Key points
1The bleeding woman's twelve years of suffering and isolation set up her desperate faith.
Pastor Joshua walks through Luke 8:43, noting she had spent all she had on physicians and was ceremonially unclean, meaning total isolation from community and family for twelve years. He points out she was desperate (spent all she had) and disappointed (could not be healed by anyone), yet did not let that disappointment harden into bitterness.
2Desperation can make you bitter or it can make you bold — the difference is who you're living for.
He contrasts the two possible responses to prolonged disappointment, arguing this woman chose boldness instead of bitterness. He connects this to walking by faith and not by sight, illustrating trust with an everyday example of trusting gravity without fully understanding it.
Desperation can make you bitter, or desperation can make you bold
3She activated her faith by touching the fringe of Jesus' robe and was immediately healed.
Working through Luke 8:44, Pastor Joshua notes she approached from behind in humility and fear, not feeling worthy to face Jesus directly, yet she acted anyway. He draws out that faith is active, not passive, and that pursuing Jesus can mean risking rejection from the world to receive restoration from Him.
4Jesus asked who touched Him not from ignorance but to highlight that only one person, out of a crowd surrounding Him, reached out with deliberate faith.
From Luke 8:45-46, he explains that many were pressing against Jesus physically (casual contact) but only the woman touched Him deliberately, tying the Greek word dunamis (the root of 'dynamite') to the explosive power that went out from Jesus. He challenges the idea of merely being near God's presence at church versus deliberately reaching for Him.
healing. We want the favor of Jesus without actually first just coming to the feet of Jesus. Yet
many people can be around Jesus, but only some boldly reach out to him
5Being around the presence of God is not the same as pressing into it — like sitting near a fire but still being cold.
Pastor Joshua uses his family's camping trips to illustrate that proximity to fire does not guarantee warmth; you have to draw near to feel its heat. He applies this directly to how attention toward Jesus is different from intention to pursue Him.
You can be in proximity of a fire, but still be cold
6When the woman revealed what happened, Jesus called her 'daughter' and restored her identity, not just her body.
Referencing Luke 8:47-48, he highlights that this is the only recorded time in the Gospels Jesus uses the word 'daughter,' showing this was personal restoration into family and community, not merely physical healing. He quotes John Mark Comer's line that 'we either heal together or we don't heal at all' and 'if we don't reveal it, God can't heal it.'
we either heal together or we don't heal at all, and if we don't reveal it, God can't heal it
A story from life
The preacher describes his family's twice-yearly camping trips to Payson, Arizona, used to illustrate the difference between being near a fire and drawing close enough to feel its heat.
Illustration
A quote from John Mark Comer — 'We either heal together or we don't heal at all, and if we don't reveal it, God can't heal it' — used to press the call toward communal openness over isolation.
7Desperation matched with discipline becomes the doorway to revelation and full restoration.
He closes by naming things people may be hiding — bitterness, judgment, envy, lust, greed — and says these keep people bleeding in isolation and silence. He calls people to move past shame into a bold, disciplined act of faith so Jesus can restore not just their situation but their soul.
He's not just here to fix your situation, he's here to restore your soul
Application
Pastor Joshua's charge is to stop hiding in the crowd and take the bold step of desperate, disciplined faith.
Reveal what you've been hiding
Whether it's shame, sin, bitterness, judgment, envy, lust, or greed, stop bleeding in isolation and silence and bring it into the open before God.
Move from desperation to disciplined faith
Don't just feel desperate for breakthrough — take an actual bold step of faith this week rather than staying passive or bitter.
Pursue the Healer, not just healing
Chase after Jesus Himself rather than only what He can give you; come to His feet, not just for His favor.
Raise your hand and let someone stand with you
If you're desperate for God to move in a way you can't fully understand, raise your hand, let someone near you place a hand on your shoulder, and activate your faith together as a community.
Take it into your week
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