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 If you have your Bibles, I'd ask you, if you will, turn with me this morning to Mark chapter 6,

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 Mark chapter 6, verses 45 through 56.

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 Mark chapter 6, verses 45 through 56, and the title of my sermon this morning is

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 When Faith Fails, God Doesn't.

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 Back in December of 1995, I graduated from Southern Seminary

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 and I received my first church calling in Lornburg, North Carolina.

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 I was asked or called to go to Stewardsville Baptist Church in Lornburg.

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 And so after Christmas, Michelle and I loaded up a U-Haul

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 and we drove 12 hours with an ice storm chasing us the whole way

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 and we arrived in Lornburg, North Carolina with great excitement, great anticipation.

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 You know, we knew God was going to do great and mighty things.

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 After eight years of school, that's how long it took me to get through college and seminaries,

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 eight years, and I was excited to be in my first church and see what God was going to do.

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 But little did I know, I walked right into the middle of a church fight.

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 No one warned me, no one told me, but I walked right into the middle of a big church fight

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 where the church was getting ready to split.

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 This church ran about 400 and they had called their first minister of music and youth,

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 a combination position.

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 And the church was split between the musicians.

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 They loved him, the minister of music and youth.

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 They loved him because he had taken their music to a whole new level.

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 The youth side were against him.

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 He was doing things differently than they had ever done before.

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 Instead of going to like centrifuge, he wanted them to go look up lodge.

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 And so the older youth told the younger youth that if you support him and get behind him,

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 then you're a traitor to the youth group.

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 And the parents got behind the youth and planned the trip to the centrifuge against the minister

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 of youth's wishes.

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 And so over the next couple of months, I found myself meeting with the deacons

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 almost every night of the week up till midnight some nights discussing what were we going to do?

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 How were we going to solve this problem?

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 How were we going to keep the church from splitting and deal with the minister of music and youth?

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 And I was a bit disillusioned as to what ministry really was.

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 Coming out of seminary, having great expectations and great anticipation

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 and walking right into the middle of that was a little bit disillusioned.

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 But as I look back, I realized that I learned lessons and things throughout my life

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 that are during that moment that have served me throughout ministry.

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 And God was working in that to resolve that situation to where, to my knowledge,

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 only one individual temporarily left the church.

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 And God continued to use that church and do some great and mighty things.

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 Have you ever been in a situation like that?

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 Not quite being called to a church, but a situation or a circumstance

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 where because you were being obedient to the Lord and following the Lord,

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 you found yourself in situations or circumstances that were challenging,

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 that were difficult, that were hard.

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 You know, maybe it was a work-related situation.

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 Maybe it was a health situation you found yourself in.

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 And you wondered, why is God allowing me to go through this?

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 Why is God not stepping in and solving this problem immediately

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 and helping me in this situation?

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 Why is He allowing me to go through this much longer than I ever anticipated?

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 Well, the disciples found themselves in a situation very much like this.

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 And they found themselves in this situation because they had obeyed Jesus

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 to do exactly what He had told them to do.

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 So let's look with us, or with me this morning,

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 at Mark chapter 6, and we're going to read verses 45 through 56.

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 Immediately, Jesus made His disciples get into the boat

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 and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida while He dismissed the crowd.

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 After leaving them, He went up on a mountainside to pray.

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 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake,

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 and He was alone on land.

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 He saw the disciples straining at the oars because the wind was against them.

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 About the fourth watch of the night, He went out to them,

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 walking on the lake.

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 He was about to pass by them, but when they saw Him walking on the lake,

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 they thought He was a ghost, and they cried out

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 because they all saw Him and were terrified.

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 Immediately He spoke to them and said,

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 Take courage, it is I.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 Then He climbed into the boat with them,

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 and the wind died down.

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 They were completely amazed,

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 for they had not understood about the loaves.

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 Their hearts were hardened.

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 He had just fed the 5,000.

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 That's what that's referring to.

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 When they had crossed over,

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 they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.

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 As soon as they got out of the boat,

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 people recognized Jesus.

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 They ran throughout the whole region

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 and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

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 And wherever He went,

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 into villages, towns, or countryside,

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 they placed the sick in the marketplaces.

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 They begged Him to let them touch even the edge of His cloak,

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 and all who touched Him were healed.

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 Let's go to the Lord in prayer.

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 Father, we just thank You for Your Word.

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 We thank You for Your truth.

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 And we thank You for the lessons that we can learn

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 throughout Your Scripture.

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 And I pray that You just speak to each of our hearts here today

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 and just speak to us.

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 And we thank You, Lord, for this.

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 We praise You always.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Upon reading this passage,

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 have you ever asked yourself the question,

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 did Jesus know this storm was about to occur?

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 You see, the Sea of Galilee was surrounded by hills and mountains.

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 And from what I've read,

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 storms could come down off those mountains

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 and hit the Sea of Galilee,

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 and they could be the strength of a hurricane.

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 We don't think of hurricanes in seas,

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 but the Sea of Galilee is pretty large,

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 and they could have had a hurricane-force storm go across it.

