{"id":4171,"date":"2025-10-30T01:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2025-10-26T19:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T19:19:23","slug":"the-anchor-holds-you-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/the-anchor-holds-you-steady\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anchor Holds You Steady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Thursday, October 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Anchor Holds You Steady <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. <strong>Hebrews 6:19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we discuss the reason for an anchor and then discover who the anchor is, we must now understand what the anchor does. The anchor doesn\u2019t stop the wind from blowing. Instead, it provides peace in the midst of the storm. We see this in Matthew 8:23\u201327 where Jesus Calms a Storm \u201c<em>And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, \u201cSave us, Lord; we are perishing.\u201d And he said to them, \u201cWhy are you afraid, O you of little faith?\u201d Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, \u201cWhat sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is the anchor that keeps us steady, despite the raging storm.<\/p>\n<p>Know this, the storm will come but it will not consume us. You might sway, but you won\u2019t sink. You might bend, but you won\u2019t break. Because your faith is not rooted in the calm, it\u2019s rooted in Christ. The storm may move around you, but it can\u2019t move what God has placed in you. Psalm 46:1 reminds us, \u201cGod is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.\u201d The presence of trouble doesn\u2019t mean the absence of God; it\u2019s often the proof that your anchor is working.<\/p>\n<p>Be encouraged this week and understand that peace isn\u2019t the absence of problems; it\u2019s the presence of stability in them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Lord Jesus, I trust that even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I have nothing to fear because Your Word tells me that You are right there with me. Keep my soul anchored in Your truth and grounded in Your love. In Your name I pray, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, October 30 The Anchor Holds You Steady We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. Hebrews 6:19 As we discuss the reason for an anchor and then discover who the anchor is, we must now understand what the anchor does. The anchor doesn\u2019t stop the wind from blowing. Instead, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4178,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}