{"id":870,"date":"2017-05-12T08:36:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=870"},"modified":"2017-05-12T08:36:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T13:36:52","slug":"peace-be-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/12\/peace-be-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace! Be Still!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was in the evening and the disciples were out on the sea\u2026a storm rose up and they were afraid\u2026<\/h6>\n
You\u2019re living life when a storm comes up, you’re being tossed around like a boat in the middle of a hurricane out on life\u2019s sea…<\/h6>\n
You can rebuke your storm just like Jesus and say, \u201cPeace! Be still!\u201d<\/h6>\n
The winds cease, the waters calmly rest and the sky turns from darkness to a bright, calm starlit night\u2026<\/h6>\n
When you are in the midst of the storm you can\u2019t see the moon shine or the stars\u2026all you can see is fear and the imminent destruction that is upon you\u2026<\/h6>\n
But Jesus slept through the storm without any concern. Why?<\/h6>\n
Because, He is peace! And because He wants us to recognize we have the very same\u00a0peace inside of us, if we will just stop looking at the tempest and focus on Him, the Prince of Peace, and say to the storm, \u201cPEACE!\u201d \u201cBE STILL!\u201d<\/h6>\n
After many years of reading those words in Mark 4:39, the words seem to run together, peace be still. <\/em>This morning when I read them they jumped out at me and I saw them differently\u2026Peace, Jesus our peace, The<\/em> Shalom<\/em>; our Healer, our Rescuer, Deliverer, Wind and Sea Commander, the one who lives inside of us, giving us the authority to say, PEACE! And all becomes still and calm.<\/h6>\n
Get this, it is evening, Jesus is sleeping peaceably in the boat as it is being tossed about in the rain and the wind, and it is dark… He is not afraid, he is not weary or frightened, no,\u00a0he is sleeping.<\/h6>\n
To have that kind of resolve with complete assurance that nothing, not even a hurricane can touch his sweet sleep\u2026understand you have the Prince of Peace IN YOU. You have that complete assurance and you too can sleep.\u00a0You can rise up and rebuke the wind and the sea, and it must obey…Peace…be still…<\/h6>\n
The thing is, Jesus got a little irritated at his disciples because they had the peace<\/em> with them the whole time\u2026but they were afraid of the wind and the storm. They didn\u2019t recognize they had the power to also speak to the wind and the waves and they would have obeyed them too!<\/h6>\n
Don\u2019t be afraid when the storms in life rock your world (easy for me to say, but I’m learning this too)\u2026Jesus is inside of you and with you in the storm\u2026you don\u2019t have to yell, \u201cJesus wake up, don\u2019t you know we are about to perish?\u201d<\/em> Instead, speak His Words\u2026”Peace! Be still!” And the same peace that he spoke to the wind and the waves that night,\u00a0will obey, because Jesus\u2019 Spirit is in you and he has given you and me the same power when we use it in faith!<\/h6>\n
Jesus is not sleeping, He arose, and when you truly understand this; Your spirit will rise up and take courage, you will speak to your storm, PEACE, be still! And the storm will lie down\u2026the waves will cease and be calm, your thoughts will be light and unafraid\u2026and in the center of the turmoil, the tossing will turn to steadfast assurance\u2026and there will be a great calm.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Storm, I rebuke you right now\u2026Peace! Be still! The wind and the waves obey in Jesus name. And there is a great calm. Amen!<\/em><\/h6>\n
On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, <\/em>\u201cLet us cross over to the other side.\u201d<\/em> Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, \u201cTeacher, do You not care that we are perishing?\u201d Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, <\/em>\u201cPeace, be still!\u201d<\/em> And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. <\/em>Mark 4: 35-39 NKJV<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
–Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill May 12, 2017<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was in the evening and the disciples were out on the sea\u2026a storm rose up and they were afraid\u2026 You\u2019re living life when a storm comes up, you’re being tossed around like a boat in the middle of a hurricane out on life\u2019s sea… You can rebuke your storm just like Jesus and say,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-e2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}