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8 | Special Feature
There are many oppressed Citizens of the Kingdom

both suffered for years with their illness, however the

who need to see the pastor for prayers, or a word, for

difference between this woman and the invalid man

advice or direction but never being able to see him and

was that this woman really believed that if she could

they sit in church, waiting for an opportunity for they

just touch the hem of Jesus’ garment she would be

believe if they have a time with him, then maybe, just

made whole again.

maybe they will have an answer or their deliverance
will come through the pastors.

Jesus is the answer, He is the Way, the Truth and the
Life and you cannot get to Him through the pastor,

She didn’t have to speak to Him, or even stop Him,
merely by touching His garment she would be made

whole.
Her obstacle wasn’t her mind, but the crowd, because

elder, deacon, prophet, teacher or evangelist, you have
direct access to Him and He can show you the way.
This man who sat by the pool was so busy
concentrating on his pain and furthermore on the
absentmindedness of those who passed him by, it
almost made him feel sorry for himself, which would
keep him in further pain and sorry as a victim.

His pain blinded him to the very person he needed.
With Jesus there, he didn’t have to ever think about not
be able to go into the pool, he didn’t have to be

Jesus is the
answer , He is the
way, the Truth and

the Life.

dependent on any other person.
she had to push through the crowd to touch His
Jesus asked him the question to shift his focus, he

Garment; she had to push through false perceptions,

needed a paradigm shift from his pain to Jesus and it

negative thoughts about her, stigma, preconceived

was in the refocusing of his attention that the authority

ideas and judgemental attitudes; she had to push to get

came when Jesus said…Rise, take up your bed and

through to receive her healing and she did!

walk. Immediately the man was made well. This was
on the Sabbath, a day healing was not meant to take
place. However, Jesus defied all rules and limitations to
reach out to an invalid.

Her belief in the fact that Jesus would heal gave her the
fortitude to push past the barriers and obstacles to
receive what she believed she would. When Jesus
realised that the touch had removed some power from

When we have a fundamental change in approach or

Him, she had to own up and in that He

underlying assumptions which bring us into right focal

responded…..your faith has healed you.

range, it places us in position and brings forth a
supernatural breakthrough in our lives.

Unlike the man whose faith was in something else and
it took the question ….. Do You Want to Be Made

This story led me to read about the woman who had a

Whole? To bring his focus back to Jesus so that he

12 year infirmity, very similar to the man in that they

could be healed, the woman’s focus was already on

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