Jesus Was Asleep in the Storm

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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When we're familiar with the Bible, there is a risk that we will read through it too quickly, missing important key facts. For example, did you remember that Jesus got into a boat and went fast asleep in the midst of a storm? Most of us would be up wide awake, watching the skies and shuddering at the sound of the howling winds. Worry and fear are not storm-stoppers, but the disciples had Jesus right there with them in the ship, and yet they asked Him this question in Mark 4:38: "... Master, carest thou not that we perish?" We are so much like the disciples. We have Jesus with us daily, and yet we forget that He is continously able to tell the wind and the waves what to do and when to do it. We forget that He is Almighty because we are not. We try to attribute our weaknesses to Christ, which is a mistake on so many levels. There are profoundly helpful lessons at the end of the fourth chapter of Mark that will help us to learn how to calm down, and how to rest in a storm. You'll want your Bible handy for this study of Mark 4:35-41. It's deep. Pun intended. NEW! Encouragement for Women--A 30-day Devotional NEW! Seaside Treasures Seashell Gift Bags Here's the Donate Button! Visit Keep the Heart Keep the Heart on Instagram Keep the Heart on Facebook Francie on Facebook

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0:00.0	I love studying the Gospels, and I like to read them in slow motion because there are things you miss
0:05.7	if you read too quickly. For example, did you notice that Jesus actually did sleep? I think that we think
0:14.0	we're the ever-ready bunnies and we've got to keep on going and going and going, and we miss the fact that
0:19.7	even our Savior did sleep. In fact, he was serving
0:24.5	people all the time. So sleep had to be essential, and I bet sleep felt like better than the best
0:31.4	dessert, because he was always just in demand. This is such an important principle that we need to not miss.
0:40.8	And so we're going to look at it today. We're going to take a really good look at how Jesus
0:45.2	slept in a storm. Before we do that, I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for listening
0:51.1	to Keep the Heart. We're well over 150,000 downloads of the podcast episodes,
0:56.8	and I'm astounded by that because there is not a greater Mrs. Nobody on Earth than Francie Taylor.
1:02.7	I am Francie Who to most people. But I really appreciate that you do tune in and you send your
1:08.2	friends, and I'm grateful for the emails that you send that tell us that these are helpful. Would you do us a favor and go to keep the heart.com and click
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1:28.9	And we are listeners supported. So I do not have a salary that comes in every month for doing
1:34.1	these podcast episodes. I'm committed to these because it's the work the Lord has given me to do,
1:39.3	and I love doing it. But when we get back, I want to talk about how Jesus was asleep in the storm.
1:53.2	Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.
1:58.1	Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker. Sharing lessons from
2:02.6	the Word of God is her passion. Now, back to today's important study. Now, Jesus had just finished
2:13.4	talking with all kinds of people. We don't even know how many, but he also had talked personally
2:18.6	with his disciples, because Jesus would teach in parables, and then when he got along with his
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