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"); document.writeln("In the Bible,"); document.writeln("there are many occasions where someone was healed because of their faith. One"); document.writeln("example is in Mark 5:25-34, where we read about the woman who had been"); document.writeln("suffering constant bleeding for twelve years who was healed because of her"); document.writeln("faith. She had spent all of her money on many doctors, but she only got worse"); document.writeln("over the years. Then, she heard about Jesus and what he could do. So, she went"); document.writeln("to Jesus thinking to herself that she just needed to touch the fringe of his"); document.writeln("robe and she would be healed. There was always a crowd wherever Jesus was, so"); document.writeln("it was very difficult for someone to get through to him, but she did. Just as"); document.writeln("she had thought, she was healed as soon as she touched His robe. The"); document.writeln("bleeding stopped immediately and she felt it in her body that she had been"); document.writeln("healed. At that moment, Jesus felt some healing power go out of him, and he"); document.writeln("asked the crowd who had touched him. When the woman realized what had happened"); document.writeln("to her, she went and fell to her knees in front of Jesus. As Jesus said, it was"); document.writeln("her faith that had healed her.
"); document.writeln("I feel like a"); document.writeln("lot of us can relate to this story because we often try to find healing, hope,"); document.writeln("and comfort in worldly things, but they do not satisfy our needs. However, when"); document.writeln("we realize that they are not what we need and we turn to the Lord for healing,"); document.writeln("hope, and comfort, that is what we get. The only thing we need to do is have"); document.writeln("faith. Just how that woman was healed by her faith, so can we. Whether we are"); document.writeln("dealing with heartache, sickness, depression, addiction, or grief, we can have"); document.writeln("faith that God is working even when we cannot see it and that God is healing us"); document.writeln("both inside and out.
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Suggested"); document.writeln("prayer: Thank you, Lord, for your mercy and kindness. Please help me to"); document.writeln("continue strengthening my faith in you and to trust that you are working all"); document.writeln("things out for my good. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
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Today\'€™s Encounter"); document.writeln("was written by: Gianna B.
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