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To hear children crying, man, I 
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disagreeing with me right now, 
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crying, Amen, That's for sure. 
We're going to be turning to the

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book of Mark this morning. 
So glad to have each one of you.

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Bryce, you're not a guest, OK? 
You just, you found your spot 

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and we're just happy to have 
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Amen. 
Appreciate you, Bryce. 

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Amen. 
Bishop was given a hard time 

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because he'd already like been 
three online services before he 

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came here. 
So he's got his, he's had his 

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tailgate party before. 
He's come to the to the event 

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here today. 
So we're, we're grateful for 

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Bryce, each one of you. 
Trent, good to see you back 

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there. 
Amen. 

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Ray, always good to see you. 
And I seen the those Maddie 

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Adams kids. 
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She just one of the little 
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ever lay your eyes on. 
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We appreciate her. 
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chapter #4 I'm going to start 
reading the verse #35 All right,

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Just read a few verses of 
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The House of the Lord New 
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chapter 4 verse #35 the Bible 
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And the same day when the even 
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Let us pass over unto the other 
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And when they had sent away the 
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Even as he was in the ship. 
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little ships, and there arose a 
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waves beat into the ship, so 
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He was in the hinder part of the
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And they awake him. 
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thou not that we perish? 
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and said into the sea, Peace be 
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And the wind seized, and there 
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And he said unto them, Why are 
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How is it that you have no 
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And they feared exceedingly and 
said one to another, What manner

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of man is this? 
That even the wind in the sea 

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obey him. 
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I know that my title today, it's
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go to and say, yeah, of course. 
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But I hope to even back it up a 
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let you know why it should be. 
I want to administer this today.

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The answer is already in your 
boat. 

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The answer is already in your 
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Hallelujah. 
Can we ask the Lord to help us? 

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Father, we gather today. 
God is part of the body of 

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Christ. 
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Lord at different times with 
Lord issues and circumstances or

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maybe our hearts are the Lord 
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God, I pray Lord, whatever state
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I pray Lord, you have to 
minister God to the hearers 

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today, God that we be hearers, 
doers, the Lord of this word. 

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That would be a word of 
encouragement and strength, God,

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perhaps to someone that is in 
need and will not fail to thank 

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you God for what you 
accomplished. 

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Lord, in this place, in Jesus 
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church say Amen. 
You may be seated this morning. 

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The answer is already in your 
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throughout New Testament 
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or ships as they may have been 
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fishing. 
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prominent, particularly in 
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Sea of Galilee, which was really
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lake, but it's called the Sea of
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Tiberias. 
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Boats were used for fishing. 
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transportation of rather than 
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the miles that it may have took,
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be shorter. 
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transportation. 
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during the biblical times. 
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have in biblical history that 
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builders that existed during 
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bodies of water that would 
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who were fishermen or commercial
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water like the Sea of Galilee. 
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themselves like Peter and Andrew
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for sure to be fishermen, though
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in building their own boats, 
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though in the maintenance and 
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relationships and personal 
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That was impart a piece of their
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them, they may have maintained 
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the Genesis account of no and 
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the construction and the 
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God's design. 
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consisted of building and get in
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pitching without and all the 
instruction their lives involved

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that. 
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was more than just a tool to 
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disciples lives were involved in
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livelihood. 
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part of their life, almost 
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for their life because they 
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on it and involved with it. 
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metaphor here concerning boats 
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Testament times, particularly 
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You know, we, we even read the 
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literature beyond the Bible, 
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face on boats almost be on a a 
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face in life. 
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literature of our English 
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symbolized or symbols for life 
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If you've ever read and maybe 
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read Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus's
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filled with trials and with 
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Growing up. 
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story of the Adventures of 
Huckleberry Finn and that little

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rap that's going down the 
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It's symbolized the the freedom,
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from from all the constraints of
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they went down that Mississippi 
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says, and he began again to 
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entered into a ship and sat in 
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Jesus is doing something here 
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more than once. 
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he's not teaching in the 
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religious leaders might expect 
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He's not in the synagogue 
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seaside. 
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and he's teaching there. 
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crowd starts together and 
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Jesus, not to get lost in the 
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his voice, he gets on the ship, 
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begins to speak to them. 
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platform. 
The boat became the platform 

