What Movies Are Playing In Your Mind? Series

Every day she walks to the town square in the shadows hoping to see Jesus. In her mind, she sees herself walking up to him, falling at His feet and telling Him her story before begging Him to have mercy on her and heal her. The scene has played out in her mind on repeat for weeks. In her movie, she feels Jesus’ hand touch her head as she bows before Him and she feels the pain that has been caused by the bleeding vanishing. Do you see the faith movie developing?

The day finally arrives. She runs to the door when she hears all the noise and excitement. Something is happening. “Jesus,” she says softly. She rushes out into a crowd so large it will be impossible to get to Jesus without touching someone – making the person she touches unclean. But she couldn’t concern herself with this now. And remember this: because she was unclean and everyone she touched became unclean, she still had every intention of touching Jesus. She wasn’t concerned about making Him unclean because the movie in her head told her that if He could heal her then He would not be affected by her uncleanness. Can you see her friends telling her was crazy for venturing out and taking that chance? I mean, everyone knew who she was and still she did not care! Jesus is her only hope after 12 years of futility.

I’m going to read Hebrews 11:1 from the Amplified Bible. “Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things we hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].”

Conclusion and Prayer

As she works her way through the crowd, the people step aside and turn away from her. They know her. They know that they cannot let her touch them. She’s unclean. The woman realizes that she will not have a chance to talk to Jesus and tell Him her story. So, she adds another scene to her movie. “All I need to do is just touch His clothes and I will be made whole. I will be free.” She reaches behind Jesus and touches the hem of His clothes as He walks by. The moment her fingers touch the garment, the moment they touch just the hem, she feels the healing power flow through her. Jesus feels it too.

Did you see the movie as we described it? Jesus walks past the woman, she touches the fringes of His clothes and draws the healing power she needs from Him! She added a scene to the movie that had been playing in her mind for weeks. During the process of editing her movie, she went from begging Jesus to heal her to simply touching His clothes and receiving her healing.

Let’s read what Jesus says to her one more time. Verse 34 says, “…Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction." (Mark 5:34)

What faith movies are playing in your mind on a regular basis?

? Are they movies of you healing the blind?

? Are they movies of you feeding the 5,000?

? Are they movies of you casting devils out of the possessed?

? Are they movies of your shadow touching people and healing them?