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  • Recommendations to Get the Most from “CATCH THE WAVE: 90 Days to a New Experience with Christ”

    1. Read your Devotional and answer questions at an “appointed” time with God each day.
      2. Let God show you places you should change or repent in your life.
        3. Take notes on each sermon.
          4. Be active in at least 2 small groups for the 90 Days. (Sunday School is a small group. Ask the staff or the Ministry Help Desk about other groups.)
            5. Use the 90 days to identify your spiritual gifts, interests, and talents.
              6. Commit yourself to the ministry that is best for you.
                7. Celebrate the life that God wants for you.

  • SUNDAY MORNING SERMON SERIES: “Catch the Wave”

      Introduction June 14 - “Catch the Wave”
        Week 1 June 21 - “Secure in God’s Grace”
          Week 2 June 28 - “Wanting Something More” 2 Kings 2:9
            Week 3 July 5 - “Discovering a Deeper Spiritual Life”
              Week 4 July 12 - “Discovering the Joy of Ministry”
                Week 5 July 19 - JERRY RANKIN, IMB PRESIDENT
                  Week 6 July 26 - “Recognizing the Importance of Rest and Renewal”
                    Week 7 Aug. 2 - “Deeper Truths – Holiness”
                      Week 8 Aug. 9 - “Deeper Truths – Spiritual Power”
                        Week 9 August 16 - “Deeper Truths – Called and Commissioned”
                          Week 10 Aug. 23 - HOMECOMNG
                            Week 11 Aug. 30 - “Sacrificial Service – Helping & Empowering Others”
                              Week 12 Sept 6 - “Riding the Wave”
                                Sept 13 – REVIVAL - RAY HAYES

  • Goals for Growing As a Christian

    To grow in the Christian life, we should:

    1. Read the Bible daily and memorize Scripture

    2. Pray for “extended” times daily

    3. Sacrificially turn from sin

    4. Be consistent in Worship and Sunday School

    5. Be a faithful Steward of what you have

    6. Learn about and try new ministries

    7. Tell others about Jesus and your church

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Catching Up

Posted on May 23, 2008 by rayengland

It seems like forever since I was able to blog.  Life gets busy.  It seems almost “to whisk” us from one thing to another. So, what have I been up to?
May 11 was not just Mother’s Day but was also the 21st birthday of Stoya, our youngest daughter.  Friday May 16 Jennifer, our second daughter, graduated [...]

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Thank you for the prayers!

Posted on May 10, 2008 by rayengland

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Chand a neurologist in the Movement Disorder Clinic at Frazier Rehab in Louisville.  He took me through about an hour of interviews and evaluations.  His conclusions confirmed what Dr. Bandy has been doing and projecting (by the way, the visit confirmed what great doctors we have [...]

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A NEW DOCTOR

Posted on May 9, 2008 by rayengland

Ths morning at 7:30 Central I will be visiting a new neurologist who is one of the leading specialists in movement disorders. Please join me in praying that I get some new answers. The tremor I have is easy to live with — uncertainty is not. Thanks for your prayers.
– Ray

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Frequent Encounters With Christ

Posted on May 2, 2008 by rayengland

Isaiah 40 is a great chapter from start to finish,  We have focused this week on the last six verses.  We see that we have a God who can hear and act on our complaints based on His nature.   It is God who gives strength to the weary.  I love the way the chapter ends:
 31 but [...]

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Strength When Weary

Posted on May 1, 2008 by rayengland

Isaiah 40 is a great passage.  In the verses we have looked at this week, we first are told that to deal with our complaints we should look at the nature of God.  Then Isaiah gives us the promise that God gives strength to the weary:
 29 He gives strength to the weary
       and increases the power [...]

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