Speaker 1: Bless the Lord or my soul and all that is
Speaker 1: within me. Bless his holy name Shaloon, beloved, and thank
Speaker 1: you for tuning into today's morning glory devotion. Privileged to
Speaker 1: be leading today's session is Amanda Baidu from Harvest Chapel International,
Speaker 1: Dingyamiko Marsi. Please, let's pray thank you, Heavenly Father for today.
Speaker 1: Thank you for this ability and opportunity to study your way.
Speaker 1: We ask our Lord that you make our hearts fatter
Speaker 1: to receive it and grant us the grace to understand
Speaker 1: and apply it in our lives. In Jesus' name, Amen beloved.
Speaker 1: Please let's take our confession from the Book of Joshua,
Speaker 1: chapter one, best eight. This book of the Law shall
Speaker 1: not depart out of my mouth, but I shall meditate
Speaker 1: in it day and night, that I may observe to
Speaker 1: do according to all that is written in it. For
Speaker 1: then I will make my way prosperous, and then I
Speaker 1: will have good success, Amen beloved. Our topic for today
Speaker 1: is titled Asleep in a Storm. Asleep in a Storm
Speaker 1: and a scripture reading is taken from Mark chapter four
Speaker 1: Theress thirty five to forty one. On the same day,
Speaker 1: when evening had come, he said to them, let us
Speaker 1: cross over to the other side. Now. When they had
Speaker 1: left the multitude, they took him along in the boat
Speaker 1: as he was, and other little boats were also with him,
Speaker 1: and a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into
Speaker 1: the boat so that it was already feeling. But he
Speaker 1: was in the stern, asleep on a pillow, and they
Speaker 1: awokeing and said to him, teacher, do you not care
Speaker 1: that we are perishing? Then he arose and rebuked the
Speaker 1: wind and said to the sea, peace be still. And
Speaker 1: the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. But
Speaker 1: he said to them, why are you so fearful? How
Speaker 1: is it that you have no faith? And they feared
Speaker 1: exceedingly and said to one another, who can this be
Speaker 1: that even the wind and the sea obey him? Amen?
Speaker 1: Asleep in a storm, Beloved, there's no storm that is
Speaker 1: above the power of God. The scripture above is comforting
Speaker 1: to us as believers, because it depicts the nature of
Speaker 1: our Savior in the face of storms. Jesus was asleep
Speaker 1: when the great winstorm arose. It was easy, just like
Speaker 1: the disciples to think, does he not care that we
Speaker 1: are perishing? In the storm. Maybe like them, we often
Speaker 1: ask God, can he not see the struggle we are in?
Speaker 1: Do you see our tears and the pain we are
Speaker 1: going through in this storm? We often have many questions
Speaker 1: in the seasons where God is quiet and he seems
Speaker 1: to be sound asleep. But Beloved, Jesus had already told
Speaker 1: them that they would get to the other side. He
Speaker 1: had given them a word, and not only that, He
Speaker 1: was with them. The disciples, like us, both have the
Speaker 1: weord and the presence of God, and yet the storms
Speaker 1: were able to incite fear in them. Much like us,
Speaker 1: when the storms of life hit, we often do not
Speaker 1: trust the wed or the presence of God with us. Beloved,
Speaker 1: imagine how frustrating their unbelief must have been for Jesus.
Speaker 1: Imagine setting food on the table for your child. You
Speaker 1: show them where the food is and expects them to
Speaker 1: go and eat it, but the child keep asking you
Speaker 1: for the same food that you have already provided. Brethren,
Speaker 1: there are certain seasons where God may seem asleep and quiet,
Speaker 1: because we often have what it takes to take charge
Speaker 1: of the situation. We have the wed and we have
Speaker 1: his presence, We have his promises, his prophecies, his instructions
Speaker 1: and his ways. Their agitation was because of the currency
Speaker 1: of fear. And sometimes when you are not meditating on
Speaker 1: the fact that you carry the presence of God and
Speaker 1: you already have his wed, fear will push you into
Speaker 1: shaking in the storm. When your Lord has already spoken.
Speaker 1: Jesus wasn't uncaring. The Lord never slum best no sleep.
Speaker 1: Jesus was full of faith. He was relaxed because storms
Speaker 1: cannot shake the word of God. Let us build faith
Speaker 1: by meditating on his wed and dwelling in his presence,
Speaker 1: so that no storm can shake us into fear. But
Speaker 1: rather we will have faith in the Wed, and we
Speaker 1: can rebuke the storms of life and live victoriously. Remember
Speaker 1: in Psalm twenty seven, the Lord is our light in
Speaker 1: our salvation. Whom shall we fear? The Lord is the
Speaker 1: strength of our lives, of whom shall we be afraid.
Speaker 1: Though an army may and camp against us, our hearts
Speaker 1: shall not fear the war may rise against us. In
Speaker 1: this we will be confident, For in the time of trouble,
Speaker 1: he shall hide us in his pavilion, in the secret
Speaker 1: place of his tabernacle. He shall hide us. He shall
Speaker 1: set us high upon a rock. And now our heads
Speaker 1: shall be lifted up above our enemies. All around us
Speaker 1: shalloon our memory. Verse is taken from Isiah chapter forty one, vers. Ten.
Speaker 1: So do not fear, for I am with you. Do
Speaker 1: not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will
Speaker 1: strengthen you and help you. I will apphold you with
Speaker 1: my righteous right hand. Amen, you love it. Please let
Speaker 1: share a word of prayer. Our Father. We thank you
Speaker 1: for this reminder that you are with us, and you
Speaker 1: have already given us your word. Therefore we pray and
Speaker 1: we ask that you will help us that we do
Speaker 1: not allow the fear of the storms of life to
Speaker 1: overshadow us and to overiet the faith that we have
Speaker 1: in your word. Help us to have faith to rebuke
Speaker 1: every storm in our lives, and know that once you
Speaker 1: are with us, we would definitely live a victorious life
Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. Amen, be love it. Please stay tuned
Speaker 1: for more spirits failed content, and have a blessed day.
Speaker 1: Shalon