WEBVTT - A Prayer When You Are Desperate

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<v Speaker 2>you are desperate. A Prayer when you are Desperate, written

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<v Speaker 2>by Tammy Darling, read by Kirie Eichberger. Daughter, your faith

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<v Speaker 2>has healed you, Go in peace and be freed from

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<v Speaker 2>your suffering. Mark five verse thirty four. Have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>been so desperate for a touch from God that it's

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<v Speaker 2>all you can think about? There comes a time when

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<v Speaker 2>only God will do, when the things and people of

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<v Speaker 2>this world cannot provide the healing, relief, companionship, or whatever

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<v Speaker 2>else it is we are in desperate need of. I've

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<v Speaker 2>been there, and it was The Chosen Series that fueled

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<v Speaker 2>my own prayer of desperate belief. A longtime acquaintance urged

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<v Speaker 2>my husband and I to watch The Chosen Series. You

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<v Speaker 2>got to watch. You won't regret it, he passionately said.

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<v Speaker 2>This was when the series was in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>season two. Multiple times he'd asked if we'd watched it yet,

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<v Speaker 2>So finally, one winter, when we were stuck indoors more

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<v Speaker 2>than we liked, we started watching The Chosen beginning with

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<v Speaker 2>season one, and we were hooked. Every episode brought the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible to life in a way we've never experienced. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>we knew not everything was by the book, so to speak.

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<v Speaker 2>Literary license must be taken when the unknowns are not certainties,

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<v Speaker 2>but the series does an excellent job of putting humanness

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<v Speaker 2>to the names we've become so familiar with in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>It makes us think, challenges us. She eats discussions and

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes brings healing in ways that we weren't even expecting.

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<v Speaker 2>One such instance from me was the episode addressing the

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<v Speaker 2>woman with the issue of blood. Scripture tells us that

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<v Speaker 2>this woman was bleeding for twelve years. Being a woman myself,

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<v Speaker 2>I can't fathom the physical weakness and the shame from

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<v Speaker 2>being ostracized by society that this woman experienced. The woman

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<v Speaker 2>with no name was considered by all to be unclean

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<v Speaker 2>for twelve years. You may not think you can relate,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's more than one way to bleed. Sometimes we

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<v Speaker 2>bleed on the inside where no one can see, not physically,

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<v Speaker 2>but perhaps emotionally or mentally. Maybe life has cut us

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<v Speaker 2>deep and we're all so weak and ashamed, and perhaps,

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<v Speaker 2>like the nameless woman, we're desperate to make a connection

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<v Speaker 2>with God that will heal our pain. We believe, but

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<v Speaker 2>we see no change. We pray, those prayers seem to

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<v Speaker 2>fall upon deaf ears, and one day we become desperate. Desperate.

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<v Speaker 2>Belief is a powerful thing. I know I've been there

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<v Speaker 2>when I watched the Chosen episode that portrayed the nameless

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<v Speaker 2>Woman's desperation for the bleeding to stop. I was inwardly

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<v Speaker 2>reaching out to touch Jesus the same way I felt

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<v Speaker 2>her pain because I had my own inner pain. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't nearrow my pain, shame, and sadness down to one instance,

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<v Speaker 2>because there were myriad situations. Some were my own doing. However,

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<v Speaker 2>most were done to me not by choice. But bleeding

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<v Speaker 2>is bleeding, and I too needed the bleeding to stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Tears trickled down my cheeks. When the woman told Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>I am no one's daughter. I broke At that moment.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt the same, but I still had belief. I

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<v Speaker 2>was still desperate. If Jesus healed her, he could do

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<v Speaker 2>the same for me. And desperation, I prayed Jesus heal

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<v Speaker 2>me too. Watching the scene play out, I was hopeful

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<v Speaker 2>and desperate. Daughter, your faith has healed you. When Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>spoke those words, I received them from myself. Symbolically, I

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<v Speaker 2>had touched the hymn of his garment. I took a

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<v Speaker 2>deep breath and received the inner healing I had sought

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<v Speaker 2>for so many years. As I exhaled, I felt the

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<v Speaker 2>reminder of Mark five, verse thirty four, Go in peace

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<v Speaker 2>and be freed from your suffering and I did, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was. I was finally at peace and freed from

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<v Speaker 2>the inner bleeding I'd experience for years. And here's the

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<v Speaker 2>great news. You can be free too. Your bleeding, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>the cause, can be stopped with just one touch. Even

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<v Speaker 2>if you've been suffering for more than twelve years, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't forgotten you. You can ask why, or you can

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<v Speaker 2>pray in desperate belief. I stand amazed that in twelve years,

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<v Speaker 2>this woman now called daughter by Jesus himself, never gave

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<v Speaker 2>in too hopelessness. She never dispeared to the point of

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<v Speaker 2>renouncing her faith in God. She never quit. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>to say that she didn't become discouraged at times or

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<v Speaker 2>question when God would answer. With fortitude of faith, she

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<v Speaker 2>pressed on and pressed in until she could just get

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<v Speaker 2>close enough to touch him. Her faith and belief can

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<v Speaker 2>strengthen our own. Let's pray, Dearest Jesus. We come before

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<v Speaker 2>you today with desperate belief that you are who you

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<v Speaker 2>say you are and will do what you said you

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<v Speaker 2>will do. We thank you that by your stripes we

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<v Speaker 2>are healed. As you said it is finished. We rejoice

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<v Speaker 2>in that knowledge and praise you for your healing. As

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<v Speaker 2>we touch you in your precious name, Amen. Your Daily

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