Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-34 (day one)
Join us as Senior Pastor Chris Johnson, Associate Pastor Aaron Hufty, and Associate Pastor Bryan Richardson walk us through Mark 5:21-34 in our Winter Re:Verse Series: “reMARKable – The Journey Continues.”
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Get Up
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-23, 35-43 (day seven)
145- Did you know that we had 145 students in grades 6-12 attend Freedom Weekend?
16- We had 16 families open their homes to host these students. We also had 16 young adults volunteer their weekend to lead these students in Bible Study.
15- We had 15 different service projects completed in the FBCSA Community.
3- We had three worship sets at FBCSA that included congregational singing, scriptural teaching, and personal reflection.
1- One God made it all possible!
This is the same God who tells us all to “Get Up” and walk! Multiple students responded to that call Saturday night! They were once dead in their trespasses, but they have been raised to walk in the newness of life! Thanks be to God!
Would you pray for them now? Pray that they have the boldness to step out and make that decision public to their friends. Pray that they will be bold enough to tell their families, especially those who are from homes where that is not the norm. Would you pray for all our students as they process this weekend and what the Lord is calling each of them to do with the information they have been given? Would you pray that the fire of these teenagers will continue to burn beyond this weekend and begin to catch all over this city?
Peter, James, and John
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-23, 35-43(day six)
Have you ever experienced something that completely changed the way you see the world? Falling in love, holding your child for the first time, or traveling to a place that shifts your perspective?
That’s what happened to Peter, James, and John in that small room. Just them, the girl’s parents, and Jesus. Everyone knew she was gone. But then, with a touch and two simple words, she breathed again and stood up.
Ever since they met Jesus, their world had been changing, but this moment was different. This wasn’t just another miracle—this was power over death itself. Life could never go back to the way it was.
Later, Peter would say to Jesus, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life” (John 6:68). I imagine he remembered the words Jesus spoke in that room. Who else could he trust but the Lord of life?
Mark would have you ask the same question.
Touch
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-23, 35-43(day five) Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).
We have seen in previous encounters that Jesus is in fact approachable. People coming to Him and Him listening. That’s how this interaction with a desperate father begins. “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”What we learn is that the prayers and pleas of those who seek Jesus never fall on deaf ears. He listens and He hears. There is great peace and comfort found in that truth. But Jesus goes (to her house) and He touches a dead body. Jesus is not intimidated or the least bit reserved in places that are awkward, uncomfortable, or even hopeless for us. In fact, He is confident, encouraging, and able to help (heal and bring hope). So today, welcome/bring Jesus to those most tender and vulnerable places in your heart and life that need hope, wisdom, strength, and peace. He went into their home. He touched her body. He will be there with you!!
Desperation
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-23, 35-43 (day four)
Jairus was a ruler in the synagogue, which means he had probably heard both the glowing testimonies and the snide complaints about Jesus. If he had never experienced the emergency of his daughter being sick, I wonder what he would have concluded about Jesus? Would he still have committed himself to him and believed? Would he have taken the tone of the other synagogue leaders who looked on Jesus with disdain?
Desperation causes us to say and do things we wouldn’t normally do, but it also shows us what we really believe. Knowing he might later face social consequences from interacting with Jesus, he chose in desperation to have hope that Jesus was the healer others proclaimed him to be. Through this one moment of desperate faith, he and his family experienced the power of God in a way that changed them forever.
In your moments of desperation, have faith that Jesus is as good as he says he is.
Revive
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-23, 35-43 (day two)
“Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.”
In life’s events, there is a point beyond which experience has taught you that it’s useless to press for a certain outcome. It’s too late, or too little, or too painful. It’s over, it’s gone, it’s empty. It’s beyond repair, it’s beyond recognition, it’s beyond anyone’s ability. It makes sense that you would come to the conclusion to walk away from hoping for a certain thing. Still, some longings persist. And when those longings keep running into disappointment, you can start to feel despair that no one seems to be able to answer those longings. Jesus goes right there to the deepest places in you. What you thought was ended, over, failed, dead, he can revive. The risen Savior has given new meaning to these words: “It is finished.”
Surrender
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-23, 35-43 (day two) One of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up, and on seeing Him, fell at His feet 23 and implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.” v. 22-23
Up to the point that Jesus actually heals this girl, this is a hard story to read. Imagine the anguish of leaving home with a child who in her last hours of life, knowing that the next breath could be her last. Jarius must have been at the point of desperation to leave home to seek out help. Seeking Jesus was his only comfort. Surely this miracle worker could restore her health, but her life? To hear the words that she had died must have broken him. This was another moment of desperation. Would he dare trust Jesus? What if he put his hope in him only to be disappointed. It would be like losing his daughter twice. Could he endure that? Complete trust is never easy. Jarius’ response was indeed a surrender. He surrendered to logic, to the voices of others, and to the promise of Jesus. When he asks you to believe him, surrender.
Re:Verse Blog – 2/10/25
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:21-23, 35-43 (day one)
Join us as Executive Pastor Scott Lane, Associate Pastor Aaron Hufty, and Associate Pastor Bryan Richardson walk us through Mark 5:21-23, 35-43 in our Winter Re:Verse Series: “reMARKable – The Journey Continues.”
Let Jesus In
Re:Verse passage – Mark 5:1-20 (day seven)
And they began to implore Him to leave their region. vs 17
They were fine with a crazy demon possessed man living in their midst. They were okay that he had become something other than a human and could overpower anyone or anything that tried to restrain him, but they were not okay with him being free. They were not okay that there was someone who had the power to control demons beyond their superstitions and beliefs, so they sent Jesus away!
We are so afraid of letting Jesus actually work in our lives that we would rather keep the devil we know around us than take the leap of faith to see what God can do if we would only trust Him. We hold on to our sin. We hold on to our crutches. There are places we do not let Jesus in. Instead, we send Jesus away.
What if we let Jesus in? What if we let Him have ALL of us? The One who can control demons will drive evil away. The One who truly cannot be restrained, not even by death, will give His power to us. We will have power over our enemies. We will overcome our sins. We will find revival!
Restore
“But Jesus said, ‘No, go home to your family…’” – Mark 5:19
We don’t know how this man became possessed, but we see the devastating effects—separation from his family, isolation from his community, and a loss of his very humanity. That’s what evil does. It isolates, degrades, and destroys.
But Jesus came to restore.
With a word, He cast out the evil spirits, returning the man to his right mind, his family, and his community. Jesus didn’t just free him; He gave him back his life.
That’s what Jesus still does today. He restores what’s been broken, heals what’s been wounded, and calls us back into relationship—with God and one another.
Where do you need His restoration today?