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Mark chapter 5, verse 32, and he looked around to see who had done it.

Now, obviously, this verse needs a little bit of context, but this is the story about a woman

who, the Bible says in Mark 525, had a discharge of blood

for 12 years and had suffered much under many physicians and spent all that she had and was no

better but rather grew worse. Just think about how frustrating,

discouraging, depressing,

how much despair there would be

in having physical struggle

and you spend everything you have going to doctors

and you're worse at the end.

So you still have the physical struggle

and now you have nothing.

And she hears about Jesus,

as crowds are following him.

A great crowd of us following him.

And so she says,

if I even just touch his garments,

I'll be made well.

And so she does.

She touches his garment, and immediately, verse 29 says the flow of

blood dried up. She felt in her body. She was healed of her disease. So Jesus stops. Bible says,

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