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Faith Is Trusting Jesus Before The Storm Is Calm · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries,
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  bringing you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  Faith is trusting Jesus before the storm is calm.
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  Today, as we walk through the scriptures, gleaning the truths God has for all
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  of us from Luke 8, 22 through 25.
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  We are going to conclude our study of Luke 8, 22 through 25 and focus on our
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  need to trust Jesus at all times, even before he calms the storm.
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  Luke 8, 22-25 says, Now it came to pass on a certain day that he went into a
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  ship with his disciples, and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake.
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  And they launched forth. But as they sailed, he fell asleep,
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  and there came down a storm of wind on the lake, and they were filled with water and were in jeopardy.
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  And they came to him and awoke him, saying, Master, Master, we perish.
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  Then he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water,
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  and they ceased, and there was a calm.
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  And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they, being afraid,
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  wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this?
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  For he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him.
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  After Jesus calms the storm and returns peace to the situation,
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  he asks his disciples, where is your faith?
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  He didn't ask, why did you notice the storm?
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  He asked, where's your faith?
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  He didn't condemn the disciples for recognizing the danger.
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  He challenged them because their fear had become greater than their confidence in him.
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  Faith doesn't mean pretending the storm is not real. Faith recognizes the storm,
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  but believes and knows God is greater.
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  Faith says the situation is scary, but Jesus is with me.
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  Faith says, I do not know what will happen, but I know who holds me.
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  Faith says, I may not understand God's plan, but I can trust his character.
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  Faith says the storm is strong, but God is stronger.
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  Faith believes, regardless of the circumstances or even the data surrounding
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  the issue, faith believes God is in control and that he is always doing what is best for them.
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  Faith knows that nothing is impossible with God, Mark 9, 23.
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  Faith knows that you can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth you.
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  Philippians 4.13 Faith believes that Christ will give you the victory regardless of the situation.
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  1 Corinthians 15.57 Faith trusts God with all its troubles, issues, and problems.
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  Because faith knows the battle isn't ours, but the battle belongs to the Lord. 1 Samuel 17, 47.
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  True, genuine faith believes in our God who cannot fail.
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  Complete faith declares 2 Samuel 22, 2-4, which says, And he said,
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  The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer.
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  The God of my rock, in him will I trust. He is my shield and the horn of my
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  salvation, my high tower and my refuge, my savior.
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  Thou savest me from violence. I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.
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  So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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  Sometimes Jesus calms the storm around us.
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  Other times, he gives us peace while the storm continues.
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  In both instances, God remains faithful.
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  When we truly trust in the Lord and follow him, then we have peace in the midst of the storm.
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  We don't stick our heads in the sand and pretend there is no danger,
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  no storm, or that all is well when indeed we are experiencing pain,
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  suffering, and spiritual warfare.
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  No, we put on our full armor of God, Ephesians 6, 10-18.
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  Give our problems to the Lord, and reign victoriously through the power and might of Jesus Christ.
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  The greatest miracle is not always that the storm ends.
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  Sometimes the greatest miracle is that we discover Christ is enough in the middle of the storm.
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  My friend, the disciples entered the boat because Jesus said,
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  let us go over unto the other side of the lake.
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  That means the storm was not the destination. there was still another side when
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  they passed through the storm if jesus has called you he will not abandon you
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  halfway through the journey,
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  the storm may be fierce but it is not final the waves may be high but they will
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  not overcome the purpose god has for you or in you,
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  today perhaps you are in a storm.
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  Perhaps you feel forgotten, afraid, or overwhelmed.
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  Oh, but don't lose sight of these truths God has given us in Luke 8, 22 through 25.
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  Jesus is with you in the boat.
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  Jesus hears you when you cry out to him. Jesus has authority over the storm.
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  Jesus is teaching you to trust him through the storm.
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  Jesus will carry you to the other side. The question is not whether storms will come.
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  The question is, where's your faith?
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  The one who calmed the wind and the waves is still Lord today.
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  Remember, you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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