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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

Mark 5:21-23

"21 Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. 22 Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, 23 pleading fervently with him. “My little daughter is dying,” he said. “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.”

Jairus had something to lose and nothing to lose.

Mark 5:24-26

"24 Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him. 25 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. 26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. "

The woman had something to lose and nothing to lose.

Mark 5:27-29

"27 She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. 28 For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition."

The slightest contact with Jesus changed her life.

Mark 5:30-34

"30 Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?” 31 His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”"

It's possible to see and experience Jesus without any change in our lives.

Faith is what changes our relationship with Jesus.

Mark 5:35-36

"35 While he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. They told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.” 36 But Jesus overheard[d] them and said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just have faith.”"

Never stop troubling Jesus.

Mark 5:36

"36 But Jesus overheard[d] them and said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just have faith.”

Overheard or ignored.

Mark 5:37-39

"37 Then Jesus stopped the crowd and wouldn’t let anyone go with him except Peter, James, and John (the brother of James). 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw much commotion and weeping and wailing. 39 He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.”

The professional mourners had already arrived.

Mark 5:40-41

"40 The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl’s father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying. 41 Holding her hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means “Little girl, get up!” 

People who have not experienced the life-changing impact of Jesus will laugh at his power.

They laugh at you because they laughed at Jesus.

Mark 5:42-43

" 42 And the girl, who was twelve years old, immediately stood up and walked around! They were overwhelmed and totally amazed. 43 Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone what had happened, and then he told them to give her something to eat."

Jesus makes clean what is unclean.

Jesus makes alive what is dead.

Jesus makes peace in the chaos.

What did Jairus and the woman know about Jesus?

1. They knew they didn't have the answers.

2. They knew Jesus did.

What did Jairus and the woman do?

1. They bowed.

2. They believed.

3. They expected.

Expectation is the difference between belief and faith. 

Belief and faith represent fundamentally different concepts in philosophy and theology.

- Belief is a mental state or intellectual acceptance. It is what you think is true based on observation, reason, or information.

- Faith is an action and a wholehearted commitment. It is how you behave and the trust you place in that belief.

What do you expect Jesus to do with your faith?

Do we pray expectant prayers?

Do we make expectant decisions?

Do we live an expectant life?

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