This is a summary of my notes from Wednesday Night Youth, I hope they help for the ones that weren't able to take notes or weren't able to make it.
We read from Matthew 8:23-27, Jesus Calms The Storm.
Have you ever worried yourself to death? Yeah its just a metaphor, but the guys in the boat with Jesus were worried about drowning, yet they called themselves disciples.
-They were faced with a storm.
In our life we're faced with problems.
Reality is we're going to have problems come up in our lives.
-The waves crashed into the boat.
Like the overwhelming things that happen to us, we panic and try to figure out a solution.
-Their boat couldn't weather the storm "waves breaking into the boat"
I'm sure these disciples were wondering if the boat could hold the water.
We try to figure out how we can get through the situation with what we have.
We may even play the "What if" game on the things that happen to us.
-Jesus asleep in the boat.
Some times we think we need to wake Jesus up with the things going on in our lives.
We wonder how long he's going to stand by and watch how things happen, we worry.
Yet Jesus is there the entire time and is very much capable of calming any storm,
look at
Matthew 8:27
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
The reality is we will have storms in our lives, we just need to face reality with faith in Jesus, knowing that he takes care of us and loves us. We call ourselves disciples "followers of Christ" yet we still question Him. Reality is, we will ask questions because we're human, but the faith we should have in Him should give us comfort for the things we don't understand.
Helpful Scripture during the storms in life:
Luke 18:27, Matthew 11:28-30, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Psalms 91:15, Proverbs 3:5-6,
Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 9:8, 2 Timothy 1:7, 1 Peter 5:7, Hebrews 13:5
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