Saved From the Storms of Life

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Saved From the Storms of Life

• Trusting God to save rather than focused on the
  storms of life. Matthew 1422-31

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Introduction

• We want to be like our Savior.
• We want to pray like He did.
• We want to have walk by faith like He did.
• While we want to be more like Him, we still face
  giants that stand in our way and cause us to fear
  the unknown aheadeven when the answer is clear.

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Introduction

• The problem then is being able to face our giants
  through our faith in Jesus.
• We can take courage and not be afraid.
• We can by faith in Christ receive the command
  to come.
• We can also learn from our lack of faith

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Courage Do Not Be Afraid. v. 27

• It is all too easy to be discouraged when the
  storms of life come our way.
• How easy for us to be objective and counsel
  others about not being afraid.
• Yet, how many times do we display anxiety or fear
  when faced with a dilemma.

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Courage Do Not Be Afraid. v. 27

• We are told by the Lord from His heavenly
  perspective not to be afraid.
• The Lord was quite authoritative when He told
  Peter, do not be afraid.
• He says the same thing of our personal storms in
  life.

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Command Come. V. 28

• Easy to hear, hard to practice
• We know what to do step out into the storm
  trusting that our Savior will keep us from
  perishing.
• We have to be willing to take that step out of
  the boats safety into the stormy waves.

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Command Come. V. 28

• Even when taking the first steps by faith, we can
  still lose sight of Jesus command, and drown in
  the storms of life.
• Once we take those steps, however, many times we
  question or doubt our actions we begin to
  perish.
• Even then our Savior does what He does best
  saves.

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Conclusion Counsel Why Did You Doubt? v. 31

• Like Peter, we need to hear the soft rebuke of
  our Lord You of little faith.
• When all is said and done Jesus saved Peter and
  will save us one way or another from the
  trials before us.