Will you step out of your boat (Taking a stand)

Good morning. Say I skipped over here has taken from Matthew chapter 14 that is 22 to 36.

Immediately Jesus made his disciples guessing stupid and gay before him to the other side. While he said, the multitude away and then hit send the most of these away. He went out to the mountain by himself to pray. Now, when evening came, he was a learned that for the boots was now in the middle of the sea, by the ways, for the wind was contrary. Now in the Fourth Watch of Jesus went to them walking on walking on the sea among the disciples. Throw him walking on the sea, they were troubled saying, this is a good and they cried out for fear. This immediately, Jesus spoke to them saying, be a good share it. Since I do not be afraid and pizza answered him and said, Lord, if it's as you command me to come see you on the water. So he said, come I meant Pizza have come down after the base. He walked on the water, to go see Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid. I'm beginning. Beginning to think he cried out saying, Lord, save me and immediately Jesus stretched out. His hand and caught him and sent to him of little faith. Why did you doubt? And when they go into the boats, the wind ceased, the news here in the boat came and Washington saying truly, you are the son of God. when they have cross-save, I they came to the land of Guinness threat, and when the men at that face recognized him, they sent out into all the surrounding region has brought to him and begged him, that they might Touch the Hem of His Garment and as many as touched it for made perfectly, well,

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because if your believer, and you'll pop up the web for preparing, for the tsunami of Souls, Albert's prophesy. And this is the second time you spoke, but he said I would like to do something different. I was thinking lights are on in the month and I was inside. Can we get some

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Don't wait until every chair is filled before you got next door. You have to move before every terrorist film? Because if you don't give God room to move, I cannae move. You go to give him room to move and it's coming in this area.

Doing. I'm seeing things. Alden long in the tooth night, but I'm seeing God do things now that I haven't seen in 40 years. There is a move of God that is happening in this country and in other countries and God is on the moon. You are going to move with God. We want God is doing

I already got this morning. There are some folk in here. Like me. They've got gray hair.

It just reminded me cuz I Look to ride in this morning. I have an evangelist, an American evangelist, and he was preaching and he said

he said, if you're not safe, And you got a gray-haired old granny praying for you. You just woke quick cuz they won't.

Only, if you got grandparents that are praying for you. You're going to get sight cuz they won't quit until you do.

I bring you greetings from Ocean's Church in Butte

We are seeing similar things happened down there as you have got Happening Here.

I just feel so blessed. Is that God has allowed me to live C.

We're going to look into it with Jesus. We've been through the year going in concert with cheese and

And this morning, we're going to look at one of the most crazy and Kinder's with Jesus that you will ever come across.

And you heard the reading just died.

Jesus. It was crazy, right?

David leading me to. Prepare this.

My daily reading the next day. What's this?

In the boat, or on the water.

Peter gets a bad press for his repeated blunders. But he was the only one who had the courage in the first place to step out in faith and walk on the water. Yes, he took Jesus under the water, but nobody could ever take that glorious experience away from him. He took the plunge and I'm sure he never regretted it. How about you?

The nature of the life of faith is that we are thrown out of our comfort zones and Beyond areas of our room control. Otherwise, Faith isn't need a, we can manage in our own strength. Be honest with God. I believe sometimes he speaks and challenges us to move with him. But we squashes voice for years and years out of fear. Be open to hammer Frank's today, to Rattle your cage of self-sufficiency. Maybe this poem from John ortberg book. If you want to walk on water, you got to get out of the will resonate with you on some level.

The sinful patterns of behavior. Never got confronted and changed. Abilities and Gifts. Never got cultivate cultivated or deployed. Until weeks, become months and months turned into years. And one day you're looking back on the life of the intimate, gut-wrenchingly honest conversations. You never had. Grateful prayers. You never prayed exhibit. Exhilarating risk? You never took sacrificial. Guess you never offered live. You never touched. And you're sitting in the recliner with a shriveled soul and Forgotten Dreams. And you realize there was a world of desperate need on a great God, calling you to be part of something bigger than yourself. You see the person? You could have become, but you did not. You never followed your cooling. You never go under the boat.

