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563 | I Know the Master of the Wind: When Jesus Calms Your Storm · 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,
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we invite you to sit down with us as we look to the scriptures to learn more
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about God and to strengthen your daily walk with Jesus Christ.
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We live in a world where people seem to always want to impress others by who they know.
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It seems as if our society has evolved to where who you know is more important than what you know.
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Ironically, the world has come around unintentionally to a major truth.
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It is more important who you know than what you know when it comes to Jesus.
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Knowing Him far exceeds the value of any knowledge you may have or may acquire.
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Join us in this podcast of Woman at the Well Ministries as Kim introduces us
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to the Master of the Wind.
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We are looking at Hebrews 11.6 as the filter in which we are going to lay every
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single thing we hear from God through tonight.
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That verse reads like this, but without faith, it is impossible to please him.
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For he that cometh to God must believe that he is, that he is a rewarder of
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them that diligently seek him.
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Now, I want you to see that there's some important things about our filter,
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and we usually don't spend a lot of time on our filter, but we need to use it tonight.
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We need to use it effectively. So I want you to understand that Hebrews 11,
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6 tells us that we have to have faith.
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Faith is believing without any data to prove it.
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Faith is believing when you can't see the end.
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Faith is fully and completely trusting. And what he's saying is you have to have faith in God.
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You must fully and completely trust in the one and only living God.
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In Proverbs 3, 5 through 6, he tells us to lean not into our own understanding,
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but in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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Then he says, be not wise in thine and eyes, fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
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Faith is what it means to take a step back, remove yourself from the equation,
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and allow God to have complete and full reign.
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I want you to also see that Hebrews 11, 6 tells us not only that we have to
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have faith, But he tells us that we have to believe in who he is.
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It's really difficult to believe in something you don't know.
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So we must be dedicated to understanding the character, the will of God.
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And then he says something that I think it's important that we really know.
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He says, those that believe have to come to him.
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So often I am, I'm dumbfounded is the word.
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Of the people who tell me that they have a relationship with Jesus.
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They don't pray. They don't read. They don't go to church. They don't talk about him.
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Well, that's an interesting relationship.
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One that I think if you're honest with yourselves, it doesn't even take you
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long to come to the conclusion that no earthly relationship that you have would
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ever prosper, would ever grow,
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would ever develop if you did absolutely nothing to maintain it,
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if you did nothing to learn of the other person, and if you ignored them forever.
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Yet we don't seem to understand that when it comes to Jesus Christ,
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it is a personal relationship.
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There's some maintenance needs to be done. We're not working for our salvation.
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We are developing a personal relationship with a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
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So tonight, as we begin to adjust and modify this filter verse of Hebrews 11,
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6, we got to get ourselves in the right place.
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We have to shore up our faith. We got to come to him because he's the source of our faith.
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If we ask for faith, he gives us faith.
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And then we have to believe and know who he is and understand that he's a rewarder
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of them that diligently seek him.
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Why do you suppose that's important for the rest of our time together tonight?
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Because one, I'd be amiss if I didn't point you towards a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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But two, if you don't have a motivation for the reward, you're not going to put forth the effort.
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And tonight's passage is so filled with the goodness and the greatness and the
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providential care of Jesus Christ that I don't want you to miss one piece of it.
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So as we walk through this scripture.
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I want you to implore all the faith you have i want you to believe in who he
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is and i want you to stand and watch the blessings of god simply flow over you
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jesus loves me this i know.
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For the bible tells me so so as we begin to look at mark chapter 4 beginning
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in verse 35 it's important that you believe that god exists and it's important
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that you believe that he rewards those that earnestly seek him.
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As we hit this passage in Mark chapter 4, it's right after he talks about how
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and why he uses parables.
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It's not too far from where he talks about the parable of the mustard seed,
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and then he talks about putting a light under a basket.
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So I set the seen for you that here are these disciples who've been with him all day long.
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They've labored, they've tarried, they've heard the word of God,
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they've listened to him unfold himself.
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In John chapter 1 verse 14, he says that the word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
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As we read the precious word of God, we are watching Jesus reveal himself to
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us and unfold his character, unfold his promises, unfold his love toward us.
