Come People of the Risen King Who delight to bring Him praise Come all, and tune your hearts to sing To the Morning Star of grace.

From the shifting shadows of the earth We will lift our eyes to Him Where steady arms of mercy reach To gather children in.

Rejoice!! Let every tongue rejoice! One heart, one voice, Oh, Church of Christ, Rejoice!!

Come, those whose joy is morning sun, And those weeping through the night. Come, those who tell of battles won, And those struggling in the fight.

For His perfect love will never change, And His mercies never cease, But follow us through all our days With the certain hope of peace.

Rejoice!! Let every tongue rejoice! One heart, one voice, Oh, Church of Christ, Rejoice!!

Come, young and old from every land, Men and women of the faith. Come, those with full or empty hands, Find the riches of His grace.

Over all the world His people sing; Shore to shore we hear them call The truth that cries through every age: “Our God is all in all.”

Rejoice!! Let every tongue rejoice! One heart, one voice, Oh, Church of Christ, Rejoice!! ***

 13 miles long, 7 miles wide  150 feet deep  680 feet below sea level

 Its Suddenness  there arose a great storm of wind  The sea can be calm one minute and violent the next.

 In fact, you are in one of 3 places today.  You are either in a storm,  just coming out of a storm,  or headed into a storm.

 Its Suddenness  Its Severity  the ship was now full  The storms of life include: storms of suffering; storms of sorrow; storms of sin  There is no storm on earth that Heaven cannot calm!

 Its Suddenness  Its Severity  Its Source  It could have been satanic in origin  “be still” “hold thy peace” “to be muzzled”  He used it to command demons to be quiet!

 Sometimes the storms are our own fault.  Sometimes God sends the storms.  Sometimes Satan is allowed to send the storm.

 They Doubted His Goodness  carest thou not  They Doubted His Grace  we perish

 The word “leave” means “to let sink”  The word “forsake” means that He won’t “abandon you, desert you or leave you under any circumstances”.  When the storm is raging….He will not let you sink!  The Lord Jesus Christ is absolutely committed to you!

 They Doubted His Goodness  carest thou not  They Doubted His Grace  we perish  They Doubted His Guarantee  Let us pass over unto the other side  He is absolutely committed to you and will never forsake you

 Regardless Of Their Source  Regardless Of Their Force  Regardless Of Their Course