“GET OUT OF THE BOAT”
Life is Challenging
Derrick Nichols
July 4 & 5, 2020
“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net in the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 ‘Come, follow me’, Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ 20 At once they left their nets and followed him.”
Matthew 4:18-20 (NIV)
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“Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’ 19 They replied, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.’ 20 ‘But what about you?’ he asked. ‘Who do you say I am?’”
Luke 9:18-20a (NIV)
“Peter answered, ‘God’s Messiah.’”
Luke 9:20b (NIV)
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“Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.” Matthew 14:22-23a (NIV)
“Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.”
Matthew 14:23b-24 (NIV)
“Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. ‘It’s a ghost,’ they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: ‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.’ 28 ‘Lord, if it’s you,’ Peter replied, ‘tell me to come to you on the water.’ 29 ‘Come,’ he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.”
Matthew 14:25-29 (NIV)
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