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When Disaster Strikes



Paul was once caught up in a Hurricane for days. Here is Paul's story.




Acts 27:18-19 (NKJV)

18 And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship. 



19 On the third day we threw the ship’s tackle overboard with our own hands.




This is equipment that you'd need to operate the ship. 




They were lightening their load, so they wouldn't sink.  



That's how desperate they were. 




20 Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would be saved was finally given up.




Doesn't Paul know that he has authority in the name of Jesus?  



Why doesn't he cause this storm to cease?  



Why didn't he command it "peace be still?"




21 But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss.






Paul said, I told you so.  



They didn't listen to him. 


He didn't have the authority when to sail or not to sail. 



He was a prisoner.



It wasn't his boat. 



It wasn't his cargo.  



They had lost his protection because they refused to listen to the Holy Spirit inside of Paul. 




It almost cost them their lives. 




Their disobedience was effecting him.



If they had listened to Paul, none of this would of happened. 




Does it matter if you listen to what the Spirit of God tells you or not?



It could cost you your life.



If you ignore what God's Spirit says, you just can't fix it by quoting a few Scripture verses.  




If you say and do stuff in the flesh not prompted by God, it doesn't work no matter how well meaning it is. 




Paul couldn't get on the deck of that ship to stop that storm because none of them were suppose to be there.

  
  

But Paul didn't give up, and kept  praying about it.  



It order to do something in the Spirit.  You've got to have a connection with the Spirit.



What would Jesus have done? 





John 12:49  (NKJV)

(Jesus would have said)... the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.  
    
  

Jesus would have only done what God, His Father, told me to do and say. 



Just like Paul.


  

Matthew 10:24 (NKJV)

24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.




We can't do something differently than the way the Lord did it, and have the same results.  




Acts 27:22  (NKJV)

22 And now I (Paul) urge you to take 
heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.





If Paul had not been there, they would have all died.   




Why couldn't Paul save the ship, too?




After praying to God, God had granted only to spare their lives because they set sail in disobedience. 





John 15:7 (NKJV)

7 If you abide in Me (Jesus), and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.





To abide in Him, means to commune with Him. 



You hear and see what to say and do from God.   



You have to pray and speak by the prompting of the Holy Spirit. 





Acts 27  (NKJV)

23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, 




24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’




Paul said, I heard from God!.  


I'm on a mission for God. 


Paul had asked God to spare all their lives and God gave them to him. 



Paul, saved their lives. 




God told Paul that you can't die here.  



You must appear before Caesar.




Acts 27:25 

25 Therefore take heart, men, for I (Paul) believe God that it will be just as it was told me.








You can't have faith for anything that comes off your head.  






You must hear from God.   






We must hear from God first. 








John 5:30 (NKJV)

30 I (Jesus) can of Myself do nothing...








Mark 6:5 (NKJV)

5 Now He (Jesus) could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.





This will set you free.  



If it is directed by the Holy Spirit, it will work.  




If it isn't, it won't work (John 6:63).  



John 15:7 (NKJV)

7 If you abide in Me (Jesus), and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.





Keith Moore, Faith Life Church
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