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ISSUES OF BLOOD

Text :Luke 8:43–44 

"And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped."

From the beginning, God made it clear that blood is not just a fluid — it carries life itself. In Leviticus 17:11, God tells us that the life of the flesh is in the blood. Without blood, the body cannot live. When blood is lost, life is drained. This is not just a physical truth, it's a spiritual one.

There was a particular unnamed woman in the gospel accounts, she suffered from a condition that caused her to bleed continuously. For twelve long years, life was draining from her body day by day. She was not just physically weak— she was socially isolated, emotionally exhausted, and spiritually burdened.

According to the law, her condition made her ceremonially unclean. She couldn’t touch others or be touched. She was losing more than blood — she was losing life, connection, dignity, and hope.

Scripture says she had spent all she had on physicians, but instead of improving, she grew worse (Mark 5:26). This is the reality for many: the world offers expensive solutions but no healing. People will take what you have, give you empty promises, and leave you worse than before. The systems of man cannot fix what is broken at the soul level. The world often exploits pain instead of healing it.

Only Jesus Can Truly Help. This woman heard about Jesus. He was not like the others. He didn’t demand payment. He didn’t exploit pain — He healed it. With just a touch of the hem of His garment, life flowed back into her. The flow of blood stopped and the flow of life began.

Jesus didn’t just stop the bleeding — He restored her identity, her dignity, and her relationship with God and others. He turned and said, “Daughter, your faith has made you whole.” (Luke 8:48). The first time in twelve years someone spoke to her with love — and called her daughter.

Her healing didn’t come because she was strong — it came because she decided to go to Jesus by faith. Weak, tired, unclean, and unwanted, yet she reached out. Faith doesn’t require strength, it just requires direction. She didn’t wait to be invited. She didn’t wait until she was better. She pressed through the crowd, through fear, through shame — and she touched Him.

Jesus was her only hope and He was more than enough. Jesus is your only hope too, and He is more than enough.

Beloved, take time to reflect on the following questions -
1. Where are you losing life?

2. Who or what have you turned to that only drained you further?

3. Are you willing to press through your pain, shame, or fear  just to touch Jesus?


 *BIBLE READING* : 

Colossians 4:2-6.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

Father, please, restore my life. Restore my identity. Restore my faith.  I receive Your healing today in  Jesus name.
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