The prayer of the bombs start. Lord Maisie above never be the case with me.

I stepped out of the boat. Today, I've never done this before. Okay.

I'm going to ask tell them to come and I want her to share what gold is laid on her heart with this passage.

Deep breath. Praise the Lord. I believe we're all excited to be in the house. I'll go today cuz I'm excited. Right. About these blasts from going to say.

The reading Matthew chapter 14 verses, 22. After Jesus had performed the miracle feeding the 5000 men not including women and children. He went up on a mountain by himself to pray and he was there. A notable points is the Mountainside. The Bible has many mentions of mountains. Moses climb the mountain and received the Ten Commandments. Jesus was transfigured on a mountain and Mountain. Symbolize a place where Heaven meets a Displaying a Divine Refuge at a puff. The spiritual connection with God. the secret to living a life that pleases God publicly, if I have a life that pleases him in private, Jesus, exhibits best as he displays every Miracle as an altar Prayer by thanking God off the words. Many of us come to church to pray but distractions of the world. When we get home, we don't pray. I know if I caught you in. Thank God for taking us home safely. I love. You can worship in public when we get home. The Pentagon. With friendships in school, a lot of us, don't know how to separate ourselves from a group, just to spend some time with God, Jesus made his disciples, go ahead of him in the birds.

Best 25, I'm reading kjb and in the Fourth, Watch of the night, Jesus went unto them walking on the sea. Jesus, defied science by scientific law. It is impossible for a man to stand and float on water without sinking and that's a fact. But the truth is With God, all things are possible.

And he walked on the sea, not the swamp with Shrek, not the swimming pool. He walked on the Sea of Galilee, Hallelujah.

Fox change with new evidence has, but the truth Remains the Same Many of us tend to lean on facts and forget that the truth prevents us from trusting in God's promises. Many forgets. We are talking about the creator of the universe. Jesus Is God. What is impossible with man? Is possible with God? They don't know that God shall be strong and will do exploits, Daniel. 11:32, when you'll be able to do things that defeat All Odds, Something so amazing about pizza is his courage, his decision to follow God, enabled him to do something, only God can do. Call Ashley wants us to do the impossible. But that's only if you dare to believe. Take him by his word and follow him. Unwaveringly meditate on his word day and night. This verse is a she repeated twice wanting someone to and another time in 2018 and you will reach Supernatural, links with him in Jesus name. Pizzas decision to follow, Jesus onto the water reminded. Me of Luke 84215, the parable of the sower. If you haven't read it, I recommend pizzas actions demonstrate to the seed that had fallen among the phones. 81430, share. But I think they're on their way. They are Church by life worries and do not measure. Matthew 14 verse 13. When he saw the wind, he was afraid. I'm beginning to think he cried out. Lord, save me, immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him you of little faith, why did you doubt even hear? Jesus is so caring and loving and gracious to still save pizza. If you reach out to God for help, he will help you, no matter what, no matter what situation you're in. The Lord says seek, and you shall find knock and he will answer. If Peter wasn't humble to cry out for help, what would have happened to him?

God's loving outstretched arms on North shorts for us. Everybody is in his love and Duty can go beyond just enough. Thank you.

I know.

This is about, didn't tell you about the first time you've ever done. Okay, for you wasn't a step out of the boat moments. Lexia.

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When you are preaching for giving us the opportunity to even do, this is a blessing for the congregation before ourselves a small salmon.

