God speaks today Wednesday | December 11, 2024
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
(Exodus 17:11)And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
(Mark 5:30) Connect to the source of the solution
The woman with the issue of blood exemplifies the importance of an individual relationship with God. We should not be content with a collective mindset and a mediocre, conventional prayer. When we can individualize our life of worship, God does extraordinary things in our lives. This woman establishes an intimate, direct relationship with Jesus through her powerful faith, and the Lord cannot do anything but respond to her and unleash His healing power. Sometimes the Lord's response to our faith initiative will take a little time, but we have to be patient and believe that what the Lord has promised will be done if we ask in faith.
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And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
(Luke 6:19)Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
(James 5:16)And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
(Luke 8:46)And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
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