His capsized boat sank 90 feet to the seafloor! For 48 hours, Harrison trusted and prayed in a pocket of air, trapped in the upside down vessel. Everyone else perished. Rescuers were astonished to find him alive. Look deeper and see God challenging us to trust in Him no matter how hopeless our circumstances.
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“Share any stories you may have about you or someone else being saved from drowning.”
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These 3 videos give different parts of the amazing story of how Harrison survived in an overturned tugboat that had sunk 90 feet below the ocean’s surface.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Spiritual Nuggets for Family Discussion
Open with a prayer.
(i.e. a Glory Be, or Our Father, or Hail Mary, or ‘Jesus, Mary, Joseph, we love You! Save souls!’)
- Somewhere between 2-3 days
- Yes! He prayed and prayed and then said, “God let thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. I have called on you, and you have never failed me before, and you will never fail me at all in my life.”
- In both stories, people died in the sea.
- The Israelites and Harrison were miraculously delivered by God from the sea.
Amazingly, on that day, Harrison’s wife had texted him Psalm 54, which he read just before the capsizing, and he continued to pray it while he was under the sea:
“O God, by your name, save me.
O God, hear my prayer;
hearken to the words of my mouth.
Behold, God is my helper;
the LORD sustains my life.
I will praise your name, O LORD,
because from all my distress
you have rescued me.”
Close with a prayer.
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