Jesus Heals (Mark 5) – Lesson 6

Meredith Weatherby returns with Lynn Adams to trace Mark 5’s arc of restoration—from the storm-stilled sea to the storm inside a man haunted by a “legion,” and onward to Jairus’s dying daughter and the woman healed after 12 long years. Together they explore Jesus’ absolute authority over nature, evil, disease, and death; how this scene in Gentile territory signals that God’s reign reaches every corner; and why Jesus won’t let the healed woman remain anonymous—inviting her (and us) into seen-and-known, shalom-shaped relationship. Meredith also shares a personal reflection on “cooperating” with God’s transforming work in us while we wait for healing in others. Discussion prompts surface naturally in the contrasts and links between Jairus and the bleeding woman (status, desperation, “12 years,” faith, and interruption), and in the townspeople’s fear-driven request for Jesus to leave. It’s a rich conversation about restoration, reconciliation, and the courage to let Jesus make us whole.