Day 2 : Jesus Gives Us Courage!
Because the Sea of Galilee is surrounded by steep hills, strong winds and storms commonly (and suddenly) emerge there. When fierce winds rush down from the nearby valleys to the center of the lake, a violent storm abruptly arises, like it did that night for Jesus and Peter. The only two men to ever walk on water in all of history weren’t walking on calm waters. Instead, Jesus gave Peter the courage to follow him out into the storm!
Day 1 – Hope is confident patience that God will carry out what he has promised. Although they struggled to have “confident patience,” God’s people definitely hoped that the promise of a Messiah would come true, and it did! We can have hope that God will fulfill his promises made in the Bible to us, just like he fulfilled his promises then.
14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a]; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
God provided for Elijah and Elijah learned that he could rely on the Lord. We started off the week praying that God’s power would be available as we teach, play and worship with everyone at VBS.
