Approach God With Expectant Faith For Complete Healing

Key Takeaways

Expectant faith goes beyond hope — it is confident and specific: The woman did not say “I hope” but “I shall be made well.” She came to Jesus certain of His power and willingness to heal.

True faith acts even when afraid, weak or unworthy: She broke social, religious and physical barriers to touch Jesus — faith is not passive, it moves toward Him despite fear.

Jesus responds to faith contact, not casual nearness: Many people touched Him that day, but only her faith drew healing power — faith receives, it does not merely observe.

God’s healing is total — spirit, soul and body: Jesus not only healed her body but publicly restored her dignity, called her “Daughter” and sent her in peace.

The same Jesus is present today and has not changed: He is still willing — expectant faith means speaking, acting and approaching Him with confidence, trusting His character above all circumstances.

Before exploring how to approach Jesus with expectant faith, we must examine one of Scripture’s most powerful accounts of healing. Three Gospel writers record the story of a woman whose desperate faith resulted in complete restoration. Her experience provides a practical blueprint for anyone seeking healing today.

The Biblical Account

Mark 5:27-30 (NKJV): “When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, ‘If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.’ Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched My clothes?’“

Matthew 9:20-22 (NKJV): “And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, ‘If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.’ But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, ‘Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.’ And the woman was made well from that hour.”

Luke 8:43-48 (NKJV): “Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped. And Jesus said, ‘Who touched Me?’ When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, ‘Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, “Who touched Me?”’ But Jesus said, ‘Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.’ Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. And He said to her, ‘Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.’“

Understanding The Women’s Desperate Situation

This woman’s condition was catastrophic on every level. For twelve continuous years, she suffered from unstoppable bleeding. According to Levitical law (Leviticus 15:25-27), this rendered her ceremonially unclean. The implications devastated her entire existence.

She was unable to enter the temple or participate in worship. Anyone or anything she touched became unclean. She lived in complete social isolation, excluded from normal family relationships and community life. She was considered spiritually defiled and religiously outcast.

Luke, writing as a physician, provides the medical perspective. She had spent everything she owned on doctors who could not help her. Mark adds the heartbreaking detail that she had grown worse under their care. After twelve years, she was financially ruined, physically deteriorating, socially ostracised and spiritually excluded. She had exhausted every human solution and found none was effective.

Yet in her darkest moment, she heard about Jesus.

Her Revolutionary Act of Faith

The woman’s approach to Jesus broke every social and religious boundary. By entering a crowd whilst ceremonially unclean, she violated religious law. Every person she brushed against became unclean. By touching Jesus, she technically defiled Him. Her actions were illegal, scandalous and risky.

Yet she came anyway.

Her internal reasoning reveals profound theological insight: “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Notice the certainty in her words. She did not say “I might be healed” or “I hope to be healed.” She said, “I shall be made well.” This was not wishful thinking, but confident faith based on what she had heard about Jesus.

Her faith demonstrated three crucial convictions:

Jesus’s power was so great that even indirect contact would work: She did not need Him to pray over her, lay hands on her or even know she was there. Simply touching His clothing would be sufficient.

His authority transcended ritual purity laws: Rather than her uncleanness defiling Him, His holiness and power would cleanse her. This was revolutionary thinking.

Physical proximity to Him could transmit healing power: She understood that Jesus carried divine power that could transfer through faith contact.

Luke specifically mentions she came “trembling” after Jesus called her out. She was terrified, both the crowd’s reaction to discovering an unclean woman had touched them and of Jesus’s response to her presumptuous act. Yet despite her fear, she came forward. This demonstrates that faith is not the absence of fear, but action taken despite fear.

The Healing Transaction

Mark’s account provides vivid detail about the healing moment. “Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.” The healing was instantaneous and complete. After twelve years of suffering, her body was restored in a single moment.

Simultaneously, Jesus, “immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched My clothes?’“

This reveals an extraordinary truth about how healing works. Hundreds of people pressed against Jesus in the crowd, yet He distinguished between casual contact and faith contact. The woman’s faith activated the release of healing power. Jesus was aware of the power transfer even though He had not consciously chosen to heal her in that moment.

When the disciples protested that many people were touching Him, Jesus insisted, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.” There is a qualitative difference between physical contact and faith contact. Your expectant faith creates a connection that releases divine power.

