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In the book of acts chapter 19 vs 21 sometime before what was taken place in the story we just read,

In the book of acts chapter 19 vs 21 sometime before what was taken place in the story we just read, Paul made this statement:“I must also see Rome!”These were his words during his ministry in Ephesus.But little did Paul realize how everything would unfold in his life before he ever got the chance to get there.Paul knew in his heart he needed to get to Rome somedayBut He was Faced with everything imaginable that must have discouraged him along the way!He was Illegally arrested He stood trial; both Roman and Jewish,He was put in confinementHe was PrisonedHe was run off and run outAnd he was shipwrecked.

Paul had longed to preach the gospel in Rome and then go to SpainBut he never planned to travel there as a prisonerHe never planned to be on a ship as a prisoner in the middle of the worst storm he had ever gone through.All Paul was trying to do; was to preach the good news.He was just trying to share the message of hope.But yet he faced trials on every corner.Can I tell you tonight that;It’s never been promised to us that life would be easy.It’s never been promised to us that once we got saved that we wouldn’t face storms.

In the book of acts chapter 19 vs 21 sometime before what was taken place in the story we just read, Paul made this statement:“I must also see Rome!”These were his words during his ministry in Ephesus.But little did Paul realize how everything would unfold in his life before he ever got the chance to get there.Paul knew in his heart he needed to get to Rome somedayBut He was Faced with everything imaginable that must have discouraged him along the way!He was Illegally arrested He stood trial; both Roman and Jewish,He was put in confinementHe was PrisonedHe was run off and run outAnd he was shipwrecked.

Paul had longed to preach the gospel in Rome and then go to SpainBut he never planned to travel there as a prisonerHe never planned to be on a ship as a prisoner in the middle of the worst storm he had ever gone through.All Paul was trying to do; was to preach the good news.He was just trying to share the message of hope.But yet he faced trials on every corner.Can I tell you tonight that;It’s never been promised to us that life would be easy.It’s never been promised to us that once we got saved that we wouldn’t face storms.

Paul made this statement:

“I must also see Rome!”

These were his words during his ministry in Ephesus.

But little did Paul realize how everything would unfold in his life before he ever got the chance to get there.

Paul knew in his heart he needed to get to Rome someday

But He was Faced with everything imaginable that must have discouraged him along the way!

He was Illegally arrested He stood trial;

both Roman and Jewish,

He was put in confinement

He was Prisoned

He was run off and run out

And he was shipwrecked.

Paul had longed to preach the gospel in Rome and then go to Spain

But he never planned to travel there as a prisoner

He never planned to be on a ship as a prisoner in the middle of “the worst storm”he had ever gone through.

he had ever gone through.All Paul was trying to do; was to preach the good news.He was just trying to share the message of hope.But yet he faced trials on every corner.Can I tell you tonight that;It’s never been promised to us that life would be easy.It’s never been promised to us that once we got saved that we wouldn’t face storms.

All Paul was trying to do; was to preach the good news.

He was just trying to share the message of hope.

But yet he faced trials on every corner.

Can I tell you tonight that;It’s never been promised to us that life would be easy.

It’s never been promised to us that once we got saved that we wouldn’t face storms.

​ KJV 1900Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble.

The reality is that you and I are going to face the storms of life.

Don’t matter if you made up in your mind that you are going to live for the Lord; Troubles are gonna come your way

Don’t matter if you made up in your mind you are going to work for God’s Kingdom; Troubles are gonna come your way

Don’t matter if you made up in your mind you are going to share the message of hope to other: Troubles are gonna come your way

Whether you live for God

whether you live for yourself or

whether you live for the devil

You are gonna face the storms of life

Some of you already have.

Some of you are in a storm right now.

Some of you just came out of a storm

Some of you fixing to go into a storm.

It’s the realities of life.

Paul was trying to do the work of the Lord and was faced with storms on every corner.

The question tonight is not:

“are” you going to face a storm?

The question tonight is;

“How” are you going to face the storm?

I want us to look at this tonight;I want to preach on the subject:

The Anchor Holds.

One of the most exciting accounts in the New Testament is the shipwreck that left the Apostle Paul stranded on a barren piece of land in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.

Somewhere around 60 A.D.,

Paul was en route to Rome on an a freighter ship that hailed grain.

He had boarded on the Isle of Crete when a fierce “northeastern storm” blew the ship off course.

It looked like all was lost.

The storm was more than they can bare

"It was on the 14th night”,

They were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea when they sensed land approaching.

The bible tells us They took soundings; in other words (they measured the depth of the water) and found that it was 120 feet deep.

A short time later, they took soundings again; (they measured again) and found that it was 90 feet deep.

Fearing that they would crash against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.

Let me stop right here just a minute and explain somethings about an anchor:

anchor defined by Webster: a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom

It can also be defined as: that which gives stability, safety, and protection in the midst of a storm

an anchor is what we hold on to when nothing make since

an anchor is what we hold to when we don’t have the answers.

an anchor is what we hold to when its the 14th night and the storm has not relented

an anchor is what you hold to when all hell has been unleashed against you and you see no light in sight.

an anchor is what you hold to when you have tried and tried but to no avail.

an anchor is what you hold to when you done all you can do and it seems like everything you done is not working.

Paul and everyone on that ship where in trouble.

The waves were more than they could bear

The wind was stronger than they could handle with no end in sight

many of them had given up

they feared for their life and rightly so.

as a matter of fact; when the night gave way to the morning, the storm still raged against them

but the bible tells us they could see the land

The anchors kept them through the night.

The anchors kept them from crashing into the rocks which they could not see.

The anchors had spared their lives................................

The anchor on a ship or on any vessel is designed to hold that vessel in place.

but tonight I want us to look at a different anchor.

I would like to take a few moments to share with you “the anchors” that kept Paul steady during the storms of his life.

the same anchors that kept Paul steady are available to you and I this evening.

Four Anchors that we hold on to during the stroms

I. v.23 THE ANCHOR OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Even in the midst of that raging storm, Paul found that he was not alone.

The Lord came to him to minister peace to his heart.

Regardless of the storm that tosses your life and my life, if we have this same confidence that Paul has in his relationship to the Lord, then we can have faith in His promise to be with us always -

​ KJV 1900

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

Amen.

​ KJV 1900

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

​ NKJV

O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

You know my sitting down and my rising up;

You understand my thought afar off.

You comprehend my path and my lying down,

And are acquainted with all my ways.

For there is not a word on my tongue,