09/06/2026
Thankful for another beautiful day to worship and study God's Word. Bro Paul Massey shared a message from Matthew 14: 22-33. A very familar passage about Peter walking on the water; but he shared it from a totally different perspective. The same account is shared in Mark 6: 45-52 and John 6:15-21. The interesting part is that the book of Matthew is the only one that includes the part about Peter. This occured right after the miracle of feeding the 5000 with two fishes and five loaves. Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away, and He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. The disciples didn't question Jesus; they didn't ask Him how he would get to the other side or what they were supposed to do. They simply obeyed and got in the boat and started for the other side, under His authority, but in their own power. These men were all fisherman; they knew how to get a boat from one side to the other. When they got to the middle of the sea they were caught in a storm. Jesus saw them straining at rowing, for the wind was against them. He came to them walking on the sea and He would have passed them by. Think about that...the Bible says and He would have passed them by. Why didn't he; because they cried out to Him and they invited Him to join them in the boat. Once they did that He got into the boat with them and immediately the storm ceased. The take away from today's message ...it is important who you invite into your boat! Sometimes as Christians we try to do what we think God wants us to do; but in our own power. When we do that we are rowing against the waves. We have to make sure we invite Jesus to join us in our boat. Question for the week? Who is in your boat? If you don't have a church family we would love to have you join us on Sundays. Sunday School at 9 followed by worhsip at 10. If you need someone to pray for you we would love to to that too. Please feel free to reach out to us with any prayer requests you have.