Compassion Australia | Simon Ward

14 June 2026Find out more about Jesus⁠https://hillschurch.org.au/Jesus⁠Find the answers to life's biggest questions. Try Alpha.⁠https://hillschurch.org.au/alpha⁠Can we pray for you? Request prayer.⁠https://hillschurch.org.au/⁠ and click 'Prayer Request' Button.To give/tithe to the work of Hills Church, follow the link below⁠https://hillschurch.org.au/give⁠Sermon Notes: What happens when the storms of life hit?In this message, Simon Ward from Compassion Australia challenges us to consider whether we live “outside in” or “inside out”. Looking at Jesus calming the storm in Luke 8, Simon suggests that perhaps the greatest miracle was not that Jesus calmed the storm, but that He could sleep through it.Jesus carried such peace within Him that the chaos around Him did not control Him.As followers of Christ, we have the Holy Spirit living within us. The question is not what is happening around us, but what is coming out of us. Are we allowing the pressures, fears, and struggles of life to shape us from the outside in? Or are we allowing God’s peace, joy, and presence to flow from the inside out?Drawing on his work with Compassion Australia, Simon reminds us that poverty, hardship, and suffering do not have to define a person’s identity. His powerful challenge is this:“You may be in poverty, but poverty doesn’t have to be in you.”No matter what storm you are facing today, Jesus promises not a trouble-free life, but His presence in the midst of it. In Him we find an unknowable love, an inexpressible joy, and a peace that surpasses understanding.Key Scriptures:Luke 8:22-25Ephesians 1-3Acts 27Key Thought:Don’t let the storm around you determine what happens within you. Let the peace of Christ flow from the inside out.#hillschurch #beencouraged #nathanbell #evertonhills #brisbanechurch #brisbane #wesleyanmethodistchurch #hillschurchsermon #compassion #compassionaustralia #simonward