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where he could speak a message 
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The message Bible even says it 
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as a pulpit, right That boat was
as a pulpit where he could speak

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from that that very thing that 
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that was so involved with the 
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and a symbol of their lives. 
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ministry and almost every 
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that they would use concerning 
their Nets and concerning their 

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oars. 
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that were their livelihood. 
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platform to teach somebody else,
as a platform to speak into 

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someone else's life. 
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their boat, their life became a 
platform from which the Lord 

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could tell others about His 
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self. 
I want you to know this morning 

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that whenever you come to the 
Lord and whenever your life gets

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transformed by the Lord, that 
God can use every part of your 

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life. 
God can use every part of your 

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life. 
What you may estimate is the 

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good, the bad, and the ugly. 
He can use every part of your 

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life as a platform for his 
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message of hope and security and
encouragement and redemption. 

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He can use all those areas of 
your life just as the disciples 

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boat served the ministry of 
Jesus, now being a platform that

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he could speak from. 
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Our our lives. 
It doesn't matter if it's your 

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career, the Lord can use that as
a platform, your relationship 

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with people, He can use that as 
a platform. 

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The routines that you have in 
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neglect those and think, well, 
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just ordinary. 
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and steps on it, he can take 
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extraordinary and use it for his
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He told them, and you, you're 
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He said you, he's speaking to 
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He said you are our epistle, 
written in our hearts, known and

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read by all men. 
He said your lives are a 

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message, your lives are a letter
that's written. 

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Your lives are speaking 
something. 

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And whenever Lord steps into 
your life, your life brings a 

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message. 
What you do, how you live, how 

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you speak, how you talk. 
We are living letters 

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communicating God's message to 
everybody that is around us or 

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in arms reach of us. 
How we live, our conduct, our 

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decisions, our faith by doing 
so. 

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That is a platform by which 
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Amen. 
Others are receiving some 

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instruction. 
Paul also encourage the 

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believers in the New Testament 
church to live in such a way 

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that their example could be 
followed. 

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Paul said this and he wasn't 
being prideful or boastful when 

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he said follow me, he said as I 
follow Christ, he says you can 

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follow me because I'm following 
him. 

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He says. 
And when people follow the Lord,

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they become examples for other 
people to follow. 

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They become a platform. 
They become, if you will, a 

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stage from which Amen things can
be spoken and said. 

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He said in Thessalonians you 
became examples to all who 

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believe your life has the 
ability of becoming that. 

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When we allow the Lord to step 
on board and become the center 

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of our lives, we become, if you 
will, a megaphone through which 

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the Lord can speak to other 
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Now, the biblical stories of a 
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boat, it's not like you've got 
to somehow really search for 

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them in Scripture. 
They're there, especially in the

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Gospels. 
They're always coming to the 

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surface. 
As a matter of fact, the stories

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that include a ship or a boat 
and a storm, it's almost like 

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hand in glove, these things just
go together. 

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If there's a ship or a boat, 
there's there's just going to be

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a storm. 
Again, starting back in Genesis,

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we have the Ark and the rain 
came. 

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The Bible talks about how the 
fountain of the deep broke up, 

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the windows of the heaven 
opened. 

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The Bible says that the wind 
blew. 

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You have a large boat, so to 
speak, and you also have a 

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storm. 
You have Jonah, who's getting on

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the ship, the Bible says on the 
way to Tarsus. 

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He's not on it very long until 
the Bible says there's a great 

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wind and a mighty Tempest that 
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ship asunder. 
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The Gospels are littered with 
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thing of ships and boats and 
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We read even in the book of Acts
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ship with many other prisoners 
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storm. 
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fierce and it broke the ship 
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So we have a ship and a storm 
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who is compelled by his faith to
step out of what a boat upon the

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stormy sea so that he might 
reach the Lord. 

