That God who is over the storm –came to earth to die on the cross for you and He loves you and He wants to give you His strength and His peace. In this bible study we will learn the causes of life storms and how we can get through them with God by our side and using Jesus as our example. I’m thinking of you. Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, 11 He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning. Sometimes you may find yourself in a storm, a difficult position or situation that will move you away from the goal you were pursuing and you are forced to take a completely different path. Jesus was resting on the stern of the boat when a sudden storm erupted, pounding the boat with waves and nearly flooding everything inside. 14:30, MEV). The disciples’ storm came because they were trying to follow God with too little faith in God. God splits the earth in order that righteousness may spring up. So God allows a storm to happen so that you can change your direction and set sail in a new path. God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. http://youtu.be/vCpP0mFD9F0 The storm to release you from your situation. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. 2021 THE YEAR OF THE SPIRIT OF REVIVAL & DIVINE PRESERVATION Terrified, the disciples ran to Jesus and hastily asked why He wasn’t doing anything to help; He responded by simply getting up, rebuking the winds, and demanding that the waves come to a stop. . Finding God In The Storm The following sermon is going to review the story of Jesus calming the storm to help accentuate the truth that no matter how violent the storm we are facing our hope lies Jesus who is in control and promises to rescue those whom cry out to Him! : How God brings peace in the midst of the storm! James 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. I don’t have ME but I do have chronic, autoimmune diseases. It is distressing that natural disasters are often termed “acts of God” while no “credit” is given to God for years, decades, or even centuries of peaceful weather. My husband has had ME for the past six years. “To say it has been difficult is an understatement” – I know just how much weight there can be in such a short phrase. Sign up for updates and get Coming Back to God When You Feel Empty. Thank you for your writing that is so filled with honesty, truth and encouragement. Praying for God to bless you both. The rains will clear, the sun will shine again, and God’s promises are always true. The kind of storms God creates are righteousness-storms. He is faithful and powerful, able to do more than you and I can ever ask for or imagine. You have to be, Jesus said, ‘By this My Father is glorified, that, When God has a job that needs to be done, could He, The Holy Spirit “There is so much more I want to. Not sure why? We can see God’s faithfulness in ways we never see on sunny days. I’m so sorry to hear about your husband’s severe illness. The break through is there but,men and obstacles are preventing you from elevating your self to another level and keeping you grounded.Well that’s when God steps in and brings a storm which disrupts everything around you and your situation to release you by breaking all the barriers which were hindering you but you couldn’t move yourself. INRODUCTION: Everyone will face one eventually. Paul warned the crew that a storm would come — and it did come. This tells us why he stirs things up. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, October 5, 2008. To say it has been difficult is an understatement, but God has given us so many gifts (gold) among the thorns (I love the title of your blog…there is so much truth there) to remind us of His love, His nearness and that there is purpose in the middle of this mess. An excellent example of this is the story of Paul and the ship wreck in Acts 27 (whole chapter). And, as is often the case when a calamity like this occurs, people are wondering about where God fits into the picture. A friend recently shared your blog with me because she noticed you have the same illness as my husband and are sustained by the Lord and His grace just as we have been. God is big enough to handle it! 23. Read When the Storm Brings Fire - Girlfriends in God - December 30, 2020 from today's daily devotional. SERIES: God is BIG part 1. I have to trust Him, I have to, there’s no other way to go, tough as it is! When this happens, often times we may be confused and have more questions than answers but I tel you friends, rejoice for God has looked at the path you were heading and favored you enough to remove you from the danger you were going to face but could not see. But today I am back at home, and it is winter, and the rain is battering the window. First, when storms and disasters occur, they do not “come from God.” Storms are not sent by God. I look out of the window at the dark sky, and the rain sounds like a machine gun. Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand. God created the whole universe and the laws of nature (Genesis 1:1). In the end, God was pleased with his unconditional faith and restored his riches ten times to what he had before. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. He leads us into winds and storms to show us just how unbreakable his promises are. God created the storms to activate their personal faith. That storms are welcomed in the midst of dry and the middle of plants dying. “And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?’ Then he rose and … In life I seldom if ever wish for storms or even are willing to go through one thinking it might bless me. Of all the storms ever experienced in the history of mankind on earth – none was as great and terrifying as that of the flood of Noah’s day. Friday: 18:00hrs – 21:00hrs Some might even thing the storm is out of control – but that is not the truth. Click here to read about how this site uses cookies All content is copyright Tanya Marlow, 2011-2013, unless otherwise attributed. We sing our songs, and we think of a gentle mist, but the way that God’s righteousness comes is through a storm, through the sharp smacking of water and air onto a shocked and complacent earth. That’s when we can cement our own faith, when it becomes deeply personal because we see firsthand how God meets our needs and takes care of us in the hard. Sometimes I think that Christians don’t really know what is in the Bible. Newsletter and Blog Posts, Bible, holiness, Mystery, paradox, righteousness, salvation, storm, Suffering. Remember the Promise. . 