Mark 4:35-41 – Jesus and the Storms of Life

Jim Thomas, Senior Pastor

Mark 4:35-41

  1. Following Jesus doesn’t mean we will always have smooth sailing.
    • Storms of Correction
    • Storms of Perfection
  2. Following Jesus does mean we will always have a Savior to turn to.
  3. When you have a healthy fear of God, you don’t need to have an unhealthy fear of anything else.

Who is Jesus?

How should we respond to Jesus?

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”

– C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

“Thinking people know that the problems facing us – bewildering in their number, magnitude and complexity – are beyond us. Only a return to the living God who created us, sustains us and can remake us through Christ, and a recovery of the authentic Christian faith in its biblical fullness and contemporary relevance, can enable us, with confidence and without fear, to look forward to the Year 2000 A.D.”

– John Stott

“‘Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen

you, surely I will help you; surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’”

– Isaiah 41:10

“‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you.’”

– Isaiah 43:1-2

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

– Proverbs 1:7

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

– Proverbs 9:10

“The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be shortened.”

– Proverbs 10:27

“In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have refuge.”

– Proverbs 14:26

“The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.”

– Proverbs 14:27

“The fear of the LORD leads to life, so that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.”

– Proverbs 19:23

“When pain is to be borne, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.”

– C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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