“Desperately Seeking Jesus” (Mark 5:21-43)
Summary
TLDRThe video script narrates an inspiring story of a man in Phoenix who, after being laid off, creatively sought employment by distributing resumes on a busy street corner. This leads into a discussion of two desperate individuals in Mark's Gospel who turned to Jesus for help. Jairus, a synagogue official, pleads for Jesus to heal his dying daughter, while a hemorrhaging woman believes touching Jesus' garment will cure her. Both display profound faith, leading to miraculous healings. The sermon emphasizes the importance of being desperate for Jesus, encouraging viewers to seek a deep, intimate relationship with Him, and to address any lukewarmness in their faith.
Takeaways
- 📜 The script tells a heartwarming story of a man in Phoenix who, after being laid off, creatively sought employment by standing on a street corner with his resumes, demonstrating resilience and resourcefulness in the face of adversity.
- 🙏 The sermon discusses the importance of seeking Jesus in times of desperation, drawing parallels between the man's story and biblical accounts of individuals turning to Jesus in their dire situations.
- 🔍 The story of Jairus, a synagogue official, is highlighted to illustrate the power of specific and earnest prayer, as he humbly seeks Jesus' help for his dying daughter.
- 🌟 The sermon emphasizes the compassion of Jesus, who prioritizes the needs of those seeking His help, setting aside His own plans to serve others, as seen in His response to Jairus' plea.
- 🤲 The account of the woman with a hemorrhage for 12 years showcases her desperate yet faithful action of touching Jesus' garment, believing it would heal her, underscoring the significance of faith in miracles.
- 🌈 The immediate healing of the woman upon touching Jesus' garment is used to stress the immediacy and certainty of Jesus' miracles, contrasting with the gradual or uncertain claims of some modern faith healers.
- 😔 The script mentions the woman's social ostracization due to her condition, drawing a connection to the broader issue of societal exclusion faced by those with chronic illnesses or conditions.
- 🛑 Jesus' reaction to the news of the girl's apparent death, telling Jairus not to fear but to believe, is highlighted as a lesson in faith, even in the face of overwhelming odds.
- 💤 The description of death as 'sleep' in the script is explained through biblical references, emphasizing the Christian belief in the peacefulness of death and the hope of resurrection.
- 🎉 The resurrection of Jairus' daughter is portrayed as a testament to Jesus' power over death, with the command 'talitha cumi' ('little girl, I say to you, get up') demonstrating His authority.
- 🔥 The sermon concludes with a call for the congregation to cultivate a sense of desperation for Jesus, challenging the complacency that can come with living in a comfortable, prosperous society.
Q & A
What is the heartwarming story mentioned in the script about a man in the Phoenix area?
-The man, who was laid off work and down on his luck, printed out resumes and made a sign to display them. He stood on a busy street corner offering his resumes to potential employers, which eventually led to him receiving job offers.
What is the main theme of the story from Mark's Gospel that the speaker discusses?
-The main theme is about two desperate people who sought out Jesus for help. Their desperation led them to reach out to Jesus, and the speaker encourages the audience to become desperate enough to fully seek out Jesus as well.
Why was Jairus, the synagogue official, in a desperate situation according to the script?
-Jairus was in a desperate situation because his little daughter was at the point of death. Despite the religious leaders' opposition to Jesus, Jairus sought Jesus' help to heal her.
What did the woman with the hemorrhage for twelve years do when she heard about Jesus, and what was her belief?
-The woman believed that if she could just touch Jesus' garments, she would be healed. So, she came up in the crowd behind him and touched his cloak.
How did Jesus respond to Jairus' plea for help, and what does this demonstrate about Jesus' character?
-Jesus responded with compassion, setting aside his own agenda to go with Jairus to heal his daughter. This demonstrates Jesus' tenderness and willingness to serve others, even those who might not be in his favor.
What is the significance of the number '12' in the script, and how does it relate to the characters?
-The number '12' is significant as it is mentioned in relation to the age of Jairus' daughter, the duration of the woman's illness, and the number of Jesus' disciples. It suggests a connection between the characters and the spiritual lessons to be learned.
