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January 2015 

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Christian Magazine 

• So You Want to 

Have a Happy New 

Year p. 6 

• Metabolism... 

Speed It Up p. 24 

• Something Always 

Worth Listening to p. 34

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About Us 

GoodNews from the Pastor’s Desk 

So You Want to Have a Happy New Year 

by Pastor Frank Evans 

GoodNews for Kids 

It’s No Big Deal to Lose 

GoodNews on Money Matters 

Another Year Older...Any Wiser 

by Andrew Lee 

GoodNews for Men 

Men of Integrity 

by John Garrod 

GoodNews for Women 

Women In Business 

by Wendi Tourigny 

GoodNews for Parents 

Hang Tough 

by Craig Thompson 

GoodNews for Life 

Sanctity of Human Life Observance 

by Beth Henderson 

GoodNews for Health & Fitness 

Metabolism...Speed It UP! 

by Michael McCant 

GoodNews for Teens 

Renew Me This New Year 

by Fernando Alejandro 

GoodNews for Seniors 

A Winter Walk 

by Jamie Nichols 

GoodNews for Missions 

Mission to India 

by Rick Mitchell 

GoodNews for Couples 

Dating Your Spouse 

by Melinda Nicodemus 

GoodNews for Missions 

Something Always Worth Listening To 

by James Marcum M.D. 

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Disclaimer 

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“AS IS” basis, and all warranties, expressed or implied of any kind, regarding any matter pertaining to any information, advice or replies are disclaimed and 

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Gò0dNews from the Pastor’s Desk 

So You Want to Have a Happy New Year 

by Pastor Frank Evans 

People across the ages have tried numerous methods and rituals to try and have a better new year 

than the last year, only to come up disappointed in their efforts. I believe that it’s simpler than we 

could have imagined. Let me explain a few steps in what the Scripture says and it will make all 

the difference in the world. 

First of all we need to believe. We must put our belief (faith) in 

the Lord Jesus Christ. “And my God shall supply all your need according 

to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19 NKJV). By 

Believe 

so doing, we will please the Lord. Hebrews 11:6 says, “ But without 

faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must 

believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently 

seek Him” (NKJV). A rewarder When we place our faith in Him, it 

releases the Lord to provide for us! 

The second thing is to behave. “Stand fast therefore in the 

Behave 

liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled 

again with a yoke of bondage”(Gal. 5:1 NKJV). We need to behave 

and live our lives for the Lord according to Matthew 5:16: “Let your 

light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and 

glorify your Father in heaven” (NKJV). 

Thirdly, we need to beware of the devil. The old devil will be 

coming after you! “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary 

the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may 

Beware 

devour (1 Pet. 5:8 NKJV). Then, we need to beware of man. “Beware 

lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, 

according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles 

of the world, and not according to Christ” (Col. 2:8 NKJV). Also, we 

have to beware of ourselves. “And He said to them, “Take heed and 

beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance 

of the things he possesses” (Luke 12:15 NKJV). 

Finally, we need to belong. Everyone has a need to belong. 

We need to make sure that we belong to Christ. “Yet to all who 

Belong 

received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right 

to become children of God” (John 1:12 NIV). We also need to 

belong to His church. Hebrews 10:25 instructs us: “Let us not give 

up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us 

encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” 

(NIV). 

Try God’s principles and I am sure that His promises will never fail. “I will not violate my covenant 

or alter what my lips have uttered” (Ps. 89:34 NIV). 

May you have a Happy New Year and remain blessed in Jesus Name. 

6 // January 2015 

Pastor Frank Evans is the pastor of 

Freedom Fellowship Church.

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Gò0dNews for Kids 

Romans 5:3-5 

It’s No Big Deal to Lose 

Come on, Jimmy!" yelled Brad as he picked up his 

ball and glove. "It's time to go." 

"I don't want to go," replied Jimmy. 

"What do you mean, you don't want to go You've got to 

go because I'm taking care of you and I'm playing ball." 

"I don't like to play ball," said Jimmy. 

"What's the matter with you" his older brother said. 

"Last week you pestered and pestered me because you 

wanted to play ball with me and my friends. Now I ask 

you to play, and you don't want to." 

"I just don't want to," answered Jimmy. "If you don't 

play, I don't get to play," said Brad. "Mom said I had to 

take care of you today. Come on, let's go!" 

Jimmy was quiet for a while. Then a tear rolled down 

his cheek. 

"Hey, what's wrong" asked his big brother. 

"I'm no good. I can't play ball," said Jimmy. 

"Last week you told me you were going to play for the 

Giants when you grew up," said Brad. 

"But I struck out twice," said Jimmy. "And I dropped the 

only catch that came to left field." 

"Is that so bad" asked Brad. 

"Your friends laughed at me. They called me a klutz." 

"So what" said Brad. "They're all four years older than 

you are. Do you think they'd look so good if they played 

on a high school team" 

"I guess not," said his little brother. 

"You'd be the best player on the team if you played with 

the little kids in daycare," said Brad. 

"Maybe I should play with them," said Jimmy. "Then I 

could win all the time." 

"Sure, you might win," said Brad, "but you wouldn't 

learn to play ball any better. It's no big deal to lose if you 

play against a better team. That's how you get better at 

playing ball." 

Jimmy went along to play ball with Brad and his 

friends. He still made some outs, but once in a while he 

hit the ball. He still dropped the ball sometimes, but he 

also caught it once in a while. 

Jimmy learned how to play ball-and he also learned 

something else. He learned that he didn't have to be the 

best at everything. God had given him the ability to do 

8 // January 2015 

some things. But God also gave other people the ability 

to do other things. Jimmy learned to do what he couldwhen 

he could. When he couldn't do something, he 

learned to depend on someone else. 

Some Questions 

• Can you learn something when you make a mistake 

• Do you think you should be able to do everything 

right 

• How can you help someone who makes a mistake 

A Prayer 

Jesus, help me know what I can do, and help me learn to 

do those things better. Help me know what I cannot do. 

Amen.

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Gò0dNews on Money Matters 

Another Year Older . . . Any Wiser 

W 

ith the turn of another new year, we 

reflect on the past year and remember 

our regrets of where we fell short on last 

year’s New Year’s resolutions. This is a sobering 

exercise, typically ending in the self-assessment, 

“What happened” After all, we were committed to 

those goals (sort of, for a while anyway), but there 

were some resolutions that we never achieved. So 

we are reminded of that maxim which says jeeringly, 

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” 

Since one of the top New Year’s resolutions is 

to save more money and get out of debt, one might 

do well to remember another famous maxim: “The 

definition of insanity is to keep doing the same 

things you’ve done in the past and expect to get a 

different result.” If you were one of the millions of 

Americans whose goal was to make better financial 

decisions, how did that work out for you An honest 

and candid self-assessment may be in order at 

this point. 

