When the disciples were in the fourth watch of the night, rowing against the wind, they were straining. They had gotten to a point where they were getting tired, they were getting weary, they were wondering when it would stop, when the wind would stop being contrary against them. They were only in the middle of the lake. They were only in the middle of the challenge, a trial. Are you in the middle of a trial? Are your arms getting tired of straining against the wind? Are you thinking to yourself, “I just need a miracle for this to end, I don’t have anything left to keep rowing.” What if, that door you’ve said couldn’t be the miracle of your deliverance, whether it was out of fear or it looked scary to you, is actually God trying to give you that miracle? That thing that you are straining against, that miracle you’re waiting for, God sees you straining. And I want to encourage you today that that very thing you’re straining against, He has complete authority over. 

Monologue: Autumn celebrates her oldest child receiving her first acceptance letter to the first college she applied to. 

Message: Autumn encourages believers who have been straining, like how the disciples were straining against the wind in the middle of the lake, when everything seemed to be against them, and how God SAW their straining and came to them.

Question: “Do you believe in generational sin, like a sin that is passed down from one family member to another?”

Praise Report: A listener, who has been struggling financially and had plumbing issues in her home, shared how God met her need and the bill was the exact amount she was hoping to pay. 

Bible References:

Mark 6:45-52

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