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And in doing so, scripture says, if you know Jesus, you can fully know God.
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And so tonight, as we begin to read Mark chapter 4, verses 35 through 41,
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I want you to know he is real.
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And what he did for others, he'll do for you.
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The lessons he's teaching these individuals in Mark chapter 4,
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verses 35 through 41, they're relevant now.
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They're exactly what God wants you to hear now. I believe that with all of my
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heart, or I don't believe he would have asked me to change my message and do this one.
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So tonight, read with me in Mark chapter 4, beginning in verse 35.
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And the same day when the evening was come, he saith unto them,
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Let us pass over unto the other side.
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And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the
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ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
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And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
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And he was in the hinder part, or the honder part of the ship,
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and he was in the hinder part of the ship.
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Asleep on a pillow. And they awake him and say unto him, Master,
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carest thou not that we perish?
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And he arose and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.
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And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are you so fearful?
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How is it that ye have no faith. I mean, come on, people, they just listened to him all day long.
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And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, what manner of man is this,
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that even the wind and the sea obey him?
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Have you ever just stopped for a
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moment in your life and began to reflect upon
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what manner of man is this in this
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particular passage we're going to unveil what
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manner of man jesus is and i
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remind you that he's fully god and that he is fully man
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and he reveals that in no uncertain terms
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in this passage as we
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begin to look at that we begin to see that
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jesus is already in the boat they've been
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out doing all the things they need to
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do they have taken care of the multitude it's
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late in the evening and i want you to notice that that the lord doesn't just
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stay there he gets in a boat and he moves on to the other side because when
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you get in mark chapter five you see he has some work to do over there and so
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he's not being idle and he's not wasting any time he's positioning himself.
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To be where the action is, where the need is, where the work is to be done.
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So the first thing I want us to look at when we look at this passage is sometimes
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our faith has to be tested.
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Sometimes our faith needs to be evaluated.
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Sometimes our faith is to be assessed.
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Now, you know, these boys in the boat knew who Jesus was. They were his disciples.
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You have to understand that these boys in the boat believed in Jesus.
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But when trouble came their way, when an instance of fear took them.
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It was their fear they employed as opposed to their faith.
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You know, I looked at this for a long time, and I realized that the faith is on the move.
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It's not moving away from us, but when we have faith, we are on the move.
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We are taking our faith from one place to the other.
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We are exhibiting the faith of Jesus Christ in every step, in every word,
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in every act, in every deed. Faith is on the move.
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And what I noticed is that we have a choice every day to enact and activate
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that faith, or we can walk in fear.
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But you can't have faith and fear at the same time. It's impossible.
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And so as we begin to look at this, what we see is that faith requires you to follow.
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Now, I'm sure when the multitude was finished with them and they had met all
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of the needs of the followers, all the needs of that multitude,
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there were some people who wanted just a little more of Jesus.
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They wanted to dig just a little deeper.
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They wanted a closer relationship. So instead of going home,
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propping their feet up and having a glass of tea, they got in a little boat and followed.
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No doubt they just wanted to grow a
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little closer no doubt they just wanted to do something
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see jesus was always doing good jesus
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was going about doing the things of god
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and even difficulties that came hindrances that showed up nothing stopped him
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that's why he in the evening time tired exhausted spent he still got in the
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boat positioned himself for the next assignment,
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I believe what God is telling me and you in this passage regarding that is we need to get in the boat.
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And we need to step out on the boat on faith like Peter did in his account.
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But we have to position ourselves where God has called us.
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If he's called you to be on Avenue B, you better not be hanging on Avenue Z.
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God has a plan for your life. It's a good plan, and it is to give you goodness and him glory.
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And so we learn that Jesus lives a life that positions himself to be on the
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ready when he's called to activate and work.
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But let's look at those little boats that followed.
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They were willing to follow him where he went there's another little nuance,
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in this beginning part of this that talks about that when he was in the ship
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and they were also with him other little ships and he arose a great storm but
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it talks about that when he goes,
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He took him even as he was.
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And if you're not careful, you can miss that piece in Scripture.
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And you say, well, Kimmy, what's so important about that?