• Did you really save more money last year If 

so, how Couponing Putting money into a 

savings account or toward your retirement 

savings or kids’ college funds 

• Did you make substantial and 

deliberate progress toward 

paying off 

by Andrew Lee 

debt Did you really pay down the principal 

balances of loans, or did you merely make 

the regular monthly interest payments 

• Did your income increase at all last year If 

not, why not Might you earn more income 

by temporarily taking a second job or by selling 

items in a yard sale or online 

• Have you gotten on a written budget yet, and 

are you really trying to make financial decisions 

about purchases based on this written 

monthly budget (or did this goal get listed 

again for your 2015 resolutions) 

• Were you able to give charitably to all the 

worthy causes you wanted If not, why not 

Even if we did set and meet some of our New 

Year’s resolutions, it’s natural for us to feel discouraged 

about where we fell short or missed the 

desired goal. But if we can learn from our past 

mistakes and correct them, we have hope for a better 

future. 

Here is an example of a financial mistake I 

made when I was a young bachelor. After signing 

a three-year lease on a flashy sports car, I entered 

the third year of the lease and realized that I would 

certainly exceed the allowable mileage on the car, 

which meant I would have to pay thousands of 

dollars in extra fees. During this time, courtship 

was quite a challenge considering I had to park 

my flashy sports car most of the time 

and ask Esmerelda, “Can you pick me 

up so I can take you on a date” Lucky 

for me, she was a good sport, but it 

was definitely a teachable moment for 

both of us, and we’ve never leased a 

car since. 

Learning from our mistakes is one 

of the great gifts with which God has 

blessed us. 

10 // January 2015 

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Gò0dNews for Men 

Men of Integrity 

“I 

will guard everything within the 

limits of my post and quit my post 

only when properly relieved.” 

“ . . . to have and to hold from this day forward, 

for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in 

sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from 

this day forward until death do us part.” 

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will 

faithfully execute the Office of President. . . .” 

In the course of a man’s life, he will be expected 

to make commitments. It might be to his 

country; the first caption above is from a soldier’s 

General Orders. We stand as a free country because 

of those men and women who have stood by a 

commitment to their country, even though it cost 

them their lives. 

If a man is blessed, he’ll get an opportunity to 

make that second commitment to the woman God 

appoints for him as a wife. And while it has been 

tarnished by too many self-serving politicians, that 

third oath was written into the Constitution as a 

means of establishing and requiring a willingness 

and determination to perform duties in accordance 

with the supreme law of the land. 

But words are just words if 

they are not backed 

by a 

by John Garrod 

commitment to see them through in spite of obstacles, 

conflicts, and even self-preservation. If that 

commitment is not fixed in a man’s heart, he will 

reason and rationalize away the duties that come 

with that commitment, until the commitment is 

more a “well, if it’s convenient” rather than a fixed 

determination. Certainly, he will find allies in society’s 

slippery slide where divorce is rampant, and 

single-parent households are on the rise. Regardless 

of how easy we’ve made it for a man to slide 

on his integrity, the toll is staggering. Just research 

the statistics on children in father-absent homes. 

We’re quick to wag fingers at politicians who spend 

our tax money irresponsibly, but every year over 

a million non-business bankruptcies are filed. We 

may try to run, we may try to hide, but our failure 

to fulfill our commitments will manifest itself, normally 

to the detriment of those closest to us. 

In contrast, Scripture is clear about the importance 

of integrity. Proverbs 10:9 says, “The man 

of integrity walks securely, but he who makes his 

ways crooked will be found out” (NIV). A man of 

steadfast integrity will never have to apologize or 

make excuses. At the age of eighty-five, Caleb’s 

resolve to follow through and see God’s promises 

to fruition showed no sign of the feebleness of his 

colleagues four decades earlier. 

In the wilderness, Christ modeled integrity 

when He was tempted, but He did not sin. David’s 

dedication to God marked him as a man after 

God’s own heart. If men of today want to have a 

legacy of character and integrity, they must 

be willing to let their yeas be yeas 

and their nays be 

nays. 

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Gò0dNews for Women 

Women in Business 

by Wendi Tourigny 

W 

omen are supposed 

to work at home 

and take care of her 

husband and kids. Now that I 

have your attention, this is the 

misconception that many receive 

from the Bible. Have you ever 

questioned what your purpose, 

direction, or value of life is as a 

woman 

God has a purpose and a calling 

for each of us, and He is just 

waiting on us to let Him show 

us what that is. For some, that is 

to be the “at-home Mom” who 

takes care of her family day in 

and day out. That is a huge job 

in itself. Some women have to 

work outside of the home. Then 

there are those who are driven in 

a different direction and choose 

to own a business. Whichever 

category you fit into, your role as 

a woman is extremely important. 

There is still the question of how 

to balance your time between 

family, work, and your own personal 

space 

A Biblical Example 

One of my favorite women 

in the Bible is Deborah who 

wore many hats as a woman but 

maintained balance and integrity. 

As a wife, mother, counselor, 

judge, mentor, political 

leader, she was strong, trusted, 

14 // January 2015 

responsible—yet humble and 

grateful. She was able to find 

balance because she learned to 

delegate. She did not get to this 

place over night. She had to go 

through a process of proving her 

faithfulness in the small things. 

We don’t achieve our destinies 

overnight either. It takes process 

and preparation. As a counselor, 

Deborah didn’t start in an elegant 

office, but God positioned 

her and strategically placed her 

on the path that would lead her 

to the ultimate destiny for her 

life. 

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I grew up with a mother who 

was always working in management, 

running a business as a 

second job as a 

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how she could juggle each of 

our schedules, work both jobs, 

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involved at church, and not lose 

her mind. She knew how to delegate. 

She taught us how to manage 

life by putting us to work, 

which helped take a load off of 

her. In addition to structure and 

discipline, she taught us how to 

love in a big way. She didn’t get 

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grew up with a mother who had 

little education. Her mother, a 

powerful and successful businesswoman 

herself, passed it 

down to my generation. 

