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Turn in your Bible to Matthew 
chapter 14, Matthew chapter 14, 

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and we're going to pick up in 
verse 22. 

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We'll go 22 through 33. 
Immediately. 

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He made the disciples get into 
the boat and go before him to 

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the other side while he 
dismissed the crowds. 

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And after he had dismissed the 
crowds, He went up on the 

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mountain by himself to pray. 
When evening came He was there 

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alone, but the boat by this time
was a long way from the land, 

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beaten by the waves, for the 
wind was against them. 

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And in the 4th watch of the 
night he came to them walking on

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the sea. 
But when the disciples saw him 

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walking on the sea, they were 
terrified and said It's a ghost,

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and they cried out in fear. 
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them, saying, Take heart in his 
eye, do not be afraid. 

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And Peter answered him, Lord, if
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onto the water. 
He said, come. 

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So Peter got out of the boat and
walked on the water and came to 

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Jesus. 
But when he saw the wind, he was

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afraid and beginning to sink. 
He cried out, Lord, save me. 

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Jesus immediately reached out 
his hand and took hold of him, 

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saying to him, Oh you of little 
faith, why did you doubt? 

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And when they got into the boat,
the wind ceased and those in the

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boat worshipped him, saying, 
truly, you are the Son of God. 

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Let's pray that we love your 
word. 

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We love you and we're so 
thankful that you're going to 

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continue to speak your truth to 
us today and you're going to 

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bring more revelation of Jesus 
in him is all the wisdom in him 

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is all knowledge. 
So we ask that you would just 

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turn that diamond again today so
we can see another facet that 

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the light would hit again and we
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Jesus, that we would love him 
more, that we would be more 

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deeply devoted to you and that 
we would know you, that we would

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know you better. 
God knowledge, knowledge alone 

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is not what we need, but deeper 
love is what we want. 

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Instruct us today, strengthen us
today and build us up in Jesus 

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name. 
We thank you for it. 

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Amen. 
We are still in the same 

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occasion. 
The problem with breaking things

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up week by week is, you know, if
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once, which I always want you to
do, then you miss out on what's 

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going on. 
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John the Baptist. 
This is like the day before he 

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hears about John the Baptist and
Jesus goes, I need to go get a 

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loan to pray. 
So he leaves everybody, and as 

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soon as he crosses over on the 
shore, thousands and thousands 

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and thousands and thousands of 
people have joined together to 

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meet him. 
And Jesus, filled with 

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compassion, says, well, I guess 
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now. 
And he heals them all. 

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He heals everybody out of his 
compassion, and then he feeds 

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them all. 
And then we come to this moment.

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So that day is finally finished 
and now Jesus is finally going 

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to get to the thing he was 
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beginning. 
Immediately he made the 

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disciples get into the boat to 
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while he dismissed the crowds. 
So Jesus gives instruction, he 

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goes, guys, that was a good day.
And now I want y'all to go. 

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I want y'all to go across and 
you know, I'm going to meet you 

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in this town and, and you know, 
when I get there, it's dissenter

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at is where they're going. 
When I want you guys go ahead 

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over to dissenter at and I'll 
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Lord, how are you going to get 
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I'll catch up with y'all maybe 
tomorrow. 

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You know, I can, I can walk 
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So if the lake is, is like this 
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they're, they're kind of in the 
top portion and then they're 

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just crossing the top portion. 
They're not going the most, the 

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greatest possible distance, But 
they still had a couple, they 

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still had a few miles that they 
had to cross just to give you 

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some geography lesson there. 
And Jesus is saying, guys, you 

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go, go ahead and cross. 
And now he dismisses the crowd, 

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takes care of the people and 
says, Hey, everybody, you've 

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been healed, you've been fed, 
and now we can disperse. 

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But finally in verse 23, Jesus 
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intended to, to be by himself on
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And when the evening came, he 
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What a relief for him. 
What a rest for him. 

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Is he compassionate and loving? 
He absolutely is. 

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And also Jesus needs to isolate 
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It's pretty fascinating. 
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himself, if anyone ever didn't 
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anyone ever didn't need to go 
get strength from somewhere 

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else, if anyone ever didn't need
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more power, for more direction, 
for more fellowship, it would 

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have been Jesus. 
But Jesus did in fact need to do

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these things. 
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Well, because the Lord coming 
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stripped himself of certain 
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There's mystery around what that
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things that are made pretty 
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Jesus gets tired, doesn't he? 
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God. 
He is always God. 

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He never stops being God. 
And also he's tired. 

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I venture also to tell you that 
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a little child had to teach him 
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I don't think Jesus, I don't 
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speaking Mandarin Chinese. 
That may mess with your 

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theology, but that's where I'm 
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As your pastor. 
People say I think Jesus knew 

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everything. 
Depends on what you mean by 

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that. 
Jesus is God. 

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If he's limited, it's only 
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But clearly he limited himself. 
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he's tired, if he needs to pray 
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needs and he has self-imposed 
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He's not weak and he's not at 
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He is always God and he's always
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But if Jesus needs all these 
things, how much more do you and

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I need the these things? 
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deliberate action, Jesus gets 
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To go be with the Father, you 
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Quality time with the Lord is a 
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The body of Christ named quality
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Something really lame. 
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I think it's the lamest thing in
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I heard, I heard somebody 
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No, not John Bevere. 
There was some other guys, some 

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conference I was at what he was 
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He said I got saved when I was a
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I was about 8 years old. 
He said, and I love Jesus so 

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much and I was so excited. 
And then you know, so it was 

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like a couple weeks after I've 
been walking with the Lord, I've

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been praying, I've been enjoying
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I've been trying to read my 
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And then somebody introduced me 
to the worst thing they could 

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have ever done. 
They told me, they told an 8 

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year old boy it's time to learn 
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he's going, that sounds like the
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I don't know if I want to be a 
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there's a little boy going, what
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What is the quiet time We've 
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for Christians. 
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The the priority is fellowship 
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That is the priority. 
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He said if I was doing 
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said I would teach children you 
get to have an Adventure Time 

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with God. 
He would say, man, wouldn't that

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be some better branding around 
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Wouldn't that be better 
marketing, which I completely 

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agree. 
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We need fellowship with God. 
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I'm not putting a burden on you.
I'm giving you a great relief. 

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I'm giving you a great joy to 
say God loves you and he built 

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you for fellowship. 
He wants to walk with you in the

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cool of the day. 
What's that look like? 

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Well, we could have a million 
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You could ask a million 
different Christians how do they

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enjoy fellowship with the Father
and you can maybe get a million 

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different answers. 
There are some priorities. 

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Hiding his word in our hearts, 
prayer. 

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These are some things that are 
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always need to do. 
Well, what's it got to look 

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like? 
We don't have a, we don't have a

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prescription for that. 
We don't have a prescription for

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that. 
We have the priority of that, 

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but we don't have a prescription
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Sometimes we can get locked in 
on prescriptions because they 

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have been generally so helpful 
for so many, right? 

