1. Position yourself to hear God
2. Pore over the passage and paraphrase the main points
3. Pull out the spiritual principles
4. Pose the question
5. Plan obedience and pin down a date
1. Position yourself to hear God
2. Pore over the passage and paraphrase the main points
3. Pull out the spiritual principles
4. Pose the question
5. Plan obedience and pin down a date
Mark 5:21-34 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.
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. 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.
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?’ ”
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.”
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.
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. 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.
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?’ ”
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.”
Paraphrase
- Jesus was surrounded by people again and Jairus, Ruler of the Synagogue, asked Jesus to heal his daughter
- A women with blood was in the crowd and had suffered much. She had heard about Jesus and got close enough to touch his garments
- The woman was healed instantly and Jesus knew power had left Him
- The woman came forward to Jesus and told Him the whole truth and her faith healed her
Principles
- Jairus is a great example of boldness when it comes to asking Jesus for something
- The woman got close to Jesus and took a risk in touching Him
- Even with so many people around Him Jesus knew that something significant had happened
- The woman was bold in facing Jesus and bold in telling Him the whole truth in the midst of a crowd. Her faith was strong and it had dramatic effect, she was healed.
Questions
- Am I bold and honest with Jesus?
- Do I take steps of faith with Jesus? Why or why not?
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