I am a single mom and owner 

of three businesses. Through 

training, process, and God’s 

grace, I have learned to balance 

life and be the mother God has 

made me to be and still manage 

the businesses. How do I do this 

I allow God to be first in everything 

that I do. He gets the first 

part of my day before my children, 

my business, Facebook, or 

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Assembly of God 

Calvary Church 

423.629.1200 

1212 South Seminole Drive, 

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423.255.3103 

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Duncan Park Baptist Church 

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1609 Glowmont Dr, 37412 

New Haven Baptist Church 

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1058 Graysville Rd, 37421 

Middle Cross Baptist Church 

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4009 Norcross Rd, 37343 

Heritage Baptist Church 

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2934 Hickory Valley Rd, 37421 

Ridgeview Baptist Church 

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6 Moore Rd, 37411 

Spring Creek Road Baptist 

423.894.0700 

1312 Spring Creek Rd, 37412 

Silverdale Baptist Church 

423.892.2173 

7236 Bonny Oaks Dr, 37421 

Alpine Baptist Church 

423.875.3522 

4720 Stagg Rd, 37415 

Ashland Terrace Baptist Church 

423.877.4392 

906 Ashland Terrace, 37415 

Avondale Baptist Church 

423.344.2208 

5479 Hwy 58, 37416 

Bartle Baugh Baptist Church 

423.344.5207 

6129 Champion Rd, 37416 

Berean Baptist Church 

423.629.1634 

1614 Kirby Ave, 37404 

Bethel Baptist Church 

423.875.9107 

632 Lullwater Rd, 37405 

Bethlehem Baptist Church 

423.266.5484 

101 Lawn St, 37405 

Bible Way Baptist Church 

423.624.2149 

2003 Elmendorf St, 37406 

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Brainerd Baptist Church 

423.624.2606 

300 Brookfield Ave, 37411 

Brainerd Hills Baptist Church 

423.892.6645 

6611 East Brainerd Rd, 37421 

Calvary Baptist Church 

423.875.8154 

5201 Dayton Blvd, 37415 

Central Baptist Church 

423.624.4678 

901 Woodmore Ln, 37411 

Charity Baptist Church 

423.267.6576 

2340 Rossville Blvd, 37408 

Clifton Hill Baptist Church 

423.867.4887 


Concord Baptist Church 

423.892.9313 


East Brainerd Baptist Church 

423.892.4235 

1047 Graysville Rd, 37421 

East Lake Baptist Church 

423.698.1597 

3315 12th Ave, 37407 

East Ridge Baptist Church 

423.698.2421 

4201 Ringgold Rd, 37412 

Edgewood Baptist Church 

423.629.5821 

2007 East 27th, 37407 

Empowerment Church 

423.355.5576 

1203 Blocker Lane, 37412 

Faith Baptist Church 

423.344.9712 

8834 North Hickory Valley, 

37416 

Fellowship Baptist Church 

423.894.8080 

5335 Clemons Rd, 37412 

First Baptist Church 

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401 Gateway Ave, 37402 


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1228 Latta St, 37406 


423.265.3229 

506 East 8th St., 37403 

First Calvary Baptist Church 

423.267.5159 

300 Bell Ave, 37405 

Grace Baptist Church 

423.892.4869 

7815 Shallowford Rd, 37421 

Greater Beulah Baptist Church 

423.624.0418 

1301 Commerce St, 37404 

Harmony Baptist Church 

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3832 Youngstown Rd, 37406 

Hickory Valley Baptist Church 

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Highland Park Baptist Church 

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Hillcrest Baptist Church 

423.867.2812 

3300 East 42nd St, 37407 

Independent Baptist Church 

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International Baptist Church 

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1512 Old Ringgold Rd, 37404 

Kings Point Baptist Church 

423.624.5202 

2834 Harrison Pike, 37403 

Kingwood Baptist Church 

423.624.7301 


Lighthouse Baptist Church 

423.624.4125 

3777 Wilcox Blvd, 37411 

Lookout Valley Baptist Church 

423.825.5335 

23 Lilac Ave, 37419 

Macedonia Baptist Church 

423.267.6915 

1156 East Main St, 37408 

Maranatha Baptist Church 

423.899.0571 

1701 Hickory Valley Road, 37421 

Mission Ridge Baptist Church 

423.624.0424 


Morris Hill Baptist Church 

423.892.2071 

1804 Morris Hill Rd, 37421 

Mount Paran Baptist Church 

423.629.2377 

1319 Moss Dr, 37411 

New Grace Baptist Church 

423.899.5510 

7861 Lee Hwy, 37421 

Orchard Knob Baptist Church 

423.629.6115 

1734 East 3rd St, 37404 

Philadelphia Baptist Church 

423.629.5786 

2230 East 18th St, 37404 

Pilgrim Rock Baptist Church 

423.894.7548 

1726 Church Rd, 37421 

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church 

423.892.0237 

1441 Crawford Rd, 37421 

Prospect Baptist Church 

423.698.4149 

734 Dodson Ave, 37404 

Resurrected Reformed Baptist 

423.698.8086 

2230 East 18th Street, 37404 

Rose of Sharon Baptist Church 

423.629.9534 

2001 Blackford St, 37404 

Second Baptist Church 

423.629.6039 


Shiloh Baptist Church 

423.267.3131 

1708 Carr St, 37408 

Standifer Gap Baptist Church 

423.892.8596 

8159 Standifer Gap Rd, 37421 

Temple Baptist Church 

423.622.1913 


Terra Vista Baptist Church 

423.892.3879 

4412 Oakwood Dr, 37416 

Tucker Baptist Church 

423.510.9684 

1115 North Moore Rd, 37411 

Washington Park Baptist 

423.899.9408 

1823 Shepherd Rd, 37421 

Westview Baptist Church 

423.899.0127 


Woodland Park Baptist Church 

423.899.9185 


Church of God 

East Chattanooga COG 

423.894.7926 

4924 Hwy 58, 37416 

East Lake Church of God 

423.698.6522 

2949 East 29th St, 37407 

Brainerd Hills Church of God 

423.892.2092 

410 Friar Rd, 37421 

City Church of Chattanooga 

423.894.6982 

7122 Lee Hwy, 37421 

Church of God of Prophecy 

423.899.4074 

3927 Webb Rd, 37416 

Church of God of Prophecy 

423.894.0597 


Church of God Seventh Day 

423.899.5490 

7504 Old Lee Hwy, 37421 

East Brainerd Church of God 

423.899.4755 


East Ridge Church of God 

423.867.7287 

1512 McBrien Rd, 37412 

East Side Church of God 

423.624.8797 

2105 Citico Ave, 37404

Fellowship Church of God 

423.867.3194 

3426 Clio Ave, 37407 

Fourth Avenie Church of God 

423.867.4545 

3912 4th Ave, 37407 

Holy Temple Church of God 

423.629.2649 

2311 Bliss St, 37406 

Joyful Noise Church of God 

423.698.1813 

1614 Foust St, 37404 

Pure Holiness Church of God 

423.622.4667 

420 North Holly St, 37404 

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Temple of Faith Church of God 

