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The Little Girl and Bleeding Woman - The Gospels · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. And when the woman saw that she
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  Speaker 1: was not hid, she came trembling and falling down before him.
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  Speaker 1: She declared unto him before all the people for what
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  Speaker 1: cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately.
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  Speaker 1: Luke 8 47 Jesus, you are the author of life.
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  Speaker 1: You are the one that can make dead things alive again.
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  Speaker 1: And with this truth, I release faith and anticipation into
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  Speaker 1: my day. I believe that with my whole heart, that
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  Speaker 1: when life deals me blows of disappointment, and I'm bleeding
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  Speaker 1: defeat from within, that just one touch from you can
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  Speaker 1: change everything. When my faith is low and my energy
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  Speaker 1: is drained, position me, Holy Spirit, in the place where
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  Speaker 1: Jesus is, so that I can receive my healing and restoration.
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  Speaker 1: I don't care about what others are saying or about
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  Speaker 1: how many times I might get knocked down. I will
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  Speaker 1: not stop until I am restored and made whole. In
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  Speaker 1: the same way you healed the girl, Jesus, I pronounce
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  Speaker 1: healing and life to flow into every place of my life.
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  Speaker 1: because you are willing, Jesus. I realize that as I
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  Speaker 1: activate my faith like Jarius, dormant dreams and dormant promises
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  Speaker 1: will arise to meet my attention and affection. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  Speaker 3: The Little Girl and Bleeding Woman In our last story,
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  Speaker 3: Jesus showed his authority over wind, rain, and sea. With
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  Speaker 3: a word of might, he calmed the raging storm and
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  Speaker 3: saved the apostles from certain death. Once the storm had subsided,
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  Speaker 3: Jesus faced a man who was plagued with a legion
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  Speaker 3: of demons. The man raged and thrashed with the unholy
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  Speaker 3: spirit controlling his body. Jesus calmed the man's soul just
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  Speaker 3: as he did the storm. Now we see the tender
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  Speaker 3: heart of Christ take care of two girls. One had
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  Speaker 3: suffered from a debilitating illness. The other had tasted death itself.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus showed his compassionate power by kneeling down and healing
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  Speaker 3: both of them, as inspired by the Gospels.
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  Speaker 4: Hello and welcome once again to the Bible in a
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  Speaker 4: Year podcast. I'm Jack Graham. In our last episode, we
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  Speaker 4: heard how Jesus calmed the stormy seas and cast out
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  Speaker 4: a legion of demons with nothing more than his words.
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  Speaker 4: He demonstrates His powerful command over the forces of nature
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  Speaker 4: and the forces of evil in this world. As the
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  Speaker 4: disciples witnessed His power, their wonder and amazement grew, even
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  Speaker 4: though their faith remained immature and easily shaken. Today, we'll
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  Speaker 4: see how the Lord cares for a long-suffering woman and
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  Speaker 4: a dying girl. We will once again hear how God's mercy, grace,
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  Speaker 4: and healing truly knows no limits and and is available
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  Speaker 4: to all without respect for age, gender, position, or background.
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  Speaker 4: So let's hear the Word of God today.
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  Speaker 3: Another crowd flurried around Jesus. Their desperate cries for more
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  Speaker 3: words of wisdom and acts of healing were deafening. His
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  Speaker 3: popularity had stretched to the furthest reaches of Judea and Samaria.
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  Speaker 3: Not a traveler passed through the land without hearing his name.
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  Speaker 3: As Jesus often did, he walked beside the sea. He
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  Speaker 3: enjoyed the way the water and wind amplified his voice
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  Speaker 3: for all to hear. And if need be, he could
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  Speaker 3: make a quick escape onto a boat if things got
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  Speaker 3: out of hand. Jesus was tending to the crowd, teaching
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  Speaker 3: them the ways of the kingdom. A faint yell could
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  Speaker 3: be heard from the sea of faces. Jesus!
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  Speaker 4: He yelled.
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  Speaker 3: His head was barely poking out of the vast crowd. However,
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  Speaker 3: Jesus knew his voice. It was the voice of Jairus,
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  Speaker 3: one of the synagogue rulers. Jesus gestured for him to
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  Speaker 3: be let through. Jairus fell at his feet, sobbing. It
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  Speaker 3: was odd for the people to see a man of
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  Speaker 3: such power groveling before anybody. This showed Jesus' true influence.
