{"id":1168,"date":"2010-11-24T11:26:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T17:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/member\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2013-07-27T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T15:44:37","slug":"twrap-017-112410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/member\/applications\/twrap-017-112410","title":{"rendered":"TWRAC 017 (11\/24\/10): Walking on Water in Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This Week&#8217;s Recovery Application Challenge<\/span><\/h2>\n<h5>Be sure to complete\u00a0<a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Open TWIRL 017\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/member\/twirl\/twirl-017-112410\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">TWIRL 017<\/span><\/a> before continuing this TWRAC activity<\/h5>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Walking On Water in Recovery<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pastor Fran Leeman (LifeSpring Community Church, Plainfield, IL) spoke about Peter walking on water out to Jesus. Peter and the disciples were sailing in the midst of a terrible storm when he saw Jesus, apparently standing out on the water. How was this possible? How could a man stand on the water? Peter shouted out, \u201cJesus, if it\u2019s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.\u201d \u201cYes come,\u201d Jesus said (Matthew 14:28-29, NLT). Pastor Leeman pointed out that he would have said, \u201cJesus, if it\u2019s you, calm the storm!\u201d He said he would have wanted to see the evidence that it was Jesus, but that Peter took a much different approach. Rather than ask Jesus to prove himself real by doing the impossible, Peter asked Jesus to empower him, Peter, to do the impossible by the power given him by Jesus. What profound truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Recovery in the midst of your circumstances can feel like you are walking on water in order to manage. But if it\u2019s in your own strength and not in relationship with Jesus then it\u2019s likely you are overwhelmed and sinking, or perhaps drowning. With Christ, you have the ability\u2014even authority\u2014in the middle of all of it to do something extraordinary. Call on Jesus. Then, as he says, \u201cCome to me,\u201d get out of the boat that is your comfort-zone and walk on water with Jesus, even if you\u2019re hanging on for dear life.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is your storm today?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do you see Jesus in the midst of your storm, perhaps where you might not expect to find Him?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you&#8217;re not certain it&#8217;s Him, what can you do to know for sure? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What are you <em>willing<\/em> to do to find out whether God is involved in your circumstances?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How confident are you in your ability to manage the storm on your own? Explain.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Will you be willing to step out of the boat to do something extraordinary if that is what Jesus commands you to do? Explain.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How confident are you that you can actually walk on water, not alone but with Jesus, in the middle of the storm? Explain.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now take some time to pray and talk to God about the storms in your life. Ask Him to prove Himself by commanding you to do the extraordinary. Then, ask Him for confident faith to walk on water with Him. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-via=\"StevieMG\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=TWRAC+017+%2811%2F24%2F10%29%3A+Walking+on+Water+in+Recovery\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/member\/applications\/twrap-017-112410\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Week&#8217;s Recovery Application Challenge Be sure to complete\u00a0TWIRL 017 before continuing this TWRAC activity Walking On Water in Recovery Pastor Fran Leeman (LifeSpring Community Church, Plainfield, IL) spoke about Peter walking on water out to Jesus. 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