So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
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For the time that is ours and the Holy Spirit has my strength and guidance. I would like to tag the text with this title, stay in the boat. Stay in the boat. nothing deep nothing intricate nothing philosophical ladies and gentlemen but simple words stay in the boat to be honest i don't know why the lord gave me this word today but i came to tell somebody to stay in the boat i know life is hard our country is divided times are difficult and many are carrying burdens no one else can see and i don't know what leader in here today on the virtual ship is on the verge of burnout pouring into everyone else while wondering who was pouring into me. I don't know what student is working two or three jobs struggling with financial aid and wondering if they are enough. I don't know what family walked through these doors carrying grief, anxiety, or uncertainty. But I came to tell you to stay in the boat. …
… and lo, God hath given thee all them that say it with thee, wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer. For I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me. Well, basically three things I want you to see as we look in this passage of Scripture today. First of all, the reason for these kind of storms. And secondly, I want you to see the reaction of people when they get into storms, good people and bad people, godly and godless. And then thirdly, I want you to see the result of the storm, what it does in the lives of those who are people of God and in the lives of those who don't know the Lord. Now, we all get into storms, whether you're saved or lost. Actually, basically, there are four basic kind of storms in life. One, just the normal storms that come because we're part of nature. The Bible says God makes it to rain upon the just and the unjust. …
"And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; and the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete, and incurred this disaster and loss. And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul, you must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God has given you all them that sail with you. Therefore, Sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me." Acts 27:18-25. …