A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

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27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

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30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked,“Who touched my clothes?”

31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask,‘Who touched me?’ ”

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32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

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Richard Chamberlain

http://rdcramblings.com/

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Moving from hearing about Jesus to touching him

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Nameless

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Nameless

Alone

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

Weak

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Nameless

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Nameless

Alone

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

Weak

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

Weak

She refused to accept the situation

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Nameless

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Nameless

Alone

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

Weak

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

Weak

She refused to accept the situation

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Nameless

Alone

Desperate

Weak

She refused to accept the situation

She did not bring

anything

(other than faith)

to Jesus

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“Being female, impure, dishonoured, and destitute are no barrier to receiving help. God always takes the side of those who have been denied rights and privileges, the oppressed and poor. In God’s kingdom the nobodies become a somebody.”

David Garland commenting on Mark 5

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1. Faith takes time

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

Desperation drives us towards God

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1. Faith takes time

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

Desperation drives us towards God

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1. Faith takes time

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

Desperation drives us towards God

Zechariah & Elizabeth

...they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

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1. Faith takes time

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

Desperation drives us towards God

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1. Faith takes time

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

Desperation drives us towards God

Zechariah & Elizabeth

...they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

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1. Faith takes time

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

Desperation drives us towards God

Zechariah & Elizabeth

...they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord...And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son...

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Do you give up too easily?

What are you pregnant with?

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2. Faith looks to Jesus

She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.

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2. Faith looks to Jesus

She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.

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2. Faith looks to Jesus

She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.

...since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

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John Paton and his wife Mary arrived in the New Hebrides onNovember 5th 1858.

The people were as fierce as he had been told. Cannibal celebrations took place in sight of the Patons' home and human blood fouled the drinking water. The natives frightened Joseph Copeland so much that he lost his wits and died; they continually threatened John. Time and again they lifted their guns to shoot him, or raised their axes to bash him in the head, but always they held back as if restrained by a greater power.

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Early the next year, Mary bore a son. Both mother and child came down with fevers and died. With a breaking heart, John dug their grave and laid them in it. Later he said, "But for Jesus, and the fellowship He vouchsafed me there, I must have gone mad and died beside that lonely grave!"

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...faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Proverbs 29:19

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She knew what she wanted - do you?

Are you looking in the right place?

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3. Faith acts

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes,I will be healed.”

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Noah built an ark

Abraham saddled his donkey

Peter “left everything”

Paul & Barnabas left Antioch

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What has God told you to do?

What was the last act of faith you took?

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4. Faith expects God

Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him.

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Hebrew 11:1, 2 - JN Darby translation

Now faith is the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

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Hebrew 11:1, 2 - JN Darby translation

Now faith is the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

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Hebrew 11:1, 2 - JN Darby translation

Now faith is the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

Mary, “Nothing is impossible for God”

Elijah on Mount Carmel

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Hebrew 11:1, 2 - JN Darby translation

Now faith is the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

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Hebrew 11:1, 2 - JN Darby translation

Now faith is the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

Mary, “Nothing is impossible for God”

Elijah on Mount Carmel

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Hebrew 11:1, 2 - JN Darby translation

Now faith is the substantiating of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

Mary, “Nothing is impossible for God”

Elijah on Mount Carmel

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

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5. Faith declares God did it

Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

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5. Faith declares God did it

Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

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5. Faith declares God did it

Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

Peace = Shalom

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Well being

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Security

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Do you declare your faith?

Do you believe you are important to Jesus?

Am I thankful for all that God has done?

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