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How many married couples have 
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date night, right. 
And you've got to have the date 

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night, the weekly date night. 
If you don't have a weekly date 

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night, you'll be divorced in 
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You know, just kind of the, the 
date night is, is the holy of 

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holies. 
I've heard a lot of times for 

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marriages and a lot of my, a lot
of the work that I do, people 

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are surprised to hear that. 
I don't say, you know, date 

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night is king above all, no 
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being boyfriend and girlfriend. 
Those are very important in a 

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marriage, very important. 
And they should be happening all

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the time. 
Oh, if date night serves you 

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well, by all means date night's 
good. 

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But the priority is the 
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And the same way with the 
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that. 
I think you should have a daily 

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rhythm is a recommendation. 
I think you ought to have a 

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daily rhythm of fellowship, of 
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And then beyond that, I think we
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Jesus had, and I don't think 
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This is a deliberate moment. 
Jesus couldn't do this every 

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day. 
He didn't do this every day. 

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Why? 
His life, his responsibilities, 

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his ministry didn't allow for 
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How many of you would say the 
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My life, my responsibilities. 
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father, I'm a, I'm a boss, I'm 
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happening. 
I can't just go sit on the 

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mountain every day for hours 
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I totally agree. 
Jesus couldn't even do it. 

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But there's a time and a place 
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place where you go, the soup is 
getting thin, there's a lot of 

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broth in here and I need 
something more and I need a deep

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breath with the Lord. 
So that's something that you 

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should also build a rhythm of 
and go, what would that look 

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like? 
What could that look like? 

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Maybe it looks like once a week 
you go on a prayer walk for some

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focus quality time. 
So I can't do that every day. 

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I can't do that every week. 
OK, what can you do? 

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That would really be a blessing 
and a refreshment to you to 

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restore your soul. 
The Lord leads you towards this.

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Are you following Him towards 
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Maybe you're just like Jesus and
you want to get up on a 

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mountain. 
You're going to have a hard time

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doing that around here. 
It's a bit more of a journey for

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you and you can just go sit on a
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That's my priority, that's my 
preference. 

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Maybe it's just a prayer spot in
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Maybe you don't have to get away
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priority is this is a moment 
where I'm going to press in to 

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the Father If Jesus needed it, 
you and I most certainly need it

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as well. 
Let's keep going. 

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Verse 24 he was there alone but 
by but the boat by this time was

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a long way from land beaten by 
the waves, for the wind was 

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against them. 
So this whole situation will 

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remind us of our lives. 
The whole passage will remind us

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of our lives. 
You got us, God's people down 

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below. 
These are the disciples in the 

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boat, struggling off and against
the wind, beaten by the waves, 

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long enduring a difficult night 
or difficult season in obedience

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to the Lord. 
And where is Jesus? 

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Jesus is praying for us. 
Thank God the scripture tells us

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Jesus lives ever to make 
intercession for us. 

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Jesus is praying for you, 
Christian Jesus prays for you. 

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Isn't that encouraging? 
And are you going to call to 

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have pray for you? 
Well, let's call one another. 

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Let's lean on one another, but 
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anybody. 
Good news, Jesus is interceding 

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for you right now. 
What a relief. 

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Wow, my master's praying for me.
So you and I struggle. 

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The disciples are struggling, 
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I have no doubt that He was also
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that night. 
We're also reminded that storms.

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Storms are not the leadership of
the Lord. 

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Storms and circumstances are not
the leadership of the Lord. 

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Storms and circumstances are not
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What is the leadership of the 
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God's word is God's leadership. 
What is God's will? 

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God's word is God's will. 
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what I'm supposed to do with my 
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Jesus communicates what I'm 
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Jesus commands his disciples. 
You're crossing over to that 

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village and they go out and it 
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And they had a strong headwind 
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the world's will for us to cross
over anymore. 

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The wind is clearly the will of 
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Clearly not. 
Clearly not Jesus's will as I 

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want you to cross over. 
Why is the wind happening? 

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I don't know, man. 
The wind blows. 

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Wind blows. 
I think it's just wind. 

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I don't think everything is 
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I'm not naive enough to think 
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door. 
I'm certainly not naive enough 

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to think that there's not. 
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that every single thing that 
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God. 
Everything that always happens 

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is not the will of God. 
What's the will of Jesus 

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crossover to that village? 
What's what else is happening? 

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Well, there's a lot of things 
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Why are they happening? 
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cursed. 
The world is broken. 

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The devil is bad, people are 
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This results in a number of 
challenges that we're going to 

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face in life. 
What are you supposed to do? 

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Stay obedient. 
Stay obedient to the Lord in His

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word. 
What instruction has the Lord 

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given you? 
Man, it's been really hard. 

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I, I hear you on that. 
Let's, let's gather together for

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strength, for encouragement. 
The Lord will refresh you in the

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difficult work that He's called 
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I don't know if this is a test. 
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definitely test his people. 
Scripture makes that very, very 

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plain. 
But you know what else is 

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interesting about those things 
is it's always clear when the 

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Lord is testing that the Lord is
testing. 

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The Lord makes plain that He's 
testing. 

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But the Lord doesn't tempt us to
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The Lord doesn't tempt us to 
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The Lord isn't tempting his 
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against them. 
The Lord expects his disciples 

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to obey what he has told them. 
And they have worked all night 

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long. 
They've been rowing against the 

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wind all night long for hours 
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They've been on the water in the
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waves. 
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They're they're tired, they're 
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They're familiar with the water.
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Let's keep going. 
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the night. 
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divided into watches. 
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responsible. 
The Romans divided nightly 

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watches into 4 segments. 
So who's got the 1st watch the 

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first few hours? 
Who's got the next few hours? 

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Who's got the next few hours 
broken up into these different 

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groups? 
So now we know we're in the last

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watch of the night. 
This is the one that leads up to

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the sunrise. 
So this is the man who's 

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watching over the city who's 
looking for threats to make sure

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everything's going to be OK. 
So it's the fourth watch of the 

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night. 
So we know they've gone all 

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night, we know it's late, we 
know they're tired, we know 

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we're some time now between 3:00
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And isn't it interesting? 
Of course, this is when the Lord

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brings his deliverance. 
The 4th watch of the night. 

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I would have preferred the first
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That would have been my vote. 
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been acceptable to me. 
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late. 
The 4th watch is just 

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ridiculous. 
Of course, like you're, you're 

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too late Lord, but it's not 
true. 

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The Lord shows up when the Lord 
shows up and he's never ever 

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late. 
He never shows up too late. 

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Even in the situation with 
Lazarus, we thank Lord, you 

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waited too late. 
You waited past the 4th watch 

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and the Lord said there's no 
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Why? 
Because I am the resurrection 

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and the life. 
Who else talks like Jesus? 

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I mean, liars, fools, but who 
else can talk like Jesus except 

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for Jesus? 
I am the resurrection and life. 

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We got to reconcile with the one
who says I am the I am the 

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resurrection and the life. 
What is the Lord doing here? 

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Well, one thing we know the 
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We know the Lord works all 
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those that love him. 
We know that's what's always 

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happening. 
So bad things happen because the

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world is broken, the devil is 
bad, and Jim Michael is foolish.

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So you're going to come up with 
all kinds of calamity there, and

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the wind just blows sometimes 
because nature is designed and 

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structured in a particular way 
at this point. 

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So we're going to come across 
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Sometimes things just happened. 
Sometimes things were evil. 