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There are some times we miss the call of God because it's not comfortable.
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There are some times we miss the call of God because we're getting ourselves already.
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I'm sure it was cold. He was on the water and it was evening.
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He didn't go back for a coat. He didn't go back for anything.
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Jesus got on the boat, moving in faith to the place he needed to go with his
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people and boats following him as he was.
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Jesus was on the ready. Now, that bodes a question for me and you.
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Do we live our lives on the ready? If he calls you right now to go and witness
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to somebody, can you do it?
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If he asks you to sit by the bedside of a dying saint, will you do it?
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Or do you have to get yourself ready, get the right clothes on,
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make sure all's going well?
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I missed an opportunity once. I've missed many, but one time in particular that somewhat haunts me.
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I was on my way to church to teach Sunday school in the previous church that I went to.
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And on my way down the hill, there was a lady there, and something in my heart
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prompted me to speak to her.
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She looked like she was in need, but I kept saying, I can't do it.
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I can't do it. I got to go to Sunday school. I got to teach the Sunday school class.
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So I got down the road quite a bit, and I felt bad.
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And so I said, Lord, as soon as Sunday school's over, you just keep that lady there, and I'll go back.
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Sunday school was over. I got in my car to go back. She wasn't there.
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I pray that somebody else was on the ready. I pray that when God spoke to somebody
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else's heart, they didn't think of the reasons why they couldn't help her.
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They just got up and went. They did it.
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What about if somebody asks you to pray for them? Are you on the ready?
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Are you prayed up? Or do you have to spend the first few minutes of your prayer
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praying for yourself, asking for forgiveness, confessing all your sins?
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And then you can get down to the business that is of urgency.
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There's nothing better than a praying friend. Nothing better you'll ever find.
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But you want a friend that when you say, I have an urgent prayer, pray for me.
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Pray for me now. and you know that that friend is prayed up.
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That friend has a recent relationship.
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That friend is in good standing, not because of anything they've done,
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but because of who Jesus Christ is.
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Don't miss that he went over in the evening, that his faith moved him,
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that it placed him on the ready, that it gave him a position and that he did
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not care for himself and his needs.
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He left tired, without a coat, pursuing his next task.
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And then I want you to read here in verse 37. And there arose a great storm
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of wind, and the waves beat into the ship so that it was now full.
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What that says is that ship is taken on water.
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And we all know that when a ship takes on water, at some point there's more
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water than it can withhold, and it begins to sink.
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They're not in Beach Fork Lake, where if you fall out of the boat,
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you can stand up and it's at your waist. That's not where they're at.
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Now, they're in the sea, and storms come.
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It's a known fact if you're in a person who does any kind of boating in any
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kind of lake that's big or the sea or the ocean.
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Storms come, and they come out of nowhere. Storms happen.
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Some storms in our lives we cause.
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Some we endure. But just as sure as that storms are going to arise on the water,
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storms are going to arise in our lives.
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No doubt, there are times in our lives when we feel like we're being overwhelmed,
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when we feel like there's nothing but taking on water.
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And we begin to feel like we're going to sink. Now, this wasn't just for Jesus and the boat he was in.
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All those little boats that came with Jesus that were following after him,
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they were sustaining the same water.
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They were facing the same obstacles. They were facing the same difficulties.
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Friend, when you took Jesus as your Savior, you agreed.
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To walk with Him. You agreed to become like Him.
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You agreed to run the very same risks that He runs.
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We need to run boldly and cheerfully face forward into the path that Jesus Christ has for us.
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We must be willing to take on the risk through faith and knowing that it can't hurt you.
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What looks like a risk to the world, what the flesh may perceive as a risk for
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the Christian who has died in the world,
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full and completely saved, understanding exactly who Jesus is,
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placing their whole trust in him. They're all in for that person.
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It's not a risk. They're safe in the cleft of Jesus.
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We were called in Mark 8, 34, to remind you in my hearing,
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and when he called this people unto him and his disciples too, so all of his people,
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the Lord said, whoever will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross,
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and follow him when we begin
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to read this passage in mark chapter 4 in 35
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through 41 what we see is these little guys in the little boats were all in
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they were accepting the risk they were doing exactly what god had asked them
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to do and i have to believe they did it willingly and cheerfully how about you.
