This sermon describes the possibilities of grace and the saving power of God. In the passage, Jesus goes across the sea for rest after of period of exhaustion, but a storm arises on the sea and the disciples begin to fear. They start to fear that Jesus has abandoned them in the storm. But without trials and struggles we will never grow into the spiritual maturity that God desires. What do you look to in the midst of storms? We can feel alone in our trials as if Christ has left us. But Christ will preserve us in the storm. He is in the boat with us during the storm. You have not been abandoned in the storm. Fix your eyes on the Creator of the storm. As the passage continues, Jesus came from a storm in nature to a storm in human nature. He calms both storms by faith. Like the demon-possessed man Jesus and the disciples encountered, we cannot suppress temptations in ourselves or in others. We need something more! The only power strong enough is Christ. When we are bound by temptations, wrong thinking or wrong attitudes, we must run to Christ to be free! There is no power that can stand against the power of Christ. Sin, the flesh and the devil will all fall down before Christ. Do you see temptations like this? Once Jesus healed this man, the other people in town began to fear Him, and what He can do. Christ’s miracles are going to cost you. No matter what you are facing, Christ is able! There is no storm too great and no bondage too deep that Christ can’t calm or set you free from. Does this power cause you to fear Christ and what He might expose or challenge in you? Would you rather hold on to your yourself and your bondage, or will you come to Christ to be free?