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 Well, did Jesus know that this storm was coming?

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 Well, if you believe in the sovereignty of God

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 and Jesus being fully man and fully God,

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 then we have to conclude that, yes,

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 He knew that storm was coming.

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 So that leads us to another question.

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 Why, then, would Jesus send them out onto the Sea of Galilee

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 if He knew this storm was coming?

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 Why would He send them out in a little boat,

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 out onto a sea,

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 with a hurricane-force storm about to occur?

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 Well, Mark doesn't really give us any kind of indication here

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 as to why that happened or why Jesus was eager to do that,

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 but John does.

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 John gives us some insight in John chapter 6, verse 15,

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 and you can see it on the screen.

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 This is the NIV version.

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 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come

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 and make Him king by force,

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 withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

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 You see that?

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 The crowds did not fully understand at this moment in time

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 the type of Messiah that Jesus had come to be.

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 They had a very wrong understanding.

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 They had, as Jews,

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 they had a very high messianic expectancy

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 that God was going to send the Messiah,

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 but what their thoughts were

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 is that He was going to come in military might and power

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 and He was going to conquer the Romans

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 and give Israel their independence once again.

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 But you and I know today that that is not the type of Messiah

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 that Jesus came to be.

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 But that is the crowd.

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 And after they saw Him feed the 5,000

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 and had worked several miracles of healing,

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 they were about to come and take Jesus

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 and make Him king by force.

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 And Jesus knew that the disciples would be safer

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 in a boat out on the Sea of Galilee

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 in the midst of the storm where He could care for them.

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 They were safer in that situation

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 than they would be in the midst of this crowd

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 having a very wrong understanding

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 of who He had come to be.

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 You have to remember,

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 the disciples were the same men

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 who had argued who was the greatest

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 in the kingdom of God.

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 And they were very slow to understand.

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 I don't think they really came to that understanding

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 until after Jesus had been resurrected

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 that they really began to understand

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 and put things together.

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 Even though Jesus had told them numerous times

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 throughout His ministry

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 that He was coming to die,

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 they still didn't get it.

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 And so Jesus knew that they were safer

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 in that boat out in the Sea of Galilee

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 with a hurricane-force storm coming

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 than they were in a crowd of people

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 with the wrong understanding of who He was

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 and getting ready to come

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 and take them by force.

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 Now, what's also interesting in this passage

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 is that Jesus had spent a lot of time

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 with the people, long day,

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 and He was tired.

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 He was human.

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 He was tired and He was weary.

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 It could have been easy for Him

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 to have slipped away by Himself

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 and gone to sleep.

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 But Scripture doesn't tell us that, does it?

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 What did He do?

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 He prayed.

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 He went up into the mountains,

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 which I got ahead of myself a little bit.

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 He put the disciples in the boat,

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 sent them away,

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 and then dismissed the crowd.

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 That really shows us

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 how eager Jesus was

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 to separate them from one another

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 because normally,

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 He would have dismissed the crowd

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 and then put the disciples in the boat.

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 But He dismissed the disciples first.

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 And then once the people had gone,

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 He went up into the mountain to pray

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 and He spent all night.

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 If we read through the Gospels,

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 we see this frequently

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 where Jesus spends time alone

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 with the Father in prayer.

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 And if Jesus is fully God

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 and fully man all at once,

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 and yet the necessity for Him

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 to spend the entire night in prayer,

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 that should say something to us today.

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 That should say something

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 to the necessity

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 that we have as children of God

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 to be devoted

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 to a very committed prayer life.

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 Not a quick passing prayer

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 or not a prayer that just gives God

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 a laundry list of things

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 that we want Him to do for us,

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 but to be devoted

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 to a powerful prayer life.

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 By the way,

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 on Wednesday nights

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 during prayer meeting,

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 we're doing a study

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 by Dr. Greg Frizzell

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 on how to have

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 a powerful prayer life.

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 It's one of the best books

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 that I've studied

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 on how to develop

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 your prayer life.

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 We would love for you

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 to come out

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 and be a part of that.

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 We're going to be meeting

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 in this room

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 right beside the Welcome Center

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 over the next few weeks

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 because starting this week,

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 they're going to be doing

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 some work inside the sanctuary.

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 We all know the work going on

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 outside the sanctuary,

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 but there's going to be

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 some work also being done

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 inside the sanctuary.

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 And so prayer meeting,

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 we're going to move

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 into that classroom

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 right there by the Welcome Center.

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 It's room 250.

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 And so we would love for you

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 to come and to be a part of that

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 because I'm firmly convinced

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 the strength of the church

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 is the strength

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 of the individual's prayer lives.

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 A church will be no stronger

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 than the prayer lives

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 of its members.

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 Prayer is a gift

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 that God has given to us

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 that we can enter

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 into His presence

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 and we can spend time

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 alone with Him.

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 We can grow in our walk with Him

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 and our intimacy with Him

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 and our relationship with Him.

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 He speaks to us

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 and reveals Himself to us

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 through our prayer lives

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 as we study His Word

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 as a part of that.

