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this is Pastor David again from

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International Baptist Church I'm I wish

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we could say we're meeting here this

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Sunday here at IBC you see the empty

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seats behind me but we're still during

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this coronavirus shutdown so unable to

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meet we do pray that the virus will not

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spread if you don't know where the news

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botted Vernon Berg is the hardest-hit

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state in the in the German union right

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now so we pray for our state we pray

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also for all those around us we pray for

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safe you pray for the nations of the

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world and wherever the nation you come

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from whatever nation you come from let

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me encourage you to pray for the leaders

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of that nation and for the people for

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safety well today I want to talk about

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dealing with God's grace and God's peace

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in the midst of a storm the question I'm

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asking is does God care about me does

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God care about you and we're going

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through a storm last week we looked at

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worry and there's a difference between

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worry and a storm a worry as Theoretical

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maybe we're afraid that something will

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happen but a storm is about what did

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happen a worry we should avoid but a

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storm we have to resolve creates

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problems that we have to face and fix

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and this is this issue about the

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coronavirus there's no longer a theory

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is actually a reality that we're facing

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today well the text I'm using is from

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Matthew's Gospel chapter 8 verses 23

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through 27 and it starts out this way

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then Jesus got into the boat and his

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disciple spotted him without warning a

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furious storm came up on the lake so

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that the waves swept over the boat but

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jesus mostly be the disciples went and

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woke him saying lord save us we're going

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to drown but here's the perfect sample

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of the storms of life they come on you

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unannounced sudden and there's many

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types of storms using this for an

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analogy of all those problems we face up

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there's financial storms for example and

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during this time many people are laid

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off many companies are downsizing and

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those are euphemisms it sounds a nice

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sounds more in

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it really is and to be laid-off it

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sounds nice but it's not a nice feeling

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or some salaries have been reduced

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significantly because they're not sure

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how long this is going to last and these

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are problems we need to resolve we need

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to fix they're also medical storms

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certainly during this coronavirus many

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people have been diagnosed with it or

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they're they're concerned about it

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they've been exposed to it but there are

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other situations as well in life

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sometimes you get a diagnosis of cancer

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or another serious chronic illness that

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you are not Eric planning on having or

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thought you have but suddenly you're one

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of those and now has a chronic illness

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or maybe it's a marital storm maybe your

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spouse wants to be out of the marriage

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or maybe your children they were grown

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and raised and they're dealing with

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something like this but suddenly you

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feel like you're in a storm just like

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these disciples felt on the Sea of

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Galilee suddenly you're in a storm

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there's some things you have to face and

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resolve and you're not sure how to do it

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well the first truth we're seeing this

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is that Christ is with us in the middle

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of a storm even when we think he is not

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that's one of the first thoughts that we

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feel like in a storm that we feel that

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just Jesus is no longer there God is no

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longer there and we don't feel his

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presence but he's still there even when

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we do not feel like he's there the

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disciples are letting Jesus sleep and

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didn't think about calling on him or

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waking him up they were just going to go

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on and face it and try to fix it as best

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they could rather than going to him who

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can do halt and you all the ages were

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trying to resolve their problems and

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that's typical of us as well there's an

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analogy of a storm we see in this

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picture or an anatomy of the storm

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excuse me we see and this always three

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factors in every storm there's always

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those things are represented by the wind

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the things we cannot see there's always

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facts behind every event in life that we

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don't know why it happened like that

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those are things we just could not

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cannot see why did this take place we

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and then there's the waves and the waves

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represent those things we can see and we

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have to deal with that are caused by the

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things we cannot see those are the

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things we have to deal with and we need

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God's strength and wisdom and know how

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to deal with these practical issues and

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then there's a third there's the people

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factor in every storm there's always

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this issue of relationships how do we go

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through this together if you lose a job

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it's not just you there's lost a job

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it's your family that's lost the

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breadwinner or some in some income as

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well and it affects everybody and how do

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we go through this we could imagine on

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that boat maybe some of the words the

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disciples were saying to one another

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were not that kind it was not the loving

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wonderful fellowship they had at other

