Episode 279: Is It Ever Too Late?
Download MP3What do you do when Jesus stops to heal someone else while your own miracle feels like it's running out of time? In this episode, Dot and Cara sit with the intertwined stories of Jairus and the woman who bled for twelve years, two people desperate enough to fall at Jesus' feet and ask for what only He could do. They talk honestly about waiting on God, wrestling with faith versus fear, and what it means to want God's presence more than just what He can do for you. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us.
Episode Recap
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Episode Recap
- Intro, Dot's signature invitation to grab a Bible, a journal, and a cup of coffee (00:00)
- Write this down: Luke 8:40-43, the story of Jairus and the woman who bled for twelve years (00:04) ⚠️
- The detail neither Dot nor Cara think is a coincidence, Jairus's daughter was twelve and the woman had been bleeding for twelve years (03:08)
- Jesus stops to heal the woman while Jairus's daughter is dying, and what it feels like to wait on God when time seems to be running out (04:58)
- The gut punch moment, word comes that Jairus's daughter has died while they waited (06:46)
- "Your faith has made you well," and why faith doesn't produce miracles, God does (08:16)
- A synagogue ruler and a woman who wouldn't have been allowed inside one, proof God isn't playing favorites (10:29)
- If something in your life feels dead or dying right now, this one is for you (12:08)
- What it means to have just enough faith to ask, even when you're scared of the answer (24:32)
- Why God will never give you something that would destroy you, even when what He gives is hard (29:19)
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This Episode’s Scripture Verse
Luke 8:40-43 (ESV) — "Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone."