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This is going to happen. 
But now what are we going to do 

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with that? 
How am I going to respond to it?

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The Lord loves me. 
So the bad things happening, but

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the Lord brings resurrection out
of this thing. 

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Even though this thing happened,
people misread Romans 828 and 

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they think the Lord does 
everything, but that's not what 

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the Scripture says. 
It doesn't say God does every 

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single thing to you because He 
loves you. 

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He says no, no, no, He takes 
everything and He works it for 

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the good of those that love him.
That makes sense and it's a 

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blessing and that's very 
comforting. 

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So God says, I know that was 
difficult, I know it was 

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terrible. 
I was denying that. 

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And where was the Lord and all 
that? 

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Where was the Lord and all that?
He was right there. 

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He was right there with you. 
It's the classic case of until 

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it happens to you, right? 
Terrible things happening all 

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around the world all the time. 
It's too bad. 

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I feel sad for those people and 
then it happens to me. 

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God, God, me. 
I was OK with it when it was the

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billions of others. 
But me, Lord, you know, this is 

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personal. 
Now where was the Lord? 

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It's a foolish question. 
It shows extreme immaturity on 

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my part. 
Can the Lord handle it? 

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Well, sure, He can handle it, 
but it's unnecessary. 

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The Lord is with you, the Lord 
is with you, the Lord is for 

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you. 
He struggles with you, he loves 

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you and he's there to comfort 
you. 

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Read take you to to James real 
quick. 

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James chapter 1. 
What am I supposed to do when 

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I'm struggling, when I'm going 
to storm? 

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James chapter one verse 2 Count 
it all joy my brothers, when you

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meet trials of various kinds for
you know that the testing of 

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your faith produces 
steadfastness. 

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So look at the Lord help bring 
your resurrection out of 

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everything. 
Man, this is difficult. 

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This is difficult, this is 
difficult. 

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We've talked about suffering 
before, right, and how 

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Christians should be able to 
suffer. 

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Well, we've all suffered. 
I've suffered poorly and I've 

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suffered better at other at 
different times in life, but we 

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should be able to suffer well. 
Why? 

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How can I count it all joy? 
Is it a joy that the thing 

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happened? 
No, it's not a joy that the 

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thing happened. 
But here's the joy. 

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The joy is that my God is good 
and my God is going to grow me 

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through this. 
I'm not glad that this thing has

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happened and I would not have 
chosen this thing. 

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And if this thing was an 
objectively good thing all by 

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itself, this thing would also be
present with us in eternity, 

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right? 
It's just basic logic. 

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Let's not be sneaky here. 
Let's not be slippery. 

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Just real plain speech. 
If we want His Kingdom to come 

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and His will to be done on earth
as it is in heaven, that means 

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those two will. 
That means those two realities 

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aren't the same at this moment, 
correct? 

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Am I being logical? 
Am I being clear? 

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God, we're praying that your 
will would be done on earth like

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it always already is in heaven. 
What do we know is not in 

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heaven? 
It's a long list. 

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A long list of things that are 
not in heaven. 

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So we're still seeking and 
praying and asking and knocking 

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for those things. 
But it's not always going to go 

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well. 
No, it's not because the world 

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is broken because of sin. 
And still we get the final word.

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And still Christians count it 
all joy. 

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And still we can move forward 
for the same motive that Jesus 

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did. 
Why? 

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For the joy set before him, He 
can endure anything. 

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For the joy set before you and 
I, we can endure anything. 

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What joy do we have? 
Jesus is our joy, as our sister 

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reminded us earlier. 
Jesus is the joy. 

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I have Jesus, and on top of 
that, Christians have the great 

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hope. 
This is temporary. 

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This storm is really, really 
bad. 

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Nobody's making light of it. 
I would never make light of a 

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storm that you're walking 
through, but maybe I would if it

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was really, really weak. 
Sometimes I need you to do the 

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same thing for me. 
HMIO. 

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Put on your big boy pants. 
There's a time and place for 

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that, but most of the time I 
wouldn't do anything like that. 

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I would say, Yep, the storm is 
real and also the storm is not 

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permanent, but God's promises 
are. 

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What else do we see that 
encourages us here? 

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The things that we struggle with
are easy for Jesus. 

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This storm that's beating 
against the disciples, Jesus 

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comes walking on top of it. 
All throughout Scripture and the

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Jewish readers who Matthew is 
writing to, they would have 

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understood this. 
For someone to have something 

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under their feet that means 
something that was not lost on 

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the early readers. 
So the disciples going, this is 

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the worst thing, this is the 
worst thing, this is difficult, 

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this is difficult. 
And Jesus says I will walk on 

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top of the thing that is so 
difficult for you. 

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I'll put it under my feet. 
We're intimidated by big waves. 

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Jesus walks on top of them. 
We're intimidated by our 

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enemies. 
Jesus makes his enemies his 

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footstool. 
He put He props his feet up on 

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things that are easy for him. 
Huh. 

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Where will I put my feet? 
Jesus says. 

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You bend down, I'll put my feet 
on you, my enemies. 

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God the Father makes the whole 
earth the footstool of Jesus. 

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The Jewish reader would have 
seen the greater Moses here as 

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well. 
Moses led the people through the

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sea. 
Jesus doesn't go through the 

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sea. 
He's above that, literally. 

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Jesus walks on top of the water,
showing His authority, showing 

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His power. 
This should build your 

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confidence in your King. 
He is so mighty and nothing is 

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impossible for him. 
He brings victory out of defeat.

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He brings life out of death. 
Why? 

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Because he specializes in 
resurrection. 

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So wherever it's going bad, and 
that's the problem with 

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resurrection, something first 
has to die. 

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And that's the part about 
resurrection that I'm not a big 

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fan of. 
I just want a resurrection 

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before it's dead. 
Well, you don't qualify for 

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resurrection until you're dead. 
So the more dead your situation 

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is, congratulation, it now 
qualifies for resurrection. 

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No, now I feel like it's really 
too late. 

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Now we're getting somewhere. 
Now we're getting somewhere. 

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Have you really given up hope? 
Have you given up your strength 

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is the question. 
Have you given up of all your 

456
00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:48,520
horses and Chariots? 
Have they all been drowned in 

457
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,600
the sea and you got nothing else
left to fight with? 

458
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,680
Now you're probably ready to 
come to the king. 

459
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,600
You're probably ready to 
approach the throne of grace 

460
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,600
with boldness, his authority, 
and His power. 

461
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,640
He will walk on top of the thing
that challenges his people, that

462
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,840
overwhelms his people. 
He will come, he will deliver, 

463
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,760
and He will get all of the 
glory. 

464
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,960
The 4th watch of the night He 
came to them walking on the sea.

465
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,200
Jesus is the greater Moses. 
Keep going. 

466
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,240
Verse 26 for when the disciples 
saw him walking on the sea, they

467
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:29,800
were terrified and said it is a 
ghost and they cried out in 

468
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,000
fear. 
I have a ghost story. 

469
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,480
I saw a ghost when I was a 
little kid. 

470
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,280
Bear with me. 
So dad worked to the shipyard 

471
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,800
and dad went to work just super 
crazy early. 

472
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,080
I don't know how early, but I 
remember waking up one night to 

473
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,880
Fluffy, my dog. 
She was barking. 