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So it's ships and storms, ships 
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It happened so much. 
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disciples, when they stepped on 
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concern, they thought, should we
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it. 
It's just like just another day 

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on the boat. 
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them. 
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4 must not have been a typical 
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It happened on the Sea of 
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sudden outbreaks of storms. 
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them were fishermen. 
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They weren't formed to being on 
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boats. 
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storms that could come upon 
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been something for veteran 
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Master Paris, thou not that we 
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When you hear a weathered 
skillful fisherman get anxious 

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about a storm, then everybody 
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you've entered 1 heyday of a 
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gets upset over a storm. 
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matter folks, please look at the
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your hearing this morning. 
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they began their journey. 
They didn't start out on their 

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journey knowing they were going 
into the storm. 

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It wasn't already raining. 
The wind wasn't all were already

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blowing. 
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began their journey to the other
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But the Bible says in verse 37 
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it arose. 
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particular that the waves beat 
into the ship. 

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All right, so we have the waves 
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The ship is taking on water, but
I even says that it became a 

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fool. 
So we're not we're listen here, 

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we, we got a problem here. 
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we're getting rid of. 
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that that ship is on its way to 
sink. 

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It's taking on more water than 
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It's probably sinking. 
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Jesus is asleep on the ship. 
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everybody that's on this ship 
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They say we're going to perish, 
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No, no. 
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this is the side that I've 
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of this event isn't that. 
Jesus slept as seas and the 

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fishermen worried. 
That's not the marvel. 

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The marvel isn't that. 
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waves obeyed him. 
That's not the marvel. 

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The marvel of this passage is 
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they took him Jesus even as he 
was in the ship. 

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Another version says it like 
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this this month. 
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They took Jesus along since he 
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What I'm getting at is this this
morning, folks, before they felt

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like they were perishing, before
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shore, before a storm ever 
arose, before the heart was ever

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filled with fear. 
Hey man, Jesus was already on 

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the ship. 
Before they left for the 

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journey, Jesus was already on 
the ship for the storm pain. 

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Jesus was already on the ship. 
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with fear, He was already there.
It's like Isaiah spoke God's 

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words. 
When God said. 

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Before they call, I will answer.
And while they are yet speaking,

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I will hear. 
What are you talking about? 

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Before they call, I will answer.
I'll tell you what it is. 

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God already anticipates your 
need. 

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Before you have a need. 
God already anticipates a 

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solution. 
Before you have a problem. 

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He's already in your boat. 
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We think, well, you know, it's a
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thing. 
So you got to understand him 

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being on the boat is more than 
him being asleep in the ship, 

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it's that he was there before 
they were there. 

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Mark 41 tells us when he stepped
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time of teaching and parables 
that took place in Mark 4 before

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they start going to the other 
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He was already there. 
Someone say man. 

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And the fact that Jesus was 
comfortable enough to sleep in 

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their boat speaks volumes, 
because Please note, he's 

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evidently felt fallen asleep in 
their ship before the storm has 

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started. 
Now, granted, I like a good 

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storm, fall asleep during a good
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Sometimes I like to hear that 
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noisemaker. 
Sometimes it storms all night at

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our house. 
Supposed to have a timer on that

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thing, but I've waken up to 
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going because he's had that 
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Kind of open the blinds, you see
what's happening. 

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It's just Trevor's room. 
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storm started. 
But sleeping on a boat, there 

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had to be a place comfortable 
enough for him to relax for him 

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to find a little bit of a 
repose. 

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Said it was the hinder part. 
History says sometimes those 

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parts had almost like a carpeted
type area with cushions, which 

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may have been where his pillow 
come from, right? 

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Because that's always 
interesting. 

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When they went to wake him up, 
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their boat, a thing that's an 
emblem of their life. 

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There was a place there that he 
was comfortable enough to 

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remain. 
There was a place there 

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comfortable enough for him to 
relax. 

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My statement to you today is 
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If we make him comfortable in 
our lives, if we invite him in 

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to be present in both the calm 
seasons and the stormy seasons, 

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if you will make him comfortable
in your life, he'll make you 

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comfortable in your storms. 
My wife says, say that again. 

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If you will make him comfortable
in your life, he will make you 

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comfortable in your storms. 
The storm meaning May classify 

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it as an obstacle, but in 
reality this the storm and the 

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path on the water was was a 
pathway to a greater greater 

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purpose. 
Here's what I want you to 

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understand today in Mark 41, 
Jesus got into the boat because 

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of people, crowds gathering 
multitude to hear Him speak and 

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minister. 
But when you get to Mark chapter

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#5 and they finally reach the 
other side, He gets off of the 

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boat because of people. 
There's a demoniac man That's 

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Ryan to him from the tombs. 
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Mark 5 and verse 1 and 2 and 
they came over and to the other 

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side of the sea. 
This is this is the journey that

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they started on before the 
storm. 