423.698.2700 

2139 East 27th 37407 

United Temple Church of God 

423.624.1037 

2418 Dodson Ave, 37406 

Vision Church of God 

423.624.7170 

4901 Midland Pike, 37411 

Woodmore Church of God 

423.899.0827 


Word Center Church of God 

423.867.3330 

4803 13th Ave, 37407 

Church of God in Christ 

Nazarene 

Alton Park Church of the 

Nazarene 

423.756.2468 

4004 Dorris St, 37410 

Nazarene 

Calvary Church of the Nazarene 

423.892.5771 

4400 Bonny Oaks Dr, 37416 

East Brainerd Church of the 

Nazarene 

423.499.8643 


East Ridge Church of the Nazarene 

423.894.8656 

1202 Spring Creek Rd, 37412 

First Church of the Nazarene 

423.624.2679 


Community Church 

Cosmopolitan Community 

Church 

423.622.3217 

3031 Wilcox Blvd, 37411 

Friendship Community Church 

423.698.3471 

7 North Tuxedo Dr, 37411 

Metropolitan Community 

Church 

423.629.2737 

1601 Foust St, 37404 

Lutheran 

Ascension Lutheran Church 

423.698.5047 

720 South Germantown Rd, 

37412 

First Lutheran Church 

Pastor Mark McCrory 

423-629-5990; www.first4u.org 

2800 McCallie Avenue 


Good Shepherd Lutheran 

Rev. H. Christopher Sheets 

423.629.4661 www.gslcflock.org 

822 Belvoir Ave, 37412 

Saint Phillip Lutheran Church 

423.267.1475 

51 West 25th St, 37408 

Methodist 

Jones Memorial UMC 

423.624.6073 


Mount Crest UMC 

423.881.4165 

8206 Cicero Tr, 37421 

St John UMC 

423.892.2257 

3921 Murray Hills Dr, 37416 

Wesley Memorial UMC 

423.892.6446 

6314 E. Brainerd Rd, 37421 

East Ridge UMC 

Pastor Ken Sauer 

423-892-8451; eastridgeumc.org 

1601 Prater Road, 

East Ridge, TN 37412 

Stanley UMC 

423.624.6729 

501 Dodson Ave, 37404 

Washington Hills UMC 

423.892.8050 

6216 Hadley Dr, 37416 

Cleveland Trinity UMC 

423.892.6926 

9028 Warbler Ln, 37421 

East Lake UMC 

423.624.4921 

2903 East 37th St, 37407 

St Elmo UMC 

423.855.0807 

3030 Towerway Dr, 37406 

Lake Vista UMC 

423.892.4941 

6216 Hadley Dr, 37416 

Saint Mary CME Church 

423.622.2742 

1417 Wheeler Ave, 37406 

Sheares Memorial UMC 

423.855.2004 

515 Airport Rd, 37421 

Sheares Memorial UMC 

423.698.4114 

400 Glenwood Dr, 37404 

Tyner UMC 

423.892-0444 


Non-Denominational 

The Sacred Heart Mission of 

Chattanooga 

423.238.3835 

3914 St Elmo Ave, 37409 

Faith Connection Church 

423.933.6986 


Metropolitan Tabernacle 

423.894.3377 

2101 West Shepherd Rd, 37422 

Carpenters Cowboy Church 

423.867.4232 


Brainerd Hills Chapel Church 

423.899.3098 

5931 Pinegrove Tr, 37421 

Chattanooga Church 

423.892.2888 

6188 Adamson Circle, 37416 

Christian Church of Hope 

423.855.0767 


Church of Jesus 

423.629.5051 

2118 Wilson St, 37406 

Church of the First Born 

423.756.0704 

3418 St Elmo Ave, 37409 

Church of the Lord Jesus 

423.265.8235 

200 West 19th St, 37408 

Mount Summit of Peace Church 

423.899.0434 


New Covenant Church 

423.867.2121 

3700 Clio Ave, 37407 

Walker Avenue First Church 

423.622.2982 

2101 Walker St, 37404 

Worlds Church of the Living 

God 

423.622.2992 

2110 Glass St, 37406 

Pentecostal 

Emanuel Pentecostal Church 

423.821.5261 

4204 Ohls Ave, 37410 

Sharon Pentecostal Church 

423.867.7088 

1400 East 48th St, 37407 

Virtuous Church 

Pastor Richard O. Smith 

5952 Brainerd Road 


(423)521-4440 

www.virtuouschurch.org 

Word of Pentecost Church 

423.624.2620 

1722 Newton St, 37406 

Presbyterian 

First Cumberland Presbyterian 

423.698.2556 


Central Presbyterian Church 

423.629.1401 

1815 McCallie Ave, 37404 

Covenant Presbyterian Church 

423.899.5377 


East Ridge Presbyterian Church 

423.867.2717 

4919 Court Dr, 37412 

First Presbyterian Church 

423.267.1206 

554 McCallie Ave, 37402 

New Hope Presbyterian Church 

423.892.0853 


North Minster Presbyterian 

423.894.3773 

4791 Hal Dr, 37416 

St Elmo Presbyterian Church 

423.821.1424 

4400 St Elmo Ave, 37409 

Second Presbyterian Church 

423.266.2828 

700 Pine St, 37402 

Trinity Presbyterian Church 

423.899.9586 

104 McBrien Rd, 37411 

Vineyard 

Vineyard Christian Fellowship 

423.704.2188 

10615 London Ln, 37302 

Seventh-Day 

Collegedale Community 

4995 Swinyar Dr. 


Hamilton County Church 

7997 Shallowford Rd 


Wesleyan 

Faith Community Wesleyan 

7725 Shallowford Road 


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COVER STORY 

For years, the natural and holistic approach to good 

health has battled against the “Band-Aid” approach 

of pharmaceutical companies. Ed Jones, 

owner of Nutrition World is committed to standing firm 

against the competition. His passion is to inform people 

of how accessible good health is and how it is up to 

each individual to take responsibility for his or her own 

health. 

A Chattanooga transplant from Jacksonville, 

Florida, Ed grew up in the Brainerd area and observed 

his father’s business ethics. As a child, he remembers 

a Shaklee representative talking to his parents about 

vitamins. Ed appreciated the idea of being able to take 

control of his own health by seeking a healthy lifestyle 

and learning how the human body is affected by natural 

herbs, vitamins, and minerals. 

“I remembered all the vitamin bottles lined up 

and the concept that you could alter your own health. 

Deeply engrained in me was the idea that we have influence 

and control over our health. Most people didn’t believe 

that back then, but something clicked in my head 

and I thought, If we have control and influence over 

our health, why would we not take advantage of that’ 

Whether through food choices or vitamins, he became a 

lifelong student of nutrition in every area. 

