02-18-18 Kevin Goins - How Bad Can It Get? - conclusion

“How Bad Can It Get?” (Conclusion)
John 6:16-21

All of us know what it is like to face problems. Sometimes, however, problems come in bunches, either one right after the other or all at once. What does this text teach us about troubles that come in bunches?

I. Bunches of trouble often come without warning (6:16).
II. Not only can bunches of trouble come without warning, they can also come without any explanation (6:17a)
III. A bunch of troubles can overwhelm us with darkness (6:17b).

IV Bunches of trouble often arouse feelings of f______ and a____________ (6:16-18).
     A. What the disciples face is a bunch of troubles:
          1. First, d________ was falling.
          2. Second, “a strong w____ was blowing.”
          3. Third, “the w_______ grew rough.”
     B. It was the a_______ of Jesus that made the fear and the aloneness so horrible.

V Bunches of trouble often find no relief until the danger reaches its h________ p________ (6:19-20).

VI Bunches of trouble can only be survived when we are willing to b_______ Jesus into our b_______ (6:21).

VII Bunches of trouble can h_____ us by l_______ us where we need to go (6:21-22).

VIII We have a lot of troubles, but the Gospel tells us that Jesus s_________ and e_________ those troubles with us.