What does the speaker mean when they say 'Jesus make me desperate for you'?
-The speaker is expressing a desire to have a deep and urgent need for a relationship with Jesus, similar to the desperation the individuals in the script felt when they sought Jesus' help.
What does the speaker suggest about the comfort and prosperity of living in America and its potential impact on one's faith?
-The speaker suggests that the comfort and prosperity in America can potentially make it easy for believers to lose their spiritual zeal and sense of desperation for Jesus, as they may not face the same hardships or persecutions as in other places.
How does the speaker describe the condition of those who are without Christ according to Ephesians 2:1-3?
-The speaker describes those without Christ as being spiritually dead in their trespasses and sins, following the ways of the world, and being children under wrath, highlighting the desperate need for salvation through Christ.
What is the speaker's call to action for the audience at the end of the script?
-The speaker calls the audience to prayer, urging them to examine their relationship with Jesus and to seek a deeper, more desperate connection with Him, addressing any lukewarmness or unmet commitments in their faith.
Outlines
📚 Desperation and Faith in Seeking Jesus
This paragraph tells the inspiring story of a man in Phoenix who, despite being laid off and desperate, chose not to seek a handout but to proactively distribute resumes on a busy street corner. This act led to numerous job offers and highlights the adage 'desperate times call for desperate measures.' The narrative then shifts to a biblical account from Mark's Gospel, chapter 5, where two desperate individuals seek Jesus for healing. The story emphasizes the importance of seeking Jesus in desperation and serves as a metaphor for how we should earnestly seek Jesus in our own lives.
🙏 A Desperate Father's Plea for His Daughter
The second paragraph delves into the story of Jairus, a synagogue official, who is desperate to save his dying daughter. Despite the religious leaders' rejection of Jesus, Jairus humbly approaches Jesus, begging him to heal his child. This act of humility and faith is presented as a model for prayer, where one should be specific in their requests and approach Jesus with humility and earnestness. The paragraph also underscores the compassion of Jesus, who prioritizes Jairus's urgent need over his own plans, illustrating Jesus's servant nature.
🌟 A Woman's Desperate Faith for Healing
This paragraph introduces a woman who has suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years, spending all her resources on medical treatments without improvement. In her desperation, she believes that touching Jesus's garment will heal her, demonstrating her profound faith. The story highlights the immediate effect of her action, as her faith leads to her healing. It contrasts the ineffective medical treatments she sought with the power of faith in Jesus, emphasizing the transformative nature of faith and the immediate miracles that can occur when one believes.
🤔 Jesus's Sensitivity to Faithful Touch
The fourth paragraph describes Jesus's awareness of the power that flowed out when the woman with the hemorrhage touched his garment. Despite the crowd pressing around him, Jesus identifies the touch of faith and seeks to acknowledge it. The woman, fearful yet truthful, confesses her action, and Jesus affirms her faith as the source of her healing. This interaction reinforces the idea that faith, not just physical touch, is the key to spiritual and physical healing.
🕊 Resurrection and the Concept of 'Sleep' in Death
In this paragraph, the narrative returns to Jairus's story, but with a tragic twist: his daughter has died. Jesus, however, instructs Jairus and others not to fear but to believe. Upon reaching the house, Jesus counters the professional mourners' commotion by referring to the child's death as 'sleep,' a metaphor for death that implies hope for resurrection. Jesus then performs a miracle, raising the girl, which astonishes everyone present. This act underscores Jesus's power over death and his identity as the Messiah.
🔥 Cultivating Desperation for Jesus in a Comfortable World
The final paragraph reflects on the importance of maintaining a sense of desperation for Jesus in a comfortable and prosperous society. It contrasts the desperation of the biblical characters with the ease of living as a Christian in modern times, warning against complacency and urging believers to cultivate a deep, passionate desire for a relationship with Jesus. The speaker calls for introspection and a recommitment to Jesus, concluding with a prayer for spiritual awakening and desperation for Jesus in the lives of the listeners.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Desperation
💡Miracle
💡Faith
💡Healing
💡Humility
💡Synagogue Official
💡Hemorrhage
💡Death
💡Sleep
💡Salvation
💡Desire
Highlights
A man in Phoenix, Arizona, created an innovative resume display on a busy street corner, leading to numerous job offers.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, a theme that resonates with personal experiences and biblical stories.
