But love turns out to be a risky business when you’re a porcupine. Mark(4:35-41) recounts the amazement of the disciples at Jesus' ability to control nature. The following sermon is based on Mark 4:35-41. The brief storm was devastating in a region that was already under economic distress. He came to the door, flung it open, and in a gruff voice asked, "What do you want?" Because the farmhand did his work loyally and faithfully when the skies were clear, he was prepared for the storm when it broke. Today’s sermon is about relocating our faith and placing it on Jesus. The stories I like best are the ones that talk about courage in the midst of fear. Well, let me ask you. Architecturally, that part of the sanctuary in which all of you sit is called the "nave." He felt called by God to serve as pastor to rural churches. When a violent storm threatens to destroy the boat and its inhabitants, Jesus somehow manages to remain "asleep on the cushion." As the ship sank, the chaplains, with hands firmly clasped, prayed the Lord's prayer. A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a violent storm. He cares because that fear is intruding upon His destiny for you. God also works through other people to assure us in the midst of difficult times. "Well, honey, that’s wonderful. It’s the only way I learn. But as Mark tells it, they could panic right along with the best of us.Heather Entrekin, When We Are Afraid___________________________Listen for the Questions, The Scriptures include a significant number of life-and-death questions about meaning, purpose and value in life. That is something new for us to handle, and its newness feeds the worry, the fear. They have around 30,000 quills attached to their bodies. God also works through other people to assure us in the midst of difficult times. And having lived in Florida at the time of Hurricane Andrew, I know that even sea creatures can be killed by a raging ocean, thrown out of their watery habitat onto dry land.Stephanie Weiner, In Over Our Heads___________________________________________. Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive. The face of death has bad breath. They quickly began to check things out to see if all was secure. It tells of a ship caught in a dangerous storm on the high seas. Amen. I understand with absolute clarity how the disciples must have felt as disaster overtook them while their Master slept. Dr. Elizabeth Tracy, a professor at Case Western Reserve University, reported on the changing family. Likewise if you head to Minnesota in mid-winter you would be wise to bring something lightweight and with short sleeves. If Jesus wanted the disciples on the other side of the lake, why not just "beam them over," rather than have them go through a storm and then to row the boat to shore?While we may pray that Jesus would work miracles in our lives and in our world and in our neighborhoods, the miracles that come probably won't let us off the hook from doing some of the hard work required to do what Jesus has called us to do.Brian Stoffregen, Exegetical Notes____________________________________, I have several books on the shelves in my office that have stories of genuine heroes in them. "I’ve just figured out how to tie my shoes." Worship resources by George Reed. Since then, I have had several occasions to live it out in a metaphorical way, and I am ashamed that I still haven’t learned my lesson despite all these years. and the sea suddenly went still. Don’t expect a battalion of angels to vindicate you! she asked. Now that's a man I can really like!Kristin Borsgard Wee, Sermons for Sundays after Pentecost (First Third): Do You Love Me?, CSS Publishing Company, Inc._____________________________, Following the battle of Guadalcanal, Barney Ross recalls himself petitioning a Jewish God. It didn't even come with a hose. Obviously, I am in good company.Kristin Borsgard Wee, Sermons for Sundays after Pentecost (First Third): Do You Love Me?, CSS Publishing Company, Inc.________________________________, We are not told that Jesus commanded the wind and the waves with masterful gestures or a great, loud voice. We are often more willing to be safe than to answer Jesus' call to go to the other side.A quote that is in my notes from many years ago ties in with this image: "The church is 'not a luxury liner, granting passage and comfort to all who qualify and clamber aboard' but rather 'like a rescuing lifeboat, sometimes listing, or even leaking, but always guided by the captain, Jesus, at the helm.'" There was a storm on the sea during the night. God may not answer our request with the same urgency and fireworks, but that does not mean that His answer doesn’t come. Let's read the account of a severe storm on the Sea of Galilee. A surly brother within was finally aroused. By Daniel W. Brettell (silent) May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my soul be acceptable in your sight, O Lord. There should only be thirteen (twelve disciples and Jesus). THE SEVENFOLD PATH TO PEACE. Throughout the centuries, the sea has been a symbol of chaos.Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll!Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;Man makes the earth with ruin--his controlStops with the shore.So wrote Lord Byron in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage".The sea--this truth must be confessed--has no generosity.No display of many qualitiesCourage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--Has never been known to touch its irresponsibleConsciousness of power.That's from "The Mirror of the Sea" by Joseph Conrad.The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat.It is a colossal scavenger with no respect.Carl Sandburg from "Two Nocturnes. We had to take a ferry. King Duncan, Collected Sermons, www.eSermons.com, _________________________________________, ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS NOT IN OUR EMAIL___________________________________________, I have never been particularly comfortable in boats on deep water. But storms will strike us ... because that's the way life is. Our only hope lies in conquering that wild enemy.Unfortunately storms that rage within us cannot be cured by ourselves. (Matthew 16:26)Who do you say that I am? These illustrations are for Mark 4:35-41 _____ Sermon Opener – Calming of the Tempet- Mark 4:35-41. I understand with absolute clarity how the disciples must have felt as disaster overtook them while their Master slept. He offered a $30,000 reward to whoever could put out that fire. One time, when Peter and I were teaching in China, we took a winter vacation on a little island off the coast of Thailand. Most of us have been afraid at some time. Up front we have the chancel. It is hard for us to understand Jesus' delay in