Approaching Jesus

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 9:18-22

Approaching Jesus

The touch-two ways.

Standing, bowing, kneeling, crawling.

He asks for his daughter. She asks for herself.

He can talk about it. She can’t.

Immediate need. Long term need.

I ask for my daughter’s life back. I ask for my life back.

Incredible faith. More desperation than faith.

“Faith stretched thin is thick enough.”

Pride is an enemy of faith. Need is a great destroyer of pride.