2. A Savior in a Storm (Mat. 8:23-27; Mk. 4:35-41; Lk. 8:22- 25)

3.  Giving up this world as your home  Giving Up Ties to Those Conformed to this world  Giving Up Worldly Ambitions

4. 1.Storms of life will come to those who follow Christ.

5. (Matthew 6:8) "Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. (NKJV)

6. Mat. 6:8 In Action (Numbers 11:4) Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: "Who will give us meat to eat? (NKJV)

7. Mat. 6:8 In Action (Numbers 11:19-20) 'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, 'but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, "Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?"'" (NKJV)

8. Mat. 6:8 In Action (Numbers 11:31-32) Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day's journey on this side and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. (NKJV)

10. 1.Storms of life will come to those who follow Christ. 2.(Mt. 8:25) When the Storms Come, It May Seem Like We Are Perishing

13. (James 5:10) My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. (NKJV)

14. (Matthew 27:54) So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

15. (Jude 1:7) as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (NKJV)

16. (Hebrews 2:9) But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. (NKJV)

17. 1.Storms of life will come to those who follow Christ. 2.(Mt. 8:25) When the Storms Come, It May Seem Like We Are Perishing 3.Christ: Our Example of True Faith

18. (Matthew 8:24) And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. (NKJV)

19. 1.Storms of life will come to those who follow Christ. 2.(Mt. 8:25) When the Storms Come, It May Seem Like We Are Perishing 3.Christ: Our Example of True Faith 4.With Christ: A Great Calm

20. (Mark 4:36) Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. (NKJV)

21. Jesus: Your Life Preserver (Galatians 3:27) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (NKJV)