Sermon Tone Analysis

Opening

• Welcome

• Events

• Boudreaux Joke

Message Opening

• Pray

• Series - what does it mean to be blessed

• Some of God’s blessings: fulfillment, contentment, peace, joy . . .

• Not all about money

• Today:

Am I Generous

• Most of us have heard this verse or a version of it:

• Saw in an earlier message - its not all about money.

In fact, in this particuar setting, Jesus is talking more about relationships and love than he is about money

• Being generous is more than just with money and things

• My time, my gifts, what God has given me, MYSELF

• Last week . .

• Feel like God prompted me to bring this message today

• Want to use a story most of us are familiar with to bring you as message for the church today

• In a hurting world

• Story is in Matt, Mark, & Luke in slightly differing wording

• Definitely the same story

• Today want to combine the accounts from Mark & Luke

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Luke 8:45–47 (NKJV)

45 . . .

When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ” 46 But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.” 47 Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.

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Jesus had other things on his mind.

• VV 21-23

Jesus was with his church people.

• V22

• Jairus was a ruler of the synagogue

Jesus' attention was diverted

• V24

• lot of people around

• people who were demanding his attention

• Like we are in church

• Not condemning - if I were, I would be condemning Jesus

• simple fact is that we pay attention to those who ask for it and those we are familiar AND COMFORTABLE with

The woman had a deep need

• V25

• She had had for a long time

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She had tried the world's remedies

• V26

• doctors

• medicines

• alcohol

• drugs

• nothing worked

• She got worse - depression can set in when there is no hope

She needed a connection for a healing

• VV27-28

• She went out of her way to get there

• Out of her comfort zone

• Didn't fit in

• Was "unclean"

• Poor (spent everything she owned)

• Yet she put herself out there

• There are those people who come to the church - they're the same

• She pushed through to touch him

• To connect

• to receive something (let that soak in a minute): she went out of her way to go to an uncomfortable place where she heard healing could occur so that she could CONNECT

The connection caused power to flow

• V30, 46

• No power would have transferred without the connection

• Repeat:

• What connection(s) are you making?

• How will YOUR power flow without connection?

• that power is dunamis

• same as in

• we have that power

• Her deep need and faith activated the power

• others were touching him undoubtedly

• some even had needs

• some wanted to receive something

• but her intentionality combined with her faith ACTIVATED the power that resided in Jesus

• comes from the HS

• Must walk in it

• Be aware of it

• Always be ready to allow it to flow

• Why our worship must be genuine and out of love and devotion

• Why our praise should be uninhibited and vocal

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The connection brought restoration

• You know someone like this woman today