Jesus on Becoming a Non-Anxious Presence | Gospel of Matthew

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this well known, but often missed-out-on story of Jesus walking on the water, we notice the writer Matthew’s key insights from Jesus’ life and teaching about becoming a “non-anxious presence” in a world caught in a vicious cycle of anxiety. We have faith and release control.

Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 14v22-36

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0:00.0	Welcome to the John Mark Comer
0:03.0	Teachings Podcast by practicing the way.
0:05.0	This teaching was originally given
0:08.0	at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon
0:10.0	as a part of the Gospel of Matthew series.
0:13.0	In 1997, a number of things.
0:20.0	In 1997, a number of things happened. Princess Diana died in a tragic accident.
0:27.0	Steve Jobs came back to Apple.
0:31.0	Titanic, a short word about Leonardo.
0:34.1	A little known author named JK Rowling
0:36.1	released a little book about witches into the world
0:39.0	that Christians freaked out over for a solid decade.
0:47.0	But another event that's much quieter but I would argue just as important. It's actually a book. Edward Freeman, you may or may not know that name, a year after his death,
0:52.0	his family put out his last book called
0:53.8	a failure of nerve many myself included consider it the greatest leadership
0:58.4	book or the most important leadership book we've ever read and Friedman if you're not familiar with him, was a Jewish
1:03.8	rabbi and therapist who was an early expert on the idea of systems theory, the
1:08.4	idea that families function like a system of relationships. Very well known, a famous book,
1:13.7	Generation to Generation is the basis for much of the work we do here around
1:17.8	family of origin, genogram, generational sin, all of that work. Later in life, he applied the data from family systems theory
1:26.2	to larger systems, such as first off the synagogue
1:29.2	and the church, later to businesses,
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