During his last year of high school, Ed began working 

at GNC. He told his dad he thought it would be 

good to have his own business in nutritional supplements, 

but he put the idea aside to pursue a career in 

18 // January 2015 

Nutrition World 

“Embracing Natural Healing” 

by Ed Jones 

law enforcement. When he was just seventeen years old, 

he talked his father into letting him take a cross-country 

trip by motorcycle all by himself. In ten days, he traveled 

from Chattanooga to Florida and all the way to the 

Rocky Mountains. 

With his passion for adventure and also for helping 

others, Ed attended MTSU and majored in criminal 

justice. He witnessed many of the riots going on and 

wanted to make a difference in the community. 

A New Path 

After graduating, Ed went directly to the Chattanooga 

Police Department. While patrolling, Ed would 

listen to cassette tapes about nutrition in his car. As he 

gathered information, his passion for health and helping 

others took the necessary turn to follow the path set 

before him. 

“I enjoyed being a patrolman for a few years, but I 

realized that I didn’t want to make it a career. When a 

spot opened on Mountain Creek Road in Four Squares 

Mall, I opened a store there and stayed a few years until 

I moved to a better location,” Ed says. 

His Passion 

Ed enjoyed the challenge of developing and running 

a business. His dad encouraged him to follow his heart. 

“Life is too short not to follow what is deep-seeded in 

your heart, and that is what I did,” Ed shares. 

He started Nutrition World in 1979 and eventually

moved the location to Brainerd Village on Lee Highway. 

Then he opened a second location in Highland Plaza 

in Hixson. Because running two businesses on opposite 

sides of the river was overwhelming, Ed closed the 

Hixson business and focused on his location in Brainerd. 

Although every business owner wants to make a profit, 

but for Ed, it wasn’t about ringing up sales. He enjoyed 

sharing insight on how individuals could take control of 

their health. 

Ed became disenchanted with the medical model 

and the inaccurate information that promoted a system 

mainly for profit and not for the individual’s welfare or 

health. He concentrated on issues concerning food coloring 

or chemicals in our foods and the effects of gluten in 

the diet, lack of Vitamin D, and other concerns on how 

the body responds to what is ingested. 

Self-Healing 

“I am all about the truth. Physicians who shop 

here acknowledge that the medical model is somewhat 

broken, and they acknowledge that the real information 

isn’t what is on the headlines or what is taught in medical 

schools,” Ed asserts. 

His core concept, which he repeats half-a-dozen 

times a day, is that the body was designed to be a selfhealing 

organism and that great health can be regained 

and maintained through proper nutrition. Because 

diseases are escalating at an alarming rate, Ed teaches 

that most of the synthetic drugs on the market are not 

recognized by the body. This is where certain drugs 

cause serious side effects. Whatever the body cannot 

process, the liver has to filter through the unnatural 

chemicals. Many believe this is where the body forms 

certain cancers or other diseases. 

Not long ago the New England Journal of Medicine 

had a scathing report that the third leading cause of 

death in this country (100,000 per year) was prescription 

drugs that are taken correctly. Those who have the 

ability to make headlines are attempting to discredit the 

use of nutrition as therapeutic and the use of nutrition 

as healing. With reports of studies debunking the effectiveness 

in a vitamin or supplement, Ed says profiting 

companies tend to use the least effective on the market 

to discredit all the natural products as a whole. 

According to Ed, the current “black eye” of the 

health food and supplement industry are those who are 

promoting sexual stimulants and various athletic supplements. 

Best-selling author Carl Germano who wrote 

The Misled Athlete, exposes the myths on what has been 

promoted over the years. He has been invited to give a 

lecture on Thursday, April 3, at 6 p.m. at the lower level 

of Nutrition World. Mr. Germano is a dietician, CNS, 

CDN, and RYT. 

“This is going to revolutionize some of the ideas the 

community has on protein, supplements, and certain 

foods. Half the time, the truths I share don’t promote 

additional business. This lecture is going to tell us to 

quit drinking so many protein drinks—drink one a day, 

rather than three,” Ed concedes. 

More Services 

Over the years, Nutrition World has evolved from 

a health store to a wellness center. Offering their own 

brand as well as many leading brands recognized as 

high quality, Nutrition World is no longer just a supplement 

store. The store offers services such as Yoga, personal 

training, physical therapy, and chiropractic. 

“This is where the traditional side of medicine fails 

because there is no single magic bullet. They are looking 

to make people feel better temporarily and not really addressing 

the best underlying reasons of why they can’t 

heal. They will say, ‘Let’s reduce your pain today and 

make you feel better and . . . good luck. We will see you 

in a few months,” Ed chuckles. 

Ed and his daughter Cady are an integral part of the 

team at Nutrition World. As the family attends several 

health fairs (including the one hosted at Volkswagen), 

they provide nutritional information with samples of 

their products. The company also donates food to the 

Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home. 

Away from the business, Ed has taken up flying. 

Shortly after turning fifty, he obtained his private license 

as well as his instrument license. He flies to Nashville 

or Florida but hopes to repeat his teenage adventure by 

taking on another ten-day trip on his own—possibly to 

Alaska. Check out his web site at http://nutritionw.com/. 

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Gò0dNews for Parents 

Hang Tough 

by Craig Thompson 

t was embarrassing. I re- 

it clearly. Grow- 

Imember 

ing up, my family used to 

sing in church, and sometimes 

I was too scared to join them. 

One particular church night, I 

was listening to the choir singing 

and suddenly realized that I 

was about one verse and chorus 

away from having to go up on 

stage. So I bailed. In my cleverness, 

I lay down on the church 

pew and feigned a deep slumber. 

When the choir singing ended 

and my family was called up to 

sing, I continued lying there. My 

dad may have even shaken my 

shoulder. I didn’t move. 

I could hear my family members 

making their way to stand 

around the piano, but my mom 

didn’t strike the usual chords to 

introduce the song. There was 

a pause that would have sent 

many worship leaders into 

panic mode. Then 

my mom spoke over her microphone 

and said—in front of the 

whole church—“We’re just waiting 

for Craig to join us.” 

Busted and red-faced, I slowly 

got up from my “deep sleep” 

and made my way to the front 

of the church with what seemed 

like a thousand eyes upon me. 

I took my place with the rest of 

the family. Mom started playing 

the piano and we sang a song 

together. 

And I learned a hard lesson. 

My parents could be tough to 

deal with. They weren’t afraid to 

call me out—in public, if necessary—to 

make sure I did the 

right thing. 

That wasn’t the last time I 

encountered the stern resistance 

of a parent. I found out many 

times that my so-called irresistible 

force wasn’t going to budge 

the immoveable object of my 

parents’ will. I spent periods of 

time in 

my childhood being angry, 

frustrated, and irritated with 

my parents. I also didn’t spend 

my childhood doing a bunch of 

the stupid things that my peers 

were doing. I didn’t appreciate 

the pain that it cost my parents 

to have to be stubborn in their 

child-rearing ways. Now I do. 