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 And so I think prayer

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 is vitally important

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 to each individual

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 and Jesus models that

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 and shows that to us as well.

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 Now as we study this text today,

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 our primary focus

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 is going to be upon

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 the disciples

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 and the storms

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 they found themselves

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 in the midst of.

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 And by studying this experience

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 that the disciples

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 found themselves

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 in the midst of,

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 I think there are

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 four truths here

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 that we can glean from this

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 and we can hold on to

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 and serve as assurances

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 in our own lives

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 that when we face

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 the storms of life.

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 And so we're going to look

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 at four assurances here

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 because you know

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 what they say,

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 we all are either

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 coming out of a storm,

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 we're getting ready

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 or we're in a storm

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 or we're getting ready

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 to go into the storm.

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 And we all know

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 that we have faced

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 challenges, difficulties

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 and circumstances

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 in our lives

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 that are beyond

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 our abilities to control.

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 They're beyond

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 sometimes our understanding.

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 And sometimes we're there

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 because we followed Christ

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 and we question

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 why is God

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 allowing me

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 to experience this?

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 Why is God

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 letting this happen

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 in my life?

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 Well, one of those

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 first assurances

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 that we want to

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 glean from this

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 is that He brought us here.

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 Jesus brought us here.

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 If we find ourselves

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 in the midst of a storm today

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 because we've been

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 obedient to God,

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 then we need to know

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 that He's brought us here

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 and He'll certainly

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 care for us.

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 The storm came about

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 in the life of the disciples

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 because they were

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 in the will of God.

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 Not like Jonah

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 who found himself

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 in a storm

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 because of disobedience.

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 And as we study Scripture,

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 especially for the believer,

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 we discover there are

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 essentially two types

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 of storms

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 that we will experience

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 in our lives.

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 Storms of correction

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 when God needs

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 to discipline us

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 and storms of perfection

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 when God helps us to grow,

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 when He helps mature

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 our faith

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 or He molds and shapes us.

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 Jonah was in the storm

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 because he disobeyed God.

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 We all know the story.

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 He was running

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 in the opposite direction

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 of where God

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 had told him to go.

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 And so God used a storm

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 to correct him

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 and to bring him back

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 into His will.

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 The disciples were in the storm

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 because they obeyed Christ.

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 And Jesus was using

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 this storm

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 to develop their faith

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 and their trust

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 and their dependence

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 upon Him.

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 He had tested them

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 once before

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 also in a boat.

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 You remember?

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 They were in the boat.

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 Jesus was tired

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 from a long day of ministry

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 and He was asleep

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 on the stern of the boat.

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 And the disciples,

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 who many of them

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 were fishermen,

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 they still,

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 the storm was beyond

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 their ability to control

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 and they woke Jesus up

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 saying,

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 do you not care

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 that we're about to perish?

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 Well, Jesus had tested them

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 in that moment

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 when He was in the boat

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 with them.

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 But in the passage

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 that we're looking at today,

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 Jesus is growing their faith

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 when He's not with them.

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 He's wanting them

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 to understand

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 it doesn't matter

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 whether He's in the boat,

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 physically present with them,

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 or He's far away

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 and they can't see Him,

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 they don't know He's around,

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 He can care for them.

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 He can take care of them.

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 He's well in charge

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 of their lives.

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 You see, Jesus knew

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 that He wasn't going to

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 always be with them.

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 After His resurrection,

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 He was going to ascend

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 back into heaven.

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 And these would be the men

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 who would have to

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 take the gospel message

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 to the world.

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 that they would have

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 to carry on the work

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 and the ministry

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 and the mission

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 that Jesus began.

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 And they had to trust Jesus

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 even when it seemed

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 that He wasn't there with them.

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 They had to learn

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 to trust Him

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 because they would indeed

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 face many storms

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 in their lives

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 as they acted out

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 in obedience

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 to do what Christ

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 had called them to do.

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 By the way,

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 if you find yourself

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 in a storm today

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 because you've disobeyed God

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 or because you've wandered

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 from the faith,

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 there's only one response

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 that you can make

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 and that is to confess

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 your sin to Christ,

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 ask for forgiveness,

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 and then repent

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 and turn back to Him.

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 And 1 John 1.9 tells us

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 it doesn't matter

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 what you've done.

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 It doesn't matter

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 how far you've wandered.

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 It doesn't matter

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 if you think God's mad at you

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 because He's not,

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 that He will forgive us.

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 That if you confess your sin,

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 He is faithful and just

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 and will forgive us our sins

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 and purify us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 So no matter

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 how far you've wandered,

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 no matter how many mistakes

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 you've made,

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 Christ is waiting

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 for you to come back.

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 Now He may use storms

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 to get your attention.

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 He may use circumstances

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 and situations

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 because if we're a child of God

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 and we've wandered from Him

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 or we're disobedient to Him,

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 He will discipline us.

