On the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus, because they had been waiting for him. Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come home with him. His only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying.

As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds. A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.

While he was still speaking to her, a messenger arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. He told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.”

But when Jesus heard what had happened, he said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just have faith, and she will be healed.” —Luke 8:40-44, 49-50 (NLT)

How do we find hope in the middle of despair?

- Humbly

you can’t fix it

Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come home with him. —Luke 8:41 (NLT)

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that Jesus has heard your need

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As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds. —Luke 8:42 (NLT)

But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.”

“Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” —Luke 8:46, 48 (NLT)

- Don’t

miracles around you

“Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” —Luke 8:48 (NLT)

- Turn your hopelessness into

Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come home with him. —Luke 8:41 (NLT)

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He desperately begged him to come and heal his twelve-year-old daughter […] —Luke 8:41-42 (TPT)

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