Matthew 14:24-32 (KJV) But the ship was now in the midst of the sea,
tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
[25] And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on
the sea.
[26] And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled,
saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
[27] But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I;
be not afraid.
[28] And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto
thee on the water.
[29] And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he
walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
[30] But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to
sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
[31] And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and
said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
[32] And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
(GOD SPECIALIZES)
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY AND TIME
WE`RE A LOT OF US WHO ARE PROFESSING TO BE
CHRISTIANS
ARE PASSING UP FUTURE BLESSING FOR RIGHT
NOW OBSTACLES
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
THERES SOMEBODY SITTING IN YOUR ROW
SITTING IN THE SAME SEAT THAT YOU ARE
SITTING IN
WHOSE LIFE IS IN LIMBO
AND IT`S NOT BECAUSE YOU TRIED AND FAIL
SHORT
BUT YOUR LIFE IS IN LIMBO BECAUSE YOU ARE
TO SCARED TO START AND WALK BY FAITH
BUT YOU RATHER FOCUS ON THE HERE AND NOW
AND WALK BY SIGHT
THAN THE THERE AND THEN AND WALK BY FAITH
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE DON`T
WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE PAIN OF THE PAST
BUT I STOP BY ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN TO TELL
YOU
NO PAIN NO GAIN AND IN ORDER TO GET
SOMEWHERE IN THIS LIFE YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH SOMETHINGS
BECAUSE PAST PAIN BRINGS SPRITUAL GROWTH
IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
SOME OF YOU HERE THIS MORNING ARE AFRIAD
TO GET MARRIED
BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID THAT YOU MIGHT
END UP IN DIVORCE COURT
AFRAID TO START A BUSSINESS BECAUSE YOU
ARE SCARED OF BANKRUPTY
AFRAID TO APPLY FOR CERTAINS JOBS BECAUSE
YOU OR AFRAID OF BEING REJECTED
BUT IF YOU WILL LET ME PULL OVER RIGHT NOW
AND PUT SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND
AND THAT IS
A LOT OF US WILL NEVER WILL NEVER MOVE
BEYOND OUR PRESENT SITUATIONS
BECAUSE WE SPEND MORE TIME FOCUSING ON
HOW THE ENEMY MIGHT HURT US
RATHER THAN HOW MUCH GOD WANTS TO HELP
US
AND THER COMES A TIME IN EACH OF OUR LIVES
THAT WE HAVE TO GROW TO LEVEL OF SPIRITUAL
MATURITY
AND THEN WE WILL REALIZE THAT
SUCCESS IS NOT BASED UPON HOW MANY
FAILURES WE HAVE IN LIFE
BUT SUCCESS IS DETERMINE BY HOW MANY
OBSTACLES WE OVERCOME IN LIFE
WE MEASURE FAILURE BY HOW MANY TIMES A
PERSON GET KNOCKED DOWN
BUT GOD MEASURE FAILURE BY HOW MANY
TIMES A PERSON STAYS DOWN
BECAUSE THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF STORMS WE
FACE IN LIFE
STORMS OF CORRECTIONS
AND STORMS OF PERFECTIONS
STORMS OF CORRECTIONS DISCIPLINES US AND
CORRECTS US AND GETS US BACK INTO THE WILL
OF GOD
BUT STORMS OF PERFECTIONS ELEVATES US TO A
LEVEL OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY
CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE BOOK OF JONAH
JONAH FINDS HIMSELF IN A STORM OF
CORRECTION
(TELL STORY)
BUT WHEN YOU GO REV DR PAUL 2ND LETTER TO
THE CHURH AT CORINTH
REV DR PAUL FINDS HIMSELF IN A STORM OF
PERFECTION
(TELL STORY)
BUT IN THE TEXT BEFORE THE DICIPLES ARE
GOING THROUGH A STORM OF PERFECTION
THE 14TH CHAPTER OF MATTHEW REVEALS THAT
AFTER JESUS FED THE 5000 MEN PLUS WOMEN
AND CHILDREN WITH 2 SARDINES AND 5 BISCUTS
Matthew 14:22 (KJV) And straightway Jesus constrained
his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto
the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
SO THE 1ST THING THE TEXT REVEALS TO US IS
THAT JESUS COMMANDED HIS DICIPLES TO GO TO
THE OTHER SIDE
WHICH MEANS THAT THAT THEY WE`RE IN
APPOINTED PLACE AT THE APPOINTED TIME
