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Mark 4:35-41 NKJV 

Premise 

⁃ How you acknowledge, address, or recognize Jesus is undeniably how you will receive and honor Him. It is in the storms of life that we find out not only what we believe but who He is! 

Natural response: Storms cause fear, panic, and anxiety

Spiritual expectations: Power, love, and a sound mind

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” II Timothy 1:7 NKJV 

Positives of a storm 

1. Storms bring needed Rainfall. 

“Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.” Zechariah 10:1 NIV 

“Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.” James 5:18 NIV 

“He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.” Job 5:10 NIV 

2. Storms Break-Up Bacteria and cleanse the land. 

““Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.” John 12:27 NIV 

3. Storms Balance the Temperature. 

“For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.” Psalms 33:4 NIV 

4. Storms replenish life. 

“For I have satiated (satisfied) the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”” Jeremiah 31:25 NKJV 

Scriptural Insight 

1. The Lord is trying to get you to the “other side” and sometimes He uses a storm to do so! 

“On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”” Mark 4:35 NKJV 

2. It’s not just about you! Others are following, experiencing, and watching. How you handle the storm determines not only how YOU view Jesus but how THEY view him. 

“Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.” Mark 4:36 NKJV 

3. When the storm came/comes what will/did you call Him. Title determines performance. 

“And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”” Mark 4:37-38 NKJV

4. The expectation of Jesus is that His disciples will ALWAYS have faith and embrace the storm HE is with US in. 

“Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”” Mark 4:39-40 NKJV 

5. Focus on the lesson and not just the miracle! Miracles last only a moment, lessons last a lifetime and continue to teach when the miracle is finished. 

“And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”” Mark 4:41 NKJV

Mark 5:21-43 NIV 

Focus Verse 

“Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”” Mark 5:36 NIV 

Premise 

⁃ Doubt births fear, the word of the Lord gives birth faith. 

Scriptural Insight

1. It is imperative that we don’t allow ourselves to be distracted by the distractions and discouraged by the disruptions that are seemingly getting in the way of your breakthrough when in reality it is simply testing your faith. 

“He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.” 

Mark 5:23-25 NIV 

2. The Lord hears what they say, you just focus on what He says! Never allow the unbelief of another cause you to start doubting your God! Both Faith and fear are contagious! 

“While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?” Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”” 

Mark 5:35-36 NIV 

3. Not everyone can follow you into this situation. It requires a different level of faith! 

“He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.” Mark 5:37 NIV 

4. Let them laugh, you believe! The ones who saw the breakthrough are the ones that had the faith to get invited into the intimate space of Jesus. 

“When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.” Mark 5:38-40 NIV 

5. Power and faith always makes those you doubt all of a sudden be astonished! They only doubted cause your promise wasn’t fully developed! 

“He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.” 

Mark 5:41-43 NIV

“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”” Luke 19:1-10 NIV
Premise
Being lost is what qualifies you to be found. Looking for Jesus is commendable
but the secret is.... He already sees you!
Fundamental truths
1 Salvation comes by faith not by works.
“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT
2 It is mercy that qualifies us for salvation. Nothing more. “he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.” Titus 3:5 NLT
3 Although you came to the realization that you had need of Jesus, you didn’t pull
yourself in the direction of salvation. Instead Christ chose you! “For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up.” John 6:44 NLT
“You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.” John 15:16 NLT
Scriptural Insight
1 The Lord orchestrates plans to visit you. The encounter you have been seeking
and praying for is coming to you! “Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.” Luke 19:1 NLT
2 The Lord knows you by name and He is very much aware of what you do. He’s
not intimidated nor will it stop your encounter! “There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.” Luke 19:2 NLT
3 Never let your inadequacies, insecurities, or lack stop you from pursuing Him!
“He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.” Luke 19:3-4 NLT
4 Jesus doesn’t just want to visit, He wants to dwell with you! Receive Him wholeheartedly! “When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.” Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.” Luke 19:5-6 NLT
5 People will ALWAYS respond harshly, ignorantly, and pridefully to what they don’t
understand or haven’t received. Renew your focus and continue your pursuit! “But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they
grumbled. Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”” Luke 19:7-8 NLT
6 If you’re currently or have ever been lost, congratulations! You qualify for
salvation!
“Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”” Luke 19:9-10 NLT

Matthew 7:21-23 NLT

Premise
 ⁃    To know the Lord is to obey the Lord and to obey the Lord is to Love the Lord.

