PP#1
How To Believe
The God of the STORMS
PP#2
NOT ONLY HOW TO BELIEVE GOD IN THE STORMS,
BUT THE GOD OF THE STORM.
DIVINE PARADOX (PUZZLE)
45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
PP#3
How many want……
believe More
love More
Smile More
Enjoy More
Have More
forgive More
Give more!
I Believe That partly why we are in Church this morning..
We Want More…
This Morning I believe this is a Timely Message It that God want us to NOW HIM More!!!
KEY!!! If we Believe More…
We will Love More.. Serve More.. Smile More Forgive More.. GIVE MORE..
X2 “GOD GIVE MORE!!
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You Have 2 STORMS GOD USES TO Strengthen Faith OF His Disciples..
We CAN SEE NOT ONLY IS GOD WITH US IN THE STROMS..
BUT EVEN GREATER/DEEPER
He is The GOD LEADS US INTO STORMS, SOME WHICH ARE DESIGN BY HIM… FOR US KNOW HIM BEST!!!
PP#4
DIVINE PARADOX (PUZZLE)
( A Absurd opinion that Seem as Contradiction, yet when invested is proven true)
Synonyms :
In This Divine Paradox God Leds His DISCIPLE INTO STORMS, WHICH HE DESIGNS TO DO A GREAT WORK IN THEIR LIVES..
THE GREATER STORM THE GREATER GOD GETS!!
HE IS THE GOD OF STORMS
… 2 STORMS….
It is no Divine Coincidence that we are Going Through Some storms..
MARK 4:35 /
Matthew 8 Luke 8 - Jesus calming the Storm
PP#5
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.
There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.
This is what a Squall looks like..
They Appear quickly and are furious..
A fierce Storm
PP#6
WHEN STORMS COME INTO OUR LIVES THEY COME UNEXPECTED AND THEY ARE FIERCE
THOUGH THEY ARE NO SUPRICE TO GOD..
38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.
The disciples woke him and said to him,
“Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
PP#7
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!”
Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
PP#8
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid?
Do you still have no faith?”
NOTE HE WAS NOT BEING Insensitive
14 Miraculous Miracles
Turns Water into Wine
Heals Officials Sons
Drives out Evils Spirit
Miraculous Caught of Fish
healed Leper
Raised Dead ..Widows Son
Heals Paralytic, Blind the possed
14 Miraculous Miracles
Do you still have no faith?”
SEEING MIRACLES SHOULD HAVE PRODUCE FAITH,
But Many Times do Blindness of Our Heart We God no faith”
Like The Disciple God Does Great Things, yet…. Our Faith Fails Us..
“Still Don’t Believe?”
“You Of Little Faith”
You Of No Faith”
PP# 9
Why?
We “DEMAND TO UNDERSTAND…” Divine PARADOX
“SHOW US MIRACLES” …
THEN WHEN HE DOES…
Then Like Human History, we create Science,
The miracles of the Cosmos, Galaxies which we only we only discover It IMMENSITY less than 200
The Miracles of the Creation… we Still are Amazed by “
The Miracles of Life…. We Are Amazed.. “Beautifulness” Making Men Cry and faint
The Miracles of Ocean Creatures, Flying Creatures,
All the Net Geo Shows, Discovery are Still mid blowing.
The Miracles of Love…
Generation are Still Captivated by when They Meat their Soul Mate
The Miracles of Precipitation
Sun Rays
Evaporation
Condensation
Which is everybody Inspiration
Every Rain Drop that falls from the Ground is made up of the Origial Water droplet in the Evaporation process.
After 8000 age planet we cannot Produce rain..
WE SEE MIRACLES, YET Our Faith Fails Us..
“You Of No Faith”
“You Of Little Faith”
“You Still Don’t Believe”
I Want to Believe More…
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!”
Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid?
Do you still have no faith?”
41 They were terrified and asked each other,
“Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
2 THINGS THAT GOD WAS PUTTING IN THEM…
Death Obey Him…
“When Jesus Said to the Widows Weep Not… dead Son "Arise." The young man sat up, talked, and was delivered to his mother.
Death Fled in Obedience.
Demons OBEY HIM… Jesus responded, “Be quiet! Come out of him!”
The demon immediately came out
41 They were terrified and asked each other,
“Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Even the …. wind and the waves obey him!”
There Is Only One Created Being That GOD CONTENDS FOR WHEN IT COMES TO OBEDIENCE..
