CATCH THE WAVE: 90 Days to a New Experience with Christ (AM Sermon 06-14-09)
1. Moses was hesitant in catching the wave.
· God shaped Moses for forty years of service by his early life of 40 years in Egypt and then 40 years in the wilderness.
· God gave Moses 3 things to help deliver the people:
· His name to tell the people
· Miraculous signs to prove God’s power
· A spokesman to speak for Moses in Moses’ brother Aaron.
· God’s purposes were fulfilled in Moses’ life.
2. Jonah was reluctant in catching the wave.
· God told Jonah what He planned to do.
· Jonah ran from God and tried to hide.
· Jonah finally went to Nineveh as God instructed.
· After warning Nineveh, Jonah was still reluctant for God to save Nineveh.
3. Peter was energized in catching the wave.
· Peter had been a leader among the twelve.
· Peter had been changed.
· Peter spoke after being filled with the Holy Spirit.
· God demonstrated His power and about 3,000 were added to the number of believers in Christ.
Meet “Bro. Ray”
A Little About Me
I am seldom referred to as Dr. England, but I am better known as “Bro. Ray.” I was born and raised in the small Kentucky town of Campbellsville. I graduated from both Campbellsville University and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville where I earned both the master’s degree and a Ph.D. in New Testament Greek. I have been married to Leslie (Lalosh) for over 30 years. We have three daughters: Mary Beth (Mrs. Dale Potts), Jennifer (Mrs. Todd Elkins), and Stoya (soon to be Mrs. Dustin Hastings). Recently Mary Beth and Dale presented us with our first grandchild – Wesley.
In over 30 years of ministry, I have been a staff minister, taught in college and seminary settings, served on the foreign mission field, but mostly have served as pastor of churches in Kentucky.
It is my blessing to be the senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Greenville, Kentucky since December 1999. Second Baptist has been a joy to pastor with wonderful men and women of God working together in ministry to accomplish God’s purposes. I love the church I pastor and the people both in our church and in the community.
I enjoy competitive sports, having played basketball and run cross-country in high school. For many years (when I was younger and slimmer) I enjoyed weight lifting. I am now back in the gym and loving lifting weights on a smaller scale.
It has been a joy sharing my wife Leslie’s passion for the theater. I have served with her on the Board of Directors of our community theater group MCTI. In 2007 I had my first stage role, the supporting role of “Teddy” in the local production of Arsenic and Old Lace. Leslie has directed several MCTI production, recently Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. She works with our Minister of Worship on the annual Easter Pageant.
Other than the Lord, the greatest joys in my life are my wife Leslie and our three daughters and their husbands, and now Wesley. They are a blessing to me.
God has graced me many times more than I deserve. God is good — all the time!
Road Trip 2010
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