- Are you deliberate this morning?
- To be deliberate is to be intentional.
- Someone who is deliberate knows what they want and will not stop until they get it.
- No matter what stands in their way!
- Someone who is deliberate in touching Jesus is not satisfied with hearing about him or just reading about Him.
- To "Touch Him" is to receive from Him...
- Touching Him means experiencing Him
- It's receiving healing
- Receiving of His fullness.
- This woman had been sick for 12 years.
- 12 years with the same illness.
- 12 years with no cure.
- 12 years of hearing doctors say, "sorry, I can't help you."
- 12 years of being an outcast.
- 12 years of being "labeled".
- Her circumstances said she would NEVER be healed..."Hopeless"
- society said she was not normal... "Rejected"
- Her Future was limited
- Her outlook was bleak..
- 12 years of no interaction or personal touch.
- It effected her emotionally, physically, socially, financially and spiritually.
- BUT she was DELIBERATE
- She knew what she wanted and she was determined to receive it from Jesus.
- How about you?
- Are you deliberate in receiving from Jesus this morning?
- Not receiving the report from the doctor
- Not receiving everybody else's opinion.
- Not receiving the report from the counselor or therapist.
- Are you going to receive from Jesus?
- To everybody else she was simply known as the sick woman.
- But to Jesus she was known as “Daughter”
- He Redefined her.
- Redefine means “to give new meaning"
- Her deliberateness lead to a change in her identity!
- "Daughter"
- That one word silenced all of the other words she had heard for 12 years.
- What word is Jesus speaking to you this morning?
- If nothing else, allow HIM to speak to you and your circumstance this morning.
- He always speaks to your potential...who He knows you really are and can be.
- He says, You are Accepted.
- You are Loved.
- You are Healed.
- You are forgiven.
- You are adopted into the family of God.
- You are successful.
- You are __________. (fill in the blank)
- You are Redefined.
- Who has defined you and your circumstance this morning?
- It's time to redefine!
- Allow Jesus to redefine!
- Allow Him to speak to your identity, your potential and your future.
- "And the woman was healed AT THAT MOMENT!"
- Let Him Redefine Your Moment!
- Go to Him with deliberateness this morning.
- Have a great Thursday!