Part 1: Waiting on God by Pastor Ray Jones on 1.15.2012
-Lamentations 3:16-33
Thomas Merton once said, “As soon as you are really alone, you are with God.” Waiting on God is difficult but necessary for our spiritual development and sometimes God has to isolate us through waiting in order to get us where He wants us to be. In this week’s message Pastor Ray begins a new series entitled Getting To Know God and will focus on how we develop our relationship with God when we are having to wait on Him to move or respond in our lives.
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Part 2: When You Are Worried by Pastor Ray Jones on 1.22.2012
- Matthew 6:25-33
Author Lewis Thomas once said, “We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth’s creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.” Jesus talked about this matter worry and our tendency to it in The Sermon on the Mount. And in this week’s message Pastor Ray will talk about how our worrying can become an opportunity to Get to Know God better.
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Part 3: Downward Mobility by Pastor Ray Jones on 1.29.2012
- Mark 10:35-45
In The Secret of Happiness Billy Graham writes, “Take your eyes and your ears and your hands and your feet and your thoughts and your heart: Give them completely and unreservedly to Christ.” It is a wonderful prescription for getting to know God. In this week’s message Pastor Ray will talk about how downward mobility brings upward reward.
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Part 4: On The Smooth Path by Pastor Ray Jones on 2.05.2012
-Colossians 2:6-8
When life is going well for us it is easy to become spiritually distant and lazy. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley did an experiment some time ago that involved introducing an amoeba into a perfectly stress-free environment: ideal temperature, optimal concentration of moisture, constant food supply. The amoeba had an environment to which it had to make no adjustment whatsoever. So you would guess this was one happy little amoeba. Whatever it is that gives amoebas ulcers and high blood pressure was gone. Yet, oddly enough, it died. Likewise we must be careful in times of ease not to become spiritually lazy but to use those times as to deepen our relationship with God. In this week’s message Pastor Ray will continue his series on Getting to Know God when life is good and we are living on the smooth path.
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Part 5: In The Field of Battle by Pastor Ray Jones on 2.12.2012
-Colossians 2:6-8
Sun Tzu, Chinese General and Strategist, in The Art of War, written in the late sixth-century BC said, “Every battle is won or lost before it is fought.” In this week’s message from the series Getting to Know God, Pastor Ray will share a message on how we get to know God better when we are in the midst of spiritual war.
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Part 6: Streams In The Desert by Pastor Ray Jones on 2.19.2012
-Isaiah 35
Through the history of God’s people, deserts have been common dwelling places. But God never intended for them to be permanent places. Actually, the desert can be a place where we discover God and find spiritual refreshment. In this week’s message, Pastor Ray will talk about how the desert or wilderness times of life can be one more opportunity for us to really Get To Know God better.
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Part 7: Better Than a Thousand Days by Pastor Ray Jones on 2.26.2012
-Psalm 84
Billy Graham has said that “the true child of God will have a hunger for worship and God’s Word.” In this week’s message Pastor Ray will talk about how worship helps us get to know God better.
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