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Winds are blowing, the waves are rising, the boat is filling.
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And here said his disciples, I remind you again, they had spent all day listening to the master speak.
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They were close to him. They knew who he was. They understood his character.
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They knew what he could do. They'd seen it. They also heard him say,
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you have to have faith, that of a mustard seed.
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And if you have face of a mustard seed, just a tiny mustard seed.
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You can say to that mountain, move, and it'll move.
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I am literally enough to believe that if I had the faith of a little mustard
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seed and said to Mount Everest, move, it would move.
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I'm too stupidly educated to have that kind of faith. I wouldn't be able to
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muster it up, pardon the pun, to move Mount Everest.
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But there are mountains in my life.
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There are obstacles. There are issues. There are problems. There's broken relationships.
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There's dreams and hopes. There's tasks and assignments.
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All of which I need just enough faith of a mustard seed to make it happen.
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So there they are. You've all heard me before. I know that drowning is something I fear.
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Deep water is not my friend. So I can understand with no qualms what these guys are feeling.
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And I, in no way, am just passing judgment on them. But there is Jesus.
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As you move down, he says that the waves beat into the ship so that it was now
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full. and in verse 38, and he was in the hinder or hinder part of the ship, asleep on the pillow.
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Get out your pens, get on the edge of your seat.
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This is going to transform you if you catch it. He's in the hinder part of the ship.
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What part that is? That's the part where the pilot lives.
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That's the part where the pilot is at the helm to show that he's always in control.
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Jesus, who seemingly is asleep, who is asleep by earthly accounts because he's
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fully God and fully man. Oh, listen to me.
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He's in the pilot's house. He's at the helm.
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And even when he's asleep, he's awake.
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And I want you to know that these boys call on him, even though he's asleep.
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And because of their unbelief, Jesus, who was already on the scene,
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Jesus, who was already in control, Jesus, who was already at the helm, is asked to move.
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Think there are many times in our life Jesus has us going in the right direction.
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Jesus is standing in the right place. He's leading and guiding us,
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and we get some sort of whim in our mind, and we go left or right of the center
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of God's will, and then what happens is God is not standing there.
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He's now over here beside of us, and we have altered something.
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That day, I missed the blessing of talking to that girl.
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But God's work will get done, but I want it to be through me when it's supposed to be.
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So he's in the part of the ship where there's control.
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He's at the helm, even though he's asleep.
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George Herbert put it this way. Let me read this. When winds and waves assault
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my keel, he doth preserve it, he doth steer.
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Even when the boat seems most to reel, storms are the triumph of his art.
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Listen, though he may close his eyes, yet not his heart.
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Fully God meant.
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Because he was there. Sometimes me and you were in the storm,
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and Jesus seems as if he's asleep.
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He seems as if he's not listening. No matter how hard you pray,
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no matter how diligently you appeal, no matter how many tears you cry,
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he seems unconcerned because you can't hear him,
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and you can't see him.
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But according to Hebrews 11, 6, Without faith, it is impossible to please him.
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And you must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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And through eyes of faith, when he's not here, you know he is.
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The fully God that we serve, Jesus Christ, the son of God, who never has failed,
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who gave himself that you might live, who paid a sin debt he didn't know for
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a people who couldn't pay it.
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He's on the scene, he's at the helm, even when you don't see it,
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don't hear it, and don't feel it.
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In Isaiah chapter 45 and verse 15, we read these precious words.
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Verily thou art a God that hidest thyselves, O God of Israel and Savior.
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Just when you think he's tearing you, you find out he's delaying,
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waiting for his perfect timing.
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Habakkuk chapter 2 and verse 3 says, for the vision is yet for an appointed
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time, but at the end it shall speak and not lie.
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Though it tarry, wait for it, wait for it, because it will surely come, and it will not tarry.
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That's eyes of faith. That's a life of faith.
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Then when you can't hear him, you can't see him, you know he's working.
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When there's no physical evidence, you know he's at the helm.
