Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Today I will preach from Mark chapter 5, The raising of Jairus daughter.

Power of Jesus over nature.

The power of Jesus over demons, and this passage , The power of Jesus over sickness and death.

In this passage sandwiched between our story is the story of the woman with the issue of blood.

Similarities of the two stories:

Faith brings healing

both are woman

calls both daughters

12 years

both unclean

1.

How to Pray ()

Prayer Humble ()

Prayer Loud ()

pleaded, call, beg.

Prayer BIG ()

Polys - large, big, great earnestly.

2. What we need when we pray.

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Testimonies that Encouragement - Sick Woman ()

Faith the Facts - Messengers () (Face the Facts)

Mark 2

Ignoring the noise and believe ()

Listen to Jesus

Mark 5:36

The Gk. parakouein (translated in the NIV as “ignoring”) has three distinct meanings: (1) to overhear something not intended for one’s ears, (2) to pay no attention to or ignore, and (3) to refuse to listen or to discount the truth of something.

All three meanings apply to Jesus in v. 36.

Jesus ignored the fact that she was dead.

Why?

Because Jesus lives above our circumstance.

IF we are going to accept all of life’s circumstances then there is no reason for prayer.

Faith is not something you HAVE, it’s something you GRAB!

As you walk through this life you can hold on to your circumstance or you can hold on to Jesus.

Through Prayer and faith in Jesus we can live above our circumstances.

Pillar Commentary makes this statement:

There is still one thing Jairus can do, but he must shift his focus from the circumstances of his daughter’s death to Jesus himself.

“ ‘Don’t be afraid; only believe.’

” This is the challenge before Jairus, and before everyone who meets Jesus: to believe only in what circumstances allow, or to believe in the God who makes all things possible?

One thing only is necessary—to believe.

The present tense of the Greek imperative means to keep believing, to hold onto faith rather than give in to despair.

Trust the Savior ()

Faith is not something you HAVE, it’s something you GRAB!

Bad news (hold on to faith)

Crying and wailing (hold on to faith)

laughed at Jesus (Hold on to faith)

Entered the room with his dead daughter.

(hold on to faith)

JESUS WORDS WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT MATTERED.

Let Jesus have the last word in your life today.