WHO'S IN YOUR BOAT?
by Steve Wagers
Scripture: Matthew 14:2, Matthew 14:9, Matthew 14:22-28, Matthew 14:30-32
Who's In Your Boat?
Steve Wagers
Matthew 14: 22-32
1. The Angry Condition of the Storm
A) The Locality of the Storm
B) The Intensity of the Storm
2. The Anxious Crowd in the Ship
A) A Cowardice Majority
B) A Courageous Minority
3. The Amazing Companion on the Sea
A) What Jesus Said that Strengthened Peter
B) What Jesus Did that Saved Peter
President Theodore Roosevelt said, ''It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, who, at best, knows in the end triumph of great achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatness. So that his place will never be with those cold timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.''
Before Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio that finally worked, he had 200 unsuccessful attempts. Someone asked him, ''How did it feel to fail 200 times?'' Salk said, ''I have never failed anything in my life. I only discovered 200 ways how not to vaccinate for polio.
Failure is not a PERSON, failure is an EVENT.
Failure may have DISTRACTED you, but you don't have to let it DEFINE you.
Many would look to the story before as a story of Peter's failure. After all, once he began to walk on water he did begin to sink. However, this story is one of the greatest stories of success found in the entire Bible. It marks not only a life that took a risk, but a life that was completely obedient to the will of God, and to the Word of God.
There are 2 categories of people in the story:
There are those who, because of FEAR, did NOTHING; and, there are those who, because of FAITH, did SOMETHING.
There's the BOAT crowd, and there's the BELIEVING crowd. There are those who TALK the TALK, and there are those who WALK the WALK.
Which crowd are you in? Who's in your boat?
1. The ANGRY CONDITION of the STORM!
Let there be no doubt in y ...
Steve Wagers
Matthew 14: 22-32
1. The Angry Condition of the Storm
A) The Locality of the Storm
B) The Intensity of the Storm
2. The Anxious Crowd in the Ship
A) A Cowardice Majority
B) A Courageous Minority
3. The Amazing Companion on the Sea
A) What Jesus Said that Strengthened Peter
B) What Jesus Did that Saved Peter
President Theodore Roosevelt said, ''It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, who, at best, knows in the end triumph of great achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatness. So that his place will never be with those cold timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.''
Before Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio that finally worked, he had 200 unsuccessful attempts. Someone asked him, ''How did it feel to fail 200 times?'' Salk said, ''I have never failed anything in my life. I only discovered 200 ways how not to vaccinate for polio.
Failure is not a PERSON, failure is an EVENT.
Failure may have DISTRACTED you, but you don't have to let it DEFINE you.
Many would look to the story before as a story of Peter's failure. After all, once he began to walk on water he did begin to sink. However, this story is one of the greatest stories of success found in the entire Bible. It marks not only a life that took a risk, but a life that was completely obedient to the will of God, and to the Word of God.
There are 2 categories of people in the story:
There are those who, because of FEAR, did NOTHING; and, there are those who, because of FAITH, did SOMETHING.
There's the BOAT crowd, and there's the BELIEVING crowd. There are those who TALK the TALK, and there are those who WALK the WALK.
Which crowd are you in? Who's in your boat?
1. The ANGRY CONDITION of the STORM!
Let there be no doubt in y ...
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