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Noteworthy:
-Ryan is planning to come from OK city today to help Cindy & Jan Gay prepare to move to OK. Cindy came home from the hospital Friday night. They are evaluating treatment options and want to do chemo Tuesday.
-Gary Webster and Kevin Williams are having good recoveries after their surgeries.
-We are still waiting to hear about June Moore’s diagnosis as a result of her tests.
-Arthur Brown’s service was in Temple yesterday. The family was appreciative of all who came to the visitation Thursday night and for the cards, food & prayers. Please keep Gaylon in your prayers.
Remember Belinda Bohanon, Sharon Simpson (cousin's husband), David Jerkins, Tom & Shirley Thompson, Andrew & Jennifer Locklair, David Jones, Brett’s mom, Katy Jones, David Witherspoon, Barbara Johnson, Dottie Burns, June Moore, Stan Cox (in remission), Kevin Williams, Jan King, Blake Slayton, Gary Webster, Dennis Scroggins (A1C too high for knee surgery)
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We don’t know why he made some of the decisions that he made. However, he never got to the point that he was “ok” with the things going on around him. They oppressed and tormented him. The word “oppressed” is translated from a Greek word that means to subdue, wear out, or exhaust. “Tormented” is translated from a Greek word that refers to mental affliction or torture.
Does sin bother you? Does it bother you to hear filthy language, see sexually suggestive or explicit images, or to witness violence and cruelty? Sometimes I hear my brethren claim, “These things don’t bother me.” Well, such statements should be alarming to us. When do we stop being righteous people? Perhaps it is when we stop being bothered by the unrighteousness that we see and hear. When our conscience becomes calloused to the sins of the world, we have lost something that God intends for us to maintain – the ability to be oppressed and tormented by the filthy conduct of wicked people.
Each of us has the opportunity to live in Sodom today. We don’t have to move to a city that is notorious for sin. The filthy conduct of the wicked can be funneled into our homes and hearts through the internet, the television, and other entertainment formats. We can expose ourselves to every curse word, dirty joke, sexual perversion, act of hate and violence, etc., imaginable. How much of it do we tolerate? The next time we hear ourselves say, “That doesn’t bother me,” we should stop and take notice. We might not be as righteous as Lot.
-Knollwood Reminder, May 19, 2019
Our Elders
- Bruce Tilley
-Brett Narmore
Our Deacons
-Jeff Gary
- Gary Webster
-Kyle Austin
Prayer Requests
Sick/Shut-In:
- Ada Scott
- Bill and June Moore
- Cindy and Jan Gay
- David Jerkins family
- Dennis Scroggins
- Katy Jones
- Sharon Simpson
- Kevin Williams, Sr.
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Men We Support
-Dennis Scroggins