Finding Peace in Life's Storms with Jesus

1. "And in the Scriptures, we see a lot of connections between boats and ships. It's mentioned around about 50 different times, and even in the New Testament, we see a lot of encounters. There's encounters of travel. There's miracles. There's parables. So it's a big theme. We've got, obviously, Noah's Ark. We all know that one. The theme of the boat of redemption. Everyone who got in the boat was saved. God is the one who closed the boat door. He is the only one. He's the only one who finally closed the door. He left it to the very end." [03:08] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "You know, even as Christians, as believers in Christ, there will come times when we face shipwreck. Where everything seems to collapse around us. You know, various different things. You know, we all have dreams and plans and aspirations and hopes. But if we're honest, do we set sail? Asking the Lord, is this a good idea? Do we ever set the sail and say, Lord, can you guide me on this one? Lord, at the moment, it seems to be getting very rough. Lord, can you help me? Lord, can you give me peace?" [03:56] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "So when those storms are threatening my biggest dreams and my desires and things like that, I trust him. Could you and I say that I have a deep reverence for God? I have a deep reverence and fear for God that I know that I have an anchor for my soul. There's no sink in this boat. He is my anchor." [04:40] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "You know, often in life, if we're honest, life is fairly boring. You know, it can be very boring. You know, we're sailing along in life. Things are pretty calm. The waters are still. But we do know that storms are inevitable. We do know from famous pop songs that life is a roller coaster. We know it. We know that there are ups and downs. And through this morning, through God's word, Jesus is going to invite you and I to sail with him. He's going to say, come and sail with me. I'm going to promise you my presence. I'm going to promise you my power. I'm going to promise you my peace. Even when the storms are raging." [06:56] (40 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "Jesus invites the journey. Jesus initiates it. He is the one that says, I'm going to lead you onto this boat now. I want you to come on this boat. I'm going to direct your course in life. We're going to get on that boat. And that's Jesus' desire here. It's the same desire for you and I. He wants us to follow him. Even with the ups, even with the downs, he says, come on. I need you to get into this boat. Even when sometimes the destination is not very clear." [08:29] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "Sometimes those storms in life that we go through, they help us to help other people. To be able to say to the person that's coming after you, I've been through that storm. This is how I handled it. Let me help you. He takes these other people. Sometimes you might even know them. Sometimes you don't know them." [10:53] (18 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "It's impossible for God to do anything wrong. It's an easy sentence for me to say, but it's very deep. It's impossible for him to do anything wrong. He can't do anything wrong. And I think that's the one thing we want to take away from that. Sometimes we're in the boat, but it's going to take a bit of courage now. And we're going to have to sidestep the fear. We're going to have to trust him. We're going to set our sail. We're going to realize this is the will of God, but then we're going to stay in the boat." [22:05] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "Jesus steps up. Jesus arose, and he rebuked the wind, and he said unto the sea, Peace, be still. Now, right at the right time, Jesus stepped up, and he stepped in. But before that, he was fast asleep. He had this. This was not a problem. He rebuked the sea. He rebuked the wind. He lambasted it. He berated it. It was under his control. There was nothing that was going to stop him. The wind and the sea had to obey him." [25:13] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "This morning it's my duty to tell you that Jesus Christ is the anchor to your soul. He is the one that you must tie yourself to. He is the one that you must put your faith and trust in and then you are going to be okay even if you're drifting. Hebrews 6, 19, of course, we're not getting into the context here, but the context is God keeps his promises, the verses before it. It's talking about God keeping his promises and it says, which hope we have as an anchor to our soul, both sure and steadfast, which entereth into the veil, which is a whole different sermon. But the point here is Christ is the anchor to your soul." [25:49] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "The fear here is also talking about reverence. Of course, it is talking about that definite fear, but it's also talking about reverence. It's talking about honor. It's talking about this peace is going to grow a lot quicker, a lot stronger when we recognize that he is the one that is in control, that we fear his power and his majesty more than anything. So again, I want to encourage you to drop the anchor and to fear the Lord. Of your soul." [30:03] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)