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times rather there was arguing back and

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forth there probably some accusations

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and that's always a temptation in every

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storm of life one of the things we have

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to be careful of is is blaming others

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for the problem are playing this what-if

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game or if only game if only we'd gone

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here if only we'd gone there the truth

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is that whatever path we take in life

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there's danger on both sides

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and if we were someplace else we don't

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know what problems we would have there

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but I assure you we will have problems

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if you read the Bible we see God telling

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us the end of the story it ends with the

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new heaven and new earth and God's

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presence with us and it says this in

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revelation 21:4 and he will wipe every

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tear from their eyes there will be no

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more death or mourning or crying or pain

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for the old order of things has passed

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away well that's the end of the story

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but Jesus also said in our time in our

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age in John 16:33 he said this I've told

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you these things so that you may have

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peace in this world you will have

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trouble but take heart I have overcome

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the world so in this world we will have

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problems we will

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trouble it's just a fact of life it's

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interesting to look at this the story

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realized that storms happen when you're

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doing the will of God because they

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really were on a mission trip Christ

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told them let's go on the other side of

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the lake to those people there we're

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going to minister to them and even when

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you're doing the will of God storms

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happen and even with Jesus in your boat

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storms can happen Jesus was right there

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with them but nevertheless they were in

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the middle of a storm but a wonderful

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truth to grasp and hold on to is this it

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is better to be in the middle of a storm

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doing the will of God with Jesus in your

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life that a tea place else on earth

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so he is always with us no matter what

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no matter where we go what we're facing

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he is still there even if we don't feel

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his presence he is still there the

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second truth is that Christ can help us

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even when we think he cannot when were

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in a storm we think well he can't help

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us or God's not going to be able to

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change this but God is the most powerful

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being in the universe and there's

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nothing that is impossible to him but

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the first thing that we have to grasp is

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he cares about us in this time sometimes

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we're going through a storm we think

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well this is something I've caused or

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this is something that the world has

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caused and and God doesn't care about us

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one of the differences between the

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Christian faith the Andy and the beliefs

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and the superstitions of the common

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people of the Mediterranean world was

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that their gods really didn't care about

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them they were not able to give them

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good advice their gods were capricious

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and unreliable so the Christian faith

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came with this wonderful message that

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God cares and God is able to help God is

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with us but here's how Jesus helped at

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that time when they woke him up he

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replied you of

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faith why are you so afraid then he got

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up and rebuked the winds and the waves

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then was completely calm the Bible says

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that we have not because we ask mud

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there are many things that God is

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willing to do for us it is well that he

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would do for us but he is waiting for us

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I believe we get to heaven and we stand

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before the judgment seat of Christ will

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will be amazed at how many things God

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wanted to do for us how many ways he

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wanted to bless us that he did not do it

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because we never asked him it's good to

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read the Bible and see the plan of God

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for his people what does he want to do

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and then we can boldly come to him and

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ask him that he would do that not just

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for us the prophets as well but again

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that same passage and by the way that's

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in James chapter 4 that same passage

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also warns us that we should not ask

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simply selfishly we ask for a home loss

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because we want this we want that our

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praying should always be for the will of

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God for the glory of Christ and for

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people to be blessed not selfishly

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but for others as well all we're taught

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to pray for ourselves is simply for our

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daily bread our daily needs but for

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others to pray for them and God of

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course is able to do much more than ever

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ask or think courting his presence in

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our lives we have a self sufficiency

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though that thinks we can do it all

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ourselves when the disciples woke up

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Jesus they didn't know what he was going

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to do but they didn't expect that but

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Jesus is able to do what we came up to

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our self sufficiency makes us think that

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we don't need God but the reality is we

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do need God one of the things has come

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out of this this coronavirus is the

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awareness of the need of God in our

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society today

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and there's a movement starting right

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now among Christians in Germany and if

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you're living in Germany let me

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encourage you to practice this that

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every night at 7 o'clock

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many are stopping what they're doing and

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praying just for a few moments praying

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about this coronavirus praying for the

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sick praying for the doctors and health

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workers praying for a protection praying