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How precious these first few verses are to take the time to tell us that faith is on the move.
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And when he's asleep, God is still watching because he never sleeps and he never slumbers.
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He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither sleep nor slumber,
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according to Psalms 121, 3 and 4.
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What do we need to know up to this? He slept, but his heart was awake.
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Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.
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There is nothing man can do to thwart the work God has for you.
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But here we are. The boat is feeling.
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I bet it's cold. It's dark.
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People are starting to panic. I'd be one of them.
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The disciples aren't able to have peace because they don't understand their
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situation. They don't know what's happening.
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They're on a boat with Jesus, and yet Jesus is asleep, and they are perishing, they think.
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The disciples feel that God is powerless because they can't see him.
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He was on the boat. He's in your heart.
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He's wrapped around your life. He's got a plan for you to prosper you,
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to give you a hope, to give you an expected end. he's already there. Peter proved that.
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Get out of the boat. Take a step of faith.
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We learned about that a few weeks back. But tonight, what we're saying is he's in the boat with you.
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For Peter, he was on the water. He's in the boat with you.
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This storm you're facing, this problem you've got, this situation that is overtaking
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you, this illness that you've watched someone you love have for their entire
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life. Hey, he's in the boat with you.
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Help isn't on the way. Help is there. But it requires faith.
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See, the confidence was placed in the fact that they had the master with them.
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That the ship had Christ in it, so it couldn't sink.
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The bush had God in it, so it couldn't be consumed.
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God is all-knowing and completely undefeated. Why is that important?
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If he'd have burned up in the bush, I don't know when he's going to burn up.
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I don't want it to be on my miracle I need.
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He's on the boat. And they couldn't see his presence. Even though they knew
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he was there, they began to panic.
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But they did know who God was. And they believed in him and his presence.
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So they went where they knew to get help. Even though they knew they were gonna wake him up.
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Even though they knew that something about this was probably not right because God makes no mistakes.
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And if he needed to be awake, he'd be awake. If he needed to be watching the
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storm, he would be watching the storm.
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But in that moment, they had their eyes on the storm.
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They had an understanding of who God was. But they didn't kick their faith in
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to say, because he is here, he's at the helm, because he has a plan,
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because he loves me, because he's taking care of me. I don't need to worry.
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I'd have woke him up, too. But the point is, they didn't have to.
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They woke him up because they thought it was necessary.
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When Jesus sees us, he knows what he needs to do.
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And sometimes he seems like he's asleep.
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He is awakened by the prayers of the people.
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That's why we pray the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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Be on the ready.
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Jesus was there. They knew where to go.
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When we don't know what to do, we have to fix our eyes on Jesus.
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They knew he would forgive them of their error.
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1 John 1.9 says, If we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us
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our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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The disciples knew him, and they knew where to go for help.
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In 2 Chronicles 20, verse 12, it says, O our God, look that up,
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2 Chronicles 20, verse 12.
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O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great
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company that cometh against us.
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Neither know we what to do, but our eyes are upon thee.
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Many times in desperation have you prayed, Lord God, I don't know what to do.
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Jesus, help me. Jesus, give me faith. Jesus, put my feet in the right place.
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Jesus, give me the answer.
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Jesus wants you to follow him. Jesus wants you to know him.
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And Jesus isn't going to lead you in a place He isn't going to protect you.
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He won't call you to where he won't equip you.
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But you have to have faith. Without faith, it is impossible to believe him.
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Friends, we may be at our wit's end, but we're not at our Savior's faith's end.
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Get that? We may be at the end of our rope, but I'm going to hang on to the thread of the hymn.
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Jesus loves me, this I know, and I see it clearly in this passage.
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Then what we see Jesus is awake and he
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says and they say the master cares thou not we're gonna perish before you judge
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how many times have we said what are you thinking that would be a Kimmy Miller
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prayer what are you thinking are you sure you're looking at the right person
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that's why you let me perish.
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Why are you making this hard? Where are you?
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That's where they're at. They just spent the day with him. But now trouble's
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come. Situation is there.
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Problems are rising. And Jesus awakens. He does what only he can do.
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He rebukes the wind, and he calms the sea.
