“And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” —Mark 5:25-34
PUSH OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” —Hebrews 4:16
ADJUST YOUR PERSPECTIVE
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” —Isaiah 55:8-9
GET IN COMMUNITY
“And let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds, not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” —Hebrews 10:24-25
PRAY THAT GOD LEADS YOU TO THE RIGHT FRIENDS
BE INTENTIONAL
BE LOYAL AND HONORING
“Be devoted to tenderly loving your fellow believers as members of one family. Try to outdo yourselves in respect and honor of one another.” —Romans 12:10
HAVE GRACE
“Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.” —Ephesians 4:2
“God places the lonely in families;
he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.” —Psalm 68:6