So, the passage I'm focusing on, is Matthew, 14 2233, right? And it begins with the states immediately, Jesus made the disciples can't get up and go ahead of him as it all the side. While he was dismissed by this mystical Inside by himself to pray for Jesus praying. And if I'm being honest straightforward the church in general, we have a lack of prayer. We need to get back into a room when we see the church, as I can pasta control over, you need to have a hunger for God to have a thirst for God continuously, they seek him out. I speak it to myself and not only to you with the County Constable, we get too easy, we sit around. We think a song that Christian is all there is to it, Christianity's Act. 85 day. I'm so if Jesus, the king of kings and Lord of lords had to pay how much, how much more us. And only just having a bunch of us are causing out demons Breaking Chains, or something that can only be broken and cost it out with prayer and fasting. Yeah, so the disciples when they first reaction when they saw Jesus quote I didn't recognize him saying is right, the Greek word for fate is Phobos a lot different from the fear of the Lord. For that means you have a reverence reverence for you, you're terrified, you'll find it. And they oftentimes it distorts our perception of things. They can even prevent us from even seeing God's plan do. And we have to be careful like 27 when disciples called out Jesus said, do not be afraid. Interesting thing about that very few words don't be afraid. Is there. 365 times in the Bible? You know, what else is 300? Every single day. Repeat. Do not be afraid and the thing is, is so important cuz fake grape sausage with the enemy uses. The enemy love said to be faith in the church but no, we don't stand on the word of God. You going to meet the Power. We know, we are Christians, the Living. God is with us. There's no overtime.

Tennessee. He was in the world. Amen. Amen. Amen. God has not given us a spirit and a sound mind. Amen. Man, I'm in. I'm in with his passage, right?

I don't think of this passage, right? Jesus is claiming Divinity. Moses. When he says, it's his me when it's supposed to ask you, are you? You says, it is me interesting about this, right and codex sinaiticus, the earliest complete copies of massive, which states, 200 to 300 years of the Christ. It says, the Greek word translation is, I am found when Jesus came for Abraham. I am so, even in this, Jesus is Divinity, his equality to go to as shown. But unfortunately, disciple said, when he see this in the moment, the stupid option I do move on when Pierre is on the boat and says investment e. A r reader out real quick.

Lord Fitzhugh verified, tell me to come to you on the water. Looks like he's willing to either of us. We realize we're also on this power as well. We know about Jesus, you know, by the doctrines, we know it was the stories, we know what it is. We know what charge will come to church, but in the midst of illness Financial pressures or even family breakdowns, we cry out to load. If you really are in control, show me prove it to me. And the thing is, God will not condemn me for asking, for example, he didn't do not repeat Piaf awesome. If if you have to call me cuz that is the foundation of cultivation of a successful relationship. When you open a bottle without Christianity is not a religion, or I have to leave cuz I tell me. Do you know you bring your dog? Spill spill was not too good. I'm PR. The thing is, a took his eyes with the loading. His gaze was diverted to the storm. That's when you started sinking, the thing as Christianity and its influence. On this time, I want I want to listen to the singer Christianity. I'm pretty sure you've heard the saying, is your glass half-full or half-empty sing with Christianity. If you have even sent 1% of your attention away from God, you're missing the whole thing cuz what is a five forse seek God with all your heart. That's giving hundred percent that, we're not fully the listening. I live in out, the word of God are. Yea and seniors in Matthew 16:24. Jesus said to his disciples. If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself. I take up his cross and follow me. Hey, nothing about this yet, but we will find excuses one way or another to maybe within the evening and if I'm being honest, I love. I was we say, we say, we love God. Do we leave the three countries, Fern room, 3000 Washington. Spend time in prayer. Jesus stood. In the way, the way we treat God, we divert our attention from him to all the things we behave like on faithful spouse. Cuz we are the bride of Christ. He is our bridegroom, and if your spouse is not focusing attention on giving his attention to someone else's You're basically cheese and that's what we do to with fluid every single day and sometimes we can't even enjoy it. Enjoy the same. However, that's good news. He reaches out to everyone who chase off their one and I leave a nice night behind and how we've been seeing verse that? You one are we do as well. Jesus with everything happening Jesus Tokyo. Why did you dial? I ain't if I'm being honest, is Jesus to say that right now. And this time it was in some of us might tend to him and say you're being too judgmental, you can't say that. How can you say that? Someone, that's not fair, you can't do that. But he's saying this out of love, oftentimes the way we react. When we get criticisms, we can't become too emotional and a thing for emotions. Enemy can use that against we called listen to emotions without her is a deceiver. Oftentimes you met through side one day happy, the next. Doesn't mean when we're happy, we pray by my side. We don't know, we pray and we glorify God every day on this thing is when He corrects you and chastises you, he does it all flow of Hebrews 6:12 for the Lord disciplines the one. Who he lost. That's a, yes, version as well. So we should correct the ones we love with truth. I leave no room for the Flash and enemy to cultivate and have a stumbling block to speak. Now we need a bonus in the church Christianity. Yes, we are loving people. We love people. We have a desire to see people saved, but I'll be calling me Salen, Christians. This is active or passive in the bowl. Is God, has given us. We could no longer stay, stay around, we have to take it, seriously. And I'll talk to you before, right? I need to mention it right now. You felt. I knew it would happen that stuff shaking. I can't even see everyone here that so many people here.