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Let's go over to the other side.
This is their landing spot in 

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Mark 51 and they came over and 
to the other side of the sea 

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into the country of the 
Gadarenes. 

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And when he was come out 
Speaking of Jesus and when he 

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was come out of the ship, Mark 
is notable for using the word 

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immediately. 
He says immediately there met 

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him out of the tombs of man with
a unclean spirit. 

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As a matter of fact, when you 
read further down in this 

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chapter of Mark, Jesus is going 
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going to travel back over to the
other side. 

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And when he gets to the other 
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religious ruler by the name of 
Jarius whose daughter is at the 

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point of death or dying and she 
needs him. 

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Someone say man. 
And so he's stepping on boats 

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and out of boats because of 
people, on boats, out of boats, 

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in storms, out of storms, off of
a boat, back on the boat, back 

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across. 
Always because of people. 

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Someone came in and the fact 
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Amen. 
With a mindset that sometimes we

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feel in our lives that God is 
momentarily stepping out of our 

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boat, so to speak. 
He's momentarily stepping out of

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our life. 
But can I just rest assured to 

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you that if it appears he's 
stepping out, it's because he's 

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stepping into somebody else's 
someone say, man, it's not about

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that he's abandoning you or 
forgetting you, but he's helping

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somebody else. 
Amen. 

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That is entire need we question 
listen, we question whenever he 

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told his disciples let's go over
to the other side and the Bible 

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says when it was already even or
evening Lord, you picked a fine 

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time to go selling. 
We could have done this during 

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the daylight. 
Want to be more sensible to 

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travel during the day rather 
than the dark on the lake? 

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Why in the world do you want to 
go to the other side? 

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And then even that we meet a 
storm. 

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I mean, I'd rather face a storm 
in the daylight where I could 

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see the clouds and see all these
different things. 

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But no, we're facing a storm in 
the dark. 

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And it seems to be more 
intimidating now that it's night

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time. 
Hey, man, So what is the deal? 

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Lord? 
Why go now? 

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Why go at this moment? 
I'll tell you why. 

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Jesus had them go when He wanted
them to go and dealt with the 

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storm as He dealt with the 
storm. 

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Because He knew when he reached 
the other side, as soon as he 

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stepped tall, there was going to
be people, a person that was in 

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need. 
I can't question every moment 

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when God wants to go or when He 
wants to do what He wants to do.

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But in reality, He had another 
short to go to because somebody 

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else was in need of Him and 
someone came in. 

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The storm on the water was a 
path to the tomb dwellers storm.

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See, there's a difference. 
I don't know if you understand 

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this, but there's some people 
that they experience isolated 

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storms that eventually pass 
away, but then there's other 

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people that live in a constant 
storm. 

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Someone say Amen, they live in a
constant storm. 

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And the other side to all of 
this, your storm might not 

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always be about you. 
Paul endured the storm and acts 

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it wasn't really about him, but 
it was his voice that stood 

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among the people and said, Sirs,
the Angel of the Lord that stood

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by me this night and said, lest 
we abide in the ship, lives are 

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going to be lost. 
The storm wasn't about him, but 

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God, said, Paul, I'm going to 
use you in the storm because of 

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your voice, because of your 
guidance, lives will be saved 

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had you not been there to give 
the council, to give the 

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instruction, the guidance. 
And so the storm isn't always 

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about you. 
It's not always about us. 

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It could be the very means by 
which Jesus is trying to reach 

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somebody else that lived 
constantly in a storm. 

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Storm frightening. 
So the disciples brought Jesus 

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to a man because of him being on
their boat. 

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They brought Jesus to a man who 
desperately needed some freedom,

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right? 
Some emotional freedom. 

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Hey, man, some of our trials, 
some of our tribulations. 

