Haideline

Jesus responded, “Beloved daughter, your faith in Me released your healing. Go with My peace.” Luke 8:43 (TPT) In just a few verses, this woman enters the text unnamed, labelled unclean, treated an outcast, and leaves healed and made whole, from rejection to belonging, under the law covered by grace. She has suffered for 12 years, with an issue of blood day in and day out, weak in strength, drained, and yet she will not give up, determined to reach Jesus through a pressing shoving crowd. Her ailment has[...]

“Jesus answered him, 'Go in peace;  your son lives!' And the man put his trust in what Jesus said and started off.”  John 4:50  In John 4:46-54, we witness the power of Jesus' word and a progression from faith to faith in a royal official who is desperate for Jesus to heal his son.  His reality was that his son was gravely ill. He heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee; he traveled 20 miles to find Jesus and begged Him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.  Initially, Jesus rebukes the[...]