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520 | Throwback - Let not your heart be troubled · The Woman at the Well Ministries Podcast

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  She's a happy girl. Hello, friends, and welcome back to another podcast of Woman.
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  At the Well Ministries, where we believe that all of us have to come to Jesus
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  like the woman at the well in John chapter 4.
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  Our highest priority is making God real in your life.
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  Whether you are listening in our app, in your favorite podcasting app,
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  or on our website at watwm.org, we invite you to sit down with us as we look
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  to the scriptures to learn more about God and to strengthen your daily walk with Jesus Christ.
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  Living a life for Christ. She's a happy girl.
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  She's a happy girl.
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  The Bible is full of words of encouragement, but perhaps the most precious is
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  the words of Jesus, which command us not to let our hearts be troubled.
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  He can command this because He can deliver us to this state of mind.
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  If we place our faith in Him, He will keep us in perfect peace.
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  Join us in this broadcast of Woman at the Well Ministries as Kim searches the
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  scriptures, revealing God's plan for a peaceful heart.
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  Hello, and thank you for joining us in this broadcast of Woman at the Well Ministries.
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  We are coming out of the book of John in the 14th chapter in the first verse,
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  and it's a passage of scripture that is spoken about often.
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  And it's a passage of scripture that gives us great joy and hope and comfort.
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  But as we begin to look at the lesson today, we are going to only speak of the
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  first part of John chapter 14 and verse 1, where Jesus is speaking,
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  and he says, Let not your heart be troubled.
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  And the verse concludes with, you believe in God, believe also in me.
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  And if the Lord is willing in the lesson that follows this one,
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  we will speak about the second part of John chapter 14 and verse 1.
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  But for the next few moments, we are going to spend our time focusing our heart
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  and our mind on Jesus's words that says, let not your heart be troubled. Shall we pray?
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  Our kind and most gracious, dear Heavenly Father, Lord, we pray that you would just show up.
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  Lord, we pray that you would fill our hearts with your presence,
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  that you would clear our minds from all distractions.
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  And Lord, that you would just speak to us as we look at your word when you spoke
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  and said, let not your heart be troubled.
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  And Lord, I pray that you would touch each person who is listening.
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  I pray, dear Heavenly Father, that you would grab their heart,
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  meeting them right where they are and help them, dear Heavenly Father,
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  to open up their hearts to hear what you have to say.
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  Lord, I pray for that balm of Gilead that can come only from you.
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  Lord, I pray that you, the great physician, would just show up in the places,
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  where people's hearts are needing that assurance.
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  Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that you would speak to those who need to see you as the great I am.
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  And that you would reveal yourself to them in ways like they've never seen you before.
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  That as they began to really focus on your words that said, let not your heart
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  be troubled, that they would begin to feel that peace that passeth all understanding
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  that you have promised to those that place their faith in you.
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  Lord, I pray that you would just remove me from the message and that you would
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  just speak. the very words that you would have that would touch each and every
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  life as they hear what you have to say.
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  And Lord, I come to you as obedient as I know how, as humble as I can be,
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  asking you to open my heart.
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  That I could be filled with the blessed assurance that you have said,
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  let not your heart be troubled.
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  And I pray, dear Heavenly Father, as you speak to me, as I learn what you have
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  to say to me, as I go through your scriptures, as you speak to my heart,
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  as I give to those who are listening, Lord, that which you have given to me,
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  I pray that we all walk away from this time at the throne, from this time that we are with you.
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  Dear lord with a light load that we
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  have taken you at your word and we've exchanged our burden for your burden which
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  you said was light and easy and that your yoke was light lord i just pray that
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  you would help us to do exactly what you said when you said cast your care upon you because you care,
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  and lord i pray that you would take the feeble words that i would say and that
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  you would enclose them with your grace and your mercy,
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  that you would sprinkle them with your wisdom and that with your omniscience,
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  you would drop them on each of our hearts, that we would walk away from this time with you.
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  Changed and ignited inside with a fire from above, with life from the living
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  water that comes only from you, that we would be a light into a lost and dying world.
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  That we can spread your peace where there is chaos, that we can offer your words
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  of encouragement and strength to a lost and dying world,
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  where you can give peace and calm the troubled waters.
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  Lord, let us walk each day in the firm assurance that you are God,
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  and may our lights reflect that the anchor holds.
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  Even in the midst of the storm.
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  We thank you, dear Heavenly Father, that we know that your grace is sufficient.
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  To all these things we ask in thy most precious and holy name we pray and all
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  of God's people said, amen.
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  For many of us, the times that we hear this passage of scripture are times when
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  our hearts are filled with sorrow.