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Maybe God's way of reaching 
somebody else, it may not be 

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what necessarily is going on to 
you in that it may be what 

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that's speaking to somebody else
or how that puts you in contact 

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with somebody else whose storm 
is more vicious and more vile 

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than what you presently been 
seeking or, or feeling or 

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experiencing. 
So Jesus wasn't troubled. 

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And then this is the thing. 
This is the case of the 

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Scripture. 
He's not troubled by the storm 

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that his disciples were in. 
He's asleep. 

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He's not troubled by the storm 
his disciples were facing. 

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It was a literal storm. 
It's a physical storm. 

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And let's note this in 
particular. 

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And they were already followers.
Please let that sink in for a 

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moment. 
They were already followers. 

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His concern really is what was 
on the others. 

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His storm that he was concerned 
about was the offshore storm, 

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not the on water storm, because 
that storm for the man of Gadera

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who cut himself often with 
stones, who was bound on several

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occasions, but broke the fetters
asunder that lived right, not 

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just visited, but lived in the 
tombs. 

455
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:03,400
Imagine the O ambiance of this, 
of the scene of the boat comes 

456
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,200
up to the shore and it's known 
that in that days those tombs 

457
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,360
were right around those cave 
rocks that were close to the 

458
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,040
water. 
It's dark, it's eerie. 

459
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:17,520
And here's a man coming out of 
the tombs in desperation. 

460
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,720
He's worried about that man 
because this man, we can get 

461
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,040
this from Scripture, is not a 
fault. 

462
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,640
The region among the tombs was 
that de Terra was associated 

463
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,680
with a place called Decapolis. 
You'll come to the end of that 

464
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,480
story and Jesus will tell the 
man that he wants to go with the

465
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,560
Lord. 
But she says, no, you go home 

466
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,120
and you, you publish this about 
the different cities of 

467
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,360
Decapolis. 
Deca means 10. 

468
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,880
So there were 10 Hellenistic 
cities that were predominantly 

469
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,040
Gentile population. 
They weren't Jews, they were 

470
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,120
Gentiles. 
They weren't in covenant with 

471
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,280
the Lord. 
They were Gentile people and 

472
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,280
Gentile communities for that 
matter. 

473
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,840
Remember whenever the, the, the 
legion that's inside of this man

474
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,800
of the tombs, when he's asking 
if he can depart, he said, will 

475
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,200
you cast us over here into this 
herd of swine? 

476
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,160
According to the Levitical 
Jewish law, the Jews, they did 

477
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,920
not handle swine. 
They would not raise swine. 

478
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,840
They were unclean. 
So it's highly possible then 

479
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,280
that these are Gentile people 
because they're manning and 

480
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,280
herding pigs, a man which was 
against the Jewish law. 

481
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,480
And so we have all this stuff. 
So this man that came from the 

482
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:31,520
tombs is more, more than likely 
a Gentile God. 

483
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:37,120
He was, he was not troubled 
about his follower storm as much

484
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:41,600
as he was somebody that was not 
a follower, that did not know 

485
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,040
him, that had no connection with
him. 

486
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,120
His storm, he's thinking, hey, 
he'll be all right. 

487
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,120
They follow me, they know me, 
they trust me. 

488
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:53,400
But this man, he has no hope. 
This man, he's living in a mode 

489
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,000
of hopelessness. 
He has no Redeemer. 

490
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:06,680
Yes, yes, folks, we can get 
caught up in our own storms. 

491
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,960
We forget about those that don't
even know God, that don't 

492
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,520
believe in God. 
They have no help from God. 

493
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:16,000
So they think and they're in 
their storm and they're whirling

494
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,520
around in their water confused 
and there's angst in their 

495
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:20,520
spirit. 
Amen. 

496
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,920
Don't don't mind if God just 
pauses you for a moment and 

497
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,920
cease to that need because they 
don't know Him. 

498
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:40,120
Amen. 
So he says, let's go to the 

499
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,760
other side. 
Somebody over there that don't 

500
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,840
know me, that's in a applicable 
state. 

501
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,600
In reality, the storm on the 
water was just peripheral to the

502
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,120
storm that was in that man's 
life. 

503
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:05,760
But again, the center of this is
that the answer to their story 

504
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,120
was already in the ship before 
it occurred. 

