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*STRONG ANCHORS FOR LIFE'S STORMY SEAS*
*Acts 27:14-29** (**29)*
*INTRODUCTION*: These brave sailors were in a storm that seemed to be overwhelming.
In an effort to save the ship and their lives, they cast four anchors into the sea.
Sadly, these anchors proved ineffective against the storm and the ship was ultimately lost.
However, on board that ship was a man named Paul.
He was a special man for several reason: 1. */He was a child of God/*; 2.*/ He was a man on a mission/*; 3. */He was a man of faith/*; and 4.*/ He was in fellowship with God/*.
Because of who he was, Paul was anchored in the midst of that storm, even though the ship wasn't!
Those sailors threw four anchors into the sea in an attempt to steady that ship.
Those anchors failed.
As I read this text, I become aware that Paul had four anchors as well.
These anchors steadied him during the storm.
Even though that ship was shaken and battered, Paul was able to stand steady and strong.
I would like to take a few moments this evening to share with you those anchors that kept Paul steady during the storm.
You see, those same anchors are available to you and me this evening.
Allow me to share with you these */Four Strong Anchors For Life's Stormy Seas/*.
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I. THE STRONG ANCHOR OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD v.23
!! A. Even in the midst of that raging storm, Paul found that he was not alone.
!!! 1.
The Lord came to him to minister peace to his heart.
!! B. Regardless of the storm that tosses your life and mine, if we have the same confidence that Paul has in his relationship to the Lord, /v.
23/, then we can have faith in His promise to be with us always -
*/Matthew 28:20/**/ /*/I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.
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*/Hebrews 13:5/**/ /*/for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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*/Psalms 23:4/**/ /*/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.
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!! C. What an encouragement it is to know that we will never face an instant of life on our own!
!!! 1. Every step, every valley, every mountain will be graced by His presence!
*/Psalms 23:6/**/ /*/Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
/
!!! 2. The blessed footmen of God, goodness and mercy, follow us every where we go!
!! D. It would be a blessing if we enjoyed the manifest presence of the Lord as Paul did.
But, even when you cannot see Him, He is still there: watching, leading, protecting, being God.
!!! Dr. Tony Compolo says that when he was a boy growing up in a congested and bustling city, his mother arranged for a teenage girl who lived nearby to walk home with him at the end of the day.
For this, she was paid a nickel a day.
But Tony rebelled in the second grade and told his mother, "I'll walk myself to school, and, if you give me a nickel a week, I will be extra careful.
You can keep the other twenty cents and we'll all be better off."
!!!
After a period of pleading and begging, little Tony finally got his way.
For the next two years he walked himself back and forth to school.
It was an eight-block walk with many streets to cross, but he was careful and didn't talk to strangers or get distracted along the way.
!!! Years later at a family party, he bragged about his independence and reminded his family of how he had taken care of himself as a boy.
His mother laughed and added the rest of the story.
"Did you really think you were alone?"
she said.
"Every morning when you left for school, I left with you.
I walked behind you all the way.
When you got out of school at 3:30 in the afternoon, I was there.
I always kept myself hidden, but I was there and I followed you all the way home.
I just wanted to be there for you in case you needed me.")
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THE STRONG ANCHOR OF THE PROMISES OF GOD v.24-25
!! A. As Paul weathered that long, terrible storm, the Lord came to him with a precious promise.
!!! 1.
He reminded Paul that he would stand before Caesar, and that all those on the ship were to be spared as well.
!!! 2. For Paul, just having a word from God was enough to anchor him and give him blessed assurance.
He knew that God was as good as His Word,
*/Romans 4:21/**/ /*/And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
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!! B. His promises are steadfast and true!
*/Romans 3:4/**/ /*/God forbid: yea, let God be true, /
*/Hebrews 6:18/**/ /*/That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: /
*Notice what promises we have to assure of total security.*
!!! 1. Brighter Days
*/Psalms 30:5/**/ /*/weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.//
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!!! 2. Deliverance
*/Psalms 34:19/**/ /*/Many// are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
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!!! 3. Everything is for our Good –
*/Romans 8:18/**/ /*/For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
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*/Romans 8:28/**/ /*/And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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!!! 4. Grace –
*/2 Corinthians 12:9/**/ /*/And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
/
!!! 5. Ultimate Glory –
*/Revelation 21:4/**/ /*/And// God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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!! C. His promises are based in and on His Word.
It is pure, inspired and will stand when the world is in flames,
*/Psalms 119:89/**/ /*/For// ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
/
Dr. Everek R. Storms of Ontario spent a vast amount of time studying the promises of Scripture.
Writing in Contact Magazine, he said: "The Holy Scriptures contain a grand total of *8,810* promises.
How do I know?
I counted them.
"All my life I have seen various figures quoted as to the number of promises in the Bible.
The one most generally given is *30,000*.
Since this is a round number with four zeroes in it, I have always been a little suspicious about it.
Furthermore, since there are only *31,101* verses in the Bible, it would mean that there would be practically one promise in every verse.
I do not guarantee my count to be perfect, but it is the most accurate I know of."
Dr. Storms goes on to classify the promises found in Scripture into eight kinds:
§ There are *7,487* promises from God to man (about 85 percent of all the Bible's promises).
§ There are *991* instances of one person making a promise to another person.
§ There are *290* promises from man to God.
§ There are *29* promises made by the angels, most of them found in Luke.
§ There are *9* promises made by "that old liar, the devil."
(For example, his promise to give Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if he would fall down and worship him.)
§ *2* promises are made by an evil spirit.
§ *2* are made by God the Father to God the Son.
Dr. Storms additionally found that one book of the Bible contains no promise at all--Titus.
Ephesians has only six promises.
On the other hand, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel have over 1,000 promises each.
What section of Scripture most impressed Dr. Storms?
He wrote, "*/The most outstanding chapter as far as promises are concerned in Psalm 37. Practically every verse is a most wonderful promise./*"
In one memorable scene from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Christian, finding the pathway difficult, climbed over a stile to walk in a meadowy bypath.
Eventually the ground grew soggy and covered with poisonous vines.
The sky became black, and Christian spent the night huddled at the foot of an oak tree, caught in a downpour.
Next morning, Giant Despair came upon him, captured him, beat him, and imprisoned him in the dungeon of Doubting Castle with its grim battlements and thick, black walls.
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