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Matthew 8:23-27
M1
Avoiding the storm - Departure - It's raining here, it's sunny there Departing from China - It's raining here
China - Changchun - Yanji - Hunchun
A model church that says that rural churches in China can also be revived
5 hours - 30 minutes at Changchun Airport (visit Yunga Church)
1>Old Chair
2>A church of 150 people
3>Female leaders and three deacons- Let's praise together!
Even if it is difficult, enjoy peace, joy, face, language - riches and abundance!
4> How did you come to believe in Jesus? healed
Years - 95 years of ministry - 8 years
Meditation> How pleased will God be?
How long did God work to establish this man?
If it hadn't been for the storms of life, I would not have known the words of prayer and praise.
1> There are blessings in the storm.
-Typhoons make it rain a lot when there is a heat wave or severe drought in the summer, dissipating the heat wave and acting as a filial piety to solve the drought.
-The red tide phenomenon has completely disappeared due to the strong winds and rainfall brought by the typhoon. Thanks to this, many fishermen who were making a living through aquaculture were relieved.
2> Just as there is a safe zone in a storm, if God is with you, you are safe even in a storm.
Eye of Typhoon (center of typhoon) - Left half circle - 30-50km 100km
Nevertheless, how wandering are we because of the sudden storm in our lives?
M2 raise a problem
-A typhoon that comes without notice-
- Even if the Lord is with you, a storm can come.-
1>25 “Lord, save us, for we shall perish” (murmuring and complaining instead of prayer)
Reason - Why are you sleeping at this time? (Why don't you look back?) Feels like the Lord is sleeping
2>Verse 26-“Why are you afraid?”- The Lord does not tell us the circumstances.
(Fear)- Because we only look at the environment and not the Lord
Example> Tongue cancer - Praise - It seems like they are criticizing themselves and laughing at themselves, their tongue is cut off and they die -
- No. 36 chemotherapy - No. 18 and I think I will die as it is.
(God! You can take me now, I'm fine)
Reason - Verse 26 - “You who have little faith” (faith shaken)
- Without faith, the environment and people become afraid.
- Jesus rebukes unbelief before rebuking the sea
M3 Troubleshooting
<1> Come before the Lord!
It is natural to come out and pray in front of the residents.
cs Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia) “If there is a God of love, how would you explain the incomprehensible pain of life?” “Even then, life is proud, but how proud would life be if there were no pain?
How many people will pray for those who believe in Jesus? We believed in Jesus and learned to pray because of suffering.
Example>Lincoln-Congress (You are a dual personality with two faces!)
I close my eyes for a moment and open them, I'm so sorry.
“If I had two faces, how could I possibly come out with such an ugly face on a day like today?”
How could you afford it? I can't afford it. At that moment, I closed my eyes and prayed, and God gave me wisdom.
Zidane - Materazzi "Insult" Zidane bangs his head Rudd Card = A person who has not been able to resolve inner conflicts (get caught up in the opponent's tactics) - No matter what the opponent does, it is still my decision how I react! unresolved person)
2. What can we expect when we pray?
Verse 26: “At once he got up and rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.”
a. Expect God to calm the storm!
- The sea after the typhoon passes
b. Fear of not reaching your destination (be sure that pain can make your destination clearer!)
- Ordinary people focus on the pain, look at the destination! You can reach your destination faster because of the storm.
M4 application
Did I act without resentment, fear, and faith when the storm of life came upon me?
Have you come before the Lord? And did you turn to the Lord? Did you expect God's power by faith?
M5 determination
1> Come to the all-night prayer meeting! 2> Come to the morning prayer meeting!
“For though the righteous shall fall seven times, he will rise again, but the wicked fall by calamity” (Proverbs 24:16).