A hunger for God. I've been saying this as well to my friends as well. Write this generation and this time right now there's a true hunger from the youth to know Christ. And if we find a place to cultivate that cuz God can only use vessels. If you open an app on, allow yourself to be used, you'll never fool. See, we have free will. So we have to come to a place where we submit ourselves on him, surrender and allow go to work in a week on Stephen of coolant in the way he wants us to. How can we help of Reverend? If we call it take a picture of God? Seriously, how can we help our brothers and sisters? So guys, please take a Christian, no more, because I'm a finish of this real quick. So when Jesus go on the boat with PR, the storm died, when we are going through trials and hardships, it should be like, we are in the eye of the storm. Eye of the storm. Does face with the Corn Belt in the region, where nothing around you, when you're in, there is nothing like affecting you or anything like that. Everything else around you, however, that's what I call in the shop and that's why everything is wrecked. I think it's rolling around 7, I leave and I'm saying this, when we going through trials and tribulations, right? We have to seek out and walk the walk with God and often times, we will have that piece but everything around you will look. Claimed it would look dasler everything around. You will not go the way you wanted to go. Is hard life is hard God never promised an easy life. He said they will be suffering in his life but with that being said, if we know we have him what great joy can we have and just quickly suffering is not bad price of it on this Earth we as well will suffer. That is promised to each and every one. But joy we have the good news that we have as well as we suffer, we are not alone. First of all, we have gone through my with us, he is with us in the suffering. He go on to keep a 90 * 1, ^. Secondly, we have each other, guys are Christians, especially as a community, as a charge of the whole, your body of Christ, we unify together. Please. When are you when you are going through trials and tribulations? Not go through it alone. Be with one. Another also prayer, Pray for one, another, and being a place. God bless you guys and ye men.

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Didn't mean that in preparing to do that, you had in, in some way, you have to step out of the boat.

If I'm being honest, I can also learn as well as to take my work because seriously I should have prepared more as well, but allowed to hold his right to speak for me. And yeah, go to Goodman. He wax Freeman.

It does my heart good? The church is in safe hands. Thank you so much.

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Today, all of us are in the books.

Storms. We could be in a financial boat. Balochistan stormrage. Being there.

Talk to you in the pity party boat.

After a recent boat. We got some folks back of the church in Butte there, in a bereavement boat right now.

In a mental hospital.

Some days.

Talk to you in a relationship both.

I want to say to you young people.

Be careful with your relationships, do not expect the enemy to play fair cuz he won't.

Addiction boat today.

She will pose come with storms. I know you rage. Those storms are nasty.

Where in a boat and you got the lovely pictures of Peter walking on the water. Yeah. And I mean and it's like calm I didn't wasn't.

It was the craziest Encounter With Jesus, that you will ever come across. Hey, they were in the middle of the night. Pitch. Black

fighting a storm.

Peter was hanging out with.

Thinking about it.

Then there are in the middle of this storm, doing their best to Batten the hatches done.