The story of two desperate individuals in Mark's Gospel who sought Jesus for miracles, emphasizing the importance of seeking Jesus in desperation.
Jesus' compassion is demonstrated by prioritizing the needs of Jairus, a synagogue official, over his own agenda.
Jairus' daughter's story illustrates the power of specific, earnest prayer and humility in seeking Jesus' help.
The woman with a hemorrhage for 12 years represents the desperate faith that leads to a miraculous healing upon touching Jesus' garment.
The immediate response of Jesus to the woman's touch signifies the authenticity and power of true miracles.
Jesus' ability to discern the touch of faith among a crowd highlights the unique connection between faith and divine power.
The woman's fear and subsequent honesty before Jesus, and his affirmation of her faith, underscore the importance of faith in healing.
Jesus' reference to death as 'sleep' provides a comforting perspective on the state of the deceased, aligning with biblical teachings.
The laughter of the mourners at Jesus' words contrasts with his authority and the subsequent resurrection of Jairus' daughter.
Jesus' command for the girl to arise and walk demonstrates his power over death and the astonishment of the onlookers.
The instruction to keep the miracle a secret reflects Jesus' desire to be known for his identity, not just his miracles.
A call to prayer for becoming desperate for Jesus, emphasizing the need for spiritual zeal and a deep relationship with Christ.
The challenge to assess one's relationship with Jesus, addressing any lukewarmness and seeking a more intimate connection.
A plea for Jesus to make us desperate for Him, as a means to reignite spiritual passion and commitment in believers.
Transcripts
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missed a lot of the bad news that's been
in the news lately there was a rather
heartwarming story that I heard about
here in the Phoenix area you probably
have heard about it too there was a man
who was laid off of work kind of down on
his luck somewhat desperate and he did
not do what a lot of people do he didn't
go looking for a handout but he did
something that I think is rather
extraordinary he printed out a lot of
resumes and he put together a sign made
up a sign and put it kind of a bracket
on where he could put all these resumes
in there and he went out and stood on a
busy street corner and asked potential
employers to pick up a resume it's a
great story because apparently lots and
lots of job offers came his way as they
picked up his resume and eventually I
guess the story goes that he did take a
job that was especially well-suited for
him in a sense he was a desperate man
and it takes us to that old adage
desperate times call for desperate
measures and we might say that from our
own experience times when we have been
desperate and we took some desperate
measures when all else had failed when
it seemed like there was just nothing
else that was left and there was nowhere
else to turn to do that one desperate
thing that just might work that's the
essence of the story that we look at in
Mark's Gospel today it really is the
story of two very desperate people who
sought out Jesus for what he uniquely
could do for them out of their
desperation they reached out to Jesus
and as we look into this fascinating
story this morning I want to keep in
mind the application for each of us
because I believe what we're going to
find as we delve into these verses is
that the desire is that we would also
become desk
enough to truly and fully seek out Jesus
so I want you to kind of hang that
thought on a hook and keep that in mind
as we take a look here in Mark's Gospel
chapter 5 really this chapter is a story
of a miracle within a miracle there's
the story of Jesus going to raise a dead
little girl but in the midst of that
story there's another story about a
woman who is healed of a disease that
she's had a problem that she's had so it
really is the story of a miracle within
a miracle so with that in mind let's
jump down to verse 21 and pick up the
story there where it says that Jesus had
crossed over again in the boat to the
other side and a large crowd gathered
around him and so he stayed by the
seashore
so there's a little back and forth
across the Sea of Galilee with Jesus
last week we looked into chapter 4 Jesus
had been teaching in parables as he
often did and he went across the Sea of
Galilee there was a terrific storm that
we focused on and the miracle that
happened and they get to the other side
and and the gospel account tells us
there was a demonic man living among the
tombs over there and so we read about
what happened there and so now as we
pick up the story of verse 20 when he's
left that scene and he's headed back
over on the other side of the Sea of
Galilee probably back to the region
where he had been teaching in parables
and there we're going to read about his
encounter first of all with a very
important man as we look into verses 22
and 23 it says that one of the synagogue
officials named Jairus came up and on
