facilitating the “Soup’s On”
spiritual group inside her
home.
Since then, the meeting’s
name has been changed to
Spirituali-Tea, but Mann-
Heintz has kept on.
In celebration of her 70th
birthday, the group will be
serving the same style of clam
chowder when they first
began, along with music and
conversation.
All are welcome to attend
the free gathering to be held on
July 17 at 6:30 p.m. at 874
Seventh St.