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       Touching Jesus
       By: therealfreedom9 Date: March 12, 2014, 6:17 am
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       'If I can just touch [Him], I will be healed.' Mark 5:28
       Mark records the story of a woman who'd haemorrhaged for twelve
       years and spent every penny she had on doctors, but to no avail.
       What western culture discreetly refers to as 'a female
       condition' had devastated this Jewish lady's life. Sexually, she
       couldn't touch her husband. Maternally, she couldn't have
       children. Domestically, whatever she touched was considered
       'unclean'. Spiritually, she couldn't enter the temple. So,
       physically exhausted, socially ostracised, and spiritually
       depleted, she thought, 'If I can just touch Jesus, I'll be made
       whole'. Her miracle started when she thought about Jesus. But
       first she had to get through the crowd that stood between her
       and Him. And so will you! The crowd has its arguments and
       reasons, but not one of them is worth missing Jesus for. When
       this woman finally got to Him, two wonderful things happened: 1)
       She discovered that our faith gets Jesus' attention every time.
       Many people in the crowd must have brushed up against Jesus that
       day, yet Mark records, '...Knowing in Himself that power had
       gone out of Him, [He] turned around in the crowd and said, "Who
       touched My clothes?"' (v. 30 NKJV). Understand this: Jesus can
       tell the difference between a casual churchgoer and a truly
       hungry heart that pushes through pain, problems, and pressures,
       and touches Him by faith. 2) She's the only woman Jesus ever
       called '...daughter...' (v. 34 NKJV). Imagine how she felt. She
       probably couldn't remember when she'd last heard a kind word.
       You're not just a face in the crowd, and your problem is not too
       big for Jesus. Today reach out in faith, touch Him, and be made
       whole!
       The Word For Today - Bob and Debby Gass.
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