seeing him fell at his feet and implored
him earnestly saying my little daughter
is at the point of death please come and
lay your hands on her so that she will
get well and live it tells us about this
synagogue ruler we need to appreciate
his dilemma he's an important and an
influential man in that culture but he's
in really quite a bit of a dilemma
because the religious leaders are pretty
much all turned against
Jesus at this point Jesus used to be
able to go into the synagogue and teach
he's no longer welcome there
and so here's a man with a desperate
problem his little girl is sick sick to
the point of death and here's a man that
the peer pressure is that we reject
Jesus we reject him as the Messiah but
yet we've seen what he can do
Jairus had witness no doubt the miracles
that Jesus had performed and and so
here's the one one measure he can take
to rescue his little girl from from this
dilemma he's a very desperate man who
desperately is seeking a miracle for his
12 year old girl we are told her age he
says that he came and he fell at the
feet of Jesus he humbled himself at the
feet of Jesus he he begged earnestly it
says and he was very very specific of
what he asked if you will just come if
you will just lay your hands on my
daughter I know that she will recover
and she will live well when I see that
and I read that I think well there's a
great pattern for prayer because that's
how prayer ought to work if prayer is
going to be effective that's the thing
that we do is that we come in and and we
we put ourselves at the feet of Jesus
and we humble ourselves and we beg him
to intercede to the Father and do what
he can do I need help in this situation
I'm desperate Jesus and and so we
implore him and we are specific that the
more specific we can be the better
here's what it is that I ask here's what
it is that I desperately seek in prayer
Philippians 4:6 says be anxious for
nothing but in everything by prayer and
supplication with Thanksgiving let your
requests be made known to God no one
comes to the Father but through me Jesus
says so we come and we bring those
requests our supplication are our
request we ask those things with a note
of Thanksgiving because I think
Thanksgiving goes along with you Miller
I'm appreciative of what's been done in
the past and so I come humbly seeking
that which I seek and so that's the
pattern of Juris here and so verse 24
says that he Jesus went off with him
with Jairus and a large crowd was
following him and pressing in on him the
scene that I see here is a compassionate
Jesus now I don't know why it was that
he crossed over in the boat to the other
side I don't know what his agenda was I
don't know what he had in mind for that
particular day but I know what he did
what he did was he responded in
tenderness to this man who was desperate
for some help for his little girl
whatever the agenda of Jesus on that day
the agenda of this man Jairus became his
agenda we see the compassion of Jesus
not just to Jairus but to each of us
because that's the way he deals with us
our agenda becomes his agenda I want us
not to forget the key verse in Mark's
Gospel as we are studying in its chapter
10 verse 45 and it is exemplified but
what we've just looked at because that
verse Jesus says that even the son of
man did not come to be served but to
serve and to give his life as a ransom
for men that's exactly what we see him
doing here isn't it he came to serve
here's a man and I imagine he knew that
Jairus among the religious leaders would
have a hand in crucifying him eventually
I mean he could have had a sense of
bitterness toward this religious leader
but regardless we see the compassion and
the tenderness of Jesus I'm willing to
go with you Jairus no matter what it is
that I was thinking to do today
the thing that you ask is the thing that
matters the most to me and again I think
that's a tremendous pattern for each one
of us Jesus goes where we go he is
concerned about that which we are
concerned about so the miracle within
the miracle verses 25 to 28 says there
was a woman who had a hemorrhage for
twelve years
and had spent all that she had and was
not helped at all but rather had grown
worse after hearing about Jesus she came
up in the crowd behind him and touched
his cloak for she thought if I just
touch his garments I will get well again
the story is Jesus is off with Jairus to
this desperately ill twelve-year-old
girl and a woman comes up in the crowd
and we are told that she has had a
bleeding problem of menstrual cycle type
problem quite frankly for 12 years
isn't it interesting 12 gets mentioned
twice a twelve-year-old girl a woman
who's had an affliction for 12 years
Jesus had 12 disciples you suppose 12 is
significant the idea is to take a look
at the application the lesson that is
here
for the twelve for the disciples who
were with him and no doubt for us as
well so we read about this woman and I'm
thinking you know we consider the the
medical care crisis that we have in this
country is something sort of new
apparently according to this story it's
