Sermon Tone Analysis

Why Storms

*/Acts 27:13-28/**/ (KJV 1900)/*

13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: 17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

20 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.

21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.

27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; 28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Ever wonder why there are storms in our lives?

Why we have to face problems

Why is it that a God of love can allow pain and suffering to happen  to the same souls his word says he loves so much he Gave his Son to die on a cross for?

*/Matthew 5:45/**/ (KJV 1900)/*

*45* That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

There are storms in life we must face not because God has forgotten us because he wants to make us strong

Sometimes God uses the storms of life to STRENGTHEN US.

In his book, Go the Distance, Ed Rowell writes, “Back in the early 1990‘s just north of Tucson, outside the tiny town of Oracle, a giant greenhouse went up, covering over three acres.

For two years, scientists sequestered themselves in this artificial environment called Biosphere 2.Inside their self-sustaining community, the Biospherians created a number of minienvironments, including a desert, rain forest, and savannah.

Nearly every weather condition could be simulated except one -wind.

Over time, the effects of this windless environment became apparent.

Within two years, a number of small trees bent over and even snapped.

Without the stress of wind to strengthen the wood, the trunks grew weak and could not hold up their own weight.”

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*/1 Peter 1:6–7/**/ (KJV 1900)/*

*6* Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: *7* That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

*/James 1:2–3/**/ (KJV 1900)/*

*2* My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; *3* Knowing /this/, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

*/Philippians 4:11–13/**/ (KJV 1900)/*

*11* Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, /therewith/ to be content.

*12* I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

*13* I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

*/Isaiah 41:9–10/**/ (KJV 1900)/*

*9* /Thou/ whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called thee from the chief men thereof, And said unto thee, Thou /art/ my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

*10* Fear thou not; for I /am/ with thee: Be not dismayed; for I /am/ thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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[1] Wilson, J. L. (2009).

/Fresh Sermons/.

Fresno, CA: Willow City Press.