Jesus’s Transformative Response

Jesus could have let the woman slip away, anonymously healed. Instead, He called her out publicly. This was not to embarrass her but to complete her restoration. By declaring her healed before witnesses, He reinstated her into the community. She was no longer unclean but publicly certified as whole.

Jesus addressed her as “Daughter.” This is the only time in all the Gospels that Jesus uses this term of endearment. He restored not merely her body but her dignity, identity and place in God’s family. She was no longer an outcast but a beloved daughter.

He told her, “Be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” The phrase “be of good cheer” carries the meaning of courage and confidence. He acknowledged that her faith accomplished the healing. The Greek word translated “made well” (sōzō) means complete salvation, deliverance and wholeness. It encompasses physical, spiritual and social restoration.

“Go in peace” pronounces the Hebrew concept of shalom, complete wholeness in every dimension: physical, spiritual, social and emotional. Jesus gave her comprehensive restoration, not merely physical healing. The phrase “freed her from suffering” indicates permanent freedom, not temporary relief.

Seven Principles of Expectant Faith From This Account

Expectant faith is specific and confident

The woman knew exactly what she needed and believed Jesus could provide it. She did not come with vague hope but concrete expectation. When you approach Jesus for healing, be specific about your need. Name your condition. Declare your expectation. Faith that expects nothing specific receives nothing specific.

Expectant faith breaks through barriers

The woman faced physical barriers (the crowd and her weakness), spiritual barriers (religious law), social barriers (stigma) and emotional barriers (fear). She pressed through them all. Your healing journey may require pushing through discouragement, doubt, physical limitation and past disappointment. Desperation coupled with faith creates a breakthrough.

Expectant faith requires action

The woman did not sit at home hoping Jesus might notice her. She went to where He was. She pushed through the crowd. She reached out her hand. She touched His garment. Faith without corresponding action is dead (James 2:17). What action is the Holy Spirit prompting you to take?

Expectant faith focuses on Jesus, not obstacles

The woman could have focused on her weakness, the crowd, the risk of being caught or the religious prohibition. Instead, she focused entirely on Jesus and His power. Where you place your attention determines your outcome. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, not on symptoms, medical reports or circumstances.

Expectant faith activates divine power

Jesus Himself noted that power went out from Him. The woman’s faith did not create the power (Jesus possessed it), but her faith activated its release. This is the dynamic in divine healing. God has infinite healing power. Your faith does not manipulate God but aligns you to receive what He desires to give. There is a genuine transaction between divine willingness and human trust.

Expectant faith brings complete restoration

Jesus did not merely stop the bleeding. He restored her to community, gave her dignity, affirmed her identity, pronounced peace and freed her permanently from suffering. When you seek healing, remain open to Jesus addressing multiple dimensions of your need. Physical healing may be accompanied by emotional healing, restored relationships, spiritual renewal or freedom from shame.

Expectant faith requires persistence

This woman suffered for twelve years before her healing. She had tried everything else first. Do not interpret delay as denial. Sometimes healing comes immediately (as in this case, once she touched Jesus). Other times it comes after a long journey, after human solutions fail or when we have exhausted our own resources. Keep coming to Jesus.

Understanding Expectant Faith Theologically

Expectant faith is not wishful thinking, positive mental attitude or denying reality. It is confident trust in Jesus Christ based on His character, promises and demonstrated power. The writer of Hebrews defines it: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1, NKJV).

When you approach Jesus with expectant faith for healing, you come believing that He is both willing and able to heal you completely: spirit, soul and body.

God’s Nature and Promises

God’s character provides the foundation for expectant faith. Scripture reveals that healing is part of His nature: “I am the Lord who heals you” (Exodus 15:26, NKJV). This is not merely what God does; it is who He is.

Jesus demonstrated this healing nature consistently throughout His earthly ministry. Matthew records: “Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them” (Matthew 15:30, NKJV). Notice that Jesus healed them all, not selectively.

Isaiah prophesied about Jesus: “Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows… and by His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:4-5, NKJV). Peter confirmed this prophecy’s fulfilment: “by whose stripes you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24, NKJV). Your healing was purchased at Calvary.

Jesus’s Willingness to Heal

A leper once asked Jesus, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Jesus responded immediately: “I am willing; be cleansed” (Matthew 8:2-3, NKJV). This interaction reveals a crucial truth about Jesus’s heart. The question was never about His ability but His willingness. Jesus answered definitively: He is willing.