ME AND YOU
STORMS DEVELOP FAITH, IF WE CAN TRUST HIM AND PURIFY OUR OBEDIENCE OF WE DEPEND ON HIM..
HOW DO YOU BELIEVE MORE??
1ST BY “BELIEVING RIGHT!”
GOD IS THE GOD OF STORMS..
SOMETHING POWERFUL JUST HAPPENED HERE….
The Began to Have a DEVELOP SOMETHING VITAL TO MATURING THERE FAITH….
IS THE FEAR GOD!!!
We Many Times Cannot Grow Because We LACK THE FEAR OF GOD!!!
We Feel Like we Can do As we Please and well He Gots to Love me…
The Desicple Wanted and Understood God as a Loving Companion.
YET GOD WAS FAR MORE…
They Wanted Jesus As there Friend and Savior…
GOD WANTS TO BE WHO IS…
YES GOD IS A COMPANION, BUT HE IS MUCH MORE HE IS
THE SUSTAINER OF LIFE, EVEN OURS..
7 Miraculous Miracles
Jesus Walks on the Water
PP#10
MARK 6:45
MATHEW 14:22 /JOHN 6:16
45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
“God Can’t Make me do nothing..” the Skeptic
I Choice to Do what I want…
The Preacher.. “God won’t because your not his Disciple..”
46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
PP#11
47 Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.
48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them.
Shortly before dawn (3 Clock in the morning) he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,
PP#12
49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, (Erie Darkness) they thought he was a ghost.
They cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified.
Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
Matthew 14:27 (Greek translation)
Thee “I AM” Is Here - EXODUS 3:14.
The Poetic, Prophetic
GOD’S SOVERN NATURE
CREATOR OF EVERYTING IS HERE..
YOUR LIFE, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR WORLD IS HERE!!
Jesus Is not Your Happy flower Child…
That You can visit when you want and distant your self when you want..
He Is a MIGHTY, AND HOLY GOD!
WHO COMMANDS US TO OBEY
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28 “Lord, if it’s you,”
Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out,
“Lord, save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him.
31 Immediately “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
31 Immediately HE DEALT WITH HIS LACK OF FAITH
WHY? LACK OF FAITH WILL DROWN GODS PLAN FOR HIS LIFE EVEN WORST!!
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51 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down.
Matthew
33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
They were completely amazed, 52 for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.
GOD USES STORMS….
BUT TO BE MORE PERSISE….. GOD IS THE GOD OF STORMS..
God is Aware of Every STROM…
PP#13
Life Find us Going through storms
Storms in our… Job.. marriage … kids… parents … physically… in your mind… In your marriage
Storms we did not invite
Stroms that come from people think love us..
Storms that come from who now were.. but there they are…
SO WHAT DO YOU WHEN EVERYTHING YOU TRUST Collapses in a Strom
How do you prepare when everything changes…
When everything you worked for seems to be falling apart.
We first Got to understand that Storms have many ORIGINS / BEGININGS
YET The Answer is only one… God is Aware of Every STROM…
You CAN,T BRING ANYTHING TO GOD…
THAT IS TO BIG FOR HIM..
That is to Heavy for him, He can handle it..
You CAN,T BRING ANYTHING TO GOD…
for which he doesn’t have a perfect answer every single Time..
He will make your way clear..
AFTER.. He will give a sense of confidence and boldness. And assurance that you can stand anything that comes your way..
He allows very difficult things to come in our lives to grow us up..
WHEN GOD ALLOWS STORMS IN YOU LIFE HIS ULTIMATE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE YOU STONGER!!!
This Storm Made Them Stronger..,
A Stronger Fear Of God
A Stronger Obedience To God
A Storm is An Expected Circumstance, that invades your life…
Were you don’t know if you are going to make it or not…
A Storm is always design to increase your faith and give you a deeper experience with your God.
Storms are not pleasant, nor comfortable sometimes life threating..
But they always come with a purpose..
A Storm It can only due 2 things it can develop you or destroy you..
It CAN building YOUR… strength wisdom knowledge understanding YOUR COMMITMENT Your Faith Your Devotion
When God Sees You Through The Storm He Permits and sometime Design for you …
WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER OF…
We ARE
- Cleaner
- Purer
- More joy
- More peace
- MORE FAITH
- BECAUSE You Know God Can SUSTAIN YOU THROUGH ANYTHING IN LIFE..
YET, SOMETIME THEY DEVELOP US … AND OTHER TIMES THEY DESTROY US…
HE DOES NOT WANT A Storm
TO DESTROY US….