474
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,560
She's outside just barking, 
barking, barking. 

475
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,480
Fluffy would bark when we came 
home and that was about it. 

476
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,000
Other than that, she would just 
bark to announce to the 

477
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,960
neighborhood, hey, my people are
here and I'm excited. 

478
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,120
But other than that, she didn't 
do much barking. 

479
00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:03,320
So she's barking, barking, 
barking. 

480
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,360
And I wake up and I'm a little 
guy and I remember just 

481
00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:07,440
wondering like, why is she 
barking? 

482
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:08,800
It's so dark. 
I knew that. 

483
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,640
I knew that dad was already 
going at work and I and I open 

484
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,640
up my blinds and it's just pitch
black outside. 

485
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,280
But you know, there's just 
enough light to see that, you 

486
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,480
know, it's not oblivion. 
You can see your neighborhood is

487
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,200
there, but you still can't see 
anything. 

488
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:29,960
And I see something just 
floating across the yard and my 

489
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,960
blood goes cold and I just 
terrified my heart. 

490
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,640
I mean, just haunted me. 
I just and I sat there. 

491
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,200
So it's, it's just, it's just 
floating perfectly across the 

492
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,600
yard. 
Fluffy's in the yard somewhere 

493
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:46,320
just barking her head off. 
Will not stop barking, will not 

494
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,680
stop barking. 
And I'm just like eyes locked, 

495
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,760
terrified, terrified to look 
away. 

496
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,440
Why? 
Because if I look away and then 

497
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,600
I look back and it's gone. 
Now where is the thing gone? 

498
00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,560
So I can't look away and 
eventually it just stops right 

499
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,200
there in the yard and I'm just 
locked in on it, looking through

500
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,520
my blinds. 
And I was there a long time. 

501
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,600
I don't know what watch of the 
night it was. 

502
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,560
It was probably the third, it 
was probably the 4th watch of 

503
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,840
the night because Dad's already 
gone. 

504
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:15,600
But I'm sitting there a long 
time. 

505
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,040
And when I say a long time, I 
mean, we're talking longer than 

506
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,880
20 minutes for sure. 
I'm not talking like it was 2 

507
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,600
minutes or something where I'm 
trying to figure this. 

508
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,640
It was like horror had gripped 
me. 

509
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,720
I refuse to blink, I'm sure to 
just figure this thing out. 

510
00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,240
And of course, I'm just waiting 
on the sunrise. 

511
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,040
Just waiting on the sunrise. 
Just waiting on the sunrise. 

512
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,920
I know y'all are really spooked 
by this ghost story. 

513
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,480
Waiting on the sunrise and 
finally, finally, finally, 

514
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,480
finally Fluffy's still barking 
her head off. 

515
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:46,320
And finally the light slowly 
comes, slowly comes, slowly 

516
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,160
comes. 
And I'm just staring at the 

517
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:52,840
ghost that's in my front yard. 
And finally, I see these three 

518
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,080
birthday balloons that have 
shriveled and somehow drifted 

519
00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:01,160
across our yard and then got 
stuck in the Dogwood tree in our

520
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,800
yard. 
I thought you said you saw a 

521
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,320
ghost. 
Of course I didn't see a ghost. 

522
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:06,400
Why? 
Because there's no such thing as

523
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,600
ghosts. 
There's no such thing as ghosts.

524
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,160
When people die, they go to 
heaven or they go to hell. 

525
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,920
That's what happens when people 
die. 

526
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,040
Apart from that, you've got 
angels and you've got demons. 

527
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,120
That's all the categories of 
everybody. 

528
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:20,440
You could sub categorize angels 
and demons. 

529
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:21,800
We're not going to play that 
game right now. 

530
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,840
Bottom line is that's what you 
got to work with. 

531
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,960
So if you've seen something, I 
don't doubt that you've seen 

532
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,200
something. 
I'm just saying maybe you saw 

533
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,000
some trivial birthday balloons. 
Maybe you saw a demon. 

534
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,480
I don't know, but we're not to 
be intimidated by these things 

535
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,320
or frightened by these things. 
Why? 

536
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,560
Because we have authority over 
all these things. 

537
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,360
So if you say I've seen a lot of
demons, I'd say first of all, 

538
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,680
that's strange that you're 
seeing a lot of demons. 

539
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,680
But if the Lord has shown those 
things to you, it's for a 

540
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,320
purpose that you would pray and 
walk in authority over them. 

541
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,400
There's no sort of like, Oh my 
goodness, it's not the an epic 

542
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,560
battle. 
You know, it's, it's not a close

543
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,440
fight. 
Anybody see Jake Paul, Mike 

544
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,600
Tyson? 
I was heartbroken. 

545
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:02,360
I'm convinced it was rigged, 
right? 

546
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,880
It's got to be. 
I saw Tyson's highlights in 

547
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,800
preparation for the fight, like 
destroying his trainer, and I 

548
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,480
saw about 30 seconds of that in 
the ring in the fight and like, 

549
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,480
something's off here. 
What was my point before you all

550
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,640
distracted me with Tyson and 
Jake Paul? 

551
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:20,800
It's not a close fight. 
Thank you, Kayla. 

552
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,400
It's not a close fight. 
It is rigged. 

553
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,280
Jesus wins and there's no chance
anyone else can do anything. 

554
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,520
It's rigged because he has all 
power. 

555
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,040
He has all authority, He has all
might, He has all dominion. 

556
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,280
Why do the disciples think it's 
maybe a ghost? 

557
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,600
Well, they probably had the 
common superstition and the fear

558
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:45,960
like in in their defense, it's 
the middle of the night and some

559
00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:49,520
someone's something's on top of 
the water and it's shaped like a

560
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,640
person. 
So in their defense, it couldn't

561
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,400
have been birthday balloons and 
in their defense, it couldn't 

562
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,720
have been like the big channel 
marker because they didn't have 

563
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,680
those and it wasn't another 
boat. 

564
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,920
So in their defense, it is 
pretty spooky. 

565
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,560
That would be kind of freaky to 
to see coming at you. 

566
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,080
And they're going, you know, 
they're, they're trying to row, 

567
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,760
they're trying to row and they 
go row faster. 

568
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:13,800
You know, something's coming. 
They're freaked out, they're 

569
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,640
worried, they're terrified. 
And they probably had the 

570
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:19,160
superstition like many did, that
many people died at sea. 

571
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,680
Many people have died at sea 
throughout human history. 

572
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,040
And they may have had that that 
superstition that the souls of 

573
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,960
the dead were somehow, you know,
still wandering around the sea. 

574
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:32,120
We don't know for sure, but we 
don't know how we would have 

575
00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,560
responded probably the same way 
they did. 

576
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,200
But what do they do? 
They cry out, it's a ghost. 

577
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,440
And immediately, verse 27, 
immediately Jesus spoke and 

578
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,760
said, take heart, it is I do not
be afraid. 

579
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,400
Jesus brings comfort. 
What a blessing, what a joy, 

580
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,680
what a kindness. 
Jesus always brings comfort. 

581
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,520
Take heart it is I do not be 
afraid. 

582
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,800
Much more than just bringing 
them to a place of neutral 

583
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,480
relief, Jesus brings them to a 
place of deliverance. 

