March 15, 2026: Alone & Afraid

Countdown:

“Trust In God”

Call To Worship:

“Praise”

Words from the Word: (ESV)):

Matthew 19:13-15

Worship In Song:

“I Speak Jesus”

“It Is Well”

Message: Alone & Afraid

Speaker: Pastor Tim Rice

Mark 6:45-52 (ESV)

It’s okay to be uncertain about things when you are a Christian and it’s okay to be afraid at times of the outcomes.

Highlight the word “immediately” in Mark 6:45 & 50.

Jesus “made” his disciples get into the boat. Jesus is hurrying them along.

There is never a time when God is not working in our life. He is working on his plan. He always has the next place or plan for you. He is at work urgently in your life, even when it does not feel like it.

God asks us to wait when he is working in our life. We have to learn patience, sit still and listen.

He will not let you linger/stay too long in a place in your life where you are not learning, growing, stretching, serving, and where he is not doing something in your life.

God is going to get you through whatever you are going through this morning.

God does not let us stay in a place too long so we can get out of our comfort zone. Life moves that way.

When things go wrong, it does not mean you have done something wrong or that God is punishing you. He does some things for us to learn to trust in him.

You can depend on God for all your needs. You can go to him with all of your problems and he can give you answers. You just have to listen with an open heart.

1 Peter 5:7 (ESV)

The disciples went into the boat alone without Jesus. They did not have the one thing they felt safe with in the flesh. Then they were afraid when the storm came and they saw “a ghost” which was Jesus. They could not see him, but he could see the disciples. They were not alone even when they felt like they were.

Jesus is invested in your success. Right now he is praying for you. Making intercession with us.

Romans 8:31-39 (ESV)

Response in Song:

“Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)”

(Message notes provided by FCC Media Team)