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The Perfect Storm
Mark 4:35-5:1
“On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waveswere breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, ‘Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?’ And they were filled with great fear and said to one another,‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’
Mark 4:35-41 (ESV)
I. Refocus Your Heart
“But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’” Mark 4:38 (ESV)
“God has said, ‘I will never leave you; I will never forget you.’”
Hebrews 13:5 (NCV)
II. Recognize Your Power
“And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” Mark 4:39 (ESV)
III. Recharge Your Faith
“He said to them, ‘Why are you such cowards? Don’t you have any faith yet?’”
Mark 4:40 (ISV)
“Then he touched their eyes and said, ‘According to your faith will it be done to you’”
Matthew 9:29 (NIV)
“And they were filled with awe and said among themselves, ‘Who is this man, that even the wind and waves obey him?’” Mark 4:41 (NLT)