Read Mark 5: 25-34.

1. What were the two interruptions Jesus encountered in the larger

narrative of today’s passage? How did Jesus respond to these

interruptions? How might that affect our own prayer lives?

2. How do you think the woman with the hemorrhage would have been

treated in her society? Why would she have been treated that way?

3. Who, in our modern society, is treated as unclean, untouchable and

exiled? What can we, as followers of Christ, do to help?

4. Why do you think this woman sought the help of Jesus at this time in

her life? What other things had she tried to be healed?

5. What did Jesus say was the true source of her healing?

6. Do you think it was easy for the woman to get to Jesus? If not, why

did she fight so hard to get to Him? What does this mean to us today?

7. What did Jesus call the woman after she was healed? What do you

think this meant to the woman?

8. How was the woman’s healing more than just physical? How would

her life have been different going forward?

9. Acts 10: 15 (NLT) says, “Do not call something unclean if God has made

it clean.” What does that mean to you? Is there deeper meaning to

this verse? How does it instruct us to treat others, even if they are

“unclean” or “misfits”?

Prayer for the Week:

Gracious and loving God, we come before You with grateful hearts,

remembering the woman who sought healing with unwavering faith,

touching the hem of Your garment and receiving the wholeness she

longed for. Remind us that just as You were available to her in her

deepest moment of need, You are available to us in our brokenness, our

weariness, and our times of feeling like misfits in this world. We thank

You, Lord, that in Your Kingdom, there are no misfits—You embrace us all,

just as we are, and offer the healing, love, and grace that transforms us.

Help us to live with the same courage and faith as the woman who

reached out, knowing that You are always near, ready to restore and make

us new. We pray all of this in the precious, holy and strong name of Jesus,

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and

forever. Amen.