The woman with the issue of blood never asked, “Will You heal me?” She simply reached out in faith, and Jesus responded. He did not rebuke her presumption but commended her faith. This reveals His heart toward those who approach Him expecting healing.

Hebrews declares, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8, NKJV). The Jesus who was willing to heal the woman with the issue of blood remains willing to heal you today. His character has not changed.

What Expectant Faith Looks Like in Practice

Faith Speaks and Declares

Expectant faith is not passive or silent. The woman with the issue of blood spoke to herself: “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” She declared her expectation before she received her healing.

Jesus taught, “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” (Mark 11:23, NKJV emphasis added).

Notice that Jesus emphasised saying three times in this verse. Your words matter. Begin declaring God’s promises over your situation. Speak to your body, your emotions, your mind. This is not denying reality but declaring a greater reality: God’s power and promises.

Practical application: Identify specific Scripture promises about healing. Speak to them aloud daily over yourself. For example: “He sent His word and healed them” (Psalm 107:20, NKJV) or “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses” (Matthew 8:17, NKJV). Follow the woman’s example. Declare what you believe will happen.

Faith Acts

Every healing story in the Gospels involved action. The woman with the issue of blood pushed through the crowd and touched Jesus’s garment. The paralytic’s friends lowered him through the roof. Blind Bartimaeus cried out despite being told to be quiet. Naaman had to dip in the Jordan seven times.

James confirms this principle: “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17, NKJV). Your faith must move you to action.

Practical application: What action is the Holy Spirit prompting you to take? Perhaps it is attending a healing service, asking elders to anoint you with oil (James 5:14), seeking prayer from believers or simply getting out of bed when you feel unable. Like the woman, identify where Jesus is and go there. Reach out. Touch Him through faith-filled action.

Faith Remains Focused on Jesus

The author of Hebrews instructs us: “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2, NKJV). Peter walked on water whilst his eyes remained on Jesus. The moment he looked at the wind and waves, he began to sink.

The woman with the issue of blood could have focused on countless obstacles: her weakness, the crowd, the risk, the prohibition, and her past failures with physicians. Instead, she focused entirely on Jesus. Your focus determines your outcome. Expectant faith keeps its eyes fixed on Jesus, not on symptoms, medical reports, past failures or statistics.

Practical application: When fear, doubt or symptoms attempt to capture your attention, deliberately redirect your focus to Jesus. Worship Him. Read the Gospels and observe His healing ministry. Meditate on His nature and promises. Remember how He responded to the woman who touched Him in faith.

Faith Refuses to Waver

Jesus told the synagogue ruler whose daughter had died, “Do not be afraid; only believe” (Mark 5:36, NKJV). Interestingly, this occurred immediately after Jesus healed the woman with the issue of blood. Between the initial request and the miracle, circumstances worsened. The child died. Yet Jesus commanded continued belief despite contradictory evidence.

The woman with the issue of blood could have wavered. She had suffered for twelve years. She had spent everything on physicians who made her worse. She had every reason to doubt. Yet she came with unwavering expectation.

James warns: “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord” (James 1:6-7, NKJV emphasis added).

Practical application: Decide now that you will not waver regardless of what you see, feel or hear. When doubts arise, address them immediately with Scripture. Build your faith daily through God’s Word so that when circumstances challenge your belief, you stand firm like the woman who pressed through every obstacle to reach Jesus.

Seeking Healing for Spirit, Soul and Body

The woman with the issue of blood received complete restoration: physical (bleeding stopped), social (public declaration of cleanness), spiritual (called “daughter” and brought into God’s family), emotional (peace replacing fear and shame) and relational (restored to community). This comprehensive healing reflects God’s desire to restore every dimension of your being.

Spirit: Your Inner Being

Your spirit is the deepest part of you that connects with God. Spiritual healing involves restoration of your relationship with God, freedom from guilt and shame, and a renewed sense of purpose and identity.

Jesus proclaimed, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18, NKJV).

Just as Jesus called the woman “Daughter” and restored her spiritual identity, He desires to restore yours.

Approach Jesus expecting:

Forgiveness and cleansing from sin (1 John 1:9).
Freedom from spiritual bondage (John 8:36).
Restoration of intimacy with God (James 4:8).
Renewed purpose and calling (Jeremiah 29:11).
Spiritual adoption and identity as God’s beloved child (Romans 8:15-16).

