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 waves were 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)
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
Galatians 5:22 (NLT)
But soon a fierce storm arose. High waves began to break into the boat until it was nearly full of water. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. Frantically they woke him up…
Mark 4:37-38 (NLT)
Jesus said, “My peace I leave you.”
John 14:27
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 His 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)
IV. Respect His Greatness
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)
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