Growing Through the Storm
Brandon Pinnix
May 2, 2026
Sermon in a Sentence
What is your perspective of Jesus in the middle of your storm?
Mark 4:35-41 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the
other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.
There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over
the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The
disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died
down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!
”Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Reclaim Your Peace, Week 4
John M. Wallace, Jr., PhD
April 26, 2026
Foundational Scripture
John 10:10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may
have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].
The Promise of Peace
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace [total well-being, wholeness, nothing missing,
nothing broken, everything flourishing, in every domain, to an exceptional degree]. Whose
mind [inner orientation, world view, and operating system of their soul] is stayed [fully leaning
and resting] on You, Because he trusts [completely and confidently relies totally] in You.
Sermon in a Sentence
Don’t forget God!
Definitions:
• Forget—shakach: to willfully neglect, ignore, or live as if it never happened, to cease to
care, to stop ordering your life around
• Remember–zakar: to call to mind and act on it, to bring something to mind and keep it
there, to speak of it, rehearse it, and pass it on
Deuteronomy 4:1,9 1Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow
them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of
your ancestors, is giving you. 9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not
forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live.
Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
How to Not Forget God
Deuteronomy 6:4-12, 20-25 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These
commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your
children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you
lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your
foreheads. 9 Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates. 10 When the
Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds
of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you
did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the
Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 20 In the future, when your son
asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has
commanded you?” 21 tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us
out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great
and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23 But he brought us out from
there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. 24 The Lord
commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always
prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. 25 And if we are careful to obey all this law
before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”
Deutoronomy 8:10-14, 17-19 10 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your
God for the good land he has given you. 11 Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God,
failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13 and
when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is
multiplied, 14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who
brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 17 You may say to yourself, “My power
and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the
Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms
his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.19 If you ever forget the
Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you
today that you will surely be destroyed.
Judges 2:6-13 6 After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the
land, each to their own inheritance. 7 The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of
Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the Lord had
done for Israel. 8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and
ten. 9 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres in the hill country of
Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their
ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for
Israel. 11 Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the Baals. 12 They
forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They
followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them. They aroused the Lord’s
anger 13 because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
Definition: Structural amnesia—an intentional process used to erase a people’s memory of their
history
Daniel 1:1,3-7 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his
court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and
the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every
kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace.
He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. 5 The king assigned them
a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table. They were to be trained for three years,
and after that they were to enter the king’s service. 6 Among those who were chosen were
some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 The chief official gave them new
names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to
Azariah, Abednego.
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