Somehow this woman knew He was the answer and so she reached out to Him. Are there any mountains that seem too high to climb?

Even if you have doubts, if you reach out to Him, He will forgive your doubts and reward whatever faith you come to Him with!”.

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I think this is the problem with some of us today; we want everything to be easy.

No matter what circumstances life throws in our direction, we have to believe that we can handle it ourselves. Text: Matthew 9:20 – 22 “And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. All those things we perceive as bad are actually a growing experience in life.

Amen. What are you hoping for today? She was willing to place all her hope in Jesus. When our circumstances become dire sometimes the only thing we have left is hope. There’s no such thing as a bad circumstance.

Can you imagine the desperation this poor woman must have felt? I heard somebody say, “the most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you, it is when you can’t even understand yourself” now how can you explain something that can’t understand yourself? Was there ever a time you wished that dollar bills were made out of rubber so you can stretch them a little further? You can almost see Jesus talking to John’s disciples about fasting when a ruler approaches Jesus whose daughter has died. The people (the world) were in her way, it has been well over 2,000 years now and the world still getting in the way. They were right if they thought this, it could have been anyone who touched Him—but what they didn’t know was this particular touch that Jesus felt was different.

When our desperation sets in and there is no more rope in our hands for us to take a hold of, is when we finally decide to seek Jesus.

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(5 of 15), How to Stay Together While the World Falls Apart, CCPA - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. A casual touch does not involve the heart; a casual touch shows no desperation, and a casual touch usually does not express love.

For twelve long years this woman had some issues, she had a physical issue, a financial issue, a family and friends issue, and a faith issue. Sammy Burgess.

It means, Lord, if you can’t help me no one can!

All throughout the Gospels we will see incidents in which the people (the crowd) are hounding Jesus. Luke 8: 43-48. I am glad that Jesus took time with sinners. “For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”. And there is an office on every corner, they will loan you the money but they are hoping that you are so desperate until you would willing to pay them back with high interest rates. The disciples believed Jesus enough to wake him for help, but not enough to know that He was the Master of the storm. Maybe someone even accidentally touched Him? God often sends situations and circumstances into our lives that cause us to feel desperate. But even with her imperfect faith, even with all the obstacles that were in her way she was able to get Jesus’ attention. Are you willing to go the extreme to be with Jesus? %PDF-1.5 Nobody is perfect, and as long as you are not perfect and unless you are in denial, I guarantee that you have your very own problems, situations, circumstances, and issues.

%���� We lose the rope we’ve been holding on to for some time now, and take hold of the rope that we should have been holding on to in the first place and His name is Jesus. The world doesn’t want you and I to get to Jesus.

She heard about Jesus—and thought to herself “if I can (just) touch the hem of His garment” no one would be the wiser. When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng …

And Dr. Luke was even more detailed, “…If I could touch the border (or hem) of His garment…” which ever she said this; it implies that although she had faith—it was imperfect faith. Imperfect faith is still faith, in Mark 4: 35 – 41, there is an account of a windstorm that blew the ship that Jesus and His disciples were in. What route do you take when life for you has become desperate? All Rights Reserved. And then, can you imagine what it would be like, on top of having a flow of blood for twelve long years, you are considered by everyone around you to be an unclean or an untouchable person? Songs, pomems, sermons on the hem of His garment. They cried, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" “And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?” –Luke 8: 45 The disciples were confused with this question from the Lord, perhaps in their mind they were thinking with this large crowd what difference does it make as to who may have touched Him anyway. Twelve long years, she’s been to every doctor you can think of, Dr. Phil, Dr. Ruth, Dr. Pepper—and she’s still waiting to be healed.

There was a risk here: I love the way Max Lucado puts it in He Still Moves Stones “To touch him, she will have to touch the people.

When we are at the end of our rope and we just don’t know what to do—and the question within ourselves is—‘now what?’ Have you ever asked yourself that question? It is easy for us to do identify with the disciples response or reaction to the storm—because we so often respond the same way when are confronted with the storms of life. They really didn’t understand what she had; they only thing they knew is whatever it was they definitely did not want it and did not want to be within ten feet of it. Here in our text is the story of a woman whose faith was born in desperation, a woman who bled for twelve long years, and to get to the point, this woman had a menstrual flow of blood.

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22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.

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When we have become desperate means we come to end up whatever we have authority over.