DOING WHAT THE LORD HAD COMMISSIONED
THEM TO DO WHEN THE STORM ROSE UP
AGAINST THEM
THE BIBLE SAYS IN VERSE 24
THAT WHEN THE STORM CAME THEY FOUND
THEMSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA
STRUGGLING AND STRAINING TO GET TO THE
OTHER SIDE
AND THE 1ST SPIRITUAL NUGGET I WANT TO LIFT
UP IS
IN SPITE OF FEAR WE MUST LEARN HOW TO DEAL
WITH EXTERNAL CONFLICT
THE DICIPLES WE`RE IN COMPLINCE WITH THE
PURPOSE AND PLAN FOR THERE LIVES
BUT A STORM AROSE ON THERE WAY TO THE
OTHER SIDE
AND IS`NT IT AMAZING THAT YOU CAN BE DOING
THE WILL OF GOD
AND OUT OF NOWHERE WAVES OF OPPOSITION
WILL ARISE
TO HINDER YOUR PROGRESS
YOU SEE BEFORE THEY STARTED THE SEA WAS
CALM AND QUITE
BUT ONCE THEY BEGAN TO TRANSITION TO THE
OTHER SIDE THEY WE`RE MET WITH ALL KINDS
OF EXTERNAL RESITANCE
LET ME BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU
BECAUSE SOMEBODY IN HERE KNOWS WHAT I`M
TALKING ABOUT
BECAUSE BEFORE YOU DECIDED TO WALK WITH
THE LORD EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE WAS COOL
AND CALM
BUT THE MINUTE YOU DECLARED THAT FOR GOD
I LIVE AND FOR GOD I DIE
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE IN YOUR LIFE
THE PEOPLE YOU USE TO CHILL WITH THEY
DON`T TREAT YOU THE WAY THEY USE TO SINCE
YOU`VE LAID YOUR BURDENS DOWN
BUT THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE BEEN
CATCHING SO MUCH HATERATION IS BECAUSE
THEY REALIE THAT YOUR LIFE IS IN TRANSITION
AND THEY ARE NOT MAD AT YOU
BUT THE DEVIL IS USING THEM BECAUSE HE IS
MAD ABOUT WHERE GOD IS TRYING TO TAKE YOU
AND THE DEVIL WILL USE ANYBODY ARE
ANYTHING TO HINDER WHERE GOD IS TRYING TO
TAKE YOU
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BUT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO
DEAL WITH EXTERNAL CONFLICT
BUT WE MUST LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH
INTERNAL CONFLICT AS WELL
Matthew 14:25-26 (KJV) And in the fourth watch of the
night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
[26] And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea,
they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out
for fear.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
GOD WILL PLACE YOU IN A VULNERABLE
POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO TRUST HIM EVEN
WHEN YOU CAN`T TRACE HIM
AND SOME OF US ARE IN A DARK SITUATION NOW
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE LONGER WE WAIT THE
DARKER OUR SITUATION GET
BUT I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT GOD
SPECILIZES IN DARK SITUATIONS
BECAUSE THE BIBLE TESTIFIES THAT GOD SHINNE
HIS BRIGHTEST WHEN OUR NIGHTS SEEM THERE
DARKEST
GENESIS 32 REVEALS THAT JACOB WRESTLED
WITH THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ALL NIGHT AT
BETHEL HE LOST THE BATTLE BUT HE WON THE
FIGHT
AND EVEN WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEW
TESTAMENT
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN 3RD CHAPTER
REVEALS
THAT IT WAS AT NIGHT WHEN NICODEMUS A MAN
WITH A PHD IN BIBLE TIMES CAME TO JESUS
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS -HE CAME IN ONE WAY
BUT HE LEFT WITH A REGENARATED HEART AND
LEFT OUT WITH A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE
AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE BOOK OF ACTS
PAUL AND SILAS HAD A PRAYER AND PRAISE
MEETING AT MIDNIGHT AND THE VERY
FOUNDATION OF THAT PHILLIPIAN JAIL SHOOK
IT WAS AT NIGHT WHEN GOD LED THE
WILDERNESS CONGREATION THROUGH THE
WILDERNESS WITH A CLOUD BY DAY AND FIRE
BY NIGHT
AND EVEN THE PSALMIST REVEALS TO US THAT
IN PSALMS 30 VERSE 5 PART B
THAT WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT BUT
JOY COMES IN THE MORNING
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WELL THE THIRD SPRITUAL NUGGET THE TEXT
REVEALS TO US THAT IF YOU WANT GOD TO
SPECIALIZE IN YOUR SITUATION
IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE BOAT AND
LEAVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE
Matthew 14:28-29 (KJV) And Peter answered him and
said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the
water.