Truth is Only When We Allow Satan to get a grip On us in the Time of Difficulty will it happen..
See In LIFE ALL KIND OF STORMS WILL COME…
What God Teaches Us about Life that there a Season for everything..
- Seed time and Harvest Time
- Dark Night and Days of Sunshine…
- Winter Times.. Yet He Promise.. Summer Will Come again
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Some of us we are in a Season Right Now….
Some are in the Season of Plenty and others are Broke…
WE MUST KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT SEASON…
IF WE ARE BROKE NOW
IF WE ARE LONELY NOW
IF WE ARE DISCOURAGED NOW…
THE PROMISE IS..
- You Can’t Be Broke forever
- You Can’t Be Lonely forever
- You Can’t Be Discouraged forever
WHY? BECAUSE SEASON ARE CONTROLLED BY GOD!
(DIVINE PARADOX)
That MUST BRING COMFORT TO US..
NO MATTE WHAT GOD IS A CONTROL..
ECCLESI: 3:1
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
EVERYTHING HAS A TIME
EVERYTHING IS SEASONAL
NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH… IT CANNOT LAST!!
SEASON ARE IMPORTANT TO GOD…
Why? The guarantee Change..
- Give HOPe
- Nothing remains the Same
- Season are always Temporary
THE KEY TO MOVING FORWARD IN LIFE..
IS OUTLASTING THE SEASON!!
SO WE MUST KNOW
That Season Are Always Changing and Moving…
WE MUST NEVER RESPONSE PERMENATLY, TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM/SEASON
VERY IMPORTANT…
When you are in a very Dark Moment
Something we Believe that It is Our Permanente Address..
NEVER make a PERMENAT decision, TO try to solve TEMPORARY PROBLEM
We See this is what happens in a divorce in Marrige..
You Go through hell on earth..
-But believe me we have a choice
-Am I going to make a PERMENAT decision???
- Our Am I OUTLASTING THE SEASON!!
-Make it through this Dark Moment
It Happens with Friendship, Families, and Jobs… Business.
We want to quiet because life get tough!!
BUT EVERYTHING IS SEASONAL..
LISTEN.. GOD DOESN’T WANT YOU TO DIE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE.
A STORM IS A STORM…
-A Storm is Reality, but He Never Wants Circumstances to surpass/Outdue HIS WORD
-Not Only Does not want Circumstances to surpass/Outdue HIS WORD, but SURPASS HIS PRESENCE…
-WHY? BECAUSE HE IS ON THE BOAT TO…
-So Jesus SPEAKS To You and To The Problems and there Is a Circumstansial Change..
-God First Rebuke the Storm in the Winds..
-Then God Spoke and Calm the Storm In His SAINTS..
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HE IS ONE THE BOAT…
- Trails as difficult as they are.. Our Gods Journey with us…
- Of Who We Are DEALING WITH!!
“Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
NO MATTER WHAT WE GO THROUGH IN LIFE THERE IS A PROMISE IN THE WORD OF GOD!!
- That will Always Match What Storms We are Going Through
- This infinite God ours who Show Us who He Is In the Scriptures..
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- because He is…
- Omniscient He knew every single kind of storm that can ever come upon humanity form the Adam and Eve even now to this present Day till come back and Wraps it all up..
- He know all Storms.
- SO IN HIS WORD IT COVERS ALL STORMS EVER..
- There is Not One Storm God Word Does not cover and CONSIDER..
LISTEN
NOW THAT STORMS ARE NATURAL…
- We Must Stop Being Shocked… that Things get tuff.
- That we something loss out
- That sometimes we loss our Jobs.. Marriage is Tuff..
- Stop being Shocked because STORMS ARE NATURAL.. BUT ALWASYS TEMPORARTY
- There Is No Permanente Hurricane
- There Is No Permanente Earthquake
- All are Temporaray
STORM CONFIRM..
- How Strong we are
- How much Faith we have.. weather we got it or not..
- Storms REDUCE YOU back to God again!!
BUT WHAT IS OUR ANCHOR
-When Storms come do we Just Drift along with it?
-The WORD OF GOD IS AN ANCHOR THROUGH LIFE STORMS..
-Think about This..
-STORMS ARE Inevitable, But OUR ANCHOR IS immovable!
-It Doesn’t Move… it does not change it anchor us to The Rock of Christ…
- What Is even Far Grander.. Because He is…
- Omnipresent; he will always be with us to see us throught
- Omnipotents; will has the Power to Change evey circumstance..
