2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JUNE 21, 2017
I started smoking when I was nine years old and smoked for
many years. I liked it! So when I decided to stop, it was really dif-
fi cult for me.
Every time I tried to quit, I’d last a few hours and then I’d be
running around, digging cigarette butts out of the trash or looking
for cigarettes in my coat pockets – anywhere I could think to look
for them!
I didn’t have success until I got a revelation: I was burying myself
in defeat with negative confessions.
I had to stop talking myself out of my victory.
Thankfully, I fi nally realized that I was causing myself to fail
through the negative things I was saying about myself. For a long
time I would say, “I just know I could never quit smoking. And if I
did, I’d probably gain a lot of weight.”
But God was able to get through to me eventually and help me
see that if I didn’t change the way I was talking, I wouldn’t change.
Then, He began to put a desire in my heart to start speaking what I
wanted, not what I had.
I started saying things like, “I can’t stand to smoke! These things
stink and they’re expensive. I don’t smoke anymore!”
At fi rst, I felt silly doing this because I would make these dec-
larations while I was smoking. However, within about a week of
changing my confession, I realized I now had the grace of God to
Jim was born in Hazelgreen, Mis-
souri in 1933 to George and Elsie
Dougan. At age 17 his family
moved to Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
He served two years in the Army
while stationed in Germany. After
his honorable discharge he met and
married the love of his life, Sylvia,
and they moved to Cottage Grove to start a family.
They spent 60 years together. He is survived by his
wife, three daughters, Christine (Mike) McCowen,
Rena Dougan, and Tammy (Mike) Hatling, nine grand-
children, and 12 great grandchildren. Jim passed away
Sunday, June 11, 2017 surrounded by his devoted fam-
ily at the age of 84. He was a dedicated husband and
father that will be greatly missed by all of us. A service
will be held 12 p.m. Saturday, July 1 at the Elks Lodge
in Cottage Grove. A potluck will follow the service.
quit smoking.
What I learned from this experience is I cannot rise above my
own confession. And I discovered it takes two things to get the
mouth under control: a lot of help from God and discipline and
self-control.
God taught me to talk like Him.
Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the
tongue…” And Hebrews 4:14 says that Jesus is our great High
Priest and we should “hold fast our confession [of faith and cling
tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior]” (AMPC).
The word confession means “to say the same thing as.” As the
High Priest of our confession, Jesus can only do what we’re saying
that agrees with His Word. So it’s vital for us as Christians to learn
how to speak the Word of God and not just say things based on our
feelings or what other people have said about us.
Now, I believe we’ll have greater success with this if we con-
centrate on what we should be doing with our mouth, rather than
focusing on all the things we shouldn’t say. It’s self-defeating to go
around saying things like, “I shouldn’t do that… I’d better not do
this…”
I want to encourage you to really listen to yourself and locate
yourself. Where’s your heart? The Bible says out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaks (see Luke 6:45). We need to stop
saying, “Oh, I didn’t mean that. I was just kidding.” And we need to
start being accountable for the words we speak.
The truth is, the things we say come from something that is
formed in our heart. So you can determine where your heart is by
listening to yourself. You can hear bitterness and jealousy…insecu-
rity and unhappiness.
How do you talk while you’re going through a hard time? Or
when you don’t get what you want? Remember that what you say
Craig M. Beaver, 64, of Cottage
Grove died June 13, 2017.
He was born Aug. 27, 1952 in
Bremerton, Wash. to Cecil and
Joyce (Kinder) Beaver.
After graduating from Madison
High School in Clairemont, Calif.,
he worked in construction, high rise
scaffold, and was a machinist at
Kimwood.
He enjoyed hunting, fi shing, cruising on his Harley, and
playing and watching baseball. (Go Yankees!)
On Aug. 26, 1975 in San Diego, Calif., he and Lyndee
Curlutu were married.
Survivors include his wife, Lyndee, mother, Joyce
Cook, a son, James Jr. of Oregon, three daughters,
Stacee of Oregon, Coree of Nevada, and Jacque of
California, two sisters, Linda of Missouri and Teresa of
California, a brother, Doug of California, eight grand-
children and six great-grandchildren.
A private family service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills, Cottage Grove.
Lloyd E. Myers, 89, of Cottage Grove passed away April 27,
2017.
He was born Aug. 15, 1927 to Arthur Ray and Martha Anna
(Lake) Myers on the family farm in the Delight Valley area.
Lloyd attended Delight Valley School and even worked for the
teacher by getting the fi re going in the stove each morning to
warm the classroom.
On Sept. 8, 1951 at the United Methodist Church in Grants Pass, Oregon, he and
Janice J. Swanson were married.
He worked at the Wheeldryer Tire Shop, drove log truck and then retired as an elec-
trician. Later he worked as
a campground host with
wife, Jan, at Rujada and
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He enjoyed camping,
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hunting, fi shing, bowling,
and time with family and
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friends. He was a mem-
ber of EEE Camp Club,
from 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Moose, International
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Brothers Electrical Work-
ers Union 280. He was
at Middlefi eld Estates
presented with a 50 year
Club House, Cottage Grove, OR
award from the IBEW
280.
Survivors include three
daughters, Kandis Bach-
meier (Ken) of Harris-
burg, Becky Chase (Rick)
of Cottage Grove and
Kimmy Hampton (Kev-
in) of Cottage Grove,
Grant Gording, BC-HIS
Jenna Buetow
a son, Scott Myers of
Cottage Grove, a sis-
ter, Opal Houghton of
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es and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his wife on Sept. 7,
2008, and by a great-grand-
son, Gregory Morales.
A private memorial was
held June 10, 2017 at Wells
Family Cemetery in Elkton,
Oregon with inurnment
following.
Cremation was done by
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and memorial arrange-
ments were privately done
by family.
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Changing the way you talk will change your heart.
Do you need a change of heart? All of us do. We all have room to
grow in our relationship with God. And the way to make progress is
to speak His language. When you do, you’ll…
•
Bless everything you can possibly bless. The Bible says
we have the power to bless or curse with the words of our mouth.
(See James 3:8-10.)
•
Be thankful and say so! (See Psalm 100:4.) Don’t just
think about how much you appreciate someone – tell them!
•
Be an encourager. Make an effort to give someone an en-
couraging word every day.
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Tell the truth!
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Speak the Word of God. Recite and memorize verses that
deal with things you want to change or overcome, such as anger,
unforgiveness, insecurity…
•
Stop talking too much. Be quick to hear and slow to speak.
(See James 1:19.)
God wants you to pray and ask Him to help you use your mouth
to say the right things. When you do, it will change your life!
For more on this topic, order Joyce’s four-teaching CD series
Change Your Words, Change Your Life. You can also contact us
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