01-28-2024 Healing and Saving (Mark 5:21-43)

Healing and Saving Mark 5:21-43 Mark 5:21 When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea. Jesus The sea Jairus Jairus' daughter The bleeding woman The disciples The people at Jairus' home Both Jairus and the woman bleeding have reached the end of their ropes. They are desperate. Desperation: so helpless that the situation is impossible to deal with. Fear of abandonment or rejection Childhood trauma or neglect unmet emotional or physical needs  unfulfilled dreams or goals substance abuse or addiction chronic stress or anxiety  insecurity or low self-esteem depression financial difficulties  broken relationships  lack of purpose or meaning in one's life Mark 5:23 and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well and live.” Mark 5:28 For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.” Mark 5: 25-34 25 Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years 26 had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. 27 Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothing. 28 For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.” 29 Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction. 30 Immediately Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 But he was looking around to see who had done this. 33 The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34 “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction.” In our moments of desperation, what can we learn from this story? 1. There is a God who wants to rescue you. 2. The woman helps us understand the posture we should take. 3. Jesus desires to call you son or daughter. What would change in your situation/life if the desperate places of your life were given over to the reign and rule of God?