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BELIEVE: The Renewed Mind





Mark 4:35–41 (NIV) 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.  
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid?
 Do you still have no faith?” 41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

1. Going to the other side requires Faith.
2. Getting through the storms requires Faith.
  • Faith can sleep through storms
  •  Faith speaks to storms.
3. Jesus identifies where their Faith was at.
4. The storm we can sleep through for our peace is the same storm we need to speak to for the peace of others. 
5. Faith will cause others to recognize the Nature of God. 

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.


Faith is a fight. 
1 Timothy 6:12 (NLT) Fight the good fight for the true Faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses.

1 John 5:4 (NLT) For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our Faith.

Faith is a shield 
Ephesians 6:16 (NIV) Take up the shield of Faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

3 arrows of the enemy
If the devil can talk you out of Faith, he will take over your life.
  1. Fear, 2. Doubt, 3. Unbelief
“I want you to learn, recognize, and identify those tactics so you can rise up in faith and extinguish them.”
1. Fear
A. Some justify fear.
B. Some victimize themselves to fear.
  • Fear is failure to trust. 
C. Some moralize fear. 
Fear is spiritual.
Fear: cripples, controls and manipulates.

God doesn’t give us a Spirit of Fear. 
2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT) For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

2. Doubt
Matthew 14:28–33 (NIV)
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind,
 he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” 31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” 32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” 

Distazo (διστάζω, 1365), greek: Dublicate-Twice: waver “to stand in two ways”

James 1:6 (NIV) But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.