Hitting the Mark with Jesus wk. 36

HITTING THE MARK WITH JESUS wk. 36

February 15, 2026

WHERE IS JESUS IN THE STORM Pt.2

Mark 6:45-56

 

 

Mark 6 WHERE IS JESUS IN THE STORM

 

INTRODUCTION:

 

 

 

 

John 6:14-15 (NIV) After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

 

 

Mark 6:50 (NIV)Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 6:45-56.

 

 

 

 

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast.

 

 

 

 

Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

 

 

 

TEXT:

Mark 6:45-56 (NIV) ⁴⁵ Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.⁴⁶ After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

⁴⁷ Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.⁴⁸ He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,⁴⁹ but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,⁵⁰ because they all saw him and were terrified.

Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”⁵¹ Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,⁵² for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.

⁵³ When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.⁵⁴ As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus.⁵⁵ They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.⁵⁶ And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

 

FOUR THINGS ABOUT JESUS IN THE STORMS OF LIFE: 

 

1.  JESUS KNOWS

 

 

Mark 6:47-48a (NIV)Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them.

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 6:48 (NIV) He saw the disciples straining at the oars…

 

Faith is not built on if you can see God, faith is built on you knowing God sees you.

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 6:45 (NIV)Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

 

 

Refining grace always comes in , but it always produces Kingdom benefits! 

 

 

 

 

2.  JESUS INTERVENES

 

 

Mark 6:48 (NIV)Shortly before dawn he went out to them… 

 

 

 

Ephesians 1:22 (NIV) And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church…

 

 

 

3. JESUS REVELEAS

 

 

 

Storms what’s in your .  

 

 

 

 

Matthew 12:34 (NIV)For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

 

 

 

Mark 6:49-50a (NIV) When they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,because they all saw him and were terrified.  Immediately he spoke to them…

 

 

 

Mark 6:51-52 (NIV)Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.

 

 

 

 

Jesus doesn’t want them to be amazed as much as He wants them to be .

 

 

 

 

Mark 6:52 …their hearts were hardened.

 

4.  JESUS REINFORCES

 

 

 

 

Jesus shows three different ways that He is God.

 

·         He came on the water.

 

Job 9:8 (NIV)He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

 

 

 

 

·         He came His glory.

 

Mark 6:48 (NIV) Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them…

 

 

 

Exodus 33:22, 34:6 (NIV)When My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by… And He passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”

 

 

 

 

·         He came to Scripture.

 

Mark 6:50b (NIV) Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

 

 

CONCLUSION:

 

The storms of life help you to see the of God.

 

 

PRAYER:

 

 

ALTAR:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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