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 The Word of God tells us that

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 and sometimes it's the beginning

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 of a still small voice

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 speaking to our heart

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 and if we don't listen,

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 He turns the heat up

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 a little bit

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 and if we still don't listen,

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 we may find ourselves

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 in the belly of a fish,

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 you know,

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 to try to get us back to Him

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 because God loves us

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 and He wants us

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 in a committed relationship

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 with Him

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 and He knows

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 what is best for our lives

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 and so He's going to do

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 what He needs to do

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 to bring us back to Him.

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 Now,

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 if you're sitting here today

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 and you're not a believer,

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 you're not a child of God,

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 I also want you to know

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 that Jesus loves you.

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 He loves you

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 and He's ready

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 and He's willing

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 to forgive you of your sin

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 no matter what you've done,

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 no matter how far you've gone,

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 Jesus is ready

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 and willing to forgive you.

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 All you need to do

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 is take that step to Jesus

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 to ask Him to be

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 your Lord and Savior,

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 admit that you're a sinner

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 and that you need forgiveness

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 of your sin

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 and again,

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 1 John 1, 9 tells us

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 that He'll be quick

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 to forgive you,

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 to cleanse you

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 and purify you

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 with the blood

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 that He shed on Calvary

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 and adopt you

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 into the family of God

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 and later in the service

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 when we do a time

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 of invitation,

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 if you do not know

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 Jesus Christ

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 as your Lord and Savior,

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 I would encourage you

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 to respond

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 during the invitation

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 and just simply

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 come and pray with me

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 or have me pray with you

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 and have you ask

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 Jesus Christ

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 to be your Lord and Savior.

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 The second truth

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 that we can glean

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 from this passage

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 that will be an assurance

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 that we can hang on to

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 and hold on to

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 when we face

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 the storms of life

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 is that He is praying

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 for us.

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 Now there's many places

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 in Scripture

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 such as John 17

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 and others

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 where we know

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 that Jesus is praying

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 for us

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 but I want to read

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 out of Romans 8, 34.

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 Who then is the one

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 who condemns?

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 No one.

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 Christ Jesus who died

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 more than that

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 who was raised to life

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 is at the right hand

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 of God

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 and is also

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 interceding for us.

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 Now I want to stop

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 and just kind of

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 really pick these two verses

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 verses 47 and 48

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 apart here

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 because I find them

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 extremely interesting.

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 When evening came

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 the boat

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 was in the middle

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 of the lake

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 and He was alone

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 on land.

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 Now pay attention here

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 to what time of day

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 it was

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 when Jesus

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 was alone.

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 It says He was

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 in evening.

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 Now I'm not 100% sure

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 if that's the same

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 as our evening

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 but it would have been

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 you know

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 late in the day

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 probably

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 before sunset

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 that Jesus

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 was alone

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 and then

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 look at verse 48

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 He said

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 He saw the disciples

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 straining on the oars.

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 So about evening time

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 Jesus is up

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 in the mountains

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 alone praying.

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 the disciples

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 are probably

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 miles away

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 out in the middle

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 of the Sea of Galilee

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 it's getting dark

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 and yet it said

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 Jesus saw them.

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 Now that would certainly

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 be the God side

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 of Jesus

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 that He saw them

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 He knew their situation

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 He knew their circumstances

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 and He knew

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 what they

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 were up against.

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 Do you know

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 Jesus

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 knows you too

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.839
 and He sees you?

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 Do you know

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.079
 that Jesus

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.899
 knows you

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 intimately

00:21:58.500 --> 00:22:00.319
 and everything

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.259
 about you?

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.500
 He knows

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:04.059
 the circumstances

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.319
 the conditions

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.939
 everything going on

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:07.519
 in your life

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.079
 He knows

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:09.119
 the things you fear

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.939
 that you worry about

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:12.199
 you struggle with

00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:13.459
 the challenges

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:14.559
 that you face

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.980
 He knows

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 you very intimately

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 and in detail.

00:22:19.959 --> 00:22:20.439
 Does that make

00:22:20.439 --> 00:22:21.119
 a difference

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 to you

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.560
 of how you face

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.700
 situations

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.760
 and circumstances

00:22:25.760 --> 00:22:26.340
 of life

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 that you know

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:28.120
 that Jesus

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.800
 is not

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:30.100
 some God

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.100
 that's off

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 in a far distance

00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:35.440
 unconcerned

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.680
 and unaware

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.860
 of what you're

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:38.560
 going through

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:40.320
 but He sees you

00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.760
 and He knows you

00:22:41.760 --> 00:22:42.880
 and He loves you

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.920
 and He is praying

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:46.160
 and making intercession

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 for you.

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 Let me ask you

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 a question this morning.

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 If you knew

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.680
 Jesus Christ

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.160
 was here

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.879
 in this room

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 today

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 let's say

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 He was sitting

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.220
 in that chair

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 and He was

00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.099
 praying for you

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:01.500
 by name

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:03.859
 to the Father

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:07.759
 how would that

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 affect you?