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  For many of us, we hear this passage of Scripture quoted, read,
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  written, and displayed at a time when we need to hold on to Jesus more than ever.
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  And my friend, the truth of the matter is that the strength of this verse surpasses even that.
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  In that each and every day that we live, whether we're on cloud nine or whether
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  we're at the bottom of the valley.
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  We have a hope, and it's in Jesus Christ.
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  And the words that he spoke calmed the troubled seas.
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  And he said in John chapter 14 and verse 1, Let not your heart be troubled.
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  My friends, don't you remember what it was like when you were but just a child,
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  and lots of things seem scary to you and lots of places seemed so frightening.
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  Even just going to a mall or a grocery store, you're just a little person and
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  everybody else towers over you and you cling so tightly to the hand of your mother or your father.
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  And don't you remember when you were standing there and things seemed to be
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  kind of frightening and you were scared and you were troubled on every side?
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  Don't you remember the words that your mom or your dad would say?
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  Everything's okay. I'm here. Don't worry.
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  It's going to be okay. And they would just pick you up and carry you across the busy street.
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  Or they would hold your hand a little tighter, and they would pull you just
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  a little closer, and you would walk through the crowded corridor of the mall.
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  Remember what it was like to feel
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  that rush of peace overcome you
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  as you heard those words because when
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  you heard the words from mom or when you heard the words from dad you could
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  believe them and you knew they were true when they said it's going to be okay
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  you didn't worry anymore because the words came from authority they came from
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  something you believed in they came from someone you trusted.
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  No matter how wonderful your parents were, I pray to God you had the blessing
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  to have the same kind that I did,
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  tried and true and glorious and wonderful, absolutely bathed in the love of
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  Christ and living a life to his glory from the beginning to the very end.
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  But my friends, when they spoke to you, words of comfort,
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  let me tell you, their abilities were limited and their capabilities were finite.
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  Yet they could deliver because they were trustworthy and they loved you.
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  Oh, but my friend, when you read John chapter 14 and verse 1,
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  and he says, let not your heart be troubled.
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  You can believe in that because his abilities are not limited,
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  and his capabilities are not finite.
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  You see, all things are under his feet. You see, we can do all things through
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  Christ which strengtheneth us.
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  You see, he is the great I am.
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  He is the great physician. He is the alpha and the omega.
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  He knows the beginning, and he knows the end and he knows the end before the
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  beginning and when he says let not your heart be troubled.
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  You can trust it and you can believe it and you can rest firmly in it because
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  his commandments are true and he can ask you to not be troubled and he can command
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  you to not be troubled because my friend,
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  he can deliver you to a place of peace.
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  He can lead you to a place of peace.
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  He may not remove the storm but he'll
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  definitely take you through it he may
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  not remove the obstacles in your life because
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  remember he has a plan and his plan is perfect and
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  what he has chosen for you has been specifically chosen
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  and he says let not your heart be
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  troubled and he tells you in Romans 8 28 that
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  all things work together for the good to them that love the lord to
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  them that are called according to his purpose in jeremiah
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  29 11 he clearly explains to you
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  that he has an expected end for you and he wants you to follow him he speaks
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  repeatedly in his scriptures friends if you're following what i'm saying you
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  need to realize that he said let not your heart be troubled.
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  And he said, I'm in control. And he says, I know the way, because in John chapter
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  14, just a few verses below, he says, I am the way, the truth and the life.
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  And no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
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  Remember, he said, I am the way.
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  And he said, you can know me.
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  They said, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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  And he said what manner of love
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  the father hath bestowed upon us that we might be called the sons of god.
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  My friends, your pain runs deep, and your hurt stings, but it's no match for him.
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  And in John chapter 14 and verse 1, he said, let not your heart be troubled.
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  In 1 Peter chapter 5 and verse 7, he says, casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.
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  My friends, you can let not your heart be troubled because you can believe in
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  a God that will not fail. And he will deliver.
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  He will deliver you from what you are in.
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  He may not remove it, but his mighty hand will be upon you.
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  His light will lead the way and his grace is sufficient.
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  The anchor will hold. in the midst of the storm.
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  If you would, please let your mind just wander back.
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  Peter's on a boat and there's a storm coming. And I want you to see that when
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  Peter looks out of the boat, Jesus is already there.
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  You see, in the midst of the storm, Jesus was already there.
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  Did you get that? In John chapter 17, he says he prays for us.
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  He tells us that we don't always know what we need to pray for,
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  but the Holy Spirit does.
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  He tells us that he knows the things that we have need of before we even ask.
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  Did you hear me? In the midst of the storm, Jesus was already there.
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  Peter yells at him and he says, Lord, if it be you, bids me come.
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  You see, Jesus knew Peter. And Peter knew Jesus.