505
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:18,360
When Jesus said, let's go to the
other side, he was already in 

506
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:22,320
the ship. 
It's there again before they 

507
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,040
left shore. 
When the Bible says the waves 

508
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,800
beat into the ship, Jesus was 
already in the ship before the 

509
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:34,520
waves got in the ship. 
He was there from the beginning.

510
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,920
Here's the scripture though. 
When he says this, the 

511
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:45,440
disciples, you can read it. 
The disciples are dismissing the

512
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,040
multitude that are gathered for 
the teaching. 

513
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,320
They are dismissing them left 
and right so that they can go 

514
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:53,520
on. 
They've been there all day 

515
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,120
listening to parables and 
teaching the messages of God. 

516
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:02,680
And so they dismissed them. 
But they didn't send Jesus away 

517
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:10,600
because the Bible says that he, 
they took him even as he was in 

518
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,240
the ship. 
He had been teaching from there.

519
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:20,120
They didn't take anybody from 
the multitude, as we know, but 

520
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,480
they took him because he was 
already there. 

521
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:30,960
I think this this bears in our 
lives that we need to recognize 

522
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:38,120
Jesus's presence in our lives, 
not just during our storms, but 

523
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:44,840
during our ordinary moments. 
Well, every time I look at the 

524
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,720
storm, he's there. 
That's because you're looking 

525
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:53,280
for him. 
But I'm here to tell you and 

526
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,800
persuade you when nothing 
negative is happening. 

527
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,120
If you'll seek him, you'll find 
him. 

528
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:00,760
He's been there from the 
beginning. 

529
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:09,960
Amen. 
You say from the from the 

530
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:15,560
beginning he's there, Sister 
Angie, before you need. 

531
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,760
And I put up quote marks. 
I need him every day of my life.

532
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,560
But he's there before you quote 
UN quote need him. 

533
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,400
You'll be there before you need 
him. 

534
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,239
You'll be there in the middle of
your storm. 

535
00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:30,440
And he was still there when it 
was all over. 

536
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,560
Too often we've all been guilty 
of only seeking him when the 

537
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,360
waves are crashing. 
But he's been there all along, 

538
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:46,800
really in preparation mode. 
Right before I call, he's 

539
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:56,199
answering, and so when I come to
understand that he's already in 

540
00:34:56,199 --> 00:35:01,240
the boat of my life, then maybe 
I can start walking through this

541
00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:06,440
life with a sense of peace. 
We live in a generation of 

542
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,480
unsettledness, in the wringing 
of the hands and anxiousness and

543
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,360
worry. 
Maybe I can start walking 

544
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,000
through life with a sense of 
peace and confidence. 

545
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,720
It's kind of like, you know, if 
anybody's ever taken a flight, 

546
00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:18,880
they always tell you, hey, 
turbulence, all that stuff 

547
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,680
happened in junk said if don't 
be worried unless you see like 

548
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,120
the flight attendant or like, 
you know, the captain, if you 

549
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,960
see some type of sense of 
concern on their face, that's 

550
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,560
the time to be concerned because
they're experts. 

551
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,400
And as long as the expert is 
calm, we just got to trust that 

552
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:43,280
we're in good hands. 
This also, though, then reminds 

553
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,760
me, and I'm getting there. 
This also reminds me, though, of

554
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:50,480
something else this morning that
perhaps we need to be mindful 

555
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:57,160
about who we allow in our lives.
No, it's just to take just a 

556
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:01,840
little moment here. 
Because if you want people in 

557
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:06,360
your boat in the middle of your 
storm, you want people there in 

558
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,400
the middle of your storm. 
You are there whenever you've 

559
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,960
yet to venture out on your 
journey. 

560
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,440
The disciples took Jesus, not 
the crowd, because Jesus was 

561
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,600
already in the boat. 
What are you saying, Pastor 

562
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,400
McGee? 
Let me just be real for a 

563
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,720
moment. 
Chaos and tragedy attract 

564
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:31,960
people, attract people into your
life. 

565
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,080
Listen to me. 
They're not all like this, but 

566
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:41,320
just a word of caution. 
Some of these people are looking

567
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,480
for a story to tell more than 
it's storm to calm. 

568
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:51,250
There's been too many people in 
the middle of their storm that 

569
00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:53,530
suffered at the hands of storm 
chasers. 