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 If you knew

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.180
 Jesus knew

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.220
 your situation

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.599
 the challenges

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.519
 you're up against

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.240
 the storms

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.200
 that you're facing

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:19.340
 maybe your fears

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:20.220
 your worries

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.380
 your struggles

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.559
 and you knew

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.200
 He was sitting

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.340
 here

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:23.759
 let's say

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 He came

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.740
 to the altar

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 and He kneeled

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 down at the altar

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.059
 and He was

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:28.559
 praying for you

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.900
 by name

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 would that

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.160
 change the way

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.039
 you face

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.779
 those struggles

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.380
 of life

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.940
 that you're up

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.360
 against?

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.440
 Would that

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.440
 give you hope?

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.340
 Would that

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.759
 give you

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.480
 encouragement?

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.059
 Would that

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:43.259
 give you strength

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.759
 to keep going

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.940
 on and facing

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.660
 the things

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.660
 that you're

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.740
 up against?

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:49.700
 Well

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.900
 Jesus is not

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.799
 only here

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.240
 in this place

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.920
 with us

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.359
 today

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:56.140
 but Romans

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.779
 tells us

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.980
 He's seated

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.759
 at the right

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.500
 hand of the

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.920
 Father

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 and He's

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.579
 interceding

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.099
 for you

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:05.039
 He's praying

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.720
 for you

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.759
 by name

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.440
 He sees you

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.619
 He knows you

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.379
 and He knows

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.299
 the circumstances

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.000
 He knows

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.859
 the challenges

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:14.079
 He knows

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.819
 everything about

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.059
 you

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.639
 He knows

00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:16.240
 your doubts

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:18.199
 your struggles

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:19.119
 with faith

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:20.639
 He knows

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.419
 all about it

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:22.459
 and He's

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:23.699
 making intercession