584
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:03,160
They went from torment to full 
rescue. 

585
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,080
I didn't get that kind of 
experience with my balloons, by 

586
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,920
the way. 
I just got relief. 

587
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:14,040
I went from terror to OK, but 
now they have the joy, the the 

588
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,080
privilege and the pleasure of 
their master. 

589
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,600
My ghost didn't turn out to be 
my God and my master. 

590
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,640
I just had somebody's shrivel 
birthday balloons. 

591
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,480
They had something far greater. 
Verse 28. 

592
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,360
Jesus says do not be afraid. 
Peter answered him. 

593
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,800
Lord, if it is you, command me 
to come to you on the water. 

594
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,240
That's a pretty bold statement. 
The problem you and I are have 

595
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,480
facing right in this moment is 
we knew this story before we 

596
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,880
even got to it today. 
We've seen it before. 

597
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,800
We've heard it before. 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

598
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,400
Jesus walked in water. 
Peter walked in water. 

599
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,360
Time out. 
That's crazy. 

600
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:34,520
That's that's a lot. 
It's amazing if Jesus had just 

601
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,640
walked on water too, we could 
have really built some some 

602
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,240
airtight theology here that 
wouldn't make room for any 

603
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,120
mystery. 
And we could say Jesus can walk 

604
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,120
on water because he's Jesus, 
right? 

605
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:48,920
Sounds good to me. 
Who could argue with that? 

606
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,520
You'd be a heretic to argue 
against that. 

607
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,080
How could a Jesus walk on water 
because he's Jesus? 

608
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,480
OK, be careful. 
I don't know what you're 

609
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,720
implying, but you better not go 
there. 

610
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,720
And now we have somebody else 
other than Jesus who walks on 

611
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,760
water. 
What are you saying, pastor? 

612
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,840
I'm just saying what I'm saying.
And I'm not saying what I'm not 

613
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:06,840
saying. 
I'm just saying the Bible is 

614
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,200
good and safe for the common man
to pick it up, read it, and 

615
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,800
believe it and apply it. 
And Peter was a man like you and

616
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,880
I. 
Our motive and our purpose in 

617
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,320
all of this is not to walk on 
water. 

618
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,760
We're not trying to do tricks. 
We're not trying to, quote, do 

619
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,160
miracles. 
We're going to talk more about 

620
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,120
that in a moment. 
But what do we notice? 

621
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,520
What happens? 
The presence of God brings 

622
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,840
courage. 
The presence of God brings hope,

623
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,840
and the presence of God brings 
great faith. 

624
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:41,640
His presence emboldens his 
disciples then and now. 

625
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,760
What do you need? 
You need the presence of God. 

626
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,880
That is what will bring faith. 
That is what will bring courage.

627
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,800
That is what will bring hope. 
To get into His presence you 

628
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:58,440
will be strengthened. 
I remember one day, another 

629
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,480
childhood story when we were 
living in Florida, I was playing

630
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,680
basketball against an older kid 
who was a little bit younger 

631
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,160
than my brother, but my brother 
was there too. 

632
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,600
So there's just the three of us 
and me and this older kid, we're

633
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,400
trash talking each other, just 
severely being really obnoxious.

634
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,520
But why was I willing to be be 
that way, so obnoxious even 

635
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:18,840
though this kid was mad? 
Why? 

636
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,000
Because my older brother was 
there. 

637
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,680
What's this kid going to do to 
me? 

638
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,600
He can't do anything to me. 
You can't touch me, punk. 

639
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,200
Why? 
I may as well have been 10 feet 

640
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,480
tall because my brother is 
there. 

641
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,160
If my brother wasn't there, I'd 
have been a very, very polite 

642
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,280
kid. 
But for that, for whatever 

643
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,520
reason, I mean, and I was being 
a real punk. 

644
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,360
I mean, I remember how obnoxious
I was being that day. 

645
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,960
And he was too, but it was very 
uncharacteristic. 

646
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,640
Like if my parents had been 
there, I would have like gotten 

647
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,000
a spanking for sure. 
Just, you know, not good. 

648
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,960
And my brother should have told 
me to shut up as well. 

649
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,200
But still with my brother there,
like, what you going to do? 

650
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,200
I'm I'm bold, I'm confident. 
The boldness in the, in the 

651
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,920
presence of God inside of his 
people brings, brings the same 

652
00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,320
kind of confidence. 
What can man do to me? 

653
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:07,120
Well, he can kill you. 
Oh, what can man do to you? 

654
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,760
He can't, He can't like throw my
soul into hell afterwards. 

655
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,440
So he really can't do much at 
all. 

656
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,000
And if God is for me, who can be
against me? 

657
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,360
This is the confidence that we 
see Peter get when Jesus is 

658
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,120
around. 
Look what? 

659
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,600
Look what Peter does in the 
garden. 

660
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:26,120
Like 600 soldiers come to arrest
Jesus and Peter's like, I got a 

661
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:30,160
plan and pulls his sword out. 
Like dude, what? 

662
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,280
How do you think this is going 
to go? 

663
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,360
He's like, Jesus is here so 
anything could happen. 

664
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,640
He just watched Jesus knock them
all to the ground. 

665
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:39,680
Remember they said we're looking
for Jesus of Nazareth. 

666
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,320
Jesus said I am and they went 
boom and they all fell to the 

667
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,480
ground. 
Peter's like, oh, it's on. 

668
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,520
I like this. 
The Christian who is in the 

669
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:52,680
presence of the Lord much has 
much confidence in the Lord, in 

670
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,480
the Lord, in the Lord. 
The Christian who's never in the

671
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,440
presence of the Lord. 
Well, what's what's true there? 

672
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,960
The opposite. 
I don't have confidence. 

673
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,440
I don't have confidence. 
I don't have confidence. 

674
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,040
I don't have confidence and I'm 
always looking to man, I'm 

675
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,400
always looking to another 
person. 

676
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,679
I'm always looking for somebody,
one of you to have my answer. 

677
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,120
Why? 
Because I'm really not in 

678
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,920
fellowship with him. 
So I'm always dependent upon you

679
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,840
because I'm going, hey, tell me 
about this, Tell me about that. 

680
00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:18,639
You go up onto the mountain and 
pray. 

681
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:20,159
What did you hear on the 
mountain? 

682
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,560
That's not the kind of people 
we're supposed to be. 

683
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,960
The people who are content to 
see Moses go up on the mountain.

684
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,440
Moses went up and Moses comes 
down and they go, cover your 

685
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:29,400
face. 
It's glowing. 

686
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,159
I was just like, fine, I'll 
cover my face. 

687
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,239
Why are they not hungry and 
thirsty and desperate to be in 

688
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,960
the Lord's presence? 
Why are they so content to have 

689
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,280
Moses go for them? 
Peter's not content. 

690
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,960
You and I shouldn't be content. 
I want to be with him. 

691
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,239
Jesus. 
Jesus is coming to the boat. 

692
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,199
Jesus has walked miles at this 
point on the water to get to the

693
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:52,080
disciples. 
Peter knows this. 

694
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,840
He's coming to us. 
Is it the logical response as 

695
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:59,320
I'm rowing in this boat to go? 
Oh, guys, stop rowing. 

