Transcript Finding Peace & Meaning in the Storm (Acts 27:1-44) Paul’s Journey to Rome.

Finding Peace & Meaning
in the Storm
(Acts 27:1-44)
Paul’s Journey to Rome
Acts 27:1-44
Paul’s Journey to Rome
Acts 27:25-26 NLT
2 But
take courage! None of you will lose your lives,
even though the ship will go down. 23 For last night
an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I
serve stood beside me, 24 and he said, ‘Don’t be
afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before
Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has
granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’ 25 So
take courage! For I believe God. It will be just as he
said. 26 But we will be shipwrecked on an island.”
Finding Peace & Meaning
in Our Storms
1. Christian = Storms
Acts 9:15-16 NLT
15 But
the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument
to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well
as to the people of Israel. 16 And I will show him how
much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
2 Timothy 3:10-12 NLT
10 But
you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how
I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith,
my patience, my love, and my endurance. 11 You know
how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You
know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium,
and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it. 12 Yes,
and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus
will suffer persecution.
John 16:33 NLT
“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me.
Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But
take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
1 Peter 4:12 NLT
12 Dear
friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you
are going through, as if something strange were
happening to you.
Finding Peace & Meaning
in Our Storms
1. Christian = Storms
Why?
Finding Peace & Meaning
in Our Storms
1. Christian = Storms
2. Storms = Faith
3 Godly Men Testify to this fact
1 Peter 1:6-7 NLT
6 So
be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead,
even though you have to endure many trials for a
little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith
is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and
purifies gold—though your faith is far more
precious than mere gold. So when your faith
remains strong through many trials, it will bring
you much praise and glory and honor on the day
when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
Peter
Romans 5:3-5 NLT
3 We
can rejoice, too, when we run into problems
and trials, for we know that they help us develop
endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of
character, and character strengthens our confident
hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to
disappointment. For we know how dearly God
loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to
fill our hearts with his love.
Paul
James 1:2-4 NLT
2 Dear
brothers and sisters, when troubles come
your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.
3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your
endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow,
for when your endurance is fully developed, you
will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
James
Our lusts are cords that bind us.
Fiery trials are sent to burn and
consume them. Who fears the
flame which will bring him liberty
from intolerable bonds?
Charles Spurgeon
Finding Peace & Meaning
in Our Storms
1. Christian = Storms
2. Storms = Faith
God requires us to address sin in our
lives - Sanctification can hurt
God is more concerned with your character
than He is with your comfort
God wants you to experience JOY … not
temporary happiness
Finding Peace & Meaning
in Our Storms
1. Christian = Storms
2. Storms = Faith
3. Faith = Knowing Truth
Knowing what TRUTH
is carries us through the
storms of our lives
Romans 8:28 NLT
And we know that God causes everything to work
together for the good of those who love God and
are called according to his purpose for them.
Finding Peace & Meaning
in Our Storms
1. Christian = Storms
2. Storms = Faith
3. Faith = Knowing Truth
Paul knew what God had told him!
Do we stand on the truth God tells
us through His word?
Truths of God We Can Stand On
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2.
3.
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5.
God loves us
God is not capable of evil
God is doing a great work in all of our lives
Nothing can separate us from God’s love
God is the only way to freedom from the
addictions and sin that ensnare us
6. God will NEVER forsake us
7. God is more powerful than any problem we
face
What is the end result of
our standing on truth in
the middle of the storms?
1 Peter 2:12-14, 19 NLT
12 Dear
friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are
going through, as if something strange were happening to
you. 13 Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you
partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have
the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to
all the world. 14 So be happy when you are insulted for
being a Christian, for then the glorious Spirit of God rests
upon you.
19 So
if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep
on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who
created you, for he will never fail you.
1 Peter 5:10-11 NLT
10 In
his kindness God called you to share in his
eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you
have suffered a little while, he will restore,
support, and strengthen you, and he will place you
on a firm foundation. 11 All power to him forever!
Amen.
Koren’s Storm
Response
1. Come forward if you need prayer regarding a
storm in your life.
2. Come forward if you need to turn your life over
to Jesus Christ and make Him your pilot
through life’s storms.