00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:24.459
 for you

00:24:24.459 --> 00:24:25.899
 praying for you

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:27.299
 by name

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.819
 I hope that

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.299
 would make a

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.719
 difference

00:24:28.719 --> 00:24:29.979
 in your life

00:24:29.979 --> 00:24:30.519
 and the way

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:32.099
 you face

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.879
 those storms

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.459
 of life

00:24:33.459 --> 00:24:34.479
 but also

00:24:34.479 --> 00:24:34.959
 I hope it

00:24:34.959 --> 00:24:35.519
 would challenge

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.119
 us to

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.359
 have a deeper

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.799
 love for Christ

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.899
 to know

00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.599
 that He's not

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.439
 some distant

00:24:41.439 --> 00:24:41.939
 God

00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.439
 but He's a

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.920
 God that

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.700
 intimately

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:45.160
 loves us

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.779
 now the third

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.880
 thing we want

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.440
 to gain from

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 this passage

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.640
 today

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:50.240
 too is that

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.120
 He will come

00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:52.180
 to us

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 He will come

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.140
 to us

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:55.100
 in verse 48

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 we see the phrase

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.140
 He was about

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.140
 to pass them

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 by

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 now that doesn't

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.240
 mean that

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.279
 Jesus decided

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.100
 to walk across

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:05.039
 the Sea of Galilee

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:06.019
 and go on ahead

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.799
 and He was like

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.640
 y'all just get there

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.220
 the best way

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.860
 you know how

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:10.120
 that's not what

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.539
 that meant

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.659
 that same phrase

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.500
 is used in the

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.220
 Old Testament

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.980
 when God

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.940
 revealed Himself

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.740
 to Moses

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.460
 remember He

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.000
 hit him in the

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.799
 cleft of a rock

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.279
 and He walked

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.759
 God passed by

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.119
 and He revealed

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:23.899
 Himself to Moses

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:25.879
 so the same

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.879
 phrase

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.779
 same expression

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:29.059
 tells us

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.779
 that Jesus

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:31.079
 walking by

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.240
 should have been

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.079
 a revelation

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.339
 to the disciples

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.359
 that He was

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.279
 there with them

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.920
 He was in

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.920
 their presence

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.580
 He was there

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.039
 and it should

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.360
 have given

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.980
 them hope

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.860
 it should have

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.279
 given them

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.900
 courage

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:45.160
 and strength

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.759
 to know

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.259
 that once before

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.840
 Jesus has already

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.720
 calmed the storm

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.320
 when He was in

00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:51.220
 the boat with us

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:53.279
 and we know

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.080
 that He cares

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.700
 about us

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.539
 and He can

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.600
 calm this storm

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.880
 with a spoken word

00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:59.039
 and He's not

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.660
 going to allow

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.200
 anything

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.580
 to take place

00:26:01.580 --> 00:26:02.340
 or happen

00:26:02.340 --> 00:26:03.019
 in our life

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.180
 that's out

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.960
 of His will

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:07.759
 have you ever

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.980
 felt like

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:11.180
 where is God

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:16.120
 why doesn't He

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.220
 answer my prayers

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:19.319
 why doesn't He

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.180
 respond

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.660
 to me

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.340
 you know

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.980
 why is He

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.519
 allowing

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.500
 this

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.600
 to happen

00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.579
 you know

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.720
 even in the Psalms

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:30.079
 King David

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.480
 had those feelings

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.920
 he felt like

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:34.319
 God was distant

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.980
 and not responding

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.500
 to Him

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.019
 and wondered

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.059
 where He was

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.480
 but ultimately

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.579
 David knew

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.679
 that you couldn't

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.720
 trust your feelings

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.519
 you can't trust

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:46.000
 how we feel

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.759
 but rather

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.740
 the Word of God

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.359
 tells us

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.240
 that God says

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.960
 I will never

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.579
 leave you

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.720
 nor forsake you

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.259
 David knew

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.639
 that God

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.679
 was with him

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.220
 despite

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.960
 how he felt

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.839
 sometimes

00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:00.119
 God allows us

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.639
 to go through

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.599
 these circumstances

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:03.319
 and these situations

