TEXT: Mark 4:35-41
TITLE: When the Storm Doesn’t Match the Promise
Introduction:
a. How can Jesus sleep in 2026?
In the year of our Lord 2026, we get on the boat with Jesus—called church, called Sunday morning, called worship—and while the wind and waves of life are whooping our tails, we find ourselves asking the same question as the disciples: ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’”
Point 1: Jesus Gave Us a Promise Before the Storm (vv. 35–36)
a. The Promise: “We are going somewhere.”
b. The Presence in the Boat.
Point 2: Jesus Rested in the Promise During the Storm (vv. 37–38)
a. The Disciples’ Panic vs. Jesus’ Peace
b. Rest as an Act of Faith and Resistance
c. Rest in a Storm-Tossed Life
Point 3: Jesus Fulfilled the Promise Even When We Lack the Faith (vv.
39–41)
a. Jesus Speaks to What’s Outside and What’s Inside
b. Grace: He Calms the Storm Before He Corrects Their Faith
Conclusion:
a. Living Like the Other Side Is Guaranteed
b. Jesus Promised, He’ll Take Care of Me