22. Worship God now — right where you are! C. Development (v. 11). I’m really glad that you can now point to the good things God has brought out of it – that’s amazing! I’m trusting this for you. I was thinking about the creation. After the great flood, God gave Noah the sign of a rainbow as his promise to never again flood the earth. David continues by telling us that Jehovah sat as King at the flood. We sing of the God who speaks light into darkness, and that is true, and we speak of the God who brings peace, and that is true, and we sing of the God who paints sunsets, and that is also true, but what do you do with the other stuff? I’m thinking of you in this difficult season. (And I’m also echoing your prayer for sunsets and sea!) What type of storm are you facing? call on Him and quote the Word. 10 By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast. The Bible teaches us that there are three kinds of storms in life: storms that we bring on ourselves (like Samson), storms that God causes (like Lake Galilee), and storms that other people cause (as when Paul and Silas were thrown into prison). When my Husband Jeff was diagnosed with Prostate cancer and the operation expected to heal him didn’t work we were in shock. The God of the storm can seem terrifying. Part of that means that we have to cope with earthquakes and volcanoes but they allow growth of continents, rich farm land and even spit out fresh water into the atmosphere amongst other things. “I am The Lord, and there is no other”, the Bible says, and I remember that I can know Him, the one God who made the whole earth. #2021theyearofdivinepreservation He is, Well, you are now on day number nine. “Sometimes I wonder if that which feels like attack is actually salvation, bringing up fresh springs from a broken earth.” Living here with you. It was the worst experience of our lives and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone but we try to look at the posistives. Praying for steadiness, for no relapse. Job 37:13 declares that God sometimes brings storms to punish people. (I know that some will object and point to the Flood or to the storm that God sent to bring back a fleeing Jonah. P.s. Most are little. When we worship God as He really is, all of our problems come into proper perspective. Praying for all who are going through their own storm at the moment including you Tanya xx. I pray that God will bless you with some sunsets and sea soon. A good example though metaphorically, would be the story of Jonah. God has power over all nature (Job 26). Wishing you strength. Or do you get down on your knees and pray to Him to save you? I think the clue was in another of your recent posts, about the need to face the lament before finding the joy. Matthew 8:26-27. #2021theyearofthespiritofrevival Well, plate tectonics to be more precise. . It is a strange salvation. We could avoid class dictated architecture – safe buildings for the rich, precarious ones for the poor; safe arable land for the rich, volcano slopes for the poor …. I am huddled in my bed, cosy-warm with the white duvet over my body, the whole house quiet save for the tapping of my fingers on the keyboard. "But when [Peter] saw the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, 'Lord, save me!'" Continental drift (or were they pushed?). God wants to give you strength and peace to face each week. Am also pleased to have found you! Praise You In This Storm by Casting Crowns helped me through. God splits the earth in order that righteousness may spring up. … I prefer the gentle evenings of the mediterranean, and the songs in a major key with four simple chords are always easier to sing, but there is an energy here, too, even in the dark skies of angry midwinter, even within my dark heart. A Word For Beginning of New Year – 2021(2). Thank you for your prayers – I really appreciate them. What type of storm are you facing? (Confession: I always want to call you Mother Diana, like some churches call their pastors Father). He is not capricious, like the gods of Greek myth. . Jesus has given us everything we need to go through diverse storms, be they spiritual cyclones, … He reminds us in His word that there is great gain when we face painful times, as difficult as it may be. Storms prove they do! “I make peace and create calamity.” He calms things down, and stirs them up. Some will be longer than others. I think of the ways in which my life feels like calamity, feels like being battered, and I wonder if it wasn’t evil after all, if it isn’t all meaningless, if there is perhaps a chance that it is the Lord himself shaking my soul into life. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe to our feed Key Verse: Mark 4:35-41 Jesus Calms the Storm Success! As one who grew up on a farm I know that life springs forth from storms. Thanks so much, Rachel, for living this with me, feeling this with me. "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. This is real good, Tanya. This type of storm comes to check your faith and see who you call on when danger comes into your life. Last summer, I was in Greece on holiday, and there was an evening sky streaked with orange and pink, the waves licking my bare feet, and I breathed out that phrase in awe, “He is The Lord, and there is no other”, because it is sunsets and sea that bring me back to the revelation that God is real and beautiful. The fact that in order to have a world at the right temperature and with all the right ingredients the earth has like fish scales that can move against each other separately plus vents like my pressure cooker, so that the whole thing doesn’t smash or explode. Imagine being in a situation whereby you literally have no way of getting out of it. Can I think of a time when I felt broken but God was using it for a purpose? Jonah’s storm came because he was running away from God. And let righteousness spring up together. And let the skies pour down righteousness; And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, … When God spoke to Job out of the “whirlwind”, this might seem like God is speaking to humans through nature itself (Job 38:1, 40:6).). And, as always, beautiful writing. God can strengthen and enable us to go through the storms of life. ], #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:12px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } We’re designed so we can learn how to deal with things. How do we let ourselves drift into the easy peasy no more needy theologies so we can cop out of looking after each other, it’s just lack of faith of course, isn’t it … ? When trouble comes. In some ways on the farm we wished for storms; storms that did not destroy but ones that ended up nourishing the soil and plants. Join our mailing list and receive the Daily Word summary from Prophetess Trizah and other updates every Friday via email. 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