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for the whole world but taking a moment

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and reaching out to God and praying in

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fact at seven o'clock each evening

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they're also lighting a candle and

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putting it in a window let me encourage

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you to do that not just to light the

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candle put it in the window as a witness

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to your community but also to actually

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pray and ask God to intervene in the

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situation

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well the needs for storms are many

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there's the need of forgiveness there's

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the need of a coordinated effort there's

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the need of emotional support

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there's a need for people to turn to God

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in this time there's the need for

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practical solutions there are many many

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needs and at this time when science is

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trying to say they have all the answers

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we need to realize that there's only God

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who has all the answers so Christ can

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help us even when we think he cannot and

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the third thing is this though that

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Christ can use the storm for good even

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when we think he will not after he

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calmed the the waves he said to the

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disciples well the passive brother says

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this and the men were amazed and asked

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what kind of man is this even the wind's

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and the waves obey Him they had a

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testimony to share about God it's been

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rightly observed that sometimes Christ

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does say to the wind and the waves or

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the problems of life peace be still but

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sometimes he turns around to those in

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the boat going through the storm and he

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says to our hearts peace be still we're

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going to ride out this storm and

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sometimes that's what God does in His

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grace and in his love and in his wisdom

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he allows us to go through a storm but

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in the midst of that we are growing we

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may see this and say how can God use

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that doesn't mean that God creates evil

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doesn't mean that God delights and

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making people punish and being a pain

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but it means that God can use even the

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worst things that happen in life to do

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his will and he will bless us in ways we

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cannot imagine trees when you cut down a

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tree you can tell the growth of the age

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of the tree by the rings and the rings

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are developed by two types of growth

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there's the quick summer growth and then

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there's the the longer well the shorter

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more dense winter growth the summer

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growth happens quickly but the winter

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growth is more dense and actually makes

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the tree stronger and same in our lives

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that the good things that God blesses us

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with they create joy in our life we're

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happy about those but going through a

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difficult time

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that's when God's really solidifies and

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strengthens our faith Billy Graham wrote

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a great book on peace with God and in

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that he spoke about there's three types

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of peace we have with God there's first

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of all the peace with God we received

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because of what Christ has done that is

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God forgives us our sin and we become

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part of his eternal family when we trust

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in Christ Christ carried our sins in his

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own body on the cross dying for our sins

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so that we may have peace with God we

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are reconciled with him through Christ

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but secondly there's the peace of God

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and that's the peace that surrounds our

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hearts and gives us confidence even in

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the midst of challenging situations you

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knew I've experienced this but who's a

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friend and there's a loved one or a

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faced a difficult situation still in our

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hearts we can be at peace because we

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know that God is with us and he will use

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this to do something great in our life

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in this world but 30 there's the future

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peace the peace that we read about

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earlier from revelation where one day

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he'll wipe every tear from my eye are I

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so be no more sickness or sorrow and

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will be with God forever Billy Graham

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has this quote I love this way says this

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he said I've read

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last page of the Bible it's going to

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turn out all right and that's a great

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promise to take well God is with us we

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were brokenhearted got us with this

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rumor challenge God is with us when were

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worried and God is with us we're going

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through problems and he can use these

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things he can solve problems he can

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deliver us he can strengthen us during

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this time and that's what we need to

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look forward to see how he will do these

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things in our lives I pray that God

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would bless you

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I pray thee to keep you and your family

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safe and then I pray also that he would

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strengthen your faith during these days

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let's pray father I thank you for your

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grace in your life I pray Lord as we go

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through this storm of the coronavirus

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that Lord you would strengthen our faith

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and our confidence in you we do pray for

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all those technicians that are involved

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and looking for a vaccine against this

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we pray for all the doctors and nurses

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and hospitals and other people that are

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treating sick patients we pray Lord for

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deliverance we pray for safety we pray

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for healing and Lord we pray that you

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would get the glory out of this we pray

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that the world would turn to you in this

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time that Christians especially would

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pray to you we pray for an end of

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suffering and may you come quickly Lord

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Jesus we pray this in Jesus name Amen

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thank you god bless you