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November 6, 2024
How deep are the roots of your relationship with Jesus?

In his message to the church in Colossae, the Apostle Paul makes it very clear that we need to stay rooted in the saving gospel of Jesus. Only by being rooted and connected with Christ can we find salvation and have the strength to live well and obediently in a world of false gospels. In Jesus, we have everything we need! Why? Because just as plants draw nourishment and living water from the soil through their roots, we draw lifegiving strength from Christ. Jesus called Himself the living water and the bread of life. So, the more we live our lives in Him, drawing our daily nourishment and strength from Him, the less we are fooled by those who would tarnish His true, saving gospel.

Paul wants us individually and collectively to be built-up on the most solid foundation of Christ. When we get this right, we get better together. He wrote, “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” (Colossians 2:6-7) Living our lives in Him means walking as Jesus walked. This fact doesn’t mean you need to choose disciples and perform miracles. No. You can’t copy the ministry of Jesus. Jesus had a special mission that only He could physically do. But we can walk in Christ today by faithfully obeying His teachings, following His example of complete obedience in loving God and loving others through serving them.

What does it mean to be “built up” in Him? It means making decision after decision to continue walking in His magnificent light. It means being established in the faith. Growth is an essential part of “walking in Christ.” We are ever and always under on-going construction. A brick here, a board there, but always and persistently being built up by divine grace.

Yes, ever so often we try to dismantle what God has done, tearing down his handiwork and experiencing painful disintegration. But God will not give up on us. What He began by grace, He’ll finish by grace. The building will be completed. God has bound Himself to us. He has formally pledged Himself to our growth in the grace and mercy of His Son.

He has sealed the document of ownership. We are His and He is ours. What an incredible feeling and blessing that is! Only one response is possible to this amazing goodness God has done in us and for us: thanksgiving!

At LECC we overflow with thankfulness in our sanctuary at 415987 Highway 9, Eufaula. We’d be pleased for you to join us for small group Bible study at 10 a.m., worship at 11 a.m. and Wednesday night activities at 6:30 p.m. Join us in celebrating how God gave us something we desperately needed, but did not deserve, and could never earn. He “qualified us to share in the inheritance of His people who live in the light.” (Colossians 1:12). Awesome and astounding! If you keep your eyes open, you’ll see God’s goodness every day. Stay rooted!

God Bless You!

Jeremy Little, Minister

Jefferson Highway keeps on rollin’
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Jefferson Highway keeps on rollin’
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
Long before Route 66, there was the Jefferson Highway. Route 66 was a federally funded, 2,448-mile highway that crossed the country going east and west from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, Californ...
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Jacob Foos re-hired as Eufaula City Manager
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
It was a surprise hire, but not a total surprise as former Eufaula City Manager Jacob Foos was rehired as Eufaula’s city manager. The hiring took place following an executive session at a special meet...
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Complications of finding a city manager
June 11, 2025
Jeb Jones resigned as city manager in April. He was hired in 2022 to replace Jacob Foos, who had resigned months earlier and became assistant city manager in the City of Shawnee. Andrea Weckmuel-ler B...
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LEA Poker Run Saturday
June 11, 2025
The Golden Eagle Poker Run, one of the most popular events on Lake Eufaula, is Saturday, June 14. This year’s theme is Pirates & Parrots, so get your crew and costumes ready for a day of high seas adv...
McIntosh County Democrat wins Sequoyah Award
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McIntosh County Democrat wins Sequoyah Award
June 11, 2025
The Oklahoma Press Association presented its Better Newspaper Contest Awards during the OPA Annual convention June 6-7, at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee. The top award a newspaper can r...
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Commissioners getting an increase in road spending
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
Rep. Tim Turner, R-Kinta, announced some good news and some bad news at the Monday morning Monthly County Commissioner meeting. First, the bad news, at least for those who oppose wind turbines in the ...
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Bridge dedicated to World War II veteran
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Bridge dedicated to World War II veteran
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently honored the late veteran William “Bill” Antrum Fox Jr. by naming a bridge after him. The William A. Fox Jr. Memorial Bridge is on SH 9 East at Nine M...
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Ten Mile Yard Sale this weekend
June 11, 2025
Bring an umbrella Bargain hunters set your alarms. The annual 10-milelong yard sale begins at 7 a.m. Sunday, stretching from the east end of Eufaula, down SH 9 east through Longtown and past Enterpris...
Preliminary set for 2 suspected of killing Eufaulan
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Preliminary set for 2 suspected of killing Eufaulan
June 11, 2025
Two Muskogee men charged with killing a Eufaula resident were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing in district court at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 3. Suspects Kyren Omari Boulware, 19, and Michael ...
2 dead, 4 injured in pileup
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2 dead, 4 injured in pileup
June 11, 2025
Two people from Marshall, Texas were killed, and four others were injured in a harrowing four-vehicle pileup on U.S. 69 half a mile south of the Muskogee City Limits at about 2:20 p.m. on Monday, June...
Fink inducted into OPA Half Century Club
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Fink inducted into OPA Half Century Club
June 11, 2025
Managing Editor Jerry Fink of The Eufaula Indian Journal and the McIntosh County Democrat was inducted into the Oklahoma Press Association Half Century Club on Saturday, June 7 at the Grand in Shawnee...
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