When Jesus Boards Your Storm, Everything Changes

Oct 18, 2026

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34s
#SpiritualTransformation
“Jesus did not come to this world to make bad people good. He came into this world to make dead people come alive. We we we so often are trying to change people from the outside and wondering why God's not helping us to do it because it'll never work. His kingdom is still not of this world. I don't care how many political pastors there are. It never will be until Jesus comes back and establishes his kingdom.”
36s
#JesusInTheStorm
“And this passage kinda reads like that. It's like they're in the middle of a storm. Even if the storm stops, they're a mile or two away from the shore. But, no, as soon as Jesus is on board, we're there. We're actually where we were going. When Jesus takes his place in the midst of your life, you realize it's... The storm is irrelevant. You are where you need to be.”
43s
#TrustGod
“Listen. Get Jesus on board. Invite him into your storm. Say, Lord, I can't get through this without you. I keep trying, but I'm not getting to the shore. But what's more important, whether the storm stops or not, John says, just make sure you invite him in and you hand over the helm, the steering wheel, the yoke to him and say, Lord, whether we're going down or going over, I'm going with you.”
53s
#SurrenderToGod
“And I really do believe the Lord said, I've been waiting to hear those words that resolve that you can't do this on your own because it was that night, that very night that the Lord baptized me in the Holy Spirit and gave me a supernatural hunger for his word that I did not have before that night. Had he not done that, I I can't tell you where I'd be. Same place, more miserable, still searching for my wits end. There is something about coming to the end of even your desire to please god that god is pleased with so that he can move. And for some of you, he's just waiting for you to surrender.”
35s
#FaithOverFear
“It's been suggested that the lesson was the feeding of the 5,000. Impossible. We can't do it. Oh, but with the Lord's help, we can. The examination is the storm that they're now in. You've just been taught I can do anything. Now what are you gonna do when you can do nothing? Because over and over again through the gospels, the lesson is apart from me, you can do nothing.”
46s
#PrayerChangesThings
“Beautiful picture. The battle has to be fought in the valley, but it's decided on the hill, folks. That's still true. And so Jesus knows his disciples are going into a storm and he goes up on a mountain to intersee. It's an amazing thing. The Bible says in Hebrews he ever lives to make intercession for us. Jesus ascended bodily into heaven and he's still praying for you. You might feel like no one even knows what I'm going through. You're wrong. You didn't see it coming. He saw it coming. He sees the the reality of it. He sees what's still coming and he he might not tell you, but he's praying for you. That's what the bible says our lord is interceding for us.”
57s
#LetJesusLead
“But what we recognize about how he won't force his way into my life to save me spiritually is also true about coming into our storm. You have to receive him, otherwise he's gonna walk by in the text. But he's waiting for you to invite him. He will not commandeer your crisis. To try to force him to be king like the people wanted to do was a farce and he knew it because that makes you the king maker. And too many people wanna put Jesus in a position but really never allow him to be the captain of their circumstances.”
33s
#GodCares
“But here's what the bible says. He counts the hairs on your head meaning he keeps track of them because listen to me. This is something you don't take into account every day and count. You don't know first of all and you wouldn't keep track of them because it's such a tiny little thing about you. Who cares? The answer is Jesus. And if he cares about the stuff you don't care about, do you not think he cares about the stuff you do?”
38s
#StillSmallVoice
“Listen, God can use phenomena and sometimes he does, But the problem is too many of us don't recognize God if it's not something like that. But he doesn't speak to Elijah in any of those. He kept expecting this is the Lord. Nope. It's gonna be a still small voice. Could it be that God is speaking to you and you cannot hear him? Because I'm convinced that the Lord does speak to us. It's not like he hasn't spoken. It's that we're not really tuned in. We're not listening.”
57s
#JesusIsWithUs
“They trust you. They believe in you. They're they are they're Christians. But, you send your disciples into a storm without you so they could discover again how helpless and hopeless it is, how dark, difficult, and deceiving it can be. And then you walk on water. Nobody expected you to do that. You show up in the midst of the most miserable circumstances, and you're willing to go through the storm with us. Lord, we want you to helicopter us out. We we want you to be the coast guard. And you're saying, oh, no. I just wanna be on board with you. And suddenly, that's the goal.”
41s
#GodsWill
“Now there are times in the scriptures where storms and winds are a result of someone's sin. Certainly in Jonah, when you read about Jonah, God sends a storm because Jonah is trying to escape from his present, trying to escape the ministry to go to Nineveh. He doesn't wanna go, and so God sends the storm there. Other times, storms come because you're right in the center of his will. And we think, oh, what am I doing wrong? And why is this happening? And the Lord's saying, because you're obeying me and you're being right where I'm. Jesus sent them into the storm.”
59s
#GodMakesAWay
“Why did Jesus walk on water? It's very different. We've talked about it, but why did why did Jesus walk across the Sea Of Galilee? Don't say to get to the other side. Their obstacle becomes his opportunity. Their problem becomes his path to come to them. And they are in the midst of the storm, and they're not making any progress. They're rowing and rowing, and evidently for hours, the weather's gotten worse. And they are now in the midst of a a dangerous situation. It's dark, but now it's become difficult on top of it being dark. And they're getting nowhere. It's like they're in a treadmill, but they're using all their effort and nothing's changing. And I think that describes a lot of us.”
50s
#ListenToGod
“He will he will give you the mind of... He works within your mind. And doesn't mean your thoughts are his thoughts. You have to test them. Is this of the lord? But many people don't distinguish God speaking. We're so distracted by the storm. We need to say and we need to do what little Samuel said. Speak, Lord. Your servant is listening. And then we need to listen, not just keep speaking. For a lot of us, prayer is one way. We tell God all our stuff and, oh, I guess he has nothing to say again. So I'm done. No. No. That's not listening. you're wondering, well, I don't know why God never speaks to me. It's because you keep turning the frequency to another one. Put this down. Invite Jesus to steer you through your storm.”
38s
#GodSeesYou
“And maybe right now, you feel like you're in some circumstances. Not everybody in the room. It's not your week. It might be next week. But you're you're in the midst of something. A storm is brewing. It might be inside your home. Maybe you're maybe you're in a stormy marriage. Maybe it's your children. Maybe it's your health. Maybe you feel like your home address has been changed to Rocky Road recently. You need to remember the Lord sees you. He sees you right now. He's praying for you.”
41s
#GodSpeaks
“Now I know some of you are saying, well, I I never hear the lord speak ever. Let me ask you a question. Is that because maybe you're distracted by the problem that you're trying to fix or you're expecting the Lord to answer in some phenomenal way that's gonna solve everything in a way that'll be dramatic. It's gonna be the earthquake, the fire, the wind that breaks the rocks. And God's saying, nope. None of those things you thought were gonna solve at all or change everything. Not using any of those today.”
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