New Day With Jesus

But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.    Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” – Mark 5:32 - 34 Mark 5:32–34 tells the moment Jesus stops in a crowd, turns around, and calls out the woman who touched His garment. She had lived twelve long years under the weight of sickness, shame, and social exclusion. In her world, she was considered unclean. She was invisible, unnamed, and unwanted. Yet Jesus refuses to let her slip away quietly. He insists on a personal encounter. Her world named this woman unclean, and that label did more than describe her condition—it defined her existence. It pushed her to the edges of community, stripped her of dignity, and made her a silent presence in every room she entered. She lived twelve years as someone people avoided, s...

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!” The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there and made the iron float. – 2 Kings 6:5-6 The moment the young prophet’s axe head flew into the Jordan in 2 Kings 6:5, something symbolic happened. His effectiveness disappeared. His ability to contribute vanished. His confidence broke. The axe head represented his ability to make a meaningful impact, to shape something, to build, to contribute to the collective mission. When it disappeared into the river, it exposed a truth many believers face: you can be busy swinging, active in ministry, surrounded by purpose, yet suddenly lose the very thing that makes your effort fruitful. The loss was not just physical; it was deeply symbolic of how quickly spiritual sharpness can slip away when unnoticed or unattended. His ability to contribute vanishe...