Kids Blog-Don't be afraid, just believe
Last week, kids learned that Jesus raised a dead girl and healed a sick woman!
Bible Story: "Don't be afraid, just believe." Mark 5
Bible Verse: :Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." Mark 5:34
When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. Then one of the synagogue leaderes, Jairus came and fell at his feet. He pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live." So Jesus went with him. There was a large crowd following and pressing around Jesus. There was also a woman who has been bleeding for 12 years. She had suffered for a long time, consulted with many doctors, spent all she had, but instead of getting better, she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." When she touched his clothes, immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" His disciples answered, "you see the people crowding against you and you can ask, "Who touched me?" But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.Then the woman came and fell at his feet, trembling with fear, told him the truth. Jesus said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."
While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?" But Jesus said to Jairus, "Dont' be afraid, just believe." When they came to the house of Jairus, people were crying and wailing loudly. He said, "Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him. He put them all out, he took the child's father, mother, and the disciples and went in where the child was. He took her by the hands and said to her, "Talitha koum!" which means "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around! She was 12 years old. At this they were completely astonished.
These stories of healings demonstrate that only Jesus has the power and authority to heal and restore. Both Jairus and the woman knew that and came to the right place. Jairus believed that if Jesus came and put his hands on his daughter, she will be healed and live. The woman also believed that if she just touched his clothes, she will be healed. By the time Jesus arrived at Jairus' house, his daugther had already died, and everyone laughed at Jesus when he said she was asleep. Yet, Jesus overcame even death and raised a dead girl! The woman has been bleeding for 12 years and she already went to the best physicians and used all her resources. But none of the medical experts could fix her problem. Yet, when she just reached out and touched Jesus' clothes, immediately her bleeding stopped! In our lives, there will be times we experience hardship and suffer from sickness, disease, and pain. In those moments, let us remember that we can put our trust and hope in Jesus and believe only Jesus has the power to heal our physical and spiritual sickness.
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