2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 9, 2015
IN MEMORIAM
Frieda Maxine Sloan
1920-2015
Frieda Maxine Sloan, 94 passed
away on Aug. 28, 2015.
She
was
born on Oct.
18, 1920 in
Green
For-
est, Arkansas
to Ernest and
Edith
(Em-
mett) Sloan.
During WWII,
Frieda worked
BIRTHS
in the Portland shipyards as a weld-
er. She graduated in 1949 from
the Eugene Beauty College and
worked as a hairdresser at Vogue
Beauty lounge from 1950 to 1990.
Frieda loved animals, especially
her dogs and cats. She also en-
joyed her fl owers and gardening;
Frieda spent many hours watch-
ing the birds that she fed faithfully.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; Ernest and Edith, and
her brother James Clifton Sloan.
Frieda is survived by her niece
Lori Sloan of Cottage Grove, Ore.
Private cremation rites have been
held. Contributions can be made
in Frieda’s name to the Humane
Society of Cottage Grove. Smith
Lund Mills Funeral Chapel is serv-
ing the family.
Memorial Notice
Velma L. Eggebraaten, 94, of
Medford, Ore. passed away Aug.
25. A graveside service will be
held at Fir Grove Cemetery in Cot-
tage Grove on Saturday, Oct. 10 at
12 p.m.
Aug. 31,
2015
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daughter.
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Th e family of
NEIL FOURNIER
would like to express our thanks
to all the people who sent food, cards, fl owers,
donations and visited Neil during and
aft er his fi ght with cancer.
We are so thankful for our friends
and family who have been by our
sides through this sad time.
Love,
Molly, Shelly, David,
Traci & Kyle Fournier
Pursuing Holiness
W
e live in a very casual
society today, and it’s
easy to carry this attitude over
into our walk with God. Many
are not as serious as they should
be—allowing things in their
lives that they really wouldn’t
want to be there if they thought
Jesus was going to come back
tomorrow. But God’s Word is
clear about what He expects of
us.
Hebrews 12:14 (AMP) says,
“Strive to live in peace with
everybody and pursue that con-
secration and holiness without
which no one will [ever] see the
Lord.”
Does that mean that if you’re
not living a perfect life, you’re
not going to Heaven? No, of
course not. It’s what Jesus
did on the cross—not our own
efforts—that freely gives us
God’s favor. But if we don’t live
consecrated and holy lives here
on Earth, we won’t experience
the abundant life Jesus died to
give us (John 10:10), and we
won’t represent Him in a way
that makes others hungry for a
relationship with Him.
Pursue is the operative word
in Hebrews 12:14. To pursue
something means you crave
and go after it with all of your
heart. So this scripture is saying
that if we are not pursuing holi-
ness, we will not see the Lord. It
has to do with how serious—or
committed—we are in our walk
with God.
If you have a deep personal,
intimate relationship with God,
you will want to change for the
better. You won’t be satisfi ed
continuing to live the way that
you were before Jesus, because
the Holy Spirit lives in you—in
your heart—and His job is to
be your Comforter, Counselor,
Helper, Intercessor, Advocate,
Strengthener and Standby (John
14:16 AMP). “He will guide you
into all the Truth” (John 16:13
AMP), and as He does, you’ll
begin to see things in your life
that need to change so you can
be closer to God and become all
that He created you to be.
I remember how my life re-
ally started to change after I got
serious about my relationship
with God and began studying
the Bible. It’s so wonderful to
live with peace and joy and to
have healthy relationships with
my family and friends! It’s made
me want to continue spending
every day trying to become a
better person with His help.
God loves you and He has
an amazing plan for your life.
The question is do you crave
God with all of your heart and
strength, or is He on the side-
lines of your life while you con-
tinue living the way you want
to live, regardless of what He
wants? That’s not the way to be
happy and have the best life that
God wants you to have.
Now, we all need Jesus be-
cause we have all sinned and
fall short of the glory of God
(Romans 3:23). The word “sin”
means to miss the mark—or
God’s standard—for us. But it
also means to “miss” a reward.
To miss the mark means you
forfeit reward. It doesn’t mean
you won’t go to Heaven, be-
cause your behavior isn’t what
gets you into heaven. But you
won’t enjoy the journey of your
life here on Earth because you
won’t have God’s wisdom and
peace. And there will be rewards
in Heaven that you won’t want
to miss out on either.
Have you noticed that you
can catch the fl u from some-
body but you can’t catch good
health from them? Just like a
healthy lifestyle is something
we have to choose for ourselves,
so is holiness. However, you can
catch un-holiness by hanging
out all the time with wrong peo-
ple, willingly and repeatedly be-
ing exposed to sin. People who
willingly live sinful lifestyles all
week long but go to church on
Sundays are not pursuing holi-
ness.
God has a purpose for us, and
that is to be a light in a dark
world—to show others the love
of God and what it means to live
for Him. People can’t see Christ
in our hearts; they see what we
do. That means we must make
good choices even when ev-
eryone else is making a lousy
choice. I’m not talking about
putting on a religious attitude
that is judgmental and critical of
others. I’m talking about know-
ing who we are in Christ and
living the life He showed us to
live, over and over, until those
who don’t know God become
thirsty for what we have.
We must remember that what-
ever God tells us to do, He al-
ways gives us the ability, by His
grace and with His help, to do
it. What sense would it make
for God to tell us to live holy
lives if He didn’t give us a seed
of holiness on the inside of us?
So when I teach on holiness, my
hope is that it provokes you to
get closer to God and not settle
for anything less than His best
for you. And He wants you to
show others the love of Christ
as much as you possibly can,
wherever it’s needed.
Joyce Meyer is a New York
Times bestselling author and
founder of Joyce Meyer Minis-
tries, Inc. She has authored 100
books, including Battlefi eld of
the Mind and The Mind Con-
nection (Hachette).
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