Sep 7 - Gifts of the Spirit - part 7G (Miracle)

Miracles of Jesus Christ   Cures the woman with the issue of blood (Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48)   Matt 9:20-22 20Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."  22Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that moment.   Mark 5:25-34 A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." 29Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.  30At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"  31"You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?' "  32But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."   Luke 8:43-48 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.  45"Who touched me?" Jesus asked.       When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you."  46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me."  47Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."   Restores two blind men to sight (Matthew 9:27-31)   Matt 9:27-31 27As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"  28When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"       "Yes, Lord," they replied.  29Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you"; 30and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this." 31But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.   Heals a demoniac (Matthew 9:32,33)   Matt 9:32-33 32While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. 33And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel."   Walks upon Lake Galilee (Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21)   Matt 14:22-33 22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.  25During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.  27But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."  28"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."  29"Come," he said.    Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"  31Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"  32And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."   Mark 6:45-52 45Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.  47When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. 48He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, 49but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, 50because they all saw him and were terrified.    Immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." 51Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, 52for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.   John 6:16-21 16When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. 20But he said to them, "It is I; don't be afraid." 21Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.   Jesus showed his power and amazed his disciples by walking on the water. Peter with Jesus' power also could walk on the water. However, when faith was reduced by doubt, Peter began to sink.  This shows how important is faith.   Heals the daughter of the non-Jewish, Syro-Phoenician woman (Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30)   Mark 15:21-28 21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession."  23Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."  24He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."  25The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said.  26He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."  27"Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."  28Then Jesus answered, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.   Mark 7:24-30 24Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.[a] He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet. 26The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.  27"First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."  28"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."  29Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter."  30She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.   Extraordinary faith causes/enables miracle to happen. Even though Jesus was not too keen, the Greek woman's persistent faith had moved Jesus to heal her daughter. If we pray and have persistent faith, God will do the miraculous healing.