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  But in the midst of the storm, Jesus was out there. He was already there.
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  But Peter was a little bit confused because he wasn't looking at Jesus for who
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  he was. He was looking at the storm.
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  You know, my friend, it's high time.
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  We spend some time telling the storm who Jesus is instead of all of our time
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  telling Jesus about the storm.
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  He knows about the storm.
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  He's already there. In our Bibles, if you'll look a little later,
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  in Hebrews chapter 13 and verse 5, he says, let your conversation be without
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  covetous and be content with such things as you have.
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  For he has said, listen to me, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.
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  In John chapter 14 and verse 1, he says, let not your heart be troubled.
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  In Hebrews chapter 13 and verse 5, he says, I'm there.
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  In Peter's case, he was already there when Peter was asking for him.
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  When Peter took his eyes off of Jesus I began to think, think.
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  He lifted his arms up and he said, save me. And my Bible says immediately.
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  And if you have some other translation, you get rid of it because you need to understand.
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  It needs to say immediately. Because when you're in the midst of the storm.
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  When the waves are crashing in, when doubt is on every side,
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  when logic has left and reasoning has no place,
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  you have no time because that
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  split second the devil will
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  slip in and that blessing of peace
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  will escape you but you
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  see the bible says in isaiah chapter 26 and
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  verse 3 thou will keep him in perfect peace
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  whose mind is stayed on thee because he
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  trusteth in thee and in
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  the midst of the storm in the
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  midst of all that's going on jesus says
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  let not your heart be troubled and he tells you you can do
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  that because he says i'll never leave you nor forsake you and he explains to
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  you that if you trust in me i'll keep you in perfect peace and no matter what
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  you're going through you will be able to do it and your heart won't be troubled
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  because your heart will know that it's the perfect will of God you're standing in.
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  And when you're in the perfect will of God, you have absolutely perfect protection.
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  Because when the Hebrews children went into the fiery furnace,
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  three went in and it was Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego.
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  But when they looked into the fire, they saw the fourth man in there and he
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  was likened to the son of God.
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  And there wasn't any harm come to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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  My friend, I don't know where your fiery furnace is. I know where mine has been.
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  I don't know what troubled place you find yourself in, and maybe it seems so final.
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  I looked into the face of my mother as I watched her pass from this world to
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  the next, and in my heart, that was such a heart-wrenching thing to do.
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  But when she said, goodbye world, she said, hello God, and from each step of
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  this world to the next, he held her hand, and from every step that I stood and
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  I watched, he held my hand, and his grace is sufficient.
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  And even in those times, he said, let not your heart be troubled.
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  You believe in God, believe also in me. And I went the distance for you, Kim.
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  And I stood on Calvary for you. And I bought her soul.
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  And I made her a mansion in heaven. And I'm taking her home.
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  And I'm not leaving you. I haven't forsaken you.
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  I haven't give up on you. I haven't hurt you. but her home is on high,
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  and she's just a pilgrim passing through.
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  Let not your heart be troubled. I am the way, and this is my plan,
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  and this is my will, and it's as good today for you, Kim, as it was 20 years ago.
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  It may not be what you want, but it is my will.
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  Let not your heart be troubled.
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  You believe in God. Believe also in me. I don't know where you are.
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  And I don't know how tested and tried your faith may feel.
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  But I know he said, let not your heart be troubled.
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  I've gone nowhere. I'm still here. And I know he said, I love you.
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  And I know he said, I'll never put any more on you.
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  Than you can bear. But Kimmy, you've got to believe me, and you've got to reach
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  out and grab what I have given you.
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  And you have not because you ask not, and if your feet are growing weary,
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  you need to ask for his strength.
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  And if your face is growing weary, you need to turn your eyes upon Jesus.
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  Look full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely
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  dim in the light of his glory and grace.
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  He said in John chapter 14, verse 1, let not your heart be troubled.
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  In Philippians chapter 4, verses 6 and 7, he said, be careful for nothing,
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  but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
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  let your requests be made known unto God.
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  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts
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  and minds through Christ Jesus.
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  Oh, let not your heart be troubled.
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  Oh, how he loves you.
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  Oh, how he loves me. And oh, how I love Jesus.
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  Oh, come on, friends, he said, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
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  Let not your heart be troubled. In Hebrews chapter 4, he said,
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  come boldly to the throne of God.
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  You're not as a person without hope because your hope is in Jesus Christ.
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  Let not your heart be troubled. Come to him in prayer this very moment.
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  Lay at his feet, all that hurts your heart, knowing that he's already there
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  and that he bought the price because he said he would keep you in perfect peace,
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  whose mind is stayed or focused on thee, because he trusteth in thee.
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