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  Speaker 3: Jairus looked up at Jesus and said, Please, Lord, my daughter,
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  Speaker 3: my little girl, is sick to the point of death.
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  Speaker 3: There is no pain like a parent in fear of
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  Speaker 3: losing a child. Jesus could feel its palpable presence in Jairus.
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  Speaker 3: Say no more, Jesus said. Lead on, and I will
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  Speaker 3: go to your daughter. So Jesus got down from the
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  Speaker 3: boat where he was sitting and stepped into the crowd.
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  Speaker 3: They were violently seeking his attention. His fame had caused
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  Speaker 3: a great deal of chaos wherever he went. The crowd
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  Speaker 3: grabbed at him and shoved him in every direction. His
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  Speaker 3: disciples took it upon themselves to make a way for
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  Speaker 3: Jesus and Jairus to get through, but it was an
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  Speaker 3: exhausting task. As Jesus made his way through the forceful crowd,
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  Speaker 3: a small and quiet presence followed him. Her hand was
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  Speaker 3: small and shaking. Her once beautifully lush face was gray
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  Speaker 3: and fading. A woman followed closely behind Jesus, reaching out
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  Speaker 3: to touch him. Her entire body trembled as blood slowly
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  Speaker 3: dripped down her inner thighs. She had had a discharge
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  Speaker 3: of blood for over twelve years. The seeping blood from
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  Speaker 3: her lower half caused a great deal of pain and
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  Speaker 3: sapped much energy from her. Yet worst of all, it
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  Speaker 3: made her unclean in Jewish tradition. She was unable to
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  Speaker 3: enter the synagogues or temples. She was unable to go
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  Speaker 3: to feasts and celebrations. She was unable to marry. Her
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  Speaker 3: last penny was spent on physicians. They could not help her.
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  Speaker 3: She was hopeless and alone, until she heard about the
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  Speaker 3: man named Jesus. She could see Jesus, so close yet
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  Speaker 3: so far. He was only a few feet away, but
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  Speaker 3: the violent crowd was continually tugging or tossing her to
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  Speaker 3: the ground. She reached for him and missed. She tried
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  Speaker 3: to call out his name, but the people were too loud.
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  Speaker 3: She got up to her feet and tried to run
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  Speaker 3: towards him, but someone pulled her back and her face
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  Speaker 3: fell into the stony ground. She thought of giving up
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  Speaker 3: and just remaining on the ground. She would be trampled
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  Speaker 3: and her miserable life would be ended. No, she thought
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  Speaker 3: to herself. If I could just touch his garments, I
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  Speaker 3: know I will be healed. She lifted herself up and
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  Speaker 3: crawled towards Jesus. In one last effort, she threw herself
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  Speaker 3: towards him and barely touched the hem of his garment.
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  Speaker 3: She fell to her knees. Jesus stopped and turned around.
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  Speaker 3: Who touched me? he asked his disciples. They laughed. At
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  Speaker 3: first they thought he was joking. Are you serious? they
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  Speaker 3: asked him. Thousands of people are grabbing at you, and
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  Speaker 3: you ask, who touched me? Jesus shook his head. No,
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  Speaker 3: he clarified, this was different. Jesus looked around and saw
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  Speaker 3: the woman kneeling on the floor, being rammed in the
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  Speaker 3: head by random people in the crowd. Jesus knelt down
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  Speaker 3: and touched her shoulders. My daughter, your faith has made
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  Speaker 3: you well. Go and be free, Jesus said with a
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  Speaker 3: warm smile. Tears streamed down the woman's face. She was speechless.
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  Speaker 3: No words could quite thank Jesus properly. So she bowed
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  Speaker 3: to him and left. Please, Lord, we will be too late,
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  Speaker 3: Jairus begged. Jesus stood to his feet and continued to
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  Speaker 3: walk forward. As they made their way out of the
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  Speaker 3: main streets, the crowd began to settle. Only a few
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  Speaker 3: people remained, Jesus, Jairus, and the twelve disciples. They approached
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  Speaker 3: the home and a member of Jairus' family ran to them,
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  Speaker 3: His face was grim. Dried tears and dirt caked his face.
