{"id":1808,"date":"2024-10-27T11:17:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T01:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2024-10-27T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T01:17:59","slug":"jesus-presence-calms-the-storm-oct-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/2024\/10\/27\/jesus-presence-calms-the-storm-oct-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Presence Calms the Storm (Oct 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses for the day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mark 6:50-51 \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d he said. \u201cTake courage! I am here!\u201d Then he climbed into the boat, and the wind stopped. They were totally amazed&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the principle here. They were terrified.. Jesus says don\u2019t be afraid, I am here\u2026 the storm continued, but once he was with them, the wind stopped. Shouldn\u2019t that be how it is with us. Even when the storm is raging all around us, if Jesus is with us, He says, \u201cTake courage, I am here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s an old song titled, \u201cSometimes He calms the storm\u201d by Scott Krippayne that talks about this passage. The chorus says this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Sometimes He calms the storm<br>With a whispered peace be still<br>He can settle any sea<br>But it doesn&#8217;t mean He will<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes He holds us close<br>And lets the wind and waves go wild<br>Sometimes He calms the storm<br>And other times He calms His child<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning I pray for those who read this that they will live in your presence (Rom 13:14). I pray that no matter what they face today that your presence will enable them to face it with peace. I pray they will not be anxious, but will commit every situation to you (1 Peter 2:22-23) I pray they will find in you the peace that passes understanding (Phil 4:7), a peace the world doesn\u2019t understand (Jn 14:27) , but is available to those who put their trust in you, abide in you (John 15:5), and walk with you (Gal 5:16). I pray they clothe themselves with your presence today and choose to live for you and not themselves. (1 Peter 4:1-3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verses for the day Thoughts I love the principle here. They were terrified.. Jesus says don\u2019t be afraid, I am here\u2026 the storm continued, but once he was with them, the wind stopped. Shouldn\u2019t that be how it is with us. Even when the storm is raging all around us, if Jesus is with us, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130594],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-the-word-for-the-day","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-watters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}