And I see this operation coming towards them on the water.

Was I going to do? Only going to stop. So. Jesus doing is walking on the water thing again.

They have never seen him woke up holder. They were bound to be afraid.

They were told it was a ghost. Yeah, they most probably did. What was I going to think? There was this operation on top of the waves.

Until?

They heard his voice.

Peter's amazing disciple, he gets those. If I press question I mean, I kind of understand Peter, I got loads of stuff wrong all the time.

Don't mean to get it wrong. I don't try to get it wrong but I get it wrong.

But Peter wanted to be like Jesus, he wanted to do the things that Jesus did. he wanted to be lonely, Kim

John 14:12, Jesus said greater things will you do than I have done.

I don't know but you might want to see some greater things. Jesus said that, you said everything else and we believe it to be true. I want you to not be true that we can see your grace your thing.

I have don't want to be a bystander. I want to be in there when the greater thing is hot men.

What about you?

You ready for a gray? Sure thing today.

Do you say when you get told to stop the enemy comes in, like. Don't don't listen to that.

Fanatical stuff.

You'll get into trouble if you listen to that.

People will think you're a religious nut case if you start believing in them. Your family will understand.

Am I waiting for somebody else, but not for you? You're okay, spiritually, where you're at, don't mess with it.

But today that's a church and its individuals.

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I'll give you a call 5 close 9. Okay.

Las Vegas to you. If Jesus hasn't said to you come, don't get out of your boat.

you don't like thinking, okay, let me off the hook not quite

Is Jesus is saying to you. Step out of your boat.

Even with whatever storm is Raging arranged you today.

And stuff I want to watch him. But keep looking at Jesus.

And I have to say a just got nothing to do with it.

Peter didn't try and change that Dynamic. So the situation I didn't say okay I'll come to you if you get the blades down a bit and I'll give me some in flat and I was told I can walk on it I'll I'll come to you if he didn't try and change the situation.

What about you? But sometimes I go. I want the Boat bass boat easier than my boat boat.

Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, isn't it? Somebody else's Christian. Life is easier than mine.

Peter didn't try and change the Dynamics of the situation. He said, Jesus, if it's you

you tell me to come.

and when Jesus said to him, come, As stupid as it was. As crazy as that situation was.

Not situation. Made no sense, whatever.

Even on a flat calm day.

It was still totally stupid and Reckless to step over that boat.

Be at peace or did it?

He stepped out of the boat. In the storm. I woke towards Jesus.

Chandler. Heights youth. Jesus is there. In your storm.

He may not come to you in the way that you're expecting or the way that you think he might or showed or whatever. But he's there in your storm.

And you have going to walk towards him.

See.

I dare you. I was at church.

I do not charge me. Didn't you know, the meeting when you get together and then

I dare you. I do next church meeting. To write down a list. Are the most stupid and Reckless things that you could do in this church situation.

Then I want you to ask yourself, two questions.

Number one. Is that what Jesus is on taking us to do?

Question 2. Is what we do at.

So I don't know where you're at today.

But I know this morning.

the Jesus is saying to some of you,

in the middle of the mess of your life. He saying to you,

when I came in this morning, I said we're going to fly by the seat of your pants a bit this morning.

I was really reassuring. She said, fine, he's already started.

She went out some amazing worship this morning. Brilliant, I love it.

Volume up.

For pushing worship. A step further.

Two people are.

Are you up for pushing worship? A step further.

You sure. Absolutely. Okay, then if you can, I want you to go out of your chairs and I want you to clear the chair. So, very carefully. Don't hurt anybody. I've done the risk assessment.

How many people can just? Okay.

Okay. Who said, where does it say in Scripture that we have to Worship in Rose?

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Now I don't know what parish is going to other guys are going to girl's. Father are going to lead us in there any got myself into trouble then

I actually learned a song Yesterday. I think we're going to sing it now. But it just it just keeps repeating my head and I'm just going to sing you the vet and then we'll just going to see what happens. this is the moment when we met,