Jesus the Healer w/ Nancy Dufresne:

Episode 115 | The Woman With The Issue Of Blood

Date: December 9, 2022
Host: Nancy Dufresne

Episode Overview

In this episode, Nancy Dufresne explores the biblical account of the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5). Through detailed teaching, she highlights principles of faith, persistence, and how every believer can receive and minister healing. The message emphasizes not only Jesus’ willingness to heal but the importance of the believer's active faith in receiving their miracle.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Power Is Present for Healing

• (00:10-01:10)
  Nancy opens by affirming that God’s healing power is always present:

  "There's enough power in every sick room and every hospital room to raise up that sick one...it's present right where you're at."
  She urges listeners to "release your faith, join your faith to the Word...let that Word go in and take hold of it and do a work in you."

2. Jesus’ Ministry: Teaching, Preaching, and Healing

• (01:30-03:40)
  • Teaching is equally a 'work' of Jesus, along with healing and preaching.
  • Sitting under the teaching of the Word is participating in the works of Jesus.

    "When we're teaching, we're doing as much of the works of Jesus as when we're ministering healing to someone. Teaching is a work." (02:38)

3. Account of the Woman with the Issue of Blood (Mark 5)

• (04:15-11:00)
  • The story is recounted, noting the woman's 12-year illness, suffering, financial ruin, and social isolation under Jewish law.
    • Her presence in the crowd was a risk; being in public could have meant death by stoning.

    "She was laying everything on the line to receive her miracle." (08:54)

  • Sickness affected all parts of her life: health, family, finances—demonstrating sickness is a "thief."

    "Sickness is a thief. It robbed her not only of health, it robbed her of years, it robbed her of life with her family...It robs people that suffer and the people around them." (10:09)

4. The Importance of What and How You Hear

• (11:17-12:15)
  • The woman heard "reports concerning Jesus," likely from a believer rather than a skeptic.

    "It matters what you hear. What if she would have heard the report from someone who was critical? ...Evidently, she heard the report from someone who believed." (11:18)

5. Faith is Easily Persuaded

• (12:30-14:38)
  • True faith is "easily persuaded by the Word."

    "When you're a faith person, you are easily persuaded by the Word. You don't ask for God to prove it over and over..." (13:19)

  • The woman refused to accept her condition as normal, showing active resistance and expectation for healing.

6. Taking Action: The Many Steps of Faith

• (14:40-18:45)
  • Her miracle required multiple steps: believing, getting up, risking exposure, pressing through the crowd, and touching Jesus’ garment.
  • Miracles require personal movement and effort, not passive waiting.

    "A miracle will not be dropped on us. A miracle meets movement. A miracle meets us doing our part." (18:10)

  • Importance of “showing up” in the places where God’s power is present (such as church).

7. The Flow of Power: The Technology of the Anointing

• (18:46-21:20)
  • The anointing can be "conducted" through specific materials (cloth, water) but not through others (paper).

    "God can take a cloth and turn it into a conductor of His power...cloth will conduct it. Water will conduct it." (20:25)

  • Biblical examples referenced: Paul’s handkerchiefs/aprons, the pool of Bethesda.

8. Saying and Acting on Faith

• (21:21-23:59)
  • The woman kept speaking her faith even in the face of obstacles.

    "The more we say it, the more we have it. The less we say it, the less we have it." (22:56)

  • Miracles come when we say what we believe, not just hear.

    "Faith comes by hearing, but it's not released by hearing...you have to add the saying." (23:00)

9. Consistency in Confession

• (23:32-24:50)
  • Caution against having "faith lingo" outwardly but different confessions privately.

    "What you say to yourself means more than what you say to me...You can be double-minded saying one thing out here, but another thing in here." (23:40)

  • Inner meditation and consistency lead to stronger faith.

10. Receiving and Keeping Your Healing

• (24:51-27:05)
  • Not everyone in the crowd received healing, only those who expressed and acted in faith.

    "Just because Jesus was present doesn't mean that they were receiving. It's faith that receives." (25:27)

  • Jesus tells the woman, "your faith has made you whole. Go in peace and be whole," a cue to maintain peace and not allow fear––which might have opened the door to sickness—to return.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Faith’s Responsiveness:

  "When you're a faith person, you are easily persuaded by the Word. You don't ask for God to prove it over and over..." (13:19)

• On Action:

  "A miracle will not be dropped on us. A miracle meets movement." (18:10)

• On Saying and Acting:

  "Faith comes by hearing, but it's not released by hearing. So don't just sit...you're not done at the hearing. You have to add the saying to release that faith." (23:00)

• On Private vs. Public Confession:

  "What you say to yourself means more than what you say to me." (23:40)

• Receiving Healing:

  "Just because Jesus was present doesn't mean that they were receiving. It's faith that receives." (25:27)

Important Timestamps

• 00:10 – Affirming God's present healing power
• 01:30 – Teaching as a work of Jesus
• 04:15 – Beginning the story of the woman with the issue of blood
• 11:17 – "It matters what you hear"
• 13:19 – Characteristics of real faith
• 18:10 – The necessity of taking action for miracles
• 20:25 – The “technology” of the anointing and what conducts God’s power
• 22:56 – Power of confession: "The more we say it, the more we have it."
• 23:40 – On the dangers of double-minded confessions
• 25:27 – "It's faith that receives."
• 26:40 – Jesus’ instruction: "Go in peace and be whole"

Takeaways

• Faith is not passive. It requires hearing, believing, speaking, and taking action, even in the face of obstacles or inconvenience.
• Miracles require movement. “Show up” where God’s power is moving.
• Consistency is key. Align inner and outer confessions of faith.
• Your faith—independent of circumstance or others—can receive from God.
• Maintain peace to keep what you have received and guard against fear and doubt.

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