IT IS WELL | WEEK 3 | SCOTT SILCOX
Have you ever felt like Jesus was asleep on your boat?
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” - Mark 4:35-41
PRAYER PRODUCED IN SUFFERING
PRAYER OF LAMENT
WHAT IT IS.
Honest, unfiltered grief directed toward God, not away from Him.
HOW IT’S FORMED.
You don’t learn lament in comfort...IT’S when faith refuses to die but doesn’t have answers.
HOW IT’S FORMED.
You don’t learn lament in comfort...IT’S when faith refuses to die but doesn’t have answers.
*Lament is not (weakness)...only those who believe God is good dare to say, “This isn’t right.”
HOW LONG OH LORD?
*Lament is an act of protest rooted in hope. It says, “This is not how the world is supposed to be.”
-N.T. Wright
PRAYER OF SURRENDER
WHAT IT IS.
Releasing control when outcomes don’t align with desire.
HOW IT’S FORMED.
You don’t surrender what you still think you can fix.
WHERE WE FIND IT.
Luke 22:42
Philippians 2:8
1 Peter 5:7
*Surrender is not passive resignation. It is active trust in the character of God when outcomes are unclear.
NOT MY WILL BUT YOURS
*True Christian prayer is not about bending God to our will but aligning ourselves with His new creation purposes. -N.T. Wright
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
WHAT IT IS.
Carrying the burden of others before God.
HOW IT’S FORMED.
Pain deepens empathy. Those who suffer often become those who pray for others differently.
WHERE WE FIND IT
Exodus 32
Ezekiel 22:30
1 Timothy 2:1
*Suffering expands your capacity to carry others.
STAND IN THE GAP
*Prayer is participation in God’s work...intercession is how we partner with God in healing the world.
-N.T. Wright
PRAYER OF TRUST
WHAT IT IS.
Choosing confidence in God when evidence is hard to see.
HOW IT’S FORMED.
Trust becomes real when circumstances contradict it.
WHERE WE FIND IT
Job 13:15
Habakkuk 3:17–18
Romans 8:28
Trust is not built in explanation...it’s built in endurance.
THOUGH HE SLAY ME
*Christian hope is not optimism...it is confidence in God’s future breaking into the present. -N.T. Wright
PRAYER OF SILENCE
WHAT IT IS.
quiet communion when language fails.
HOW IT’S FORMED.
There are pains too deep for sentences.
WHERE WE FIND IT
Psalm 46:10
Romans 8:26
(groanings beyond words)
*Silence is not absence...it is often the deepest form of presence.
BE STILL
*Silence isn’t failure...it’s alignment with the Spirit’s intercession.
-N.T. Wright
PRAYER OF FORMATION
WHAT IT IS.
not just praying for deliverance, but for transformation through it.
HOW IT’S FORMED.
doesn’t only ask “Why?” but starts asking “What” are You forming in me?”
WHERE WE FIND IT.
James 1:2–4
Romans 5:3–5
*This is where suffering becomes discipleship.
PRODUCE ENDURANCE IN ME
*God uses present suffering as part of shaping people for His future kingdom. - N.T. Wright
“The Storm on the Sea of Galilee” - Rembrandt 1633