nothing new at all I want you to look at
the details of her situation notice it
says she had been to many doctors so she
had a lot of referrals gone to the
general practitioner maybe initially I'm
filling in a little bit I guess well you
need to see a specialist huh you need to
see this specialist we don't know how
many specialists she had seen she has
seen a lot of doctors apparently
according to the narrative here and
apparently yeah here's another one that
fits the medical crisis today she has
spent all her money on medical care and
isn't that the way it sometimes goes
today the bills mount up I knew a friend
years ago had to take out a second
mortgage on his house because of the
sudden medical bills of his wife that's
kind of a common story this lady had
spent everything she had and then the
last part is
she hadn't found a cure he said she had
gotten worse instead of better
again that sounds like something that
could happen today I don't know why I'm
thinking of that phrase that a patient
cured he is a customer lost and I hope
that's not what's in play here that's
kind of the cynical view of it but we
get the idea she's in a desperate
situation she's in a desperate situation
she's got lost control of her physical
health she can't do a thing about her
condition she's in an embarrassing
condition she is an outcast in society
because according to the Mosaic law she
is unclean and has been unclean for
twelve years and so she's not allowed to
be around people don't you wonder what
touch her would be unclean so she's an
outcast in society she's lost all of her
resources she's bankrupt and I would say
ultimately she has lost her hope because
the world has offered her nothing she is
in the most desperate of situations but
in her desperation I want you to notice
the amazing faith that she has she says
if that word if is such an important
word if I just touch his garments I will
get well I wonder what the precedent was
for that had she seen someone else
actually touched the garment of Jesus
and be made well possibly but possibly
not
she had certainly seen the miracles that
were happening by the hand of Jesus but
but in her mind and in her faith she had
reasoned this out in her desperate
situation she had come to place resolute
faith in Jesus I just know I know I just
know if I could get close enough to him
if I could just touch His garment even
the hem of his if I could just probably
touch the bottom of the garment I know
that I will get well now that's faith is
it not it's faith a little bit like the
man Jairus has in the story as well he
said Jesus if you will just lay your
hands on my daughter she will
well and live the story of two people
that have this kind of faith that
believe something very specific that
Jesus could do and that's the way faith
works isn't it faith gets very specific
we have our own experiences with faith
where we've had a divine prompting where
God has laid it upon our hearts that if
you will just do this one thing just do
this one thing this is how it will turn
out in a very very good way we see that
as a pattern all throughout Scripture
where someone had a very specific
prompting to do something in faith like
Abraham go to a specific place where I
would have you to go or Noah a specific
project that I want you to do or Moses a
specific task that I have for you to do
it takes faith but that's how faith
works just like this woman if I can just
touch His garment verse 29 says
immediately the flow of her blood was
dried up and she felt in her body that
she was healed of her affliction somehow
she got close enough to Jesus she
touched the hem of his garment and
immediately a miracle was enacted I love
that word immediately it's used time and
time again in Mark's Gospel and that's
how it is with a real miracle it happens
immediately I stress that because
there's some so-called faith healers
then I laid hands on people so well your
healing has started today eventually
you're going to be made physically well
I guess I'd have to say baloney the way
it works if it's for real is right now
this moment because that's how Jesus
performed miracles there was no doubt at
all what he did happen right then at
that very moment so verse 30 again uses
the word immediately immediately Jesus
perceiving in himself that the
or proceeding from him had gone forth
that's a very interesting description of
how this worked he sensed it and he
turned around in the crowd he said who
touched my garments y'all most since
there was a bit of laughter there his
disciples said to him you see the crowd
pressing in on you and you say who
touched me isn't that an amazing scene
there's a large crowd around Jesus
bumping up against him touching him in
proximity with him all kinds of people
were touching him but there was one
person that had a touch of faith and
power flowed out from Jesus that I want
to know who that one individual is so
verse 32 says that he looked around to
see the woman who had done this but the
woman fearing and trembling aware of
what had happened to her came and fell
