Devotion:
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Read Mark 5:25-34.
This week our devotionals are focusing on how we respond and stay faithful to God when bad things happen to us.
This woman had been dealing with this physical ailment for twelve years. She could have become very bitter and even cursed God. But she chose to keep searching for the healing that God would send.
Here in today’s scripture more details than usual are described in this story, and we are allowed to overhear the conversation between Jesus and this woman. She is afraid, but Jesus says, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
For twelve years, this woman had been suffering. She had spent all that she had seeking doctors that would bring her healing, but instead she was getting worse. But she never lost her faith in God during all these years of suffering. Jesus knew that the healing power had gone out from him, but he reflected the light back upon her declaring that her faith had brought her healing. And notice that God through Jesus also gives the gifts of peace and freedom from suffering.
When we or someone dear to us has been healed through God and the medical teams God has given to us, it is impossible not to tell this good news! This woman was inspired in her faith by the stories of others along the way! Now she had a story to inspire others.
Personal Worship Option:
Whose faith story has inspired you to “keep the faith”? Do you have a story of God’s healing in your own life? Pause for a few moments today and give God thanksgiving for those who have inspired you and for God’s healing.
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