Sincerely Yours Episode #16
We continue our journey in Matthew chapter 9, where Jesus encounters two females who desperately need His healing touch. I can’t help but notice the contrast between these two females. Twelve years of darkness… ending in the body of one. Twelve years of light… ending in the body of the other. And in both cases, Jesus is there. There’s so much to take away from these verses, most importantly the miracles the Saviour is still performing today. He offers everyone a new beginning and a new life.
Matthew 9:14-26 (NIV)
14 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
15 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
16 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
18 While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” 19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, 24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26 News of this spread through all that region.
About the Podcast
Discover the treasures of God’s Word with host Ann Mainse. Every weekday, this five minute devotional podcast opens up the Bible and explores its lessons and how we can apply them to our lives today.
