7-5-2009  Sermon Bible Study

Series: The Life & Ministry of Jesus

Lesson: The Miracle of the Calming of the Storm – Jesus can Handle Your Storms

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Let’s Get Better Acquainted

1. Have you ever been in a natural disaster? What happened?

2. What is the most stressful recurring “storm of life” that you face?

Lesson

 1. What kind of storm did Jesus and the disciples encounter? Give details.

 2. If you had been one of the disciples when the boat was about to sink, what

   would you have done?

 3. Why do you think the disciples awakened Jesus? Why did they take so long in

   approaching Jesus?

 4. How do you react to Jesus when He seems to be asleep in your life?

 5. How did Jesus handle the crisis in the middle of the Sea of Galilee? Why is this

   miracle so astonishing?

 6. What was the tone in Jesus’ voice when He said, “Why are you afraid? Do you still

   have no faith?”

 7. Why did Jesus allow a storm to come up in the first place?

 8. If you had been there, what would you have told your friends afterward?

            a. “I just about got killed!”

            b. “Jesus sure is a sound sleeper.”

            c. “I can’t figure Jesus out.”

            d. “Only God can do what I just saw.”

 9. What do you do when “storms” come up in your life?

10. What brings on most of the storms in your life?

            a. financial difficulties

            b. hassles with relationships

            c. overwhelming demands

            d. insecurity: worry about job/future

            e. disappointment: feelings of failure

            f. tragedy: sickness/death

11. As time goes on, have you seen improvement in the way you handle storms? What difference

   does your faith in Christ make?

12. “Quiet! Be still.” If Jesus were to speak those words to you today, what would they mean?

13. What was Jesus showing the disciples about Himself in this event? How does that

   apply for your life?