Miracles of Nature — Calming The Storm
Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25
1. When you were a kid, where did you go to hide in the house when there was a storm?
2. Have you ever been in a natural disaster? What happened?
3. Is that the worst storm you remember?
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The Wind Ran Out of Breath
Mark 4 35-38Late that day he said to them, "Let's go across to the other side." They took him in the boat as he was. Other boats came along. A huge storm came up. Waves poured into the boat, threatening to sink it. And Jesus was in the stern, head on a pillow, sleeping! They roused him, saying, "Teacher, is it nothing to you that we're going down?"
39-40Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, "Quiet! Settle down!" The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass. Jesus reprimanded the disciples: "Why are you such cowards? Don't you have any faith at all?"
41They were in absolute awe, staggered. "Who is this, anyway?" they asked. "Wind and sea at his beck and call!"
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“What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
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Question of Discovery, Seeking God’s Message Then and Now
1. What are the disciples feeling as this storm begins? As it whips up? When Jesus silences it?
2. What did Jesus say to his disciples one evening? Mark 4:35
3. Whom did they send away or leave behind? Mark 4:36
4. What experience did they face and how intense was it? Mark 4:37
5. What was Jesus teaching the by sleeping through the storm? By rebuking it?
6. How do you picture the disciple’s faces when he rebuked the storm?
7. What did the disciples ask Jesus about His feelings about them? Mark 4:38
8. How did Jesus deliver the ship from danger? What did He say? Mark 4:39
9. After Jesus solved the storm, what question went to the heart of the situation? Mark 4:40
10. What tone of voice did Jesus use in Mark 4:40?
11. What was Jesus showing them about himself in all this?
12. What did they say to each other? Mark 4:41
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Questions for Personal Reflection
1. Comparing your life to a storm, what would it be like right now: Partly cloudy? Lightening? Raging? Clearing up? What do you wish Jesus would do for you?
2.When circumstantial clouds darken your life, do you sense the Son still shinning? Or does he seem asleep?
3. What do you learn about Jesus from these stories? How does that relate to the times you face evil?
4. When storms come our way in trial and temptations, to whom should we turn and why? Psalm 46:1
5. What “storms” seem too much for you to handle now?
6. Those who are in Christ (believers and followers) are promised the peace of God. Describe the peace of God. Philippians 4:7
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