Fundamental Truths

 1.    Search and you will find, love and you will be loved! 

 2.    Knowing the one who is sinless causes you to sin less.

 3.    Your ear being attentive to the Lord’s servants proves your heart knows Him.

 4.    Love constitutes Knowing.

 5.    Having an understanding of who The Lord is as well as His attributes and characteristics is the by product of intimacy. You learn who you pursue. 

The following words describe the heart of David as seen in his own writings:

Humble – Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Psalm 62:9

Reverent – I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:3
Respectful – Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. Psalm 31:9 

Trusting – The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

Loving – I love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1

Devoted – You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. Psalm 4:7 

Recognition – I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. Psalm 9:1

Faithful – Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6

Obedient – Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Psalm 119:34 

Repentant – For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. Psalm 25:11

Scriptural Insight

 1.    Pursuing and fulfilling the will of God is the road map to the kingdom of heaven. It is imperative to understand that acknowledging the Lord is different than knowing. 

““Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”

Matthew 7:21 NKJV

“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT

“It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.”

1 Peter 2:15 NLT

“God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.”

1 Thessalonians 4:3 NLT

“Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”

Ephesians 5:17 NLT

 2.    To be used by God is not to know God. To be used is to be available, to know is to be intimate.

“Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’”

Matthew 7:22 NKJV

 3.    Knowing Him must be the priority and obedience must be the lifestyle.

“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”

Matthew 7:23 NKJV

Matthew 7:21-23 NLT

Premise ⁃    To know the Lord is to obey the Lord and to obey the Lord is to Love the Lord.

We must desire to experience Him continually that we may know Him more intimately.

The greek word for know is ginösko. 

Intimacy

    •    the state of being intimate 

    •    a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group.

    •    a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of a place, subject, period of history, etc.: an intimacy with Japan.

    •    an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the like: to allow the intimacy of using first names.

    •    an amorously familiar act; liberty.

    •    sexual intercourse.

    •    the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar: the intimacy of the room.

    •    privacy, especially as suitable to the telling of a secret:

Fundamental Truths

    1.    Search and you will find, love and you will be loved! 

Proverbs 8:17 NLT

Ahav; (Love)

    ⁃    To love, desire, delight, like, be fond of covet, be beloved, passionate lover. 

    ⁃    Ahav doesn’t always refer to intimacy in the form of love making or sexual intercourse. Rather it is a love used to describe a parent/child relationship as well as close ties, best friends.

Agape; (John 3:16)

    ⁃    Unconditional love. Meaning charity. Agape love implies that the lover doesn’t do what they deem love but sacrifices to ensure that the one is being loved has their desires fulfilled. 

    ⁃    Benevolence. God “gave” what man needed not wanted. That’s what agape does. 

    ⁃    Unselfish love. For a human being to understand the love of God they must remove phileo (brotherly love) and tap into agape. Only the cross can do this!

Phileo; ⁃    to live with a brotherly love. Having common interest.

Matthew 10:37 NLT

    2.    Knowing the one who is sinless causes you to sin less.

1 John 3:6 NLT

    3.    Your ear being attentive to the Lord’s servants proves your heart knows Him.

1 John 4:6 NLT

    4.    Love constitutes Knowing.

1 John 4:7-8 NLT
   ⁃    It is impossible to claim to know without loving.

    5.    Having an understanding of who The Lord is as well as His attributes and characteristics is the by product of intimacy. You learn who you pursue. 

Jeremiah 9:23-24 NLT

 ⁃    You pursue who you love. 

Scriptural Insight

    1.    Pursuing and fulfilling the will of God is the road map to the kingdom of heaven. It is imperative to understand that acknowledging the Lord is different than knowing. 

