Jesus calming the storm is a familiar story. We often moralize it as a call for us to not be afraid and trust God more. We have to view this story with gospel lens. This passage teaches us three things that will help anchor us in the storms of life. 

Jesus was coming off from ministry time, and we see who he wraps things up. Many times we focus on the performance and what happens on the stage, we fail to see the details and what happens after the curtains close. Matthew documenting this for us is a big help to show us what we can learn about Jesus' life. 

The passage shows us that our failures and sin does not put us outside of God's plan and his involvement in our lives. Rather, God is active and involved by graciously confronting the truth of our sin and restoring us. 

We continue our series to encourage people that God has you where He wants you! 

The people of God was under Philistine rule at this time. God chooses a judge (savior/deliverer) and we find the most imperfect choice. Many times we doubt God's plan in our lives not because God is less, but because we doubt ourselves. This reveals the problem is us, and we don't want others saving us. This passage helps us deal with our insecurities. 

The people of God (Israel) was liberated from Egypt and led to the promised land. They were within sight, and God has commanded them to take it. At this point, they added to this command by doing something they thought was right. this complicated the journey and created doubt. Following God involves risks and if we don't know how to manage this, we will more likely miss out on a lot of things. 

We wrap up our book study on Philippians by looking at the stability of His peace. Anxious and worrisome these days? This will be a good listen. 

We continue our book study on Philippians and take chapter 3. 

We know Paul is in prison, and he writes to the church and considers one important challenge to it: Unity. He shows that there is one trait and one key to unlocking this trait, to keep the peace. 

Here is the first episode for this year's Philippians book study.