If you live in Sequoyah County, you have seen some of these changes in the last year or so. Cones in the road, increased traffic congestion and travel delays have become more common. If you’re like me...

“The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly” (Ps...

Tenkiller Property.com is pleased to announce Michelle Young has joined their firm as a sales associate. She will specialize in residential, land and commercial sales in the Lake Tenkiller area. “We a...

Round Mountain Community Church I John 4:8 says that God is love. The Bible also says that God is perfect or mature in love. Well God loves His enemies, so if we’re going to be like Him we must also l...

Scribbles and Poems by a Blackgum Mountain Boy While we are young time seems to pass very slow, The years drag by even though we continue to grow. We envy older children each and every day, They share...

Vian Baptist Church 2Corinthians 12:9 “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, t...

Vian Baptist Church Ecclesiastes 1:7 “All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.” There is a song that was one of ...

Scribbles and Poems by a Blackgum Mountain Boy I will remember as long as I live, How my parent’s love was my special gift. Their caring guided me down the right pathway, I was taught prayer and faith...

“We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John 5:19). If the Church is going to “wakeup the world” we must first wake-up ourselves, beginning with repe...

Round Mountain Community Church Throughout the gospels, Jesus talked about prayer and He gave us principles that tell us how we can have an effective prayer life. But it’s interesting that the first s...

“For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off” (Prov. 23:18). “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast”… (Heb. 6:19). Wake up! Wake up! Christian, we ...

Vian Baptist Church Jeremiah 24:2-3 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. Then ...

Let’s talk about immigration rights. Many people would assume that this means the rights of people to come here to the United States of America, and settle here, and live here if they desire to do so....

Round Mountain Community Church When God gave us the New Testament law of love, He said we’re to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. That just means that we’re to love our fellow man and fellow be...

LYNN MCCULLEY SpECIAL TO THE NEWS Leah Sheffield, a senior at Muldrow High School, is an all-American girl. She has gone from driving a tractor and operating a combine to putting on her formal and wea...

I Corinthians 14:1 in the amplified translation encourages us to make the love of God our great aim and our great quest in life. There must be a reason God wants walking in the God kind of love to be ...

Act 8:30-31 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desire...

Back Porch Ponderings My coffee sure tastes good this morning! It’s 20 degrees outside and I just heard the news. Same’O! Same’O! It’s almost enough to blow my mind, except I know who is in control of...

Words can’t explain the hold you have on me, Even in my dreams, you are the face I see. You bring delight in the deeds you do, That is one of the reasons I desire you. We became acquainted in an unusu...

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel” (Isa. 7:14-15; “God with us” (Matthew 1:23). “And behold, you will...