down before him and told him the whole
truth and he said to her daughter your
faith has made you well go in peace and
be healed of your affliction
they made eye contact
jesus knew who it was she fell down
again the same as Jairus earlier in the
story fell down at the feet of Jesus
that trait of humility that is so valued
and so important as James 4:10 says
humble yourselves in the presence of the
Lord and the and he will exalt you same
goes for us falling down at the feet of
Jesus humble yourself and he will lift
you up and so a great miracle has taken
place but verse 35 says that while he
was still speaking they came from the
house of the synagogue officials saying
your daughter has died quite trouble the
teacher anymore now we have to wonder
about Jairus this man who so loved his
twelve-year-old daughter he'd have to
wonder if he wasn't really frustrated
like Jesus
why did you stop on the way and talk
with this woman if you'd have hurried
along a little bit more maybe you could
have got there and maybe you could have
saved her
I imagine the anguish and the
frustration that was going on with him
but look at verse 36 Jesus overhearing
what was being spoken said to the
synagogue official do not be afraid any
longer
only believe how very very difficult for
what Jesus had just said to him believe
in the face of death but give up the
fear let it be replaced with faith
believe even in this desperate dark hour
so 37 to 39 it says that Jesus allowed
no one to accompany him except Peter and
James and John the brother of James the
inner circle of his disciples and it
says that they came to the house of the
synagogue official and he saw commotion
and people loudly weeping and wailing
and entering in he said to them why make
a commotion and weep the child has not
died but is asleep a little bit of
background it was a common practice to
have professional mourners come in at a
time of death so these may not have been
sincere mourners necessarily all of them
that were there there were those that
we're putting on probably a pretty good
show of mourning in the midst of all of
this and so Jesus enters the house and
that kind of commotion is going on and
then Jesus makes an astounding statement
and one that is so important that we be
clear about when he said that child does
not die but is asleep Jesus refers to
death as asleep and we understand that
it's important to understand that time
and time again death is referred to in
those terms as a sleep I can't help but
think of the great story about Lazarus
John 11 the whole section is pretty
verses 11 to 14 are very important to
bring to bear where jesus told his
disciples
something very similar our friend
Lazarus has fallen asleep but I'm on my
way to wake him up and the disciples
said to him Lord if he's fallen asleep
he will get well Jesus however was
speaking about his death but they
thought that he was speaking about
natural sleep so Jesus told them plainly
Lazarus has died when I talk about death
Jesus says I'm talking about sleep
because that's the best way to
illustrate what death really is death is
a sleep there are this is a huge topic
in itself but I want to share with you I
think some of the most significant
verses we could give you pages and pages
but I want to share some that I think
are just so abundantly clear and so
important to share three that are out of
the song Psalm 104 29 when you take away
their breath they die and return to the
dust ceased to be in every sense of the
word Psalm 146 verse 4 when his breath
leaves him he returns to the ground on
that day his plans die
there is no conscious existence in death
Psalm 6 verse 5 for there is no
remembrance of you in death who can
thank you in shale which is a word
meaning the grave job 14 verses 10 to 12
a man dies and fades away he breathes
his last where is he as water disappears
from the sea and the river becomes
parched and dry so man lies down never
to rise again they will not wake up
until the heavens are no more
they will not stir from their sleep when
we die we dead literally in every sense
of the word we sleep in the dust of the
ground until this present system is over
when the earth has made new resurrection
day
Ecclesiastes 9 verse 5 the living know
that they will die but the dead do not
know anything we all know we will die
one day but in death we have no
knowledge no no remembrance of anything
Ecclesiastes 9 verse 10 whatever your
hand finds to do do it with all of your
strength because there is no work no
planning no knowledge or wisdom in shale
the grave where you are going you get
the idea it's a very consistent theme so
when Jesus speaks about this little girl
sleeping he very accurately described
what was happening with her in death and
so verse 40 says that they began
laughing at him
but putting them all out he took along
the child's father and mother and his
own companions Peter James and John and
he entered the room where the child was
this is such a tender scene taking the
child by the hand he said to her talath
a which translated means little
girl I say to you get up the great