Songs, poems, sermons on the hem of His garment 2. Why is He making a point out of a single touch from someone? If so, how do you feel at the end of the month? <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The boat was filling with water and was in danger of sinking.

She had but touched the hem of His garment and immediately Jesus knew that someone had touched Him.

Luke 8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Luke 8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

The problem for many of us is making the mistake of going through life without expecting there will be problems or thinking that because you have a problem—it is a problem that cannot be fixed.

4 0 obj Touch the Hem of His Garment Luke 8: 43-48 The Hem of His Garment Songs, pomems, sermons on the hem of His garment This is the story behind that statement … When we become desperate it usually means that we have used up all our resources. What am I going to do now? Can you even imagine what it would be like to have such a hemorrhage for twelve long years? She had known great disappointment before. Not only did Jesus take time with sinners; He touched them, and He transformed them.

And so it is really about our perception.

The Story of a Woman in Great Trouble 1. <>>> They don’t give Him a moment’s rest, because they all—everyone in the crowd is desperate for one reason or another.

“And Jesus said, Who touched me?

Somebody said, “Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia; because may cause you to attract the wrong people” but in this woman’s case she desperation led her to Jesus. She did not have confidence that Jesus would help her if she openly cried out to Him and so approached Him from behind. Go in peace and be whole of thy plague.” Only those of us who seek the Lord will receive His touch. x��Y�n�F}7��#Y�4��[���I� A�7#���ڤASI�����%��H�mJ�=;�9���i�LJb�z>\ߴm�-�λ���۶~�q�~{Q�ߋ�cU��u�Zy�������'�1�./���RF&�o�|yy{����Ž�?���ˋ?`s x*�$u�������@�{� ��< G��R���)�8�!���z|����h�ow_>z��@��Cq��I�%y���O��}��L��_��c��M0�.ҽ�W�/����|�a[f�.��^P�Sr�O�ى9v�����K �">�5���1������� ��LX�( �pA��o�jaW�~��#�}��9��(`�hן�X:�����[���!�e6>����b�#��JP�@� q�V�v��;|$�l�������۩~������O�s�r���g�.��|� ۲�x X�7��WHoJ�U����3�Ք_mpȨ��"*��T?W�Q5���(�>Q=���g�[p�P����]`T����1���v��c�`�"��q�p�溻�wI�A �2�e� �!+KE�����?g]N�S��/m����'�J. Desperation, determination, deliverance, declaration 2… The Hem of His Garment Songs, pomems, sermons on the hem of His garment This is the story behind that statement The Story of a Woman in Great touble Desperation, Determintation, Deliverance, Declaration. She just had to get to Jesus, but if she was to get to Jesus, she had to overcome the obstacle of the people.

But, can I tell you this morning that everybody has an issue or issues? 20 And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. Not only did the people not understand her, most likely she didn’t understand her own self. Vs. 28 describes her thoughts, “"If only I may touch the hem of His garment, I shall be made well." If I Can But Touch the Hem of His Garment. It could have been anybody who touched Him. Jesus looked round about to see the woman who done this thing.

She was focused on just one single act—it seemed simple enough, just touch the hem of His garment. In the Gospel of Matthew tells us "she said within herself, if I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole." There are 21122 characters in the full content. The woman heard about Jesus, so she followed Him with the other people in the crowd and touched His coat.

Luke 8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? I. She might have believed that if you approached Jesus face to face He too would look upon in disgust just like everyone else has done. But through it all, Jesus was in the stern of the ship, fast asleep. Page 1.

She must have thought, but going to these doctors ended up being a bad move for her—it was a waste time and money. In the Gospel of Matthew tells us "she said within herself, if I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole." Although the woman was “fearing and trembling” she made a public profession of what the Lord had done for her.

Touch the hem of HIS garment.

Introduction A. Mark 5:25-34. Being desperate is often a blessing; many times desperation is the best thing that could happen to us.

Yes, imperfect but faith just the same. That is the question I brought with me this morning, and this question is not just for you, it is for each and every one of us. We do have faith, but sometimes it is not as perfect as we may think or would like to think it is.

This woman in our text had an imperfect faith; her problem was that she focused more on the healing than the Healer.

When you get close enough to touch the Lord by faith, I guarantee you that He will know and He will respond. It was faith mixed with a little superstition. And people are like that—people often fear what they don't understand and hate what they can't conquer. With man, that was possible to do, but she couldn’t do so with Jesus.

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Desperation, Determintation, Deliverance, Declaration.

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