Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you’re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague. Mark 5:34 MSG

Desperate. Penniless. Hopeless. One of the most inspiring stories in the Bible is about a woman who hemorrhaged for 12 years (Mark 5:25-34). Though we don’t know her name or her circumstances, we do learn enough to sympathize with her condition. She lives a life longing for peace, contentment and hope-until she hears about Jesus. With faith and hope as her determination, she managed to reach out to and touch Jesus. A tender touch. Not just the touch of someone jostled in the crowd. It was the touch of a believer. Instantly she was healed. Jesus then speaks to her, Daughter, your faith has healed you. Jesus longs to speak the same words to you and me. It doesn’t matter where youve been or what youve done. What matters is who He is. He’s the Hope Giver and your answer to a renewed body and mind free from sin. Delivered from heartache. His dream for you is waiting... just one touch away. Reach out to Him. Touch. And believe.

Prayer

O Lord, giver of hope. I want to have faith, Lord-I want to have hope again. I want to realize your dream for my life and live it in hopefulness and joy. Im reaching out to You Lord. Touch me. Amen.

• Bible Readings for the Week Ahead:
• Monday: Psalm 33:1-22
• Tuesday: Lamentations 3:19-26
• Wednesday: Hebrews 11:1-6
• Thursday: Psalm 43:1-5
• Friday: Titus 3:3-7
• Saturday: James 1:5-8
• Sunday: Colossians 1:22-23