570
00:36:56,850 --> 00:37:00,330
They want to report on the 
events and tell their version of

571
00:37:00,330 --> 00:37:04,090
the story, but they're not there
for any calming effect. 

572
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,560
You need people that show up in 
your storm not to show up when 

573
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,960
the storm happens. 
You need someone who's already 

574
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:20,480
there if it occurs. 
You wanna hear me? 

575
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,240
Maybe that maybe this is where I
need an oil joint or something. 

576
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,720
They'd say it. 
Some people want to investigate 

577
00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:33,240
in your hurt because they want 
all the scoop on your hurt. 

578
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,320
They want to get down to the 
nitty gritty. 

579
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,920
They want to know what the 
offense was not so that they can

580
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,480
pray, so that they can show and 
tell. 

581
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:54,920
You need people in your life 
that's going to maybe listen and

582
00:37:54,920 --> 00:38:01,560
then just speak to God. 
Watch out if the only time those

583
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,480
people want to come is when 
you're in your storm. 

584
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,560
You want people that's going to 
be there when it's not storming,

585
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,360
when it is before it started and
when it's over. 

586
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,160
Those type of people are the 
people you want on your boat. 

587
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,520
I need somebody staying with me 
in the storm, not just be there 

588
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:27,400
to observe it. 
If I did, OK, well, man, I 

589
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,000
really shot that this one down, 
haven't I? 

590
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,080
I think it's important. 
So again, the real marvel is 

591
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,760
this, it's not the calming of 
it, it's that he was with his 

592
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:41,480
disciples the entire time. 
Jesus didn't enter the boat mid 

593
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,520
crisis and enter the boat mid 
crisis. 

594
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:49,240
He was already there. 
Ladies and gentlemen, wherever 

595
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:51,000
are, wherever you are in your 
life, whatever you're 

596
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,760
experiencing right now, if you 
think that the Lord has just 

597
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,720
shown up, I'm here to tell you 
quite frankly that He's been 

598
00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:00,440
there all alone. 
He's been there when you was 

599
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,960
kicking up your heels and it 
seemed like everything was OK. 

600
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,720
And you know, the, the, the, the
trees were blooming and the 

601
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:08,760
flowers were growing. 
No, no, he's been there ever 

602
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,160
since the beginning. 
He's been there before you 

603
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,200
realized you needed him. 
He was there before you realized

604
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,720
you needed a Redeemer and before
you realized you needed a 

605
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,680
savior. 
And he has anticipated your 

606
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,600
storm and he's provided an 
answer for your storm before 

607
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,480
you've even asked for the 
answer. 

608
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:34,880
He the answer has already been 
in your boat. 

609
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:37,640
You'll stand with me this 
morning. 

610
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,200
So there's always going to be 
another another journey. 

611
00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:55,440
There's always going to be 
another trip, so to speak, and 

612
00:39:55,440 --> 00:40:00,160
he's already there. 
He's the one that stood up there

613
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:06,080
and said, peace be still. 
He'll enable you to carry 

614
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,280
through to the other side. 
And maybe when you get there, 

615
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,200
you'll realize it really wasn't 
about this storm. 

616
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,280
It was about that storm that 
that person lives in. 

617
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:20,720
So as we leave this place today,
I I want to challenge us that we

618
00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:24,000
need to take time in our lives 
and recognize Christ's presence 

619
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:30,400
in our life right now. 
Right where we are, right? 

620
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:32,160
Oh, but it's calm, Brother 
McGee. 

621
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,920
He's there. 
I'm not up some type of 

622
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,080
instrumental odds. 
That's great. 

623
00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:43,440
He's there. 
He's already in your boat. 

624
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,320
Secondly, I want to challenge 
you today. 

625
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:52,840
Make room, make a space that's 
comfortable enough for him to 

626
00:40:53,240 --> 00:41:02,280
settle down in in your life. 
Let there be a place where he 

627
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:10,560
can have repose in your life. 
Trust him with the outcomes in 

628
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:17,200
spite of what you're observing. 
We got ADHD sometimes when our 

629
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:25,320
storm was gone ahead. 
Trust Him with the outcome and 

630
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,720
let's just be a little less than
human and not be selfish with 

631
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,440
our storms and understand it may
be helping somebody else. 

