The devotion for today, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 was written by Charlie C. Rose and is narrated by Judithann Anderson.
Today’s Words of Inspiration come from …one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” So, Jesus went with him.
On the way, a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering…At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it… Finally the woman came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.
Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
