Week 33: A passionate faith - Peter
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
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Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:29–31)
Peter is known for being a leader among the disciples, for his job as a fisherman, for denying Jesus three times, and for his passionate and eager faith. Peter was ready to follow Jesus anywhere. In fact, when Jesus called Peter to follow him as his disciple, Peter immediately dropped what he was doing and followed him. And when the disciples saw Jesus walking on water, Peter asked Jesus to call him out onto the water too.
Peter stepped out of the boat, trusting that if Jesus called him, he could do the impossible. For a minute, he walked on water. But then he took his eyes off Jesus, just for a second, and started to sink. When Jesus rescued him, he asked, “Why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31).
Here is the thing: However imperfectly, Peter got out of the boat. This story reminds us that faith isn’t about never failing; it’s about always coming back to Jesus. Peter’s willingness to step out in faith grew his relationship with the Lord; it allowed him to experience miracles and do great things for God’s people and church. We can do those things too, but only if we are brave enough to get out of the boat.
It doesn’t have to be perfect. A life of faith has ups and downs, and we will all have moments of doubt. But a passion for Jesus means that when we fail, we always know who to reach for, knowing that he will reach back and help us.
This week, let’s pray that our kids take a risk for their faith. Let’s pray that they boldly and passionately follow where Jesus asks them to, knowing that with him they can do the impossible.
Jesus, give __________ a bold and passionate faith in you. Help them to hear your call for their life and give them the courage to follow you in that calling. When they face dear or doubt, remind them to call on you and trust in your goodness. Amen.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to pardon the best. I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and what day is it, |
| 0:20.6 | what time is it? Okay, we're on week 33, praying about a passionate faith. And I have on one of my longest time best friends, Kara Hunt. We went to high school together. Hey, Kara, how are you today? Hi, Cort. I love that this one's not on video and it's audio and the fact that you're like, do you |
| 0:37.6 | have on your pajamas with a swimming over it? |
| 0:42.8 | Actually, 100% do. |
| 0:45.0 | Yes, I do. |
| 0:45.8 | She keeps it real all the time. |
| 0:48.0 | I'm like, it's too much today to figure out an outfit and a bra. |
| 0:52.7 | We're just going with this. |
| 0:54.0 | So sorry, folks. But I want to talk about you first before we get it. today to figure out an outfit and a bra and we're just going with this so sorry folks but I |
| 0:56.7 | want to talk about you first before we get to Peter and so for those of you that don't know |
| 1:01.0 | my dear friend we go way way back you have them the most incredible memory how many years |
| 1:05.1 | has it been can you even pull that number that we've oh well so I guess we started high |
| 1:10.6 | school in 91 okay and I'd say we really |
| 1:13.3 | became friends in 92. Okay, look at you. You're so accurate. That's been a hot minute. |
| 1:18.4 | Years. Yeah. 34 years that we've been walking through life together. We have not lived in the same |
| 1:22.6 | city in quite some time, but you're one of those people I can call out of the blue six months later or talk to every day and we just track. It's like we know what's going on in our kids' lives and and I don't know. There's something to that long time history friendship that just makes it really special. So I want to say thank you because for those that don't know, Bridget, my friend Bridget, who you're here from in a couple weeks and Kara have been |
| 1:44.8 | praying for you guys in this podcast for the last three years consistently and every week. |
| 1:50.4 | And so thank you for doing that. |
| 1:52.1 | You didn't have to, you didn't have time for it. |
| 1:55.7 | You're a single mom with a lot going on, but you have made this a priority. |
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