Sunday Update...Delayed due to clowns...

I apologize for the late nature of the Sunday Update this week, but as mentioned earlier in the blog, your blogmeister was tied up this weekend at a the national Show-Me Clowns for Jesus with his son. If I hear another kazoo or honking horn this week...well...it could get ugly...

Lesson Recap

The class moved right along in Mark on Sunday covering chapter 4: 35-41.  The lesson was designed to help us understand Jesus' role in our storms of life.

In Verses 35-37 it was seen that the disciples did nothing wrong, and that they did exactly what He told them to.  See James 1: 2-4 and see that we can expect storms, and that God can do good things for believers through their storms. (See also Rom 8: 28)

In Verses 38-40 it was seen that storms will test faith.  In this storm the disciples assumed they weren't going to make it.  But Jesus did.  He was asleep as he already knew the outcome!  This was a storm of purpose!

Looking at Verse 41 We see that Jesus will not calm every believer's storm, but he will calm every believer in the storm.  Jesus chose to calm their storm by calming the storm.  It is not Jesus's role to calm the storm...we must first ask him.  See Acts 27 :13-44

SPOT Lunch

McAllister's in the Gravois Bluffs was chosen as the lunch location for next week after class!

Anniversary

Please congratulate the Phillips' as they celebrated their anniversary on Sunday, Valentine's Day (Awww.)

Prayer Requests

-  The Conrad's have asked for praise as Rich had his physical last week.  It was found he has some high blood pressure that needs to be addressed.  Pray that it can be resolved.

-  Dani Cotter's friend Mary's sister (Beth Neal) has been diagnosed with rectal cancer in stage 3.  She is undergoing chemo.