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How does this make me know he's fully
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god and he's fully man how does this make me know that when he was asleep on
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the pillow with his head there he still had his heart awake providing for these
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kids because he created the seas that made him god and then he told him to stop.
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Name god but he stood there as jesus when
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you can't see he's working i promise
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you he's already working jesus will calm that storm in your life right now the
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one that's bothering you and hurting you but you gotta let him he says in this
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passage peace be still and the wind ceased In the original language,
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it says, be silent,
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be silent, be dumb.
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In other words, stand still and know that I am God in Psalms 46.10.
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He tells the wind to be quiet and to cease.
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Why do you care that he says be quiet? it.
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Sometimes it's the noise that scares us.
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Sometimes it isn't the height of the wind if you can't even see it in the waves.
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It's the noise of the billowing waves. It's the noise of the howling wind.
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It's the noise of the naysayers. It's the noise of the lions in the lion's den.
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It's the noise of those that say you can't. It's the noise of those that say you're not good enough.
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It's the noise of those that say you're not qualified. It's the noise of those
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that say you aren't the one.
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He said, peace. Be still.
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Silent. When Jesus approaches your storm, because he's already there,
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when you engage the faith and you invite him in, when Jesus is allowed into your storm,
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he silences the noise and he stops the physical problem.
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He obliterates your obstacles.
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He enables you to overcome your difficulties, and he shuts the mouths of lions.
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It's important that you understand the creator of the universe,
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the creator of you said, be silent, be dumb, peace, be still.
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It's important because storms are coming.
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You know me. They say I'm a doomsayer, but I always say you're either in a storm,
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out of a storm, or going into one. They're coming.
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In Isaiah 57, 20, he says, but the wicked are like the troubled sea when it
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cannot rest, whose waters cast up my own dirt.
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Let our minds, in the midst of the storm, let them recall. Be silent.
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Peace. Be still. He silences the roar, but you gotta let him.
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Without faith, it's impossible to please him, and you must believe that he is,
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that he's a rewarder of them that diligently seek them.
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In Psalm 65, 7, he says, which stilleth the noise of the seas,
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the noise of the waves, and the tumult of the people.
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Be still and know that he is God. Don't be confused.
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Don't speak unadvisedly. Just be still. Thank you.
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Him. Fight your battles. Well, Jesus had just come from a day of laboring and
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toiling, and the disciples in the boat with him would have been involved in all of that.
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As I look at what takes place in this passage, I see that what he is telling
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us is that rest isn't guaranteed.
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You can rest in Jesus. He'll provide all of your needs.
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He'll give you the strength you need, but you can't say, I've worked 60 years
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for the Lord. I've retired.
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He has no Christians on the bench. There are no fill-ins, no subs.
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You are each called to a purpose, each called for a job.
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And sometimes the going gets rough, but Jesus is greater than your obstacles.
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He will supply what you need. And so he just kept going.
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Now there's a time to rest, but when God is calling, that's not the time to
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rest. It's not your schedule, it's his schedule.
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God used the ship as his pulpit. I want you to see that the ship wasn't going down.
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It was under his protection because it was what he was using.
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The storm beat against it, but it couldn't take it down. He cares for his own.
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Psalms 23 tells us that.
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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
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Oh, as we look at this passage so rich in what he has for us,
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i'm reminded of isaiah 26 3 which says thou
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will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusted
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in thee i'm not judging the boys in the boat but in philippians 4 6 and 7 he
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says to be careful for nothing but in everything with prayer and thanksgiving.
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Let your requests be made known unto god and the peace of god will keep your
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hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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In the midst of that storm, in the bit of this particular passage,
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they'd been with him. They knew him.
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They knew his commandments.
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And when things got scary, they forgot it all.
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They abandoned it all. They weren't hanging on faith. They were hanging on fear.
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But I want you to read something in this particular account in Mark that is
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very incredible that I don't wait and miss.
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Jesus is getting ready to rebuke the disciples for their unbelief.
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So he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful?
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How is it that ye have no faith? Let me read that in your hearing one more time.
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Why are ye so fearful?
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What God revealed into my heart is I am fully human. It's okay to have a little fear.
