What Is Your Issue

take him for a little ride. They drove to Staten

Island and to the same house where the pastor

had taken the woman three days earlier.

He helped the man climb the three flights of

stairs to the woman’s apartment, knocked on

the door and he saw the greatest Christmas

reunion he could ever imagine.

True Story - submitted by Pastor Rob Reid

Who says God does not work in mysterious ways..

- Prayerfully you saw how God took his time to answer the prayer. This couple was truly blessed but it was in God’s timing. How long are we prepared to wait on our prayer to be answered.

- This was a lady of substance. She obviously was not poor because she would not have been able to see any doctor if she did not have any way to compensate them for their services. The woman had to be a little disheartened about the fact that she had tried so hard to solve her problems yet she could not see any healing. The bible says that with all of her efforts her condition only got worse.

- I am sure that the woman considered the thought of giving up on the issue and trying to live with the issue as if it was supposed to be like this. It was impossible for this woman to lead any type of normal life with this issue because since the woman had an issue of blood society looked at her as if she was unclean (Leviticus 15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.

26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.

27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.). During this time being unclean was a reason for society to show serious discrimination toward that person. (Leviticus 15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.)

- Since she was unclean she should have been prohibited from being around let alone touching anyone. Even if she did touch someone then she should have never touched any man. The possibility of marriage was not to ever be thought of. The things that go along with being married such as sexual relations, child bearing and the such were supposedly never to be considered by this woman.

- It is truly a good thing that this woman of God did not think like many of us in today’s society. It is good that she did not think that she needed to clean herself up first before she could approach him that could heal her. If the same situation happened today the lady probably would have been shot or arrested for getting too close to such a powerful man. If it were found that there was a reason that prohibited her from touching the man such as her being unclean, the consequences set forth by society would have probably been much worse.