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  Speaker 3: She's gone, he whispered to Jairus. Do not trouble the
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  Speaker 3: teacher any further. Jesus overheard the two men whispering. He
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  Speaker 3: interrupted them and said, It is not so, he said.
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  Speaker 3: Do not be afraid. Believe in me and watch. Jesus
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  Speaker 3: gestured for Peter, James, and John to come with him
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  Speaker 3: into the house. In a small courtyard, many people were
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  Speaker 3: wailing and weeping on the floor. The halls echoed with
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  Speaker 3: tears and mourning. It was the saddest thing Peter, James,
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  Speaker 3: or John had ever witnessed. It was clear that the
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  Speaker 3: little girl meant a great deal to them. Jesus walked
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  Speaker 3: up to the women weeping and asked, Why is everyone
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  Speaker 3: making such a commotion? The child is only sleeping. The
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  Speaker 3: woman scoffed at him. His words seemed insensitive and almost evil. However,
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  Speaker 3: behind Jesus' questions were a promise. He took Jiras, his wife,
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  Speaker 3: and the three men with him upstairs. They entered the door,
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  Speaker 3: and there, lying on the bed, was the girl's lifeless body.
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  Speaker 3: She could not have been more than twelve. Her once
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  Speaker 3: rosy cheeks were white. Jesus walked over to her body
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  Speaker 3: slowly and knelt by the side of her bed. He
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  Speaker 3: held her little hand in his. Jesus' eyes watered as
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  Speaker 3: he held the little girl. Death was never God's intention.
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  Speaker 3: He is the author of life. Jesus kissed the little
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  Speaker 3: girl's hand and said, Talitha Kumi, which means, little girl, arise.
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  Speaker 3: The girl's chest began to rise steadily up and down.
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  Speaker 3: Color was slowly returning to her face. Jesus smiled as
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  Speaker 3: her beautiful brown eyes opened. She sat up, stretched, and
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  Speaker 3: yawned as if she had awoken from a long nap.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus laughed with joy as the others in the room
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  Speaker 3: awed in amazement. The two parents rushed to their daughter's side,
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  Speaker 3: kissing her and hugging her, Jairus wiped tears from his
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  Speaker 3: eyes and looked up at Jesus with a face of gratitude. Jesus, Peter, James,
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  Speaker 3: and John left the room so the family could be together.
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  Speaker 3: As he left, he turned to one of the servants
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  Speaker 3: and asked for her to bring the little girl some food.
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  Speaker 4: As we begin today's reading, we find Jesus once again
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  Speaker 4: surrounded by great crowds of people. each one eager to
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  Speaker 4: hear his words and perhaps even witness a miraculous sign
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  Speaker 4: as he healed someone from the crowd. Jesus' renown was
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  Speaker 4: growing by leaps and bounds as more and more people
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  Speaker 4: in the region heard what he could do. This was
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  Speaker 4: certainly an annoyance, even a threat to the religious leaders.
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  Speaker 4: They wanted Jesus just to go away so they could
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  Speaker 4: have control and power over the people. Of course, not
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  Speaker 4: all of the religious elite despised Jesus, and today, we
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  Speaker 4: meet one such person, a synagogue ruler by the name
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  Speaker 4: of Jairus. He had gone out that day to find Jesus.
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  Speaker 4: Whether out of true respect and belief or just out
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  Speaker 4: of sheer desperation, we do not know, but the fact
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  Speaker 4: was that his precious young daughter was in bed at home,
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  Speaker 4: sick and dying. Sickness and death are really the great equalizers.
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  Speaker 4: No matter what one's wealth or power or position may
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  Speaker 4: be in society, when illness or the threat of death comes—
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  Speaker 4: We are all the same. We are all in a
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  Speaker 4: helpless state. And so Jairus did what any loving parent
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  Speaker 4: would do. He sought out every last answer in order
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  Speaker 4: to try to save his child. Jesus was seemingly his
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  Speaker 4: last hope. So when he found him that day, he
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  Speaker 4: pleaded with Jesus, not from a position of authority, but
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  Speaker 4: one of deep and desperate need of help. Jesus immediately
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  Speaker 4: stopped what he was doing and went with Jairus. It
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  Speaker 4: is a reminder that so often in life, the interruptions
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  Speaker 4: are in fact an opportunity for ministry. As Jairus led
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  Speaker 4: him and they pushed through the crowd, suddenly Jesus stopped
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  Speaker 4: and asked an unusual question. Who touched me? To all around,
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  Speaker 4: it seemed to be a ridiculous question. There were people everywhere.
