Obeying God can sometimes lead to rough sailing.

Dr. Tony Evans says even life's scariest scenarios serve a higher purpose.

Our God specializes in impossible situations and even leads us to them so that we can watch with our own eyes, faith, overcome fear.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives

of Dr. Tony Evans.

We all feel afraid from time to time.

That's natural.

But today, Dr. Evans talks about how to keep moving forward in faith, even when fear tries

to shut us down.

Let's join him.

A lot to be afraid of today.

And yet, while there are many things that can create fear, cause fear, God does not want us

to be owned by fear.

He doesn't want us to walk around afraid. So I want to give you

some principles right now to deal with fear. Verse 22 says of Matthew 14 immediately,

Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side while he sent

the crowds away. After he had sent the crowds away,

he went up on the mountain by himself to pray, and when it was evening, he was there alone. But the boat

was already a long distance from land, battered by the ways, for the winds were contrary.

Obeying God can sometimes lead to rough sailing.

Well, first thing I want you to know when life makes you fearful, and you're going to see

how afraid these disciples were at a moment, that if you have committed yourself to Jesus Christ

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