[29] And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down
out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT PEOPLE
WHO STAY IN THE BOAT ARE SCARED OF CHANGE
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD THIS MORNING
SOME OF HERE WANT GOD TO BE A SPECIALIST
IN OUR SITUATION BUT WE ARE AFRIAD OF
CHANGE AND WON`T GET OUT OF THE BOAT
AND IN STEAD OF TRUSTING GOD WE TURN TO
GOSSIP -DRUGS-GAMBLING-AND THE LIST
COULD GO ON AND ON
CAN I PAINT YOU A PICTURE
12 ORDINARY MEN WHOM JESUS CALL OUT OF
DARKNESS INTO THE MARVELOUS LIGHT
WHOM HAD SEEN THE LORD PERFORM MIRACLE
AFTER MIRACLE
BUT IN THE MIDIST OF THE STORM ONLY PETER
RECONIZED WHO JESUS WAS
AND BEFORE WE CRITIZE PETER FOR SINKING
AT LEAST HE DID HAVE THE COURAGE TO GET
OUT THE BOAT
AND PETER TEACHES US THAT WHEN WE ARE IN A
STORM THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT OF OUR
COMFORT ZONE AND GO TO WHERE JESUS IS
Matthew 14:28 (KJV) And Peter answered him and said,
Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
BUT NOT ONLY DID GET OUT OF THE BOAT BE
CAUSE HE EXCERISED HIS FAITH
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHINGS IN THE BOAT THAT
HE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM
YOU SEE DOUBTING THOMAS WAS IN THE BOAT
MATTHEW THE TAX EXTORINER WAS IN THE BOAT
JOHN AND JAMES THE YOUNG HOT HEAD SONS OF
ZEBEDEE WERE IN THE BOAT
JOHN MARK THE YOUNG COWARD WHO WENT
BACK HOME ON PAUL AND BARNABAS 1ST
MISSIONARY JOURNEY
STEALING JUDAS WAS IN THE BOAT
AND PETER TEACHES US THAT WHEN YOU FIND
YOURSELF IN THE STORMS OF LIFE
THERE ARE SOMETHING YOU NEED TO GET RID
OF AND GET OUT OF THE BOAT
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BUT NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO GET OUT OF OUR
COMFORT ZONE
BUT WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE BOAT COMMIT
YOURSELF TO THE LORD AND KEEP YOUR EYES
ON JESUS
THE FRIST THING PETER DID WAS STAND ON THE
WORD OF GOD
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU BETHESDA IF THE
WORD OF GOD IS STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD
PETER IT`S STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD ME AND
YOU
TELL STORY ABOUT LITTLE BOY WHO STOOD ON
THE BIBLE
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT AS HE BEGAN TO
WALK ON THE WATER HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF
JESUS AND HE BEGAN TO SANK BUT HE CALLS ON
THE RIGHT PERSON TO HELP HIM
LORD SAVE ME
