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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

Mark 4:35-36

"35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed)."

Jesus wants to get away.

Mark 4:37

"37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water."

This is not a normal storm. 

- It's a fierce storm.

- Storms didn't usually come at night.

- The boat is taking on water. 

Jesus knew he was taking them into a storm and he did it anyway.

Mark 4:38

"38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”

Jesus needs sleep and he is comfortable enough to sleep.

The carpenter is calm while the fishermen freak out.

The disciples doubt Jesus' love for them.

Why do we choose to doubt Jesus rather than our own understanding?

"God is too wise to err, too good to be unkind; leave off doubting Him, and begin to trust him, for in so doing, you will put a crown on his head."            - Charles Spurgeon

Mark 4:39

"39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. "

Jesus silences the storm the same way he silences demons.

The "fierce" storm becomes a "great" calm.

Jesus has authority over all creation.

Mark 4:40

"40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

We don't fear things, we fear possibilities. 

We should never fear God won't be God.

We should always trust him to be him.

Mark 4:41

"41 The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”

Fierce storm.

Great calm.

Absolutely terrified. - The disciples have finally pointed their fears in the right direction.

Who we fear changes how we fear.

Rather than fearing the world, they feared the creator of the world.

Rather than fearing their circumstances, they feared the one who could change their circumstances.

Rather than fearing possibilities, they learned to trust the one who makes all things possible.

Jesus knew there was nothing that could stop his mission from being fulfilled.

Faith in Jesus should make us fearless.

How have I allowed something less than Jesus control my fears?

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