Welcome to the InTouch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, October 17th.

Are you facing a task that feels too big or too complicated to handle?

Learn to trust the promises of God and step out in faithful obedience.

The series Reaching Your Full Potential continues.

Is God in this whole issue of risk taking or is He not?

Does He want us to play it safe in every aspect of our life or are there times when we have

to take risk in our life?

Well I want us to look at a man who took risk.

I want us to look at some principles here that if you will follow them carefully, if you

listen intently and if you will apply this message, God will change your life.

He will enable you to reach your full potential.

And you remember we said there are a number of steps, first of all, a clean heart, secondly

a clear mind, a balanced schedule, right relationships, a healthy body and now taking risk.

All of these things are absolutely essential if you want to reach your potential in life.

So I want you to turn if you will to the 14th chapter of Matthew, to the past of Scripture

that is familiar to many people who have read the Word of God.

And what has happened for a little background in this 14th chapter beginning in the 22nd

verse, Jesus has just fed 5,000 plus the women and children.

And now He is said to His disciples beginning in verse 22.

Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side

while He sent the crowds away.

Now don't you imagine they must have been asking, well now if we are going ahead all the

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