Years ago a good friend told 

me, “When you’re raising children, 

try to say yes as much as 

possible.” There’s wisdom in 

that, but I’ve learned that when 

I do say no, it has to stick. My 

God-given job is not to be my 

child’s best friend. My job is to 

be the parent. Being a godly parent 

means being tough as nails 

at times to help save a child’s 

soul from hell and prevent him 

or her from living in misery and 

sharing it with everyone else. 

At times I’ve also watched my 

siblings who are single parents 

do the same, so I know it doesn’t 

require two parents. 

There is an alternate way, an 

easier way. Proverbs 29:15 describes 

it: “The rod and reproof 

give wisdom: but a child left 

to himself bringeth his mother 

to shame” (KJV). What kind of 

child are you raising 

Do the right thing. Hang 

tough! 

20 // January 2015 

Craig Thompson is 

an author and 

speaker. You can read 

more of his material 

at walkwithgod.com.

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Gò0dNews for Life 

Sanctity of Human Life 

Observance 

by Beth Henderson 

January is a month of new beginnings. It is also 

the month when we celebrate the sanctity of 

human life in this country. This year, Sanctity of 

Human Life Sunday is January 18, a day that will 

be recognized in churches across our country. This 

will be the thirty-first anniversary of such celebrations 

that began with a proclamation by President 

Ronald Reagan in 1984. And while the Pro-life 

Movement whole-heartedly supports this recognition 

of life, especially as it pertains to the rights of 

the unborn, there are many, including our current 

president, who do not. 

We know, however, that the mere words and 

whims of man will never stand against the edicts 

of Almighty God. And let’s face it, God is pro-life. 

God is so pro-life that He not only created mankind, 

He created mankind “in His own image,” 

(Gen. 1:27 NKJV). Then, He told those first, Godbreathed-into-beings 

to “be fruitful and increase in 

number” (Gen. 1:28 NIV). 

God didn’t stop there! He provided lush surroundings, 

food, water, and all the things needed 

to sustain life. He clothed them and came to them 

in His own sorrow to begin a work of reconciliation. 

He spoke to them, as He speaks to us, through 

His Word, through His miracles, through His 

creation. He sent prophets and preachers to tell of 

His love for the world. He sent His own son so that 

we “might have life and have it more abundantly” 

(John 10:10 KJV). He sent His Spirit to guide us, 

comfort us, heal us, and give us hope. 

I’m glad that we have the freedom in this country 

to set aside days to talk about what’s right and 

wrong when it comes to abortion, euthanasia, the 

death penalty, and suicide. But I am overjoyed to 

know that my God has been talking about those issues 

from the beginning of time. His plan is for us 

22 // January 2015 

to 

glorify 

Him and 

respect each 

other. Can the 

commands of Scrip- 

ture 

to love one another, to bear each other’s burdens, 

and to forgive others be overlooked In Exodus, 

the Ten Commandments state that we should not 

kill, commit adultery, lie, steal, and so on—all indicators 

that humans are worth treating well. 

Can anyone doubt God’s stance on life He 

valued us enough to take on lowly flesh and live 

among us. He preached the news of salvation, and 

in the midst of all the sin and sorrow we had made 

for ourselves, He still called us His friend, brother, 

child. He called us to value others above ourselves, 

and He modeled that for us. 

This January, search your heart. It’s time for 

new beginnings. Begin today to act in ways that 

demonstrate to a lost world that even if the president 

doesn’t value life, you do—and so does God. 

One way to begin that process is to join New 

Hope Pregnancy Care Center Tuesday, January 20, 

at Waterville Baptist Church (4555 Dalton Pike SE) 

at 7 p.m. for a Sanctity of Human Life Observance 

service. This is a free community awareness event. 

Please come. 

Beth Henderson is the 

development director at New 

Hope Pregnancy Care Center.

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Metabolism . . . Speed It Up! 

“By skipping meals, you slow down your metabolism 

and prime your body to store fat,” signal that it is in a drought. This will cause your 

body weight in ounces), the brain can send the 

says Margaret McNurlan Ph.D. professor body to start storing the water it has in order to 

of nutrition and medicine at the State University of keep you hydrated; however, when this happens, 

New York at Stony Brook. 

For us to maintain health, as well as a healthy 

body weight, we should always have breakfast. 

Harvard research studies found that men who ate 

breakfast everyday were 44 percent less likely to be 

overweight and 41 percent less likely to develop insulin 

resistance—both risk factors for heart disease 

and still the number one leading cause of death in 

Western society. Besides helping to keep insulin 

production regulated, breakfast can also help stoke 

your daily 

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When the 

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habits of a 

group of its 

personnel, it 

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by as much as 10 percent. Metabolism is the rate at 

which energy burns! 

Chrono-nutrition means timed nutrition: when 

we eat, what we eat! Researchers at the University 

of Massachusetts studied 500 men and women and 

came to the following findings concerning how and 

when a person eats. 

Though not the primary reason for drinking water; 

water can play a significant role in weight loss by 

speeding up metabolism and hydrating cells so 

they can process carbohydrates and fat more efficiently. 

When not hydrating the body properly (1/2 

24 // January 2015 

all your vital organs do not receive the proper 

nutrients, enzymes, minerals, which depend on 

water to circulate them. As a result, you will start 

to feel blotted and tired until you get enough water 

in your system. Once you are hydrated, the toxins 

and food that make you feel bloated, will be processed 

more thoroughly. 

Thermogenesis creates heat and energy in the 

body. If you rank your meals by order of importance, 

breakfast is the most important. Eating 

Habit 

- Decrease/+ Increase Risk of Obesity 

• At least one midday snack -39% 

• Dinner as your largest meal +6% 

• Waiting more than 3 hrs after waking to eat +43% 

• More than 1/3 of meals out +69% 

• Going to bed hungry (3+ hours after last meal or snack) +101% 

• Eating breakfast away from home +137% 

• Not eating breakfast +450% 

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breakfast wakes 

up your metabolism 

and communicates 

that it’s 

time to burn fat, 

decreasing your 

risk of obesity. It 

helps kick-start 

your metabolism 

with meal and 

exercise (movement) 

throughout the day. It’s OK if you can’t 

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This New Year 

It’s that time of year again to make New Year’s 

resolutions. Most of us will make a goal 

weight to reach, a desire to be a friendlier 

person, or a plan to finish reading the Bible within 

the year. But have you ever given it a thought that 

in order to reach your goals, you have to have an 

entire shift in your walk with Christ. Last year 

I didn’t set any resolutions, but I asked God to 

restore me to where I was before and to further 

our relationship. I prayed Psalms 139:23-24, asking 

God to search my heart, to surface any wickedness, 

and lead me in the way everlasting. I didn’t ask 

Him to restore one specific area of my life because 

I wanted God to restore the areas that He knew 

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Having God renew you isn’t going to be the 

most pleasant thing you’ll go through. You enjoy 

being yourself around your friends, not worrying 

about what people think of you when they ask you 

about your thoughts on religion or going against 

the rules that your parents or the Bible have placed 

over you. The thrill of being dependent on yourself 

is stripped away when you allow God to renew 

you. However distasteful it may sound, a restoration 

by God can and will lead into a supernatural 

growth that you have never imagined. 