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.480
 to grow us

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.500
 and to help us

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.519
 to develop

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.279
 a trust

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.959
 and a faith

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.740
 in Him

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.859
 even when we

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.359
 think

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.099
 He's

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.599
 not there

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.519
 and I also

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.199
 want to point out

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.500
 here

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.959
 something else

00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.359
 when I talked

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.079
 about evening

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.539
 it said

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.359
 Jesus didn't

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:21.359
 go to them

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.259
 until the fourth

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.019
 watch

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.339
 some of you

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.519
 Bible scholars

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.319
 what's the fourth

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.759
 watch

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:32.259
 that's between

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.000
 three and six

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.599
 o'clock in the

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:33.920
 morning

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.799
 between three

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.559
 and six o'clock

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.900
 in the morning

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.039
 so Jesus saw

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.400
 them

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:40.379
 in the evening

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.599
 struggling

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:43.299
 against the waves

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.119
 and the wind

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:45.160
 and the storm

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.480
 a storm

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.900
 hurricane force

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.599
 that was beyond

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.619
 these rugged

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.420
 fishermen

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.660
 to handle

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.680
 and control

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.579
 and yet

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.640
 He waited

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:57.880
 until the fourth

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.300
 watch

00:27:58.300 --> 00:27:58.860
 wonder why

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.500
 He did that

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:03.160
 why did Jesus

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:04.100
 not rush

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.740
 out there

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.600
 immediately

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.560
 and rescue

00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:06.900
 them

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:08.060
 why didn't

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:09.020
 Jesus speak

00:28:09.020 --> 00:28:10.259
 a word

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.900
 to calm

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.680
 the storm

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:17.120
 my wife told

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.620
 me I should

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.140
 leave it

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.720
 there and go

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.560
 to find out

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:20.060
 the rest

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.800
 of the story

00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.259
 you have to

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.700
 come back

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.320
 next week

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.680
 but I don't

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.100
 know that I'm

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.360
 going to be

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.920
 preaching next

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.320
 week so I'll

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.679
 have to go

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.099
 on and tell

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.299
 you

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:30.000
 sometimes God

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:32.099
 uses situation

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.059
 and circumstances

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.919
 to teach us

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.700
 life lessons

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.519
 and I believe

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:37.200
 that Jesus

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.559
 allowed those

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.079
 fishermen

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:41.059
 these disciples

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.319
 to get to

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.939
 the end

00:28:42.939 --> 00:28:43.899
 of themselves

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:45.579
 to reach

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.279
 that point

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.819
 where they

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:48.099
 had no hope

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:50.579
 they could

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:52.220
 not save

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.039
 themselves

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.619
 they could

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.379
 not

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.859
 overpower

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.839
 the wind

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.240
 and the

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.619
 waves

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.200
 and get

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.019
 that boat

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.799
 to shore

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.720
 where they

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.480
 were safe

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.700
 and he

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.599
 allowed them

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.420
 to get to

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.879
 that point

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.200
 where they

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.899
 realized

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.879
 their only

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.720
 hope

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.519
 was Jesus

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.139
 Christ

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.359
 you know

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.759
 he took

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.379
 out every

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.220
 human prop

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.619
 out

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.920
 from under

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.299
 them

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.980
 to where

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.819
 they had

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.480
 to depend

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.200
 on Christ

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:21.039
 has Jesus

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.500
 ever done

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.279
 that to us

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.700
 he ever

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.980
 done it

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.400
 to you

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.839
 he allowed

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.299
 you to

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.839
 stay

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.680
 in a

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.259
 situation

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.660
 and a

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.120
 circumstance

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:30.180
 longer than

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.640
 you ever

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.120
 thought

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.559
 because what's

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.420
 our response

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.660
 how do we

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:34.980
 handle

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.940
 situations

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.519
 in life

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.559
 don't we

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.180
 try to

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.700
 handle it

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.019
 on our

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.339
 own

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.680
 men

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.900
 we're really

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.319
 bad at

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.839
 that

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.720
 we try

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.939
 to

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.579
 we can

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.980
 handle

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.220
 these

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.959
 situations

00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:47.079
 on our

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.399
 own

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.959
 or

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.859
 in America

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.359
 we've got

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.679
 a lot

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.259
 of props

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.859
 don't we

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.919
 whether it

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.259
 be our

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.159
 medical system

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:54.240
 or insurance

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.619
 or you

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:55.839
 know

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.500
 one thing

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.079
 or another

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.279
 credit cards

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.939
 we've got

00:29:58.939 --> 00:29:59.419
 all these

00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.959
 props

00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:00.759
 propping

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.359
 us up

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.279
 where we

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.799
 try to

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.079
 handle

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.819
 situations

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.740
 and circumstances

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.519
 in our

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.059
 lives

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.419
 and the

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.980
 last

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.019
 place we

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.439
 turn

00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:10.179
 is Jesus

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.519
 and so

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.080
 sometimes

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.460
 Jesus

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.019
 puts us

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.000
 in circumstances

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.320
 where we

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:16.299
 can't handle

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:18.019
 all of our

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.779
 man-made

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.360
 props

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.580
 are ineffective

00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:22.039
 and our

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:23.120
 only hope

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:24.240
 is Jesus

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.880
 Christ

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.560
 and he

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.500
 leaves us

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.140
 in that

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.820
 situation

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.299
 and that

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.920
 circumstance

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.880
 until we

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.400
 come to

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.299
 that conclusion

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.700
 and we

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.400
 turn to

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.880
 him

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.080
 completely

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.180
 solely

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.380
 relying

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.440
 on him

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.539
 to

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.279
 step

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.480
 into

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.700
 that

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.299
 situation

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.740
 and if

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:41.859
 he

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.180
 leaves

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.359
 us

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.559
 there

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.859
 for a

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:42.980
 little

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.240
 while

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.539
 longer

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.759
 it's

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.180
 okay

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.960
 because

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.299
 we

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.740
 trust

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.119
 him

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.819
 we

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.279
 know

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.759
 that

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:47.960
 he

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.200
 is

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.700
 working

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:48.960
 there

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.279
 he's

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.680
 caring

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.159
 for us

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:50.379
 he's

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.659
 taking

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:50.980
 care

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.279
 of us

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.940
 and he's

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.359
 teaching

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.759
 us

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.619
 lessons

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.319
 that we

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.819
 need

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.379
 to know

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:56.159
 to grow

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.500
 in our

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.819
 walk

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.059
 and our

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.339
 faith

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.680
 with him

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:57.879
 which

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.159
 brings

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.319
 us

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.460
 to

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.659
 our

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.000
 last

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.399
 point

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.460
 he

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.639
 will

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:00.920
 help

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.119
 us

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.319
 to

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.680
 grow

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:03.359
 you

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.440
 know

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.559
 I

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.039
 believe

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.279
 that this

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.579
