Mar 4:35 On that day, when evening had come, He told them, "Let's cross over to the other side of the lake."
Mar 4:36 So they left the crowd and took Him along since He was already in the boat. And other boats were with Him.
Mar 4:37 A fierce windstorm arose, and the waves were
breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.
Mar 4:38 But He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him up and said to Him, "Teacher! Don't you care that we're going to die?"
Mar 4:39 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Silence! Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mar 4:40 Then He said to them, "Why are you fearful? Do you still have no faith?"
Mar 4:41 And they were terrified and asked one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!"
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Remember Brothers and Sisters, HE told them to go out on the Lake.
They didn't go off on their own idea.....
They were in His Will when the storm struck.
And He was there.
So they would Trust Him.
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Fierce was the wild billow,
Dark was the night,
Oars labored heavily,
Foam glimmered white;
Trembled the mariners,
Peril was high,
Then said the GOD of GOD,
-"Peace, it is I."
Ridge of the mountain-wave,
Lower thy crest!
Wail of Euroclydon,
Be thou at rest!
Sorrow can never be,-
Darkness must fly,-
Where saith the Light of Light
-"Peace, it is I."
Jesu, Deliverer!
Come thou to me!
Soothe Thou my voyaging
Over Life's sea.
Thou, when the storm of Death
Roars, sweeping by,
Whisper, O Truth of Truth!
-"Peace, it is I."
--Anatolius 458 A.D.
FReeper spikeytx86 has a prayer request:
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"Amen! Yes! Hallelujah!
From the Throne came a shout, a command:
'Praise our God, all you his servants,
All you who fear him, small and great!'
Then I heard the sound of massed choirs,
The sound of a mighty cataract,
The sound of strong thunder:
Hallelujah! The Master reigns,
Our God, the Sovereign-Strong!
Let us celebrate, let us rejoice,
Let us give him the glory!
The Marriage of the Lamb has come;
His Wife has made herself ready.
She was given a bridal gown
Of bright and shining linen.
The linen is the righteousness of the saints."
Oh, may those Days Come Soon, O Father our King! How we Long to See You and Your Son! How Blessed are You, our Savior; how Great, how Overflowing with Grace. Help us, our Shepherd, to Live in Thy Joy and Thy Love. Cause us to Walk in the Gentle Graces of Thy Spirit. Impart to us the Sweetness of our Christ, that All will be Attracted to the Master we Serve. We Rejoice in You, and in Your Wonderous Salvation! In Thy Name, and for the Glory of the King we Pray, amen.