- THAT IS THE ANCHOR.. WHY BECAUSE HE IS ALL POWERFUL..
LISTEN WE MAY NOT FEEL VERY STORNG… OR POWERFUL..
But We can Be WISE…
- And The Wise Thing To do… Is ANCHOR YOUR LIFE TO GOD UNCHANGING TRUTH!!
- What will we Build Our Life On?
- Are We Building It On Our Own Opinions Or Craftiness.
- OR ON GODS ETERNAL TRUTH?
Whether we build our lives on A SAND OF ROCK STORMS WILL COME TO BOTH HOUSES…
-SECURE HOUSE OR SHAKY HOUSE..
- THE STORMS DON’T CARE THEY COMING..
- EXPECT THE STORMS TO COME..
- CHRIST WAS SAYING..
o Everybody will Go Through Storms.. and if they hit everybody..
o Then the Issue of Life is not the Storms
o Don’t worry about it it coming any ways…
o We must then FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE..
o IN OTHER WORDS STORM COME TO EXPOSE WATCH WE ARE BUILT ON…
o We Must Then Focus On Am I built The Right Way!!
o The God … The Structure Is More Important than the Storms…
o In Other words…
o We will Never Grow in What we avoid in life…
o We grow in what We SURVIVED Go Througth In Life…
o IT TRUTH…..
o We can Never Trust A Person Who has been Through No Storms…
o What Grow David… Goliath
o What Grow Moses… The Pharoah… Red Seas
Somedody Stated this..
“A CALM SEE NEVER PRODUCED A GOOD SAILOR”
How would we like to go on seas with a Sailor who has never been on trouble Seas
If We are Going to Have a Life of significance..
o We are Going to have difficult times..
o The purpose is not to Harm us.. But to MATURE US!! GROW YOU UPWARD!
What MUST WE KNOW ABOUT STORMS..
- 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.…
The Only Way to Live a Life Of Spiritaul Freedom..
- A LIFE OF NO LACK … IS TO BE TESTED!! BY STORMS…
- You Will Be a Far More Stable Person
- But the Only Way is NOT TO LEAVE THE CLASS!!
- Until Perservance is completed in you..
A Storm can put Us In Two place
- It Could Put Us Out.. were will never be fully used of God..
- It Could Put You In… A place were you can be a fantastic an Really Understand Others Pain and struggle and see them through…
But it has to do with Our Response!!!
That Is Detemined by a number of things..
The Greatest One Is… “OUR VIEW OF GOD!!”
- How do We See God?
o If we See God as Strick God, who want To Kill your Fun Trying to expose all my bad points.
o Or a God of Love.. Of Kidness Forgiveness with A Beaufiful Purpose for me..
o And Desire to Prepare you to use you in a amazing way..
o HOW DO WE SEE HIM?
o IS ON YOUR SIDE OR NOT
o IS HE BEHIND THE STORMS WITH ANGER OR IS HE IN THE BOAT TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL.. ETERNAL?
HE Put us in a place we don’t Like but he know it is What is Best For Your life at this MOMENT AND TIME!!
HOW DO YOU SEE HIM??
When THE STORM COMES..
- He will not Allow You To Be Tested Beyond what You Can bear
- THEREFOR.. IF HE HAS ALLOWED IT..
- He TRUST YOU… THAT YOU CAN ENDURE…
- A STORM IS A MESSAGE.. FROM GOD…
o What He Thinks About You?
o If Things Painful Happen, You Can Handle this..
o PLUS PAIN PURIFIES!!!
o YOU CAN HANDLE THIS.. WHE IT COMES YOU GOD “WHO” IT TAKES TO HANDLE THIS!!
SOMETIMES WHAT APPEARS TO BE STORMS MAY BE GOD DESIGN..
The QUESTION IS???
What Is God Doing In this Storm??
What Ever the Storm Is He Is There and He is At WORK AND UP TO SOMETHING OF GOD.. PRESENTLY GOOD, BUT ETERNALLY GREAT!!
DIVINE PARADOX:
When it seems that the rug is pulled under you..
How do you face the fact when you can seem to pay the bills and you have to go backward in life..
God Uses Will Use Life Storms to Build Faith In us!!!
On the voyage of life we may conceive/want of Jesus as our Companion…
But Jesus Want to be “Who He Ultimately is Our Sustainer”
We want Jesus to Be our Companion while we are Determined to be Our Own Sustainers.