When You’ve Tried Everything But Jesus | Mark 5:25-29

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Our text today is Mark 5:25-29:

And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. — Mark 5:25-29

As Jesus walks with Jairus toward a dying daughter, another story unfolds in the crowd. A woman. Unnamed. Unnoticed. Twelve years of bleeding. Twelve years of suffering. Twelve years of disappointment. Twelve years of uncleanliness.

She’s spent everything she had—physically, financially, emotionally—and she’s only gotten worse.

By every account, she should have stayed home. She was considered physically and spiritually unclean. She wasn’t supposed to be there. But faith doesn’t wait for permission. She pushes through the crowd. Quietly. Carefully. She doesn’t shout. She doesn’t stop Jesus. She reaches out, thinking:

“If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.”

And in that moment—she is. The bleeding stops. The suffering ends. The healing begins. That’s the power of quiet faith.

It’s not always loud or public. It doesn’t always make headlines or draw attention. But it moves. It reaches. It touches Jesus.

And Jesus responds.

Sometimes, all you’ve got left—is a reach. But if you reach for the right One, that’s all you’ll ever need. What if the issue you’re facing isn’t about trying harder. But finally, reaching for Jesus?

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ASK THIS:

1. What have you been suffering with in silence?
2. How have you reached for Jesus in your pain?
3. What keeps you from pushing through the crowd today?
4. Do you believe Jesus can respond to quiet faith?

DO THIS:

Push past the fear or shame today—pray boldly and reach out to Jesus with that one issue you’ve been hiding.

PRAY THIS:

Jesus, I come quietly but boldly, reaching for You with the pain I’ve carried far too long. Heal what doctors and efforts cannot—touch my life with Your power. Amen.

PLAY THIS:

“He Knows My Name” by Tasha Cobbs Leonard.