Soul: Your Mind, Will and Emotions

Your soul encompasses your thoughts, emotions and choices. Soul healing addresses depression, anxiety, traumatic memories, emotional wounds and mental strongholds.

The woman with the issue of blood carried twelve years of emotional trauma, shame, rejection and fear. Jesus did not merely heal her body. He addressed her terror (“be of good cheer”), restored her dignity (public conversation) and gave her peace. He healed her soul.

Paul wrote, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2, NKJV). God desires to heal your thinking patterns, emotional responses and decision-making processes.

Approach Jesus expecting:

Peace that surpasses understanding (Philippians 4:7).
Sound mind replacing fear (2 Timothy 1:7).
Joy despite circumstances (Nehemiah 8:10).
Healing of painful memories and emotional wounds (Isaiah 61:1-3).
Freedom from shame and rejection (Romans 8:1).
Restoration of hope (Romans 15:13).

Body: Your Physical Being

Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). God cares about your physical health and well-being. Jesus spent significant portions of His ministry healing physical ailments.

The woman’s physical healing was immediate and complete. “Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed.” After twelve years of deterioration, her body was instantly restored. The same Jesus who healed her wants to heal you.

The centurion demonstrated remarkable faith when he said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed” (Matthew 8:8, NKJV). Jesus marvelled at his faith and healed the servant instantly.

Approach Jesus expecting:

Physical healing from disease and infirmity (Exodus 23:25).
Strength and vitality (Isaiah 40:31).
Restoration of bodily functions (3 John 1:2).
Miraculous intervention in impossible situations (Mark 10:27).
Immediate or progressive healing as He determines (Luke 17:14).

Overcoming Obstacles to Expectant Faith

The woman with the issue of blood faced numerous obstacles yet pressed through them all. You may encounter similar barriers. Here is how to overcome them with expectant faith.

Past Disappointments

The woman had spent twelve years and all her money on physicians who could not help her. She had experienced repeated disappointment. Yet when she heard about Jesus, she did not let past failures diminish her expectation.

Perhaps you have prayed before and did not receive healing. This common experience can create barriers to expectant faith. However, past outcomes do not determine God’s character or limit His power today.

Consider the persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8. Jesus told this parable to teach that people “always ought to pray and not lose heart” (Luke 18:1, NKJV). Persistence honours God and demonstrates genuine faith.

Response: Acknowledge your disappointment honestly before God. Choose to trust His character rather than your experience. Every encounter with Jesus is fresh. Today’s prayer is not limited by yesterday’s outcome. Like the woman, hear about Jesus afresh and come with renewed expectation.

Feelings of Unworthiness

The woman’s condition rendered her unclean and unworthy by religious standards. She had every reason to believe she should not approach Jesus. Yet she came anyway, and Jesus called her “Daughter.”

Many people seeking healing carry shame about their condition or believe they are not “good enough” to deserve healing. This thinking misunderstands grace.

Jesus healed people before they repented, before they believed and before they proved themselves worthy. The paralytic in Mark 2 was healed because of his friends’ faith, not his own. Healing is a gift of grace, not a reward for righteousness.

Response: Come to Jesus as you are. Your unworthiness is precisely why you need Him. The woman came in shame and fear but left with dignity and peace. “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8, NKJV). Do not let your “uncleanness” keep you away. Jesus receives those who come to Him in faith.

Conflicting Medical Reports

The woman had received the equivalent of a terminal diagnosis from physicians. Luke notes she “could not be healed by any” of them. Medical professionals had declared her case hopeless. Yet she approached Jesus anyway.

When doctors deliver difficult diagnoses, it can challenge faith. However, medical facts are not superior to God’s truth. They describe the current reality, but God specialises in changing reality.

Response: Respect medical wisdom and advice, but recognise that doctors describe what is, whilst God declares what can be. Your faith rests not on denying medical facts but on trusting God’s superior power. The woman acknowledged medical failure but believed in Jesus’s power. Follow her example.

Fear and Anxiety

Luke records that the woman came “trembling” when Jesus called her out. She was terrified. Yet her fear did not prevent her from coming initially, nor from responding when Jesus called her forward.

Fear is faith’s greatest enemy. When the disciples panicked during the storm, Jesus asked, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” (Matthew 8:26, NKJV). Fear and faith cannot coexist comfortably, yet faith can act despite fear.

