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By Laurie McClure

"Because you have a story. You have a Jesus story that’s worth remembering and worth sharing with others.

We can brave hurricanes… with Jesus

If you’ve been a believer for any length of time, you can probably point back to a time when a storm — sometimes a full-fledged hurricane — nearly took you out. When waves knocked you this way and that and you barely survived. But for Jesus. Our Savior. The Hero for all time.

You and I have also known people who started out strong. People who went to church and maybe even carried their Bible around. They went to midweek Bible studies. Maybe they traveled with your church on mission trips and sang worship songs with their hands raised high. But at some point a crisis hit, or a job was lost, or they had to bury a child, or a temptation or addition took them way off course, or they just got bored with trying to “be good” and anger took the helm. They slowly drifted. They sank. Or they crashed. But, they’re not cruising with Jesus any more and what’s heartbreaking is they have spiritually hardened and forgotten to care about Him.

How can we avoid that tragedy? What can we hold onto to ride out the storm and not lose hope or our trust in Jesus?

In the middle of crises, we can hold on to these biblical anchor points:

My life is not futile.

My failures are not fatal.

My death is not final."

.".....As we read in Hebrews 12, let’s fix our eyes on Jesus, no matter what storm is battering us right now. This is training; it’s boot camp… where we build spiritual muscles and learn to not lose hope in the Lord and not to waver in our faith.

What has been your most intense storm?

The truth is that we can brave hurricanes with Jesus. We can hang tight to Hope. We can anchor deep and make it through with strong, real, enduring faith that won’t fail.

Because Jesus is always with us, so…

Don’t be surprised if Somebody walks across the water to give you a hand. ~ Max

Prayer for the Week

Jesus, we love You. And, we want our faith to increase and be strengthened by the holy stories of Scripture, especially Passion Week. Help us to hang tight to the biblical anchors — My life is not futile. My failures are not fatal. My death is not final. The truth is that it’s easy to drift. It’s easy to allow storms to blow us off course. Help us to fix our eyes on You, the author and perfecter of our faith and grow us up, God. We want to journey through this Lenten season learning more not just about Your story but about Your character, Your love, and your faithfulness. We love You. Amen."