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Monday... This could be what you need to hear today.


Monday... This could be what you need to hear today.

Jesus was out in the middle of a crowd and a man named Jairus came up to Him to tell Him about his sick daughter. And some others came up to the man to tell him that he didn't need to trouble Jesus because his daughter was dead. Not very good news. Maybe you have had some really, really bad news. Maybe not that bad, but it's bad.

Mark 5:36 (NLT) says, "But Jesus overheard them." Do you realize that Jesus hears every conversation that comes to you? He hears the good stuff but He also hears the bad. And that is such good news. But it goes on. Here this man had gotten the worst news a father could ever get. "But Jesus overheard them and said." He knows exactly what we need to hear in those difficult no way can I handle this news times. "But Jesus overheard them and said, 'Don't be afraid. Just have faith.'"

That without a doubt could be what you need to hear today. "Don't be afraid. Just have faith." No, not in yourself but in God. Jesus knew that it looked bad for this man but He told him, "Don't be afraid. Just have faith."

So what are you facing right now? What news have you just heard? And how are you handling it? Are you afraid? You may live with the view that nothing goes right for you. Oh, you've come to Jesus to ask Him for help but the situation got worse like you think it always does. Verse 36 in The Message says, "Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, 'Don't listen to them; just trust me.'"

Come on, don't listen, to your negative self-talk, to Satan, to those friends who want to pull you down, to those people on social media." He says, "Don't listen to them; Just trust me."

The Amplified Bible says, "Do not be afraid, only keep on believing [in Me and my power]."

And the story goes on. Verses 38-39 (NLT) says, "When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw such commotion and weeping and wailing. He went inside and asked, 'Why all this commotion and weeping? The child isn't dead, she's only asleep.'" Jesus sees things in a totally different way. 

Verse 40, "The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl's father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying." He gets intimately involved. Verses 41-42, "Holding her hand, he said to her. 'Talitha koum,' which means, 'Little girl, get up!' And the girl who was twelve years old, immediately stood up and walked around! They were overwhelmed and totally amazed."

So back to verse 36 (NLT) in whatever you are facing, "But Jesus overheard them and said, 'Don't be afraid. Just have faith.'" And (MSG), "Don't listen to them; just trust me." And also, (AMP),  "Do not be afraid, only keep on believing [in Me and my power]." 

This could be what you or someone you know needs to hear today. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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