his coming. A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. . This time she asks, “What is the question?” Buechner concludes:"Don’t start looking in the Bible for the answers it gives. Or rather, the minister's wife went shopping while the minister waited in his car in the car park. Moms like to invest in lots of protective gear. Swimming lessons, but then a white water raft trip. Even as we sit here in church, we are in the boat with the disciples. A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a violent storm. The wind rises ominously and the clouds don’t look right. It was not a windstorm and the waves did not exactly beat into the boat, but it was not calm either. To someone like me, who was rescued from drowning in wind and wave, the imagery is very powerful without even descending to a symbolic level. Dads buy Band-Aids. People sat on people's laps, on the steps, on the roof. Even the presence of Christ and his great miracles may still mean a lot of hard work on our part to get where Christ wants us to go. This is Father’s Day, and we welcome and celebrate our fathers. In the Gardiner Museum in Boston there is a painting by Rembrandt entitled "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee." You’re growing up. We do have faith. Storms Can Make You Lose Direction.3. ("Now remember children, if you are ever caught in a storm, try to be a little more like Jesus.") They were frightened out of their wits in that boat. Sermon Illustrations provides sermon illustrations, sermons, eulogies, funeral helps, and counseling aids for ministers. William A. Ritter, Collected Sermons, www.eSermons.com_____________________________________, Spank me. That would be incomprehensible. These Illustrations are based on Mark 4:35-41. God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. After stretching out his arms and stilling the storm, Jesus turned to his companions and chastised them. I was terrified. How many, like Crane, have cried out in their pain and despair, and have received nothing in reply? Either we would like to believe that storms will never strike us or that faith will never fail us. Even the animals were calm. Meanwhile, the young man slept soundly.The farmer and his wife then inspected their property. Or perhaps you’d search the yellow pages for a good psychiatrist who specializes in auditory hallucinations; but today in your distress there is a part of you that demands to hear what you’ve never heard, to see what you’ve never seen, because you are scared to your innermost being and you need comfort and rescue, and you need it now. But you know life. The man who did just this was John Wesley (1703-1791) whose work and that of his brother Charles led directly to the foundation of the Methodist Church. Change is difficult for us all. Out back we have the narthex. Hey, i am looking for an online sexual partner ;) Click on my boobs if you are interested (. "Why," replied Chandler, "I belong to a father who owns the land on both sides of the river. Amazingly, he found a woman who felt called by God to marry him and go with him into a lifetime of service in out-of-the-way places. One frantic sailor who was laboring below the water line could contain himself no longer. In the late autumn, a young porcupine’s thoughts turn to love. Depressed by this cruel turn of fate, he decided to walk from Italy to Paris, where he could study philosophy, in an effort to find a clue to the meaning of life. Storms Come Suddenly.2. Now I suppose the idea of a man standing in boat and rebuking waves of that magnitude borders on the irrational. Don’t make that mistake so God won’t have to repeat the lesson. “Master, Master,” you cry to God, “Don’t you even care that I am perishing?” And you sit in your quiet room and stare at the ceiling, as if all your prayers never got past that point, and the silence from heaven is deafening. The colors inducted in the Crayola Hall of Fame include raw umber, maize, lemon yellow, blue gray, violet blue, green blue, orange red and orange yellow. They either head for a tree or stick out their quills. A Virginia woman started the National Campaign to Save Lemon Yellow. During his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of Joseph Stalin. After a … She said she felt she was adrift in a tiny boat in the middle of a great and surging ocean. Mark 4:35-41. 1. Who can blame him? They jumped out of that truck, threw the two buckets of water and three buckets of sand on that fire and then beat the fire out with those blankets. "Who said that?" These are people who have performed remarkable acts of courage. The boat is a symbol for the church. They would soon learn the real danger lie within the boat, within their own hearts. Let storms turn knowledge into personal reality A. Storms Maybe after times of teaching (NKJV) Mark 4 35 On the same day, when evening had come, He … This puzzled the farmer. When the neighbor asked him why, the little boy answered, "Because I can see a light in the window of our house. But instead there are fourteen. He just kept barreling ahead until he and his crew were right in the thick of that blaze. Dads take chances based upon skills and knowledge they know they possess and they trust they have taught to the next generation. Sometimes he lets the storm rage and calms his child. We are caught up in the same fix. Like all children, the disciples got it “wrong” a lot of the time. (John 15:12) That's a tall order. There are fourteen. I think it was Bertrand Russell who said, "Those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." But there is no special name for a group of porcupines. ", If you will only "turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face, the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace." One Christmas, many years ago and many miles away from here, the local minister and his wife went Christmas shopping. The entire purpose of the story, you see, is not to show Jesus as some heroic figure who gives us an example of how to be courageous when waves start to swamp our boat. The Roman Catholic Church refers to itself as "the bark of Peter" which means "the ship of Peter." When Jesus is near, the wind picks up, the waves bang against the side of the boat, and there is trouble. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Mark 4:35-41 . On this beautiful June day, it is easy to sit here in this air-conditioned chapel and think good thoughts about the world. This is not the way for the church to recover its identity as a "peculiar people." Just before the doctor administered the anesthetic, he said:" Before we can make you well, we must put you to sleep." B. We must remember that regardless of what happens, God will be with us. 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