Sermon Notes March 1, 2015
“An Encounter with Jesus … in the Midst of the Storm”
(Matthew 14:22-33)
I. This is a story about _______________.
A. The storm Peter faced was a ____________
storm.
B. Whatever ____________ you … that’s a storm.
II. This is a story about _______________.
A. ____________ is often the child of fear.
B. Great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm
____________. (Proverbs 1:7; see Exodus
14:15ff; 2 Kings 5:8ff)
C. Faith is a ____________dive out of a boat that
we know is sinking into the only arms available.
(John 6:67-68)
III.This is a story about _______________.
A. Peter didn’t ____________ in the boat.
B. There are ____________ involved in coming to
Jesus. (Luke 14:25-33)
C. There is a ____________to be made in the midst
of the storm.IV. This is a story about keeping our ____________
on Jesus.
A. It is when Peter took his eyes off of Jesus and put
them on the ____________ that he began to
sink.
B. In every storm, the ____________ of Jesus and
the love which flows from the cross will bring
peace.