Calm Down, You Fret Too Much Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Calm Down, You Fret Too Much ------------------- Date: 12/18/2002 Keywords: "calm” “fear” “fret” “storm” “worry" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Mark 4:35-41 * 35. On that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36. Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. 37. And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. 38. Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 39. And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. 40. And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?” 41. They became very much afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” Questions 1. Does your faith in God have any affect on your level of worries? Should it?   2. Imagine Jesus looking at you and asking “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?" How would you respond?   Practical help It’s not that what we worry about isn’t important, it’s that our fears block our view of God. If you are full of worry about your storm of porn and what it has or is doing to your life, realize that you have someone you can call on who is more than capable of delivering you. And when you call on him, listen and do what he tells you in your heart to do. It might be that he will tell you to talk to someone or get rid of something. Take the necessary steps by faith, and then rest in the knowledge that you are in very good hands. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2002 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission." ---