Read Mark 5: 25-34.
1. What were the two interruptions Jesus encountered in the larger
narrative of today’s passage? How did Jesus respond to these
interruptions? How might that affect our own prayer lives?
2. How do you think the woman with the hemorrhage would have been
treated in her society? Why would she have been treated that way?
3. Who, in our modern society, is treated as unclean, untouchable and
exiled? What can we, as followers of Christ, do to help?
4. Why do you think this woman sought the help of Jesus at this time in
her life? What other things had she tried to be healed?
5. What did Jesus say was the true source of her healing?
6. Do you think it was easy for the woman to get to Jesus? If not, why
did she fight so hard to get to Him? What does this mean to us today?
7. What did Jesus call the woman after she was healed? What do you
think this meant to the woman?
8. How was the woman’s healing more than just physical? How would
her life have been different going forward?
9. Acts 10: 15 (NLT) says, “Do not call something unclean if God has made
it clean.” What does that mean to you? Is there deeper meaning to
this verse? How does it instruct us to treat others, even if they are
“unclean” or “misfits”?
Prayer for the Week:
Gracious and loving God, we come before You with grateful hearts,
remembering the woman who sought healing with unwavering faith,
touching the hem of Your garment and receiving the wholeness she
longed for. Remind us that just as You were available to her in her
deepest moment of need, You are available to us in our brokenness, our
weariness, and our times of feeling like misfits in this world. We thank
You, Lord, that in Your Kingdom, there are no misfits—You embrace us all,
just as we are, and offer the healing, love, and grace that transforms us.
Help us to live with the same courage and faith as the woman who
reached out, knowing that You are always near, ready to restore and make
us new. We pray all of this in the precious, holy and strong name of Jesus,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and
forever. Amen.