696
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,400
Back it up. 
We'll back it up to the Lord. 

697
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,440
Lord, come on in. 
Isn't that how that should have 

698
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,240
gone? 
Isn't that a fair assessment? 

699
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:08,600
Oh, Lord, get in. 
Get in the boat. 

700
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,640
Come on. 
Wow, you walked on water. 

701
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:15,080
You're amazing. 
But Peter's like, Lord, is it 

702
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,280
really? 
You call me to come join you? 

703
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,560
I'm coming to the boat anyway. 
You don't have to like, I want 

704
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:23,680
to be with you. 
I want to be where Jesus is. 

705
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:30,920
I want to do what Jesus does. 
Lord, if it's you, command me to

706
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:35,200
come out onto the water. 
How much confidence should you 

707
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,120
walk in? 
Saints, if God is for you, who 

708
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,640
can be against you? 
Even though I walk through the 

709
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,560
valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil. 

710
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:47,800
Why for you are with me, That's 
the confidence. 

711
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,760
Not because I'm super skilled 
and super capable and I'm super 

712
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:55,520
anointed. 
Now my confidence is I'm walking

713
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,000
through all this. 
Peter could face 600 soldiers 

714
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,680
and think I should pull out my 
sword now and kill somebody. 

715
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,480
Why? 
Because you are with me, like me

716
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,440
with my Big Brother, I can do 
anything. 

717
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,280
It's not true, but you sure 
believe it because of the one 

718
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,360
you have confidence in his 
presence. 

719
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,840
So look at Peter just making 
stuff up. 

720
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:19,480
Why do you think you can walk on
water? 

721
00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:22,120
Why? 
Where did that enter your head? 

722
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,520
It reminds me of the woman who 
says to herself, if I can only 

723
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,720
touch the hem of his garment. 
You got a verse for that sister?

724
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:33,120
You got a verse for that, do you
What? 

725
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,440
What makes you think you can 
just grab his garment and then 

726
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,800
sneak away in the crown back? 
That's all I needed. 

727
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:39,600
She said to herself. 
Why? 

728
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:41,720
Because she knows the nature and
character of her God. 

729
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,360
So she's just going. 
I know it's compassion. 

730
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,880
This is just the this is just 
that my point of faith contact. 

731
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,160
That's all it is. 
This is my point of contact for 

732
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,920
my faith. 
And it's a spirit LED faith. 

733
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,400
It is not a formula. 
Faith is not a formula. 

734
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,200
Following the Lord is not a 
formula. 

735
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,680
As we said earlier, it's living,
it's active. 

736
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,200
But this is what Peter wants. 
Lord, if it's you, command me to

737
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:13,960
come to you on the water. 
But hungry faith isn't worried 

738
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,360
about the rules. 
God hungry faith isn't worried 

739
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,920
about the rules. 
And God, hungry faith isn't 

740
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,480
worried about how it looks to 
others. 

741
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,800
You can't say that. 
You can't do that. 

742
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,520
Says who? 
If the Lord corrects him, then 

743
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,360
the Lord can correct him, but 
nobody else needs to stand in 

744
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:35,640
his way. 
Let that be your prayer. 

745
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,080
Everyday Saints. 
Lord, if your presence is there,

746
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,520
then you command me to come. 
If your presence is there, I 

747
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,800
will follow you anywhere, but 
don't let anybody or anything 

748
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,600
keep you from the Lord. 
But don't get confused by any of

749
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,600
this. 
Like I said, miracles are not 

750
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,880
the priority here. 
Don't get confused. 

751
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,760
Walking on water is not the 
priority. 

752
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,320
Walking with Jesus is the 
priority. 

753
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,920
That's what Peter's after here, 
not hey guys, look at me. 

754
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:03,720
I did it and you didn't. 
The priority is I want to be and

755
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:06,520
I want to walk with Jesus. 
Don't be eager to do something 

756
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,920
crazy. 
Be eager to be faithful and 

757
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,200
close to him and you will 
certainly along with it have 

758
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,320
some mighty testimonies 
throughout your life. 

759
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,120
Let your eagerness and let your 
desire not to be. 

760
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,360
I want to see miracles. 
Let your desire be God. 

761
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,720
I love you and I want to walk in
the fullness of your will for my

762
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,720
life. 
Well, that's going to include 

763
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,920
miracles. 
That's going to include a lot of

764
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,880
mighty testimony. 
But if you're pursuing the gifts

765
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,920
instead of the giver, then 
you'll probably get neither. 

766
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,080
Jesus response to Peter's 
boldness. 

767
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,120
What if it's you command me to 
come to you on the water and he 

768
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:47,040
said verse 29 come. 
So Peter got out of the boat and

769
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,080
walked on the water and came to 
Jesus. 

770
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,440
Interesting. 
The Lord calls out come, but how

771
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,200
many actually follow? 
We were just talking to Peter. 

772
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,400
Anyone was invited. 
It wasn't exclusively Peter. 

773
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:02,920
The Lord wouldn't have rebuked 
the others. 

774
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:09,080
How many are eager to obey? 
This brings us to the same 

775
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,600
question for us. 
How many of us, how many of you,

776
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:16,240
are eager to obey the Lord? 
How many determine that he's not

777
00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:18,840
worth the cost? 
I get out of the boat. 

778
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,960
The Lord asks too much. 
And the Lord didn't even ask me 

779
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,880
to do that. 
Look, that was Peter's own idea.

780
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,560
Jesus already told us the 
parable about the four different

781
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:33,120
kinds of soils. 
Only one of those kinds of soils

782
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,320
is healthy and continues to bear
healthy fruit. 

783
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,080
Now we see only one out of 12 
has a love for Jesus that will 

784
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,200
get him out of the boat and 
pursue Jesus more. 

785
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,800
And it's not the last time we 
see Peter's desperation to be 

786
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,720
with his Lord. 
Jesus does something. 

787
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,680
Peter does something similar in 
another time. 

788
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:55,120
Remember after the resurrection.
So the day, the day of the 

789
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,520
resurrection, Jesus appears to 
the disciples. 

790
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,360
They're rejoicing. 
He's here, He's with us, and 

791
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:02,880
then he's gone. 
He vanishes. 

792
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,520
And then he comes back again. 
So remember, for 40 days Jesus 

793
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,160
comes and goes and appears to 
the disciples over and over, 

794
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,720
shows himself to them before 
he's resurrected. 

795
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:16,200
And then ten days later he sends
the Holy Spirit on the day of 

796
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,960
Pentecost. 
So after the resurrection, Jesus

797
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,800
appears to the disciples. 
He leaves them again. 

798
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,520
Couple weeks later, the guys are
out fishing. 

799
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,640
Peter says I'm going fishing. 
And they said we're going with 

800
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,560
you. 
So they go, they go out onto the

801
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:31,440
sea and Jesus comes walking up, 
but they don't know it's Jesus. 

802
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,800
The Scripture even tells us he's
about 100 yards away. 

