# Jesus Calms the Storm - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 23 Feb 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 160. On a boat with His friends, Jesus calmed a scary storm just by saying, "Quiet! Be still!" When they landed, Jesus met a man with many evil spirits and sent the spirits into pigs, which then jumped into a lake. After Jesus helped the man, he was so happy and told everyone about the amazing things Jesus did. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: He awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Peace,
[0:05] Speaker 1: be still. The wind ceased and there was.
[0:08] Speaker 2: A great calm.
[0:09] Speaker 1: Mark 4.39 Dear God, storms in life can be so
[0:15] Speaker 1: sad and hard. Even though we don't always understand why
[0:20] Speaker 1: bad things happen, we do know that we.
[0:22] Speaker 2: Can trust your plan.
[0:24] Speaker 1: You always know what's best for us and you are
[0:27] Speaker 1: always with us in the storms. We can count on it.
[0:31] Speaker 1: Thank you for calming our hearts and giving us peace.
[0:34] Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:11] Speaker 4: Jesus calms the storm. In our last story, Jesus continued
[1:17] Speaker 4: to tell short stories or parables about the kingdom of
[1:20] Speaker 4: God and our need to listen. In this story, we
[1:25] Speaker 4: will learn about Jesus calming the storms and helping a
[1:29] Speaker 4: demon-possessed man become free, as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:38] Speaker 2: Hi again, friends.
[1:39] Speaker 1: It's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress Sadler. I
[1:44] Speaker 1: am so glad you're back for another story from the
[1:47] Speaker 1: Kids Bible in Ear podcast. The thunder is roaring, the
[1:51] Speaker 1: wind is howling, the disciples are crying out in fear,
[1:54] Speaker 1: and Jesus is.
[1:54] Speaker 4: asleep?
[1:57] Speaker 1: Today's story is all about storms, bad things that happen
[2:01] Speaker 1: to us, and how we can trust Jesus in the
[2:04] Speaker 1: middle of them. So, let's listen up.
[2:09] Speaker 4: Jesus took his disciples across the lake. While they were
[2:13] Speaker 4: in the boat, a very strong wind came up on
[2:16] Speaker 4: the lake. The waves started to come over the sides
[2:19] Speaker 4: and into the boat. It was almost full of water.
[2:24] Speaker 4: Jesus was at.
[2:24] Speaker 2: The back of the boat, sleeping.
[2:27] Speaker 4: The followers panicked, went to him and woke him up
[2:30] Speaker 4: and said, Teacher, we are going to drown. Jesus stood
[2:35] Speaker 4: up and said, Quiet, be still, and commanded the wind
[2:40] Speaker 4: and the waves to stop. Then the lake became calm
[2:44] Speaker 4: and Jesus said to his followers, Why are you so afraid?
[2:49] Speaker 4: Why is your faith so small? The disciples asked each other.
[2:55] Speaker 3: Who is this?
[2:56] Speaker 4: Even the wind and the waves obey him. When Jesus
[3:00] Speaker 4: and his followers arrived on the other side of the
[3:02] Speaker 4: lake in the region of the Gerasenes, Jesus got out
[3:06] Speaker 4: of the boat and a crazy man came to him
[3:09] Speaker 4: from the caves. This man had an evil spirit living
[3:12] Speaker 4: in him and no one was able to tie him
[3:15] Speaker 4: up properly because he always.
[3:17] Speaker 3: Broke the chains off.
[3:19] Speaker 4: Every day he would wander around screaming and cutting himself
[3:22] Speaker 4: with stones. He ran to Jesus and knelt down before
[3:26] Speaker 4: him And Jesus said, You, evil spirit, come out of
[3:30] Speaker 4: that man.
[3:31] Speaker 3: The man shrieked in a loud voice.
[3:34] Speaker 4: What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the
[3:38] Speaker 4: Most High God? Do not punish me. Jesus said, What
[3:43] Speaker 4: is your name? The man answered, My name is Legion,
[3:49] Speaker 4: because I have many spirits in me. The man begged
[3:54] Speaker 4: Jesus again and again, not to send the spirits out
[3:58] Speaker 4: of that area. There happened to be a large herd
[4:01] Speaker 4: of pigs eating on a hillside. The evil spirits begged,
[4:06] Speaker 4: Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them.
[4:10] Speaker 4: Jesus allowed them to, and the evil spirits left the
[4:13] Speaker 4: man and went into the pigs. Immediately the herd of
[4:17] Speaker 4: pigs rushed down the hill into the lake and were drowned.
[4:21] Speaker 4: There were somewhere around 2,000 pigs in that herd. People
[4:27] Speaker 4: went out to see what had happened, and they saw
[4:30] Speaker 4: the man who had had the many evil spirits was
[4:33] Speaker 4: sitting there, clothed and in his right mind. The people
[4:37] Speaker 4: were frightened, and they began to beg Jesus to leave
[4:41] Speaker 4: the area. As Jesus was getting ready to go back
[4:44] Speaker 4: across the lake in the boat, the man who was
[4:46] Speaker 4: freed from the demons begged to go with him. Jesus said,' No,
[4:52] Speaker 4: instead go home to your family and friends.' Tell them
[4:56] Speaker 4: how much the Lord has done for you and how
[4:59] Speaker 4: he has had mercy on you. The man left and
[5:03] Speaker 4: told the people and the Decapolis about the great things
[5:07] Speaker 4: Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
[5:17] Speaker 1: Okay, can you even imagine the winds and the waves
[5:23] Speaker 1: obeying God's voice? Today's story is special and can teach
[5:28] Speaker 1: us so much about trusting Jesus. You see, the storm
[5:32] Speaker 1: in today's story can represent bad things in our lives.