One thing that has developed over this year 

26 // January 2015 

has been my faith. I am the first to worry about 

anything and everything. Since I’m a college student 

and my mother is a single parent, the biggest 

thing I worry about is my finances. I went on my 

first mission trip this year, and I had one month 

to come up with $700. I know that may not seem 

much, but I had no money to pay for it. Within 

a two-week period, I received over $900, which 

enabled me to help others that hadn’t paid in full. 

A renewal of faith occurred in the moment I knew I 

could not live a life of worry or doubt. 

Renewing yourself will allow you to become 

dependent on God more than on yourself. You 

have given everything, but the end result is not 

what you hoped for. I encourage you to take on 

this journey of renewal this year. The person you 

will become will reveal to you that you’ll no longer 

be self-sufficient, but you will know the new 

person God has brought back to life is capable of 

enduring the tasks you or God will place in front of 

you. Ask yourself this before making a New Year’s 

Resolution: Have you fulfilled this year’s resolution 

If not, pursue this journey before taking on a 

resolution that isn’t going to be completed. 

Fernando Alejandro is a senior Youth 

Ministry Major studying at Lee University in 

Cleveland, TN. He is originally from Florida 

and was called into youth ministry at age 15 

during a youth camp in 2008. He currently 

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A Winter Walk 

by Jamie Nichols 

One chilly winter evening, just as the sun 

had started to dip behind the mountain 

tops, there once was a little girl on a walk 

with her grandmother. Grandmother didn’t walk 

very fast, but the little girl didn’t mind. She just 

loved being near her grandmother as the wind 

teased the edges of their coat collars and whispered 

through the trees. As they walked down one 

of their favorite pathways, the little girl ran ahead 

a bit and clapped her hands in delight. As Grandmother 

got closer, she saw that her grandchild had 

found a rose. The scarlet blossom peeked out from 

underneath a small bush, clinging to a worn fence 

post. 

“Grandmother!” the young girl cried out. “I 

found your favorite!” 

It surprised Grandmother to see the delicate 

bloom still thriving through the bitter, cold night. 

Then, in that moment, she realized the rose survived 

the harsh elements because of the shelter 

surrounding it. The rose was a vibrant celebration 

of life the little girl discovered by accident. 

She smiled and hugged her excited granddaughter. 

Thinking of all the beauty she had been 

blessed to experience through her life, Grandmother 

looked at the rose. Her smile broadened. 

Every stage of that rose’s life was beautiful, just as 

hers had been. Hope filled the grandmother's heart 

as she thought of the beautiful stages of life she 

would experience in the future, and that her happy 

granddaughter would also experience life’s beautiful 

stages in the times ahead. 

As we start a fresh, new year, let’s all take time 

to be thankful for our past journeys. And may our 

hearts be filled with happiness and hope as we 

look toward the new year to come. 

“ ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares 

the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm 

you, plans to give you hope and a future’ ” (Jer. 

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MISSION TO INDIA—PART 1 

Visiting a place like India can be overwhelming. The 

population is more than 1.2 billion people, which is 

more than the inhabitants of Canada, the United States, 

Central America, and South America, combined. The number 

of Evangelical Christians is 2.2 percent of the total population. 

There are 456 languages with 22 official languages. Poverty is 

everywhere. The beauty and grandeur of the country can leave 

you speechless, but the religions of India are complex and tied 

to their culture and caste system. 

There are 159 large people groups of which 133 are 

unreached. Hundreds of other groups with fewer than one 

million are unreached. Also, there are 600,000 villages with no 

church or Christian witness, although they tend to be more 

concentrated in the north of India. 

Throughout India, there are 485 people groups with 

populations of over 10,000 that are 

unreached and unengaged. That represents 

almost three-fourths of the 

world’s 639 people groups that come 

under this same category. 

When it comes to the Gospel, 

the world’s least-evangelized and 

least-engaged peoples are concentrated 

in India. India is the most lost place on the planet. It is 

easy to let the enormity of the task deter you, but you must let 

it drive you to do something under God’s leadership for His 

glory. 

But, how can Gospel change come about What is the solution 

Christ’s answer was lifestyle evangelism and discipleship. 

This is done through nurturing Christians who grow in 

Biblical knowledge, obedience, and by applying Biblical truths 

to everyday situations through their lives. This is how God put 

things together during the two weeks I was in India. 

The challenges began with a fifty-hour flight from Tennessee 

to Delhi, India. And yes, that arrival time in Delhi was at 

3:30 a.m. By the time I cleared customs and got to Daniel and 

Eunice’s apartment, a new day was dawning. But my body 

30 // January 2015 

by Rick Mitchell 

time was still yesterday and the sun was setting. Jet lag was beginning 

to hit hard. There are all types of cures to fight off jet 

lag, but for me, I stay up as long as I can and then sleep. Then 

I repeat the cycle until I think I will live. As normalcy returned 

to my body, Daniel told me my schedule. 

On Saturday afternoon, I went to a small church in Delhi 

of forty members, which meets in a small room of a large 

building. I preached there on each of my two previous visits 

and was looking forward to visiting them again. The church 

was having a planning meeting, and they let me sit in. The 

pastor told me they realize they cannot reach all four million 

people in their immediate area, or the 21 million in all of Delhi, 

especially if the plan is to just invite these folks to attend their 

church on Sunday morning. There’s not enough room. So 

their pastor challenged the members (all forty of them) a few 

months ago to each disciple and train 

seven people. Then those seven will 

disciple and train seven more, and so 

on. They now have more than 1,000 

people attending 100 or more discipleship/small 

church groups. Since 

their one church will never reach all 

of Delhi, they plan to start hundreds 

of small churches/groups. They want 10,000 in their small 

church groups (amen and amen). May their tribe increase. 

Some folks would say that their task is impossible— 

something like the time Chester Harrison and I were in Niger 

training fifteen Tribal Church leaders how to use Storycloths 

to share the Gospel to the 35 million people around them. The 

last I heard, the little “mama church” under the tree in Dargol 

was still going and the new churches too. It is amazing how 

people can do the impossible when God is in it and you don’t 

tell them it is impossible. 