Matthew 7:21 NKJV

1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT

1 Peter 2:15 NLT

1 Thessalonians 4:3 NLT

Ephesians 5:17 NLT

    2.    To be used by God is not to know God. To be used is to be available, to know is to be intimate.

Matthew 7:22 NKJV

    3.    Knowing Him must be the priority and obedience must be the lifestyle.

Matthew 7:23 NKJV

John 17:3 NLT

Premise 

⁃ Preparation for the next life is predicated upon whom we chose to know. The goal of our relationship with the Lord is to graduate from believing, to consistently experiencing. Every phase of our relationship with the lord is wrapped up in our next encounter with him. Every level is determined by the next instruction from Him. Knowing God isn’t an outer experience but an internal work because of intimacy.

Fundamental Truths

1. Know is the root word of knowledge. Gaining an understanding of the Lord through the word of God is the beginning of deeper level of fellowship with the Lord.

“And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him— speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction. You already know these things, dear friends. So be on guard; then you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.”

2 Peter 3:15-18 NLT

2. Experiencing the Lord through the worship of one’s life grants the opportunity to continually experience Him in the beauty of His holiness. 

“Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.”

Psalms 96:9 NKJV

“Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.”

Psalms 29:2 NKJV

“Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!”

I Chronicles 16:29 NKJV

3. To know the Lord is to grow in obedience to the Lord. 

“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”

I John 2:3-6 NKJV

“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.”

I John 5:2-3 NKJV

4. To know God is to know love. Proof of knowing Love is demonstrated not spoken. 

“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

I John 4:8 NKJV

“If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”

I John 4:20 NKJV

““If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

John 14:15 NKJV

5. To know Him is to know His word.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

John 1:1 NKJV

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”

John 1:14 NKJV

Philippians 3:10-11 NLT

Philippians 3:10-11 NIV

Premise: There is a recurring invitation that we are each given throughout lives. Our response to the invitation determines how desperate we want to get to know God.  The sufferings of this world are opportunities and provide the space for us to know Jesus deeper. The question is, what will be your response to His invitation when it comes?

James 1:2-4 NLT

Romans 5:3-4 NLT

Psalms 119:71 NLT

Psalms 119:71 NKJV

Fundamental Truths:

1. No matter where you are in life or your current state, Opportunities to grow in relationship with the Lord will arise when the goal is to increase intimacy with the Lord.

2. Knowledge of the Lord and His dealings doesn’t negate the responsibility of pursuing and cultivating relationship with Him. In fact the contrary is true. When you know better, you have the responsibility of doing better.

Matthew 7:21-23 NIV

3. The invitation to know God deeper doesn’t discriminate it appreciates once the invitation is accepted.

Scriptural Insights:

1. There must be a Desire to know him 

Psalms 119:20 NIV

2. There must be a willingness to be uncomfortable and challenged for him even to the point of dying to self

Romans 8:17 NLT

3. There will be a reward 

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NLT

II Chronicles 7:12-16 NKJV

Judges 3:1-9 NIV

Premise ⁃ Humility is born when pride dies. But the question remains, will pride die because of you or God?

Fundamental Truths

1. Elevation is the reward of humility!

James 4:10 NKJV

I Peter 5:6 NKJV

Proverbs 22:4 ESV

Proverbs 18:12 NKJV

Proverbs 11:2 NKJV

2. Not only is humility a garment that must be put on but a requirement and standard to live by.

Colossians 3:12 NIV

Micah 6:8 NKJV

3. God gives grace (underserved favor) to those who are humble while he opposes, refrains, and abstains from the proud

James 4:6 NKJV

5 pillars of revival 

1. Acknowledge; God births humility in us through allowing certain, struggles, hardship, and suffering to occur as He uses these things as a stage for revival.

II Chronicles 7:13 NKJV

2. Humble; Choosing to humble oneself is the first perquisite of revival. Therefore humility is born when pride dies.

II Chronicles 7:14 NKJV

3. Seek; Seeking God and praying reveals our need of Him and His influence in our lives and the earth. Nothing changes without prayer!

II Chronicles 7:14 NKJV

4. Repent; Repentance proceeds Revival. Therefore acknowledging that our sin has gotten in the way of true relationship and authentic encounters with The Lord should impose our will to come to a halt realizing that OUR WAY is hindering THE WAY.

II Chronicles 7:14 NKJV

5. Submit; The assurance of our prayers being heard is turning away from sin so that our land (Nation, society, families, cities) can heal! The forgiveness of sin comes AFTER one has confessed and turned away. Only then will we see true revival.

II Chronicles 7:14 NKJV