[5:36] Speaker 1: Maybe we lose someone we love, get hurt, don't feel
[5:40] Speaker 1: like we have any friends, or are just really disappointed
[5:44] Speaker 1: about something. Storms or sad things come along for everyone,
[5:49] Speaker 1: and that is one thing that will never change while
[5:52] Speaker 1: we're here on this earth. We know Jesus is with us,
[5:57] Speaker 1: but we still get scared.
[5:59] Speaker 2: Why isn't he doing anything? When is he going to help?
[6:04] Speaker 1: Perhaps you're in a storm right now. Are you sad, mad,
[6:09] Speaker 1: or upset about something happening in your life? Do you
[6:13] Speaker 1: wish something was different? I believe God wants to speak.
[6:18] Speaker 2: To your heart today. Let's dive in.
[6:22] Speaker 1: Jesus finished teaching his parables and was already in the boat,
[6:25] Speaker 1: so he took his disciples across the sea.
[6:29] Speaker 2: The Bible says that a huge, giant wind came out
[6:33] Speaker 2: of nowhere.
[6:34] Speaker 1: The waves were so high, crashing against the boat and
[6:37] Speaker 1: filling it with water.
[6:39] Speaker 2: The disciples go scared.
[6:42] Speaker 1: And when I say scared, I mean S-C-A-R-E-D scared.
[6:47] Speaker 2: They were sure they were about to die. But where
[6:51] Speaker 2: was Jesus? Oh, he was asleep. Now, wait just a minute.
[6:57] Speaker 1: Does that come as a surprise to you? Well, let's
[7:01] Speaker 1: think about it. Jesus was fully God and fully man.
[7:06] Speaker 1: So as a man, he would probably at times feel exhausted.
[7:10] Speaker 1: He was getting up very early to pray and spending
[7:14] Speaker 1: all day traveling, teaching to thousands. healing sickness, and trying
[7:19] Speaker 1: to help others understand his message. Maybe he just really
[7:24] Speaker 1: needed a nap. Also, think about this. Jesus knew why
[7:28] Speaker 1: he was on earth and what was wrong. He knew
[7:32] Speaker 1: that God had a perfect plan, but it wasn't time yet.
[7:36] Speaker 1: So he knew he was not going to die that night.
[7:40] Speaker 1: He knew God had everything under control.
[7:44] Speaker 2: And when you trust God that much, You feel peace.
[7:49] Speaker 2: You can rest.
[7:50] Speaker 1: You can be still and know that he is in
[7:53] Speaker 1: control and everything is going to be okay. You can
[7:56] Speaker 1: even take a nice long nap. When the disciples found Jesus,
[8:01] Speaker 1: they were panicking. The Bible says that Jesus got up
[8:05] Speaker 1: and simply said these words.
[8:07] Speaker 2: Quiet, be still, to the waves. Let me say that again.
[8:13] Speaker 2: He told the wind and waves to be quiet and
[8:17] Speaker 2: calm down.
[8:18] Speaker 1: And do you know what else? They recognized his voice.
[8:23] Speaker 1: They knew that voice from the moment it spoke them
[8:25] Speaker 1: into existence. The moment of creation. He was their maker
[8:30] Speaker 1: and they did whatever he said. Now Jesus had a
[8:34] Speaker 1: question for his friends. Why is your faith so small?
[8:38] Speaker 2: He asked. Hadn't they seen him heal before?
[8:41] Speaker 1: Raise people from the dead, and turn water into wine?
[8:47] Speaker 2: Didn't they know.
[8:47] Speaker 1: He was powerful enough to save them? Why were they
[8:52] Speaker 1: so afraid? The same reason we sometimes are. We forget.
[8:59] Speaker 1: We forget that God sees us and that he allows
[9:01] Speaker 1: everything to happen for a reason. We forget that this
[9:05] Speaker 1: plan is always the best plan and nothing takes him
[9:08] Speaker 1: by surprise. We forget that sometimes he allows us to
[9:12] Speaker 1: go through hard times so he can teach us something
[9:16] Speaker 1: new about himself and make our faith stronger.
[9:20] Speaker 2: We just forget.
[9:22] Speaker 1: The friends of Jesus were amazed and couldn't believe their eyes.
[9:26] Speaker 1: They said, who is this that even the winds and
[9:30] Speaker 1: the waves obey him? Surely this night strengthened their faith
[9:35] Speaker 1: and helped them believe even more.
[9:38] Speaker 2: Because the road was.
[9:39] Speaker 1: About to get a lot harder for Jesus and his friends.
[9:44] Speaker 1: That's all for today. Next time we catch Jesus healing
[9:47] Speaker 1: on the Sabbath again.
[9:48] Speaker 2: Oh boy, I wonder what those Pharisees.
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