Call out
The danger of death was all around me;
the horrors of the grave closed in on me;
I was filled with fear and anxiety.
Then I called to the Lord,
“I beg you, Lord, save me!” ~ Psalm 116:3-4 (GNT)
Jesus' disciples woke him and said, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re about to drown?”
Jesus got up and ordered the wind and the waves to be quiet. The wind stopped, and everything was calm. ~ Mark 4:38b-39 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Call out to Jesus when the storm in your life is raging and he will take care of you.
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, I'm in awe of the way that you stopped that storm. I wish you'd stop the storm around me. But I knonw that you don't always do things in exactly the same way. I do know that you will take care of me. I am counting on that. Please remove all the panic from my life so that I can fully trust you. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
