The Woman With The Issue Of Blood - Her Legacy Of Prayer

The Woman with the Issue of Blood - Her Legacy Of Prayer

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”

— Mark 5:27 – 28

REFLECT ON:	Mark 5:21 – 34.
PRAISE GOD:	That his touch produces peace and freedom.
OFFER THANKS:	That faith is a gift that increases with use.
CONFESS:	Any tendency to play it so safe you actually begin to suffocate the faith you have.
ASK GOD:	To bring this woman’s story to mind the next time you are faced with an opportunity to exercise real faith.

Lift Your Heart

Trying to live the Christian life without faith is like trying to eat a steak with a straw, or kissing someone without using your lips, or propelling an airplane with foot pedals. It doesn’t nourish you, never thrills you, and won’t get you anywhere. If you feel the spark of faith fading, ask God to take the little you have and fan it to flame. Before you go to bed each night this week, remind yourself of your need by lighting a small candle at your bedside and praying this prayer:

Father, forgive my little faith
Make it big
Reduce my ego
Make it small
Give me a chance
To touch you and be touched
No matter how foolish
No matter how frightened
No matter how strange I feel
Fan my small spark into a brightness
Lighting the way ahead.
Amen.

Pray it like you mean it, and God will not fail to provide you with opportunities to exercise your faith. (Don’t forget to blow out the candle before you close your eyes!)