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FOCUS ON JESUS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH (WHAT'S GOING ON? (SUDDENLY,…
FOCUS ON JESUS TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH
WHAT'S GOING ON?
SUDDENLY, THEY SEE JESUS WALKING ON THE SEA.
PETER CALLS OUT TO JESUS, ASKING IF HE COULD WALK ACROSS THE WATER TO HIS MASTER.
THE APOSTLE PETER AND SOME OTHER DISCIPLES ARE STRUGGLING TO ROW THEIR BOAT ACROSS THE SEA DURING A NIGHTTIME WINDSTORM.
JESUS SAID: “COME!”
SO PETER GOT OUT OF THE BOAT AND WALKED OVER THE WATERS AND WENT TOWARD JESUS.
WHAT DID PETER DO WHEN HE STARTED TO SINK?
WHEN HE STARTED TO SINK, HE CRIED OUT: “LORD, SAVE ME!”
INSTEAD OF RELYING ON HIMSELF, HE REFOCUSED ON JESUS AND ACCEPTED JESUS’ HELP.
THE APOSTLE PETER WORKED AS A FISHERMAN.
CERTAINLY HE WAS AN EXCELLENT SWIMMER.
THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST STORM.
HE COULD HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE BOAT ON HIS OWN.
HOW CAN WE "KNOW" THE BIBLE IN A WAY THAT BUILDS OUR FAITH?
JESUS WAS CONVINCED THAT THE BIBLE IS GOD’S WORD, WHICH PROVIDES THE BEST GUIDANCE IN LIFE!
FOLLOWING JESUS’ EXAMPLE
WE MUST READ THE BIBLE DAILY,
STUDY IT, AND MEDITATE ON WHAT WE LEARN
DIG INTO IN TO THE SCRIPTURES TO FIND ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS, IN ORDER TO :
IMPROVE OUR FAITH
FORTIFY OUR SPIRITUALITY
FOCUS ON THE BLESSINGS WHICH JEHOVAH HAS PROMISED
HOW CAN WE IMITATE HIM?
HEBREWS 12:2
WE CAN IMITATE JESUS BY MEDITATING ON THE WONDERFUL PROMISES JEHOVAH HAS MADE TO US
WE CANNOT ACTUALLY SEE JESUS, SO HOW CAN WE “LOOK INTENTLY” AT HIM?
HEBREWS 12:2,3
HE DID NOT CONFIDE IN HIS ABILITIES, WE MUST DO THE SAME!
JUST AS PETER REFOCUSED ON JESUS, WE TOO MUST “LOOK INTENTLY AT JESUS.”
WE “LOOK INTENTLY” AT JESUS BY EXAMINING HIS TEACHINGS AND ACTIONS AND THEN FOLLOWING THESE CLOSELY
PETER CRIES OUT TO JESUS, WHO SAYS: “YOU WITH LITTLE FAITH (...)
JESUS KNOWS WELL THAT WE ARE IMPERFECT, HE KNOWS THAT WE ARE DUST
IN THIS CASE HE WAS NOT EMPHASIZING THE LACK OF PETER
BUT HE WAS TEACHING EVERYONE, INCLUDING US,
THAT BEING IMPERFECT MANY THINGS CAN DISTRACT US!
PETER LOOKED AT THE WINDSTORM AND BECAME AFRAID.
WHY WAS JESUS ABLE TO REMAIN FAITHFUL DESPITE EXTREME TESTS?
HE FOCUS ON THE BLESSINGS WHICH JEHOVAH HAS PROMISED
HE WAS NEVER DISTRACTED BY WHAT THE WORLD COULD OFFER
MOMENTS LATER PETER STARTS TO SINK.
TO USE OUR ABILITYS IN EFFECTIVE WAY, WE MUST KNOW BETTER THE WORD OF GOD!