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  Speaker 4: He was being touched all the time. But Jesus had
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  Speaker 4: felt something different. Power had gone out from him in
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  Speaker 4: that moment. And so a woman confessed to touching him,
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  Speaker 4: hoping that even just a brush against the hem of
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  Speaker 4: his garment would heal her disease, a lifelong problem with
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  Speaker 4: bleeding which made her unclean and unhealthy. This tragic condition
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  Speaker 4: had left her destitute and alone, unable to even enter
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  Speaker 4: the temple of worship to worship God or to celebrate
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  Speaker 4: with her people. Jesus looked at her with kindness and
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  Speaker 4: grace and told her to go home in peace and
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  Speaker 4: fully healed her because of her faith. This is a
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  Speaker 4: great moment in Scripture which shows us not only our
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  Speaker 4: Lord's caring heart and immense power, but His ability to
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  Speaker 4: know when we cry out to Him. It also shows
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  Speaker 4: us that Jesus had both full control and full awareness
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  Speaker 4: of His power. Not everyone who touched Him was healed,
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  Speaker 4: though certainly some in the crowd had ailments that Jesus
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  Speaker 4: could have healed. But when this woman approached Him with
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  Speaker 4: such faith and touched Him, Jesus allowed healing power to
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  Speaker 4: depart from His body to meet her deep need of
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  Speaker 4: healing and restoration. It wasn't by her might or her
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  Speaker 4: actions or even her touch that she was healed, but
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  Speaker 4: by faith and power in Christ. While he was still
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  Speaker 4: with the crowd, someone came to inform Jairus that his
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  Speaker 4: daughter had passed away. There was no need, it seemed,
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  Speaker 4: for Jesus to proceed to his home because nothing could
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  Speaker 4: be done. But as we know, what is impossible for
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  Speaker 4: man is possible with God. I love how Jesus responds
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  Speaker 4: in Mark 5, 36. But overhearing what they said, Jesus
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  Speaker 4: said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not fear,
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  Speaker 4: only believe. Oh, that we could live by those words.
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  Speaker 4: Do not fear, only believe. Jesus continued on to the
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  Speaker 4: home of Jairus, taking only his three closest disciples, Peter, James,
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  Speaker 4: and John. They arrived to quite a scene. mourners already
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  Speaker 4: wailing and making a commotion outside the home. He spoke
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  Speaker 4: calmly to them, assuring them that the girl was not dead,
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  Speaker 4: only sleeping. But nobody believed, and they laughed at his words.
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  Speaker 4: Jesus then entered the home with his three disciples and
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  Speaker 4: the girl's parents. And going to her bedside, he took
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  Speaker 4: her hand and spoke tenderly over her. Arise, little girl.
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  Speaker 4: And at his command, she shook off the chains of
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  Speaker 4: death and rose, fully recovered and restored into the arms
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  Speaker 4: of her joyous parents. Jesus is still speaking words to
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  Speaker 4: God's children today, through the Bible, by his Spirit, calling
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  Speaker 4: us who are spiritually dead to rise to a new
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  Speaker 4: life that only he offers, the one who is the
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  Speaker 4: resurrection and the life. This is the message, the glorious,
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  Speaker 4: gracious message of the good news, the gospel. The God
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  Speaker 4: who healed the sick and raised the dead, is able
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  Speaker 4: to heal and give life to all who will call
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  Speaker 4: upon his name. The Bible says, whoever calls upon the
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  Speaker 4: name of the Lord will be saved. Lord, we call
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  Speaker 4: upon your name, and we trust you as our Lord
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  Speaker 4: and Savior. May we follow you all the days of
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  Speaker 4: our lives, and may our hearts always be devoted to you.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you for your restoration and healing in our lives
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  Speaker 4: and the forgiveness of our sins. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year.
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