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You just can't live there.
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Believe in God, but do you believe in who he is and what he can do?
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It's normal to have the fear, but when you begin to trust,
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when you activate the faith, when you put your full end on him,
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and you are completely enclosed and overshadowed by his wings,
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when you've crawled up into his lap and said,
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let happen, whatever happens, I'm yours, you're going to take care of me,
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I'm following you to the end,
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I'm going to take what you give me, I'll take on the risk you take,
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I'll suffer for who you are.
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I'll do what you ask me to do. When you get into a place where his presence,
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is your protection, it preserves you.
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When you get in that place, I promise you, you don't care what the world says.
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You don't care what the world does.
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You're just following Jesus.
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In Luke 1.37, he says, For with God, nothing shall be impossible. Do you know who he is?
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Do you know what he's capable of?
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Do you know what he's done? Do you know his character?
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Is he your friend? He's a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
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He wants all of you. He says, hey, behold, I stand at the door and knock.
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If any man come unto me, I will sup with him and he with me.
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Revelations 3.20. He wants that personal relationship with you so that he can
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have a conversation with you like he's having with the boys.
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And he can say, why are you so fearful?
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We're going to recognize fear. We're humans. But at the moment we recognize
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fear, we've got to hang on to the lifesaver.
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We've got to hang on to the preserver.
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We've got to be where he wants us to be and let him cover us.
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And he gives us the armor of God. In Psalms 18, verse 2, he says this,
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The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God,
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my strength and whom I will trust, my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower.
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Who is Jesus to you?
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When they feared the winds and the wave, it was lack of reverence to Jesus.
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It was a lack of respect for who he was and what he could do.
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But in this very last part of this verse,
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when you begin to see them in verse 41 say this, and they feared exceedingly
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and said one to another, one manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him.
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Now, in this verse, they saw him for who he was.
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They could see the demonstration of his power. They feared the wind and the
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wave less, and they feared him more in a reverent way.
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They feared the power and the truth of the creator in the storm.
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They were beginning to let him reveal himself and to unfold who he was.
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And they feared that storm. and now
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they were fearing the creator in the storm and that
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fear had torment and amazement but now they feared the
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power at the end of this they
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once feared the creator for the storm for
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the fear for the torment that was absolutely eating at them but blessed be the
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lord they kick in their face they see who he is he reveals himself to them and
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now they're fearing the power and the grace of the Redeemer in the calm.
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In the storm, they had fear.
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In the calm, they had peace. What was the difference? In the storm,
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their eyes were not fixed on Jesus.
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In the peace and the calm, it was.
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Feared the Redeemer in the calm, and they feared the Lord in His goodness.
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And it satisfied them. It helped them. And they gave glory to the Lord.
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The storm that was meant to take them down revealed Jesus in all of His glory.
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And when they activated their faith that's required, they praised Him.
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What manner of man is this?
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Who is He? Who is He to you?
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What manner of man is this, they all did say, that the winds and seas obey?
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What is it you? Who is it you?
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Have you asked yourself, what manner of man is this, that the winds and the seas obey?
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He's the one who sails with me. He's the master of the sea.
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Jesus loves me. This I know.
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And without faith, it is impossible to please him.
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And you must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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What matter of man is this, that the winds and the seas obey?
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Let's pray. Lord, I pray that you would take these broken words,
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that you would hold them tightly in our minds and our hearts,
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that we would see you revealed,
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that we would understand you're at the helm.
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And when your eyes are asleep, they never sleep nor slumber.
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So as fully man, when you were asleep, your heart was awake.
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And your heart is full of love for each of us. And you wish that none should
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perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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Shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. So tonight,
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for that broken heart, let's walk in through the storm.
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Reveal yourself to them.
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Encourage them to employ their
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faith. For that person who has a broken relationship, reveal yourself.
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For those who've studied all day and trouble has hit tonight,
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reward them with your presence.
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Oh, what matter of man you are! What is man that thou art mindful of him,
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and the son of man that thou visitest?
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Tonight, make yourself known to each and every one of us.
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To God be the glory for the great things he has done and all that he will continue to do.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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