REACH OUT TO JESUS
- Greg Bowser
- May 9, 2018
- 6 min read
Text: Mark 5:25-34
Song lyrics for Reach out to Jesus
Is your burden heavy as you bear it all alone
Does the road you travel harbor danger yet unknown
Are you growing weary in the struggle of it all
Jesus will help you when on his name you call
He is always there hearing every prayer Faithful and true
Walking by his side in his love we hide All the day through
When you get discouraged just remember what to do
Reach out to Jesus he’s reaching out to you
Is the life you’re living filled with sorrow and despair
Does the future press you with it’s worry and it’s care
Are you tired and friendless have you almost lost your way
Jesus will help you just come to him today
He is always there hearing every prayer Faithful and true
Walking by his side in his love we hide All the day through
When you get discouraged just remember what to do
Reach out to Jesus he’s reaching out to you
I. REACH OUT to JESUS when you need HELP
Matthew 5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
For twelve years this woman had been hemorrhaging
We are born into the world with an issue of blood
As blood descendants of Adam and Eve we have the issue of sin
Reach out to Jesus for help with your issue
LORD, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. Psalm 30:7-10
Matthew 5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
The best physicians, with best advice and the best medicine
Still they could not help, in fact she got worse
Many religions offer advice that cannot save a soul
Priests, Buddhist monks and Ayatollahs have no prescription for sin
They will not help you get better but grow worse
Reach out to Jesus for help with his advice
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:15,16
Matthew 5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
Many had received help from Jesus already
Still many more sought help as they pressed in close to him
Look around and you will see Jesus is still helping people
Those who attempt to get close to him find the help they need
Reach out to Jesus who helps those who are needy
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. Psalm 72:12-14
II. REACH OUT to JESUS when you need HEALED
Matthew 5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
She believed Jesus could heal her body privately
Her issue did not to be confessed publicly
You must believe that Jesus can heal your besetting sins
Reach out to Jesus for your hidden faults
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1,2
Matthew 5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
Immediately her burdens were lifted
When you leave your burdens at the cross they are gone
Those whom Christ heals of the disease of sin, that bloody issue, cannot but experience in themselves a universal change for the better. Henry
Reach out to Jesus for relief from your burdens
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30
Matthew 5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue (power) had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
The power of dynamite exploded out of him
He has the power to blast the sin out of your life
Have you experienced that life changing power?
Reach out to Jesus for the power of transformation
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:1,2
III. REACH OUT to JESUS when you need HOPE
Matthew 5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
Although multitudes seek him, he cares about you
Men may often pretend, but do they really care
He desires to honor those who honor him
Reach out to Jesus for hope somebody cares
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.1 Peter 5:6,7
Matthew 5:32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
The eyes of the LORD see all things
As secret acts of sin, so secret acts of faith, are known to the Lord Jesus, and are under his eye. If believers derive virtue from Christ ever so closely, he knows it, and is pleased with it. Henry
Reach out to Jesus for hope that somebody loves you
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.1 Corinthians 2:9,10
Matthew 5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
She was so full of fear that she trembled about that which was done
Perhaps she was afraid she did something wrong
Did she have a right to touch his clothing so boldly
It is with such undeserving humility that we must seek his favor
She fell down and confessed all the truth to him
Reach out to Jesus for hope that all is forgiven
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Matthew 5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
The woman is assured that her faith has delivered a cure
Her troubles are over and she can finally be at peace
What Jesus cures he makes complete
Reach out to Jesus for hope that the impossible will be possible
Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:4-6
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