Rick Mitchell is president of Sports & Rec Plus, a 

worldwide church-planting ministry that trains 

churches and mission organizations to use all types of 

recreation and leisure-time activities for evangelism, 

discipleship, and church planting. Contact him at 

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Ask any professional athlete and he or she will tell you 

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to put in years of hard work. That old saying of “practice 

makes perfect” is true. Why is it then that when it comes 

to our marriages, we have the tendency to do a mediocre 

job 

While dating, ww dress up, put our best foot forward, 

and we are always on our best behavior. The words we say 

to each other are thought-out, and we forgive easily. Somewhere 

along the way, between the kids, bills, and general 

responsibilities of life, we forget that practice makes perfect. 

The word perfect is such a broad term because it can 

mean something different to each of us. Marriage done right 

means compromise, communication, investing, and practice. 

To be an Olympic athlete requires years of hard work. So 

does a great marriage. Nothing worth earning comes easy, 

so why do we just seem to quit when it comes to our marriages 

One thing we forget to do is date each other. That’s 

right, good ole fashion dating. We get so caught up in life 

that we forget who we were before we became mothers and 

fathers. We forget that we were once newlyweds in love. We 

forget why we fell in love, and we lose our sense of identity. 

I challenge you to start dating 

your spouse. At first, you may find it 

awkward, but eventually you will 

find that you start talking and get 

to know each other again. Like 

my husband and me, it may be a 

struggle for you to hire a babysitter 

and go out. An idea that 

could be helpful is to find other 

mothers who would like to start 

dating their spouses again and 

swap out childcare. For example, 

they watch your kids the 

first Friday of the month, and 

you watch theirs the second 

Saturday. Dating/investing in 

your marriage makes it easier 

when you come to the rough 

32 // January 2015 

Dating Your Spouse 

by Melinda Nicodemus 

patches. If you are staying connected, then the rough patch 

will be just that—a patch—and not a roadblock or dead end. 

The devil wants to divide marriages. He wants us to 

fight each other instead of the issues. Dating brings us back 

to the excitement of waiting for a kiss goodnight and just 

holding hands. Dating requires us to connect as husband 

and wife and not as parents. Dating helps us to see each 

other in a new light and reminds us of all the reasons we fell 

in love. Dating gives us something to look forward to among 

the hustle and bustle of life. Dating can help remind us that 

our spouse is hot and looks mighty fine dressed up! Dating 

provides adult conversation, and for stay-at-home moms, 

which is crucial! 

My husband and I have been married for seventeen 

years and we just started dating again a year ago. We had 

become complacent with life and each other, but we were 

not taking full advantage of all the great things a connected 

marriage has to offer. Dating my husband has brought back 

the excitement of seeing him come through the door after 

work. It has allowed me to see him as a much older, mature, 

caring, funny, husband and father—not just the man who 

leaves 

his shoes and socks on the floor and quite 

surely has a book of 101 Ways to Aggravate 

the Wife. 

Dating has brought back the joy that 

had been missing. I don’t want to be 

complacent in my marriage anymore; 

I wanted to be passionate 

about my husband. I want 

to enjoy talking to him; I miss 

him when he’s gone; I’m 

anxious to talk to him about 

our days, and I anticipate 

his hugs when he walks in 

the door. Dating is what my 

marriage needs to meet my 

level of perfect. I encourage 

you to date your spouse and 

find your level. 

Melinda Nicodemus is married to 

Paul and they have three children. 

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Something Always Worth Listening To 

Many tough and challenging health questions have 

come to the web site from all over the world. 

These have included a question on autoimmune 

hepatitis, concerns about severe allergies in a young 

child, and many people wanting prayer and help with 

relationships. I want to thank each one of you for trusting 

Heartwise Ministries. Even though we might not 

always have the answers, we can pray and listen to you, 

pointing you to something that is always worth listening 

to. 

In Health Across America, I search the media and 

try to find topics that other editors and leaders deem 

interesting and important to their readership. This week 

everyone is still focusing on Ebola. How should we 

handle the crisis Who should be quarantined Politics 

are involved. Fear abounds. For a moment, I want 

to change the focus and write about something that is 

always worth listening to. 

Think for a moment about the places you go for 

information. Do you trust those sources I think this 

is a legitimate question. Information shapes our belief 

system. This information could move us toward selfishness 

or toward love, toward fear or peace. What source 

is actually worth listening to 

Biblical Prescriptions 

Hearing the voice of God is something always 

worth listening to. How is this accomplished The Bible, 

prayer, creation, conversations with others, inspired 

books, serving, and listening are a few places to go 

where we may hear the voice of God. If we learn to 

listen, God will be faithful to reveal His plan for us and 

give us Biblical prescriptions. What is a Biblical prescription 

A prescription is a way to change our chemistry. 

Pills change a chemical pathway. Biblical prescriptions 

change the entire chemistry of a body. God has given us 

methods to change our chemistry for the good. These 

prescriptions are free and something worth listening 

to. 

Remember, everything we bring into our lives has 

some chemical consequence. These inputs may lead to 

stress or rest, damage or healing. So much in the media 

is written about the latest greatest pill, procedure, vaccine, 

or new disease. There are also those in the media 

34 // January 2015 

by James Marcum, M.D. 

who want to challenge everything—including modern 

medicine, sometimes rightfully so. We definitely have 

many options for our listening pleasure. I want to be 

bombarded by something worth listening to. I want 

to listen to inputs that change me for the good. I want 

to hear about Biblical prescriptions from the ultimate 

Physician. 

As we learn how to listen, (notice, I say learn), our 

relationship with God will grow. He will give us prescriptions 

to change our life, leading to healing. Many 

times we may not understand the methods, but as we 

listen, trust will develop. We will know when to use 

modern medicine. We will receive help with lifestyle 

changes. One step will lead to two as we move through 

the path of life. 

His voice is still out there in this world and is something 

worth listening to. 

He loves us 

so much and only wants 

the best 

for His children. Sometimes 

the other negative 

voices we listen to can 

get us down. Today, I do 

not want to focus on a 

disease or write about 

a negative health consequence. 

I want this 

media source to help 

the world realize 

that there is actually 

something 

always worth 

listening to. 

http://www. 

heartwiseministries.org/ 

something-always-worthlistening-to/ 

Dr. James Marcum is speaker/director of 

Heartwise Ministries. He is a Cardiologist 

practicing with the Chattanooga Heart 

Institute. He is very active in the television, 

radio, and print arm of Heartwise 

Ministries. He is married to Sonya and 

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