miracle verses 42 and 43 says that
immediately there's that word again
immediately the girl got up and began to
walk for she was 12 years old and
immediately they were completely
astonished and he gave them strict
orders that no one should know about
this and he said that something should
be given to her to eat again what a
tender scene twelve year old little girl
Jesus takes her by the hand on her
deathbed little girl I say to you get up
rise up she rises up obviously they're
astonished at the miracle that took
place he says now not a word about this
the Messianic secret that's the way
Jesus did things he didn't want to be
known as the miracle worker he wanted to
be known for who he really was the Son
of God the Messiah and so he didn't want
undue Fame because of the miracle so
what you've seen I want you to keep
quiet about it which we know rarely
worked and in another tender scene give
the little girl something to eat so
again a great miracle that is performed
so we have this imported synagogue ruler
we have this hopelessly sick woman who
desperately seek out Jesus to
individuals who knew that there was
nowhere else to turn and no one else
that they could turn to they desperately
sought out Jesus to take away from this
great story for us it's a very simple
take away it is a plea and a prayer and
that is Jesus make me desperate for you
and I think that's the key thing that we
need to zero in on we want to become
desperate for Jesus that's challenging
in the nation and the culture that we
live in we live in the most prosperous
nation in the world at all of history
and we live in one that cost the least
to be a Christian it may be getting a
bit worse but it's still not bad we
don't know what persecution really is
and we're thankful that it's not
difficult to live the Christian life in
America but you know this kind of
culture can be very very deadly to our
faith to our desperation for Jesus our
Lord we can very very easily lose our
spiritual zeal and energy the comforts
that we enjoy can easily rob us of the
sense of desperation that we need to
have like Jairus and like the woman who
touched the garment of Jesus we are more
desperate than we know if we have not
come in faith to God through Jesus
Christ for the salvation that God offers
in faith and in baptism Ephesians two
one two three describes it very well the
desperate situation of those outside of
Christ you were dead in your trespasses
and sin in which you previously walked
according to the ways of this world we
to all previously lived among them in
our fleshly desires carrying out the
inclinations of our flight
and thoughts and we were by nature
children under wrath as others were also
he's talking to those who have become
believers but what it was like before
they were believers to be without Christ
is to be dead while you live it is to be
dead in a spiritual sense to be without
Christ to be without desperation to know
Jesus as your Savior
it is to live in a way that you want to
live which is radically opposed to God
and putting yourself in a position to
face the wrath of God
that's about as desperate as it gets
that's the way it is for those outside
of Christ but even as followers of
Christ it is so easy to lose our sense
of desperation for him I think nothing
is more sobering than the words of Jesus
to the church at Laodicea revelation 3
verse 15 when he says to them I know
your works that you are neither cold nor
hot I wish that you were cold or hot
Jesus says I would rather that you be on
fire for me or stone cold out of it away
from me than to be lukewarm that's the
worst possible condition to be in so he
says I want you to be desperate for me
again as we talked about being desperate
for Jesus this morning I pray that this
text that we have looked at I pray that
the moving of the Spirit of God in this
room today has stirred up a certain
desperation within each one of us the
desperation that if we are without
Christ that we desperately want to know
him as Savior and Lord through
repentance and faith and baptism but if
we are a believer as most of us I know I
believe are that we might take a look at
our lives and say there's some
unfinished business that I have with
Jesus and I need to take care of that
today there is an act or there is a
habit of disobedience in my life and I
need to come clean I need desperately to
set that straight
perhaps a promise that we have made and
not kept Jesus I definitely want to
resolve this situation or perhaps taking
a good honest look at our lives and say
I have become lukewarm and I know you
prefer me to be on fire or stone cold
out of it you don't want me this way I
desperately want things to be right
between us Jesus and so perhaps there's
just a desire within to say I just
desperately want to have an intimate
relationship with Jesus Christ who I
have taken much to casually in recent
times I share those things and offer to
you a call to prayer this morning and
let's just come before the Lord in a
time of Prayer
you
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