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What a Friend We Have in Our Heavenly Father
BY GREG CRUM “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24 Last week we wrote of the Holy Spirit, and one of the things we mentioned was how much He wants to help us in every aspect of our lives. We
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Letter to Editor: Dredging streams might prevent future problems
Editor: Twenty years ago I worked as a newspaper reporter in Logan, West Virginia, which suffered from a seasonal flooding problem. After much discussion a dredging project was approved. Because of this project the county went for about seven years before that area flooded again, where it used to flood annually. We recently had a
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What a Friend We Have in the Holy Spirit
“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.” Romans 8:22-23 It seems that this past year we
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Great Faith to Accomplish God’s Will Part 3
BY GREG CRUM “For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.” John 12:49-50
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Lovely man arrested on federal drug charges
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LOVELY — The Kentucky State Police DESI Unit with lead investigator Duston Thompson, Post 9 troopers, the U.S. Marshals Service and Martin County Sheriff John Kirk executed a search warrant Friday morning at a residence at 1934 Long Branch in Lovely. Sheriff Kirk confirmed that Cody G. Spears, 29, of Lovely, was
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Great Faith to Accomplish God’s Will Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” Genesis 1:26
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Great faith to accomplish God’s will
BY GREG CRUM “The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another,
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The Teachability of a Child
BY GREG CRUM “And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of
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Barefoot Festival postponed
LOVELY — Kentucky State University, together with the Appalachian Renewal Project and the Stidham Old Time Music Association, Thursday announced the postponement of the second annual Barefoot Festival originally scheduled for Oct. 4 in Lovely. The organizers say expanded planning is underway with partners and sponsors to strengthen the festival’s long-term impact. Conceived as a
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Notes from Calvary: He’ll Raise You Up Too! Part 2
BY GREG CRUM “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam
