{"id":24562,"date":"2023-08-13T16:03:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=24562"},"modified":"2023-08-13T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T15:04:27","slug":"listen-for-gods-whispers","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?ctc_sermon=listen-for-gods-whispers","title":{"rendered":"Listen for God&#8217;s whispers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><u>Gospel<\/u> <em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>Matthew 14.22\u201333<\/h2>\n<p><em>Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to&nbsp;Matthew<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><em>All<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Glory to you, O Lord.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.&nbsp;And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,&nbsp;but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land,&nbsp;for the wind was against them.&nbsp;And early in the morning he came walking towards them on the lake.&nbsp;But when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified, saying, \u2018It is a ghost!\u2019 And they cried out in fear.&nbsp;But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, \u2018Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Peter answered him, \u2018Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.\u2019&nbsp;He said, \u2018Come.\u2019 So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came towards Jesus.&nbsp;But when he noticed the strong wind,&nbsp;he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, \u2018Lord, save me!\u2019&nbsp;Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, \u2018You of little faith, why did you doubt?\u2019&nbsp;When they got into the boat, the wind ceased.&nbsp;And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, \u2018Truly you are the Son of God.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This is the Gospel of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p><em>All<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Praise to you, O Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthew 14.22\u201333 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to&nbsp;Matthew All&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Glory to you, O Lord.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.&nbsp;And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[359],"ctc_sermon_series":[397,361],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[376],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-24562","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_book-matthew","ctc_sermon_series-ordinary-time","ctc_sermon_series-sunday-morning","ctc_sermon_speaker-revd-andrea-colbrook","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/24562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/24562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24564,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/24562\/revisions\/24564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_topic&post=24562"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_book&post=24562"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_series&post=24562"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_speaker&post=24562"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_tag&post=24562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}