Recognizing The Blessings In Your Storm 
What is the devils PLAN in your  storm  What is God’s PURPOSE in your storm What should be our PERSPECTIVE in the storm Matthew 16:16–18 (NLT): 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being. 18 Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it. Luke 22:31–32 (NLT): 31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32 But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail 3 sermon points: Your are with the I AM Jesus offers us an INVITATION You can see your INABILITIES Discussion questions: • How have the storms you have  experienced brought you closer to, or pushed you further away from God? How have storms affected your faith? • Can you think of a time when a storm revealed your faith?. What kind of faith did it reveal? shallow faith, conditional faith, or genuine faith? • How can our church be encouraging to those experiencing storms in their life?