632
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:42,120
And for caution, start taking 
inventory. 

633
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:48,120
Who's all in the boat? 
Are they pulling sails and doing

634
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,960
oars? 
Are they tabulating and taking 

635
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:57,040
down stories? 
Our God is fighting for you. 

636
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:04,600
Your answer is already in your 
boat. 

637
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,160
We bow our heads all across this
place. 

638
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:16,680
Your answer is already in your 
boat, Imperceptible at times to 

639
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,760
us. 
He's already there. 

640
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:22,160
There may be someone under the 
sound of my voice this morning, 

641
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,720
says Brother McGee. 
I'm on the turbulent time right 

642
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,600
now. 
I'm in a turbulent time right 

643
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,480
now. 
And I've had turbulent times 

644
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:30,760
before. 
Maybe you're like these 

645
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,160
disciples and fishermen. 
This, this is different than 

646
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:34,720
other times. 
This seems more fierce. 

647
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:37,600
This seems more vicious. 
And maybe you're crying out. 

648
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,200
Maybe you're needing help. 
But, but, but he's already 

649
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:41,920
there. 
He's already there, Sir or 

650
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:46,360
ma'am, he is already there. 
Maybe you just need to find a 

651
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:51,720
place today in an altar and say,
Lord, Lord, open my eyes, open 

652
00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:54,000
my eyes. 
So like the prophet with the 

653
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,520
young man that was praying over 
him and saying, Lord, open his 

654
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,400
eyes. 
Let him see what was he doing? 

655
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,560
He said open his eyes so he can 
see the host of help that we 

656
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:05,560
have right now in this battle 
because they're already here. 

657
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,000
Let him see the host of help. 
Maybe our eyes just need to be 

658
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:13,080
open and our awareness needs to 
be dialed in to His presence. 

659
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,880
Amen to His presence. 
God, make me more aware of your 

660
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,920
presence. 
Make me more aware, O Lord. 

661
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:23,160
Sorry, ma'am. 
He's here today for you. 

662
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:27,080
He's here today for you. 
If you're a man, like a man in 

663
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:30,960
the tombs that's living in a 
constant storm, He's headed in 

664
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,360
your direction. 
There's going to be a divine 

665
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,320
timing of him stepping out of 
the boat and intersecting the 

666
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,920
path of your life immediately it
happened. 

667
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,960
According to the book of Mark, 
There's going to be a divine 

668
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:47,400
intersect action of the Savior 
meeting you in the middle of a 

669
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,520
constant storm emotionally of 
your life. 

670
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:58,120
He's going to meet you there. 
Woo woo shy. 

671
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,240
I'm not under the Josiah. 
These altars are open today. 

672
00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:10,400
Can we talk to God right now? 
God help me, Lord, to dismiss 

673
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:14,880
the crowd, but to keep Jesus 
because he's already here. 

674
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:24,840
Listen, just as whenever Jesus 
finally made it to Jerry's 

675
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,360
daughter, what happened? 
He had to dismiss some that were

676
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:30,560
in the room that they were just 
laughing and mocking and 

677
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:32,320
everybody else. 
He dismissed them. 

678
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,120
He pulled a few disciples in the
mother and father, and he 

679
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,600
brought that girl to life. 
Sometimes there's times you got 

680
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,480
to dismiss some people from the 
arena, Amen. 

681
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,640
In order for the Lord to come 
in, Amen. 

682
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:46,480
With those that have a conscious
Lord, faith and hope, He can do 

683
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,840
what He's going to do. 
You got to just got to take 

684
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,800
inventory. 
But your answer is there. 

685
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:57,680
Don't let somebody else review 
and mock your answer. 

686
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,920
Don't let somebody else review 
and mock your answer. 

687
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,600
Christ is the answer. 
Don't let anybody tell you any 

688
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,680
different. 
Don't let anybody try to. 

689
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:10,760
If you will change your mindset 
or your view on Him, He is still

690
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,400
the answer. 
It's not archaic, it's not old 

691
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,320
fashioned, it's relevant and 
it's effective. 

692
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:20,400
Here's the answer and He's in 
your boat. 

693
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:21,360
Hallelujah.