803
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,080
So they're about 100 yards out. 
So they can see that there's a 

804
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,440
guy on the shoreline and he just
pretends to just be some guy 

805
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,680
strolling. 
And he goes, hey, your boys 

806
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,160
catch anything today? 
And they answer back, Nah, all 

807
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:49,000
night we didn't catch anything. 
And he says, put the Nets on the

808
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,920
right side. 
Well, Jesus had done that 

809
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:55,120
before. 
So already they're going, is 

810
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,440
this this? 
Does this guy just know the 

811
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,560
story? 
But they do it and they're 

812
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:04,680
going, they put the Nets out on 
to the right side and they can't

813
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,280
even bring in the hall of fish. 
And as they're trying to bring 

814
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:11,040
into the hall of fish, John 
turns to Peter and he says it's 

815
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:12,880
the Lord. 
And that was all Peter needed to

816
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,960
hear. 
Scripture says he put on his 

817
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,120
outer garment. 
So we don't know to which degree

818
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:21,240
of nudity they were working in, 
but we know that, you know, he 

819
00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,200
had taken off his outer garment 
for work. 

820
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,440
So he's going to go show up on 
the shoreline, needs to be 

821
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,960
properly closed. 
So he puts on his his outer 

822
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,880
garment. 
You ever swam 100 yards in a 

823
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,760
bathrobe? 
Anybody. 

824
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:34,640
No. 
But Peter. 

825
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,240
Peter didn't have to think 
through all that. 

826
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:37,680
Why? 
Because he knew who was on the 

827
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,080
shoreline, and all he wanted to 
do is get to him. 

828
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,200
What about this massive fish? 
What about this massive haul? 

829
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:44,480
What about the money we've got 
here? 

830
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,760
You always figured that out. 
We can't even get it in the 12 

831
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,280
of us. 
And I'll go and I'm swimming. 

832
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,680
And he jumps into the water. 
Immediately. 

833
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,640
John says it's the Lord. 
And Peter goes, you're right. 

834
00:41:55,760 --> 00:42:00,720
And Peter is gone, robe on and 
in the water, swimming 100 

835
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:06,160
yards, gasping and splashing and
messy and gets to shore. 

836
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,720
And do you think when he got to 
shore, he goes, Master, may I 

837
00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:11,280
approach? 
Or do you think he went up and 

838
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:17,440
gave Jesus his friend, his king,
our God, the big wet hug that 

839
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:21,360
would make Jesus laugh and go, 
all right, Peter, all right. 

840
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,840
Now I'm wet too. 
What does love look like? 

841
00:42:25,240 --> 00:42:30,280
That's not a formula, but it's 
the Lord's will to be loved and 

842
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,240
to walk with the people who love
him. 

843
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:36,680
When Simon Peter heard it was 
the Lord, he put on his outer 

844
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:40,080
garment, for it was stripped for
work, and he threw himself into 

845
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:47,390
the sea. 
God help us to love you more. 

846
00:42:47,790 --> 00:42:50,150
Help us to be eager to pursue 
you more. 

847
00:42:51,710 --> 00:42:54,590
Keep going here. 
Verse 29, he said. 

848
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:58,120
He said come. 
So Peter got out of the boat and

849
00:42:58,120 --> 00:42:59,720
walked on the water and came to 
Jesus. 

850
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:02,920
But when he saw the wind he was 
afraid and beginning to sink. 

851
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:09,720
He cried out, Lord save me. 
So Peter, the only guy to get 

852
00:43:09,720 --> 00:43:14,600
out of the boat, walks on the 
water with his Lord, but he gets

853
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,520
his attention off of Jesus. 
This passage preaches itself. 

854
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:22,240
Keep your eyes on Jesus, Don't 
trust your circumstances, trust 

855
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:24,440
the Lord. 
Make him and His word your 

856
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,560
meditation and your focus. 
Proverbs 3 five and six. 

857
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,840
Trust in the Lord with all your 
heart. 

858
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,040
Do not lean on your own 
understanding in all your ways. 

859
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,800
Acknowledge Him and He will make
straight your paths. 

860
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,880
He gets all the way to Jesus. 
It seems it's all the way into 

861
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,440
His presence and then still gets
his distract, gets distracted by

862
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,880
the circumstance. 
I know y'all are too spiritual 

863
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,160
for that, but I've been in 
situations like that before 

864
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,680
where I'm walking closely with 
the Lord and then I go, how did 

865
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,520
I lose focus on the Lord? 
Why am I in fear again? 

866
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,360
Why am I worrying again? 
Why am I striving again? 

867
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:03,240
Do you have a shepherd or don't 
you, John Michael, you do and 

868
00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:06,960
he's with you. 
Get your eyes on him. 

869
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:11,760
Peter does the right thing when 
he sinks, he doesn't flail, he 

870
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,400
doesn't call for the boat. 
He cries out, Lord, save me. 

871
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:19,320
This is our right response. 
When you're pursuing the Lord 

872
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:22,240
and things go wrong, your 
automatic response to your 

873
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:24,920
problem is to call out to him. 
Lord save me. 

874
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:26,840
That's a good prayer. 
Sometimes that's all you got 

875
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,360
time for. 
That's all Peter had time for in

876
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:30,080
that moment. 
And what does the Lord do? 

877
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:33,480
Verse 31? 
Immediately, of course, because 

878
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,800
it is time immediately. 
He reaches out his hand, took 

879
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:38,240
hold of him saying, oh, you have
little faith. 

880
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,760
Why did you doubt? 
When it's urgent? 

881
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:47,000
Truly the Lord doesn't delay and
we see the pattern again of 

882
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,120
Jesus response to a lack of 
faith. 

883
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,640
Continue here. 
Jesus marvels at great faith in 

884
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,960
the Gospels and he marvels at 
lack of faith and he rebukes 

885
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:56,760
Peter. 
They're in the middle of an 

886
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,800
ocean. 
It's been storming. 

887
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,720
It's late at night. 
Peter just walked on water for 

888
00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:03,400
some distance, we don't know how
far. 

889
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:07,640
And then Jesus goes, you little 
faith. 

890
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,320
Why did you doubt? 
It's kind of surprising. 

891
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,840
I thought Peter had great faith.
Jesus says now it's, it's little

892
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,920
faith. 
What does the Scripture tell us?

893
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,400
If you faint in the day of 
adversity, your strength is 

894
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,520
small. 
I got great faith when I'm not 

895
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,720
going through anything. 
All right, well, better than 

896
00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:26,880
nothing. 
But adversity will be the real 

897
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:30,400
test. 
The wind against me, the waters 

898
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:34,440
surrounding me, that's the real 
challenge. 

899
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:42,480
And then verses 32 and beyond. 
And when they got into the boat,

900
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:48,080
the wind ceased and those in the
boat worshipped him, saying, 

901
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:55,800
truly, you are the Son of God. 
Remember in Matthew 8, Jesus was

902
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:57,400
sleeping in the boat. 
He was in the boat with 

903
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,480
everybody. 
The waves started to crash over 

904
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,240
the boat. 
They're being swamped. 

905
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,440
Jesus gets up. 
He rebukes his disciples for 

906
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:09,560
lack of faith first, as as is 
his custom, he's going, your 

907
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:10,880
lack of faith is a real problem 
here. 

908
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,040
He rebukes them, and then he 
rebukes the wind and the waves, 

909
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,920
and all the men marvelled. 
This is the first time it 

910
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,440
happened. 
And they said, what sort of man 

911
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:25,040
is this, That even the winds and
the sea obey him? 