 was the

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:05.799
 whole

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.279
 purpose

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.819
 of Jesus

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.440
 and the

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.759
 false

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.480
 understanding

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.879
 of who

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.599
 he was

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.420
 but it

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.139
 was also

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:15.240
 sending him

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.819
 out or

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.200
 sending the

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.960
 disciples out

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.440
 onto the

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.339
 sea to

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.839
 help them

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.420
 to grow

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.259
 in their

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.859
 faith

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.720
 and their

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.460
 trust

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.299
 in him

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.059
 because as I

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.779
 said earlier

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:26.259
 shortly

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.279
 Jesus was

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.659
 going to be

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.059
 gone

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.180
 and these

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.700
 men were

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:29.940
 going to

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.359
 have to

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.000
 trust

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:32.279
 Jesus was

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.879
 with them

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.379
 even though

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:33.879
 he wasn't

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.480
 physically

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.079
 in their

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.599
 presence

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.519
 and there

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.859
 may be

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.500
 times when

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.599
 they didn't

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.339
 feel him

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.679
 or they

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:39.980
 didn't

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.480
 sense

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.879
 his

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.439
 presence

00:31:41.439 --> 00:31:42.279
 but they

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.720
 had to

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.099
 trust

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.419
 that he

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:43.819
 saw

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.139
 them

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:45.159
 he knew

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.379
 their

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.980
 situation

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.459
 he knew

00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:46.699
 their

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:47.220
 circumstances

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.339
 and he

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.899
 would care

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.500
 for them

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.119
 and he

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.639
 was helping

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:50.879
 their

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.439
 faith

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:52.519
 to grow

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.059
 deeper

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.099
 and stronger

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:55.019
 in the

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.339
 midst

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.019
 of all

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.459
 of that

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.259
 you know

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.699
 it's not

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:58.279
 easy to

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.839
 face storms

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.299
 of life

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.659
 is it

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:01.019
 and we

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.519
 would never

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.299
 want to

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.179
 face many

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.500
 of the

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.879
 storms

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.139
 we've

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.419
 already

00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:04.919
 faced

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:06.199
 in life

00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.919
 but how

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:07.220
 many of

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.500
 you have

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.899
 faced

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.519
 storms

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.899
 in your

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.400
 life

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:10.680
 that when

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.180
 you look

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.820
 back

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:13.759
 you realize

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.560
 I was never

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.280
 closer to

00:32:15.280 --> 00:32:15.660
 God

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:17.280
 than when I

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:17.800
 was in the

00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:18.519
 midst of that

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.980
 storm

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.400
 and there

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.040
 are so many

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:22.080
 lessons that I

00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.580
 learned

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.460
 that helped me

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.280
 grow in my

00:32:24.280 --> 00:32:24.820
 faith

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:26.259
 and my walk

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.740
 with the

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.259
 Lord that I

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.300
 never would

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:29.160
 have learned

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.320
 any other

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.640
 way

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.540
 now if given

00:32:31.540 --> 00:32:32.019
 a choice

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.860
 we'd never

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.820
 walk through

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.519
 that again

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.680
 we'd never

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.360
 want to

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.839
 but God

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.879
 loves us

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.659
 so much

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:41.019
 and his

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.879
 ultimate

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.639
 purpose

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.439
 is to

00:32:43.439 --> 00:32:43.979
 mold and

00:32:43.979 --> 00:32:44.579
 shape us

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.399
 as Christians

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:46.539
 is to

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.000
 mold and

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.639
 shape us

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.259
 into the

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.779
 image of

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.319
 Christ

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.619
 and he's

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:51.479
 willing to

00:32:51.479 --> 00:32:52.139
 put us

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:52.959
 through some

00:32:52.959 --> 00:32:53.639
 storms of

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.019
 life

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.259
 he's willing

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.879
 to hold our

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.399
 feet to the

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.199
 fire if that's

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.939
 what it takes

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:59.379
 to help us

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.219
 turn loose

00:33:00.219 --> 00:33:01.299
 of control

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:03.459
 and give

00:33:03.459 --> 00:33:04.039
 our lives

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.819
 fully and

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.379
 freely to

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.960
 him and

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.839
 trust him

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.919
 to shape

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.399
 us and

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.960
 mold us

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.419
 and help

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:10.200
 us to be

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.179
 the men

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:11.679
 and women

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.460
 of faith

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.899
 that he

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.599
 wants us

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.679
 to be

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:15.539
 let me ask

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.799
 you this

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.139
 morning

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:17.919
 do you

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:19.000
 really trust

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.859
 God with

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.460
 your life

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:22.960
 do you

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.700
 trust him

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.159
 in all

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.839
 situations

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.559
 and all

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.339
 circumstances

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.099
 of life

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:28.159
 even when

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.399
 it's

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.899
 challenging

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:30.000
 even when

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.220
 it's

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.799
 difficult

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.960
 even when

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.179
 it's

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.639
 painful

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.980
 even when

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.460
 you don't

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.039
 understand

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.579
 what in

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.000
 the world

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.500
 is going

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.860
 on

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:38.059
 even when

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.599
 you don't

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.140
 sense

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.400
 his presence

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:42.200
 with you

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.319
 do you

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:45.079
 trust him

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.319
 do you

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.140
 trust him

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.700
 enough

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.759
 to just

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.279
 say Lord

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.880
 take my

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:51.480
 life and

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.200
 use me

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.180
 as you

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.400
 will

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.900
 and may

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.799
 your name

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.960
 be glorified

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:57.079
 in the

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.539
 midst of

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.880
 this

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:59.520
 do you

00:33:59.520 --> 00:34:00.680
 trust God

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.520
 enough

00:34:02.520 --> 00:34:03.860
 even if

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.360
 his will

00:34:04.360 --> 00:34:04.840
 is for

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.120
 you to

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.380
 die

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:09.260
 are you

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.820
 willing to

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.320
 say Lord

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.940
 my life

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.519
 is yours

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.059
 use me

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.640
 to bring

00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:15.180
 glory

00:34:15.180 --> 00:34:16.740
 and honor

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:18.820
 to your

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.200
 name

00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:19.760
 well I'm

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:19.940
 going to

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.300
 ask the

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.059
 musicians to

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.500
 come and

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.079
 lead us in a

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.420
 time of

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.900
 invitation

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.099
 and if the

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.500
 Lord is

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.140
 speaking to

00:34:25.140 --> 00:34:25.680
 you in

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.140
 any way

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.859
 this morning

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.739
 I would

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.199
 encourage you

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.699
 to respond

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.079
 I'd love

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.739
 to pray

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.960
 for you

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.719
 pray with

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.019
 you

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.139
 and if

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.400
 you do

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.819
 not know

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.639
 Jesus Christ

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.099
 as your

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.579
 Lord and

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.879
 Savior

00:34:35.879 --> 00:34:36.799
 let me

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.319
 encourage you

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.779
 not to go

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.460
 another day

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:40.259
 without asking

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.759
 Christ

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.339
 you can do it

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:41.819
 right there in

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:42.239
 your seat

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.839
 you can come

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.460
 speak to me

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.920
 or you can

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.339
 speak to

00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:44.739
 another

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.839
 believer

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.319
 that you

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.799
 trust

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.819
 but don't

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.679
 go another

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.400
 day without

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.319
 Christ being

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.940
 your Lord

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.400
 of your

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.839
 life

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.079
 you