Pastor Zack Strong
In the Midst of the Storm

Text: Matthew 8.23-27, John 16.33, 2 Timothy 3.1, 1 Corinthians 10.13, Matthew 8.25, 1 John 1.9, Hebrews 10.25, Psalm 92.13, Ephesians 4.16, Ecclesiastes 4.9

Why do storms come?
-weakness of our flesh
-our decisions
-economics
-politics
-media
-religion

We struggle to find our purpose when we think it’s a destination. What if your purpose is to live with His breath in your lungs everywhere you go? Kingdom is life within me. We’ve been doing church instead of being the church; going to church instead of acting like the church.

Just because storms come doesn’t mean it has to destroy you.

-The storm in us can magnify the storms around us. Jesus was commanding the peace inside the disciples just as much as the wind and the waves. We have to find a place of greater peace with God. It’s time for believers to be all in.

-It’s time to get fully in the boat; the boat was made to weather the storm. The boat represents God’s church. It’s time to belong.

-We’ve got to work with the people around us. We’re not called to do this alone. If you’re not connected then you’re not growing. Who we connect with is greatly important. We grow and go deep together.

What kind of person in the boat are you? Are you creating fear or an encourager?

-It’s time to be filled with the spirit and operating in the spirit. We can operate in miracles. We can move through the storms of life by the spirit of God in us.

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