912
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:28,600
It's a good question. 
The answer should be obvious to 

913
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,000
them at this point for all the 
prophecy he has fulfilled. 

914
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:32,480
But they're asking the right 
question. 

915
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,840
What sort of man is this, that 
even the wind in the sea obey 

916
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,840
him? 
That's what they said a while 

917
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:40,880
back. 
Now they don't ask who is this? 

918
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:42,760
Notice what they say 
differently. 

919
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,680
They don't say, who is this guy 
that even the wind and the waves

920
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:48,880
obey him. 
Now they worship him and they 

921
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,280
say, truly you are the Son of 
God. 

922
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,120
They go, I'm not going to doubt 
anymore. 

923
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:57,560
What was stopping them? 
Was it more evidence of miracles

924
00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,960
that they needed? 
Nope, it wasn't more evidence of

925
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:01,680
miracles that they needed. 
How do I know that's true? 

926
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:05,000
Because I know that I believe 
and I know that you believe, and

927
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,560
you haven't seen any of the 
things that the disciples saw. 

928
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,680
And Jesus said there's a special
blessing for you and I because 

929
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:11,680
of that. 
He said, you believe because 

930
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,920
you've seen. 
Many believe because they've 

931
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:15,920
seen back. 
Then He goes, but blessed are 

932
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,880
all those who will come who 
believe, who don't see. 

933
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,600
There's a particular blessing 
from the Lord for us because we 

934
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,200
haven't seen those things and 
still we believe. 

935
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:29,200
But they don't ask who is this? 
They worship and say, truly you 

936
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:34,440
are the Son of God. 
The attitude of your heart, not 

937
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:38,160
the amount of miracles you see, 
is what determines whether or 

938
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:39,680
not you will worship the Son of 
God. 

939
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,640
The attitude of your heart, not 
the amount of miracles that 

940
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,400
you've seen, is what determines 
whether or not you will worship 

941
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,320
the Son of God. 
How do you know? 

942
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,160
Remember the Pharisees, They 
literally knew he had been 

943
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,960
raised from the dead. 
The Roman soldiers came and 

944
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:01,800
said, hey guys, so last night 
was crazy. 

945
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:08,240
An Angel came and we pretended 
to be dead and Jesus was raised 

946
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:09,840
from the dead. 
And the Pharisees don't go, wow,

947
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,240
we were wrong. 
This is our chance to repent and

948
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:15,960
worship the Son of God. 
Lord, forgive us for crucifying 

949
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:19,200
the lamb. 
Instead they go, OK, OK, OK, 

950
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,600
here's what we're going to do. 
We will help you cover this up 

951
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:24,280
with Pilate. 
You tell everybody they stole 

952
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:28,360
his body away. 
Stop, Saints, please stop 

953
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,960
believing that friends, loved 
ones, enemies, and even yourself

954
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,800
needs to see something else. 
If you believe that about 

955
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:39,520
yourself, you're deceived. 
You are hard hearted and your 

956
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,760
hard heart is your problem. 
That's your problem. 

957
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:47,480
Well, only if, if somebody could
answer that, you, you believe 

958
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,480
that. 
And if you believe that, it's 

959
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:51,920
because you're deceived. 
You're either deceived by the 

960
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,480
enemy or yourself deceived. 
Both of those are treacherous. 

961
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,200
Well, what's my answer then? 
To come to the Lord in humility 

962
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:58,560
and mercy? 
Because that's the thing you're 

963
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,200
lacking is humility. 
You will not bend the knee. 

964
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,840
You will not submit deeply to 
King Jesus. 

965
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:08,200
You'll go well, well, well. 
And you keep stating your terms.

966
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:10,600
Jesus doesn't function on your 
terms. 

967
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:14,080
He doesn't function on my terms.
He's not the cog in our wheel. 

968
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:20,720
It's the other way around. 
The attitude of your heart, not 

969
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:23,120
the amount of miracles you've 
seen, is what determines whether

970
00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:24,520
or not you'll worship the Son of
God. 

971
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:26,920
He is worthy. 
Jesus has shown you more than 

972
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,600
enough to draw you to worship. 
The Pharisees knew that he was 

973
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,280
raised from the dead, but their 
hearts refused him. 

974
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:38,760
Do not let your heart refuse the
Lord and instead go full on the 

975
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,440
opposite end. 
Go like Peter, the one who will 

976
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:45,440
say, call me onto the water to 
walk with you, Lord. 

977
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:49,000
And if you don't call me onto 
the water to walk with you, and 

978
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,920
you're still 100 yards away, I 
don't need to walk on water. 

979
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:57,160
I'll swim, I'll struggle. 
I'll do whatever it takes to get

980
00:49:57,160 --> 00:50:01,640
where Jesus is. 
Heavenly Father, make us more 

981
00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:05,960
hungry and make us more thirsty.
Yeah, we know your presence is 

982
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,600
where we will be filled with 
boldness, with confidence, with 

983
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:13,120
faith, and with more love. 
Help us to be eager to be into 

984
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:16,760
your in in your presence, just 
like Jesus, as our example was. 

985
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,800
He did it because he needed it, 
but he also did it as our 

986
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:23,360
example. 
Lord, draw us into that 

987
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:27,600
adventure of faith with you. 
Draw us into the quality time 

988
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,720
fellowship with you. 
Draw us in more to your 

989
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:37,920
presence, that for all the flaws
and faults that Peter had, what 

990
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,400
a blessed zeal he had to be 
eager to be with you. 

991
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:46,240
And I pray that you would ignite
in us more love, more passion, 

992
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,280
and more jealousy for you and 
your glory. 

993
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:53,920
That we would be like Peter, 
eager to be in your presence, 

994
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,560
eager to follow you, eager to 
obey you. 

995
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:02,320
Help us to trust what you've 
said for those who have been 

996
00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,280
given instruction to walk in 
obedience. 

997
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:06,920
And they're facing difficult 
storms. 

998
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:08,320
They're facing a strong 
headwind. 

999
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:11,640
Jesus, would you strengthen 
them? 

1000
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:15,120
Would you remind them of what 
they need to hear from you? 

1001
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,600
Would you come walk with them 
through those waters? 

1002
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:20,360
And would you walk on top of 
those waters? 

1003
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:21,920
And would you get their eyes on 
you? 

1004
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:26,440
Off the storm, off the 
challenge, off the wind, off the

1005
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,280
waves, off the feelings, and 
back on you? 

1006
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,800
Help us to obey. 
You'll make it all worth it. 

1007
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,000
And you will bring us safely to 
the place you've commanded. 

1008
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:41,120
We trust you. 
We trust that you're going to 

1009
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:42,440
finish the work that you've 
started. 

1010
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,480
And it brings us a great comfort
and a great hope. 

1011
00:51:46,080 --> 00:51:47,480
It is such a joy to belong to 
you. 

1012
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:51,760
We love you Lord, and we thank 
you in Jesus name and now the 

1013
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:56,360
Lord bless you and keep you. 
The Lord make his face shine 

1014
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:58,680
down upon you and be gracious to
you. 

1015
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,640
The Lord lift up his countenance
upon you and give you great 

1016
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,920
peace in Jesus name, Amen.