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FEAR OR FAITH? (1 OF 3)

by Jeff Schreve

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41, Mark 4
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Fear or Faith? (1 of 3)
Series: Storms
Jeff Schreve
Mark 4:35-41


If you have your Bible with you, I would ask you to turn to the gospel of Mark, Mark, chapter 4. We're starting a new series today. I was planning to do a series, a few weeks ago, on the holiness of God. Holy, Holy, Holy was the title of that series. But with everything going on in our world with the coronavirus, the stock market collapsing so much fear and the pandemic that is hitting our world, and the shutdown that is coming to every city in our world, I wanted to talk about storms. So, we're kicking off the series today - storms; what to do in troubled times. You know, we are, obviously, all together, collectively facing a storm with what's going on in our world. Now, you might be facing an individual storm, such as the death of a loved one, or some very serious illness, or a financial hardship, or a marriage crisis, and we know that many are facing storms like that. But we're all in the same boat, so to speak, with this coronavirus and economic downturn. And so, God has a special word for us concerning these storms. What are we to do? How are we to respond to the troubled times?

To kick off our series, I want to talk about a storm that the disciples experienced with Jesus on the Sea of Galilee. It wasn't just any storm. It was a big storm, a sudden storm, a frightening storm. And to top it all off, in the midst of the storm, Jesus is asleep. He's asleep in the boat in the storm, and they can't figure that out at all.

Mark, chapter 4. I'll begin reading in verse 35. ''And on that day, when evening had come, He said to them (Jesus said to them), 'Let us go over to the other side.''' - the other side of the Sea of Galilee, the lake, that's called the Sea of Galilee. It's a fresh-water lake. It's not a salt water. But they call it the Sea of Galilee, the Lake Gennesaret. ''And leaving the multitude (verse 36), they took Him along with them just as He was in the boat, and other boats we ...

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