2. Mark 4:35-37
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.
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3. Mark 4:38-39
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.
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4. Mark 4:40-41
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?”
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5.
6. It is easy to trust God
when all is SUNSHINE,
but what about when
the clouds go DARK?
7. It is easy to trust God
when all is SUNSHINE,
but what about when
the clouds go DARK?
It is only as we RECOGNIZE Who Jesus is that
we REALIZE we can trust Him in any storm.
8. It is easy to trust God
when all is SUNSHINE,
but what about when
the clouds go DARK?
It is only as we RECOGNIZE Who Jesus is that
we REALIZE we can trust Him in any storm.
LEARNING a principle in class is not the same
things as APPLYING a principle learned in life.
9. Our TRUST is TESTED
when obedience to God
leads us into the storm.
10. Our TRUST is TESTED
when obedience to God
leads us into the storm.
Some of you have been through “storms”
where you knew the ACCEPTABLE things to
say, while deep down you WRESTLED…
11. Our TRUST is TESTED
when obedience to God
leads us into the storm.
Some of you have been through “storms”
where you knew the ACCEPTABLE things to
say, while deep down you WRESTLED…
Our FEELINGS do not shape what is true, only
our PERCEPTION of it. And our perception is
subject to DECEPTION.
12. There is only so much you
can learn in the CLASSROOM,
so the storm becomes part of
the CURRICULUM.
13. There is only so much you
can learn in the CLASSROOM,
so the storm becomes part of
the CURRICULUM.
This miracle reveals JESUS doing what only
GOD can do.
14. There is only so much you
can learn in the CLASSROOM,
so the storm becomes part of
the CURRICULUM.
This miracle reveals JESUS doing what only
GOD can do.
Discipleship is more than KNOWING God’s
word, it is TRUSTING the God of the word.
15. There is only so much you
can learn in the CLASSROOM,
so the storm becomes part of
the CURRICULUM.
This miracle reveals JESUS doing what only
GOD can do.
Discipleship is more than KNOWING God’s
word, it is TRUSTING the God of the word.
Some GROWTH only occurs from going
through the STORM.
16. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
NEXT STEPS
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Reflect on how I handle anxiety
( ) Identify how I handle ‘storms’
( ) Meditate on reasons to trust Jesus in the
storm (what I have learned from past storms)
( ) Choose to not only know God’s word but
trust the God of the word
( ) Other________________________