We are so glad that you decided to join us in worship today. Here at Eastern Hills we realize that we are all in different places on our journey with Christ, and that's okay. Whether you are a seeker, looking for answers, or a long-time follower of Christ, you are welcome here.

1) Jesus has authority over nature.

2) Jesus has authority over the supernatural.

3) How will you respond to Jesus?

“Scripture handles spiritual warfare differently from the way many of us do. We often speak of it as something unusual, weird, scary, and dramatic. We think of demon-possessed bodies flailing on the floor, people frothing at the mouth—you know, the stuff movies are made of. Now, I don’t want to negate the fact that there are dramatic and physical moments of spiritual warfare, but I want to emphasize that the Bible normalizes rather than dramatizes spiritual warfare. Because we live in a fallen world, because there really is an enemy, Satan, because there is evil and temptation around us all the time, and because remaining sin still leaves us susceptible to attack, we live every day in a war zone.”

—Paul David Tripp, Lead

Discuss this as a family this week:

-- If you could control the weather, how would you change it?

-- Who are some "authority figures" in your life? Why?

-- Other than calming the storm, can you think of other ways that Jesus showed His authority over nature?

-- Other than driving out the demon in today's passage, can you think of other ways that Jesus showed His authority over the supernatural?

-- Why does it matter that Jesus has authority over both?