Sermon Video:
Our Fears Defeated > Mark 5:21-43
5:21-24a Fears arise. The situation is a desperate one: a leader in the local synagogue falls before Jesus, asking him to come and heal his little girl before she dies. Jesus immediately sets out with the father.
5:24b-34 Disease destroyed. While on the way, a woman who has suffered from bleeding for 12 years seeks out Jesus, believing that he can heal her. She touches his clothes and is instantly healed. Jesus uses this opportunity to point out her faith in him and the healing she has received.
5:35-43 Death defeated. As they are about to continue, messengers tell Jairus that his daughter has died. Yet, in Christ, there is all hope! Fear is not needed, only belief in Christ. He arrives and raises the girl from the dead.
The Point: We’ve already seen that Christ has power over sickness and disease, over possession and even over the law. But what about our greatest foe – what about death? Yes – Jesus has power over everything that afflicts us!
Prayer: Lord, we thank you that our King has defeated death. That even as we follow him through perils now, we wait on you for our faith to become sight; for Jesus to return so that we would be with him, healed and whole, forever.
Application: How will the truth of Jesus having power of disease and death change you? How will you have faith – and share that faith – with others who need to know that there is no situation so hopeless that Jesus cannot help?
Here is how I will apply these truths: ___________________
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