Response: Combat fear with truth. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7, NKJV). When fear speaks, counter it immediately with Scripture. Remember that the woman acted despite her fear, and Jesus responded with compassion, calling her “Daughter” and telling her “Be of good cheer.”

Physical Weakness and Limitations

After twelve years of bleeding, the woman was physically weak. Yet she pushed through a pressing crowd to reach Jesus. Her weakness did not disqualify her.

Your physical condition may make it difficult to pray, attend services or act. Do not let weakness stop you.

Response: Do what you can with what you have. The woman used her remaining strength to reach Jesus. He met her where her faith took her. Even if you can only whisper a prayer or reach out a trembling hand, Jesus perceives faith contact and responds.

Practical Steps to Build Expectant Faith

Immerse Yourself in God’s Word

The woman heard about Jesus and believed. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17, NKJV). You cannot build faith apart from Scripture. The more you expose yourself to God’s promises and Jesus’s healing ministry, the stronger your faith grows.

Daily practice: Read one Gospel healing account each day. Study the woman with the issue of blood repeatedly. Write down what it reveals about Jesus’s character and willingness to heal. Meditate on healing Scriptures throughout the day. Let the Word shape your expectation.

Surround Yourself With Faith-Filled People

The woman pressed through a crowd to reach Jesus. Surround yourself with people who will help you reach Him, not hinder you.

Paul instructed, “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16, NKJV). Community matters in your healing journey.

Practical step: Identify believers who will pray with you in faith, not merely sympathise with your condition. Limit conversations with those who speak doubt and unbelief over your situation. Find those who will press through the crowd with you.

Guard Your Words

The woman spoke to herself before she acted: “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” She declared her expectation. Your words both reveal and shape your faith.

Jesus taught that “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34, NKJV). Speaking doubt reinforces doubt. Speaking faith strengthens faith.

Discipline: Stop rehearsing your symptoms and problems. Instead, rehearse God’s promises and power. Declare what the woman declared: a specific expectation of healing. This is not denial but deliberate focus on truth.

Worship and Thanksgiving

Paul and Silas worshipped in prison at midnight, and God sent an earthquake that opened every door (Acts 16:25-26). Worship shifts your focus from your problem to God’s power. Thanksgiving acknowledges that God is working even before you see results.

Practice: Begin each day with worship and thanksgiving. Thank God for His healing power, for what He is doing in your body, for His faithfulness. Worship declares your trust in His character regardless of circumstances. Like the woman, keep your attention on Jesus whilst pressing through obstacles.

Fast and Pray

Jesus indicated that some breakthroughs require fasting and prayer (Matthew 17:21). Fasting demonstrates your seriousness and hunger for God’s intervention. It creates spiritual sensitivity and breaks the hold of the natural realm on your thinking.

Application: Seek the Holy Spirit’s guidance about fasting. Even short fasts (skipping one meal to pray) can deepen your faith and desperation for God. The woman’s desperation drove her to Jesus. Sometimes fasting intensifies holy desperation.

Receiving Your Healing

Recognise Different Manifestations

The woman’s healing was instantaneous. “Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed.” However, healing manifests in various ways.

Sometimes it is instantaneous, as with the leper whom Jesus cleansed immediately (Mark 1:42). Other times it is progressive, as with the ten lepers who “were cleansed” as they went (Luke 17:14).

Some healings are dramatic and undeniable. Others are subtle and require faith to perceive and receive. Blind Bartimaeus received sight instantly (Mark 10:52). The paralytic had to take up his bed and walk, acting on Jesus’s word before full strength returned (Mark 2:11-12).

Key principle: Do not limit God to one method or timing. Stay alert to how He may be working. Begin thanking Him the moment you sense any change or receive any prompting to act. The woman felt the healing in her body immediately. Remain sensitive to what you feel spiritually and physically.

Act on What You Receive

When Jesus healed the man with the withered hand, He commanded, “Stretch out your hand” (Matthew 12:13, NKJV). The man had to attempt the impossible before the miracle manifested. His obedience released the healing.

The woman with the issue of blood acted on her faith before seeing results. She pushed through the crowd. She reached out her hand. She touched Jesus’s garment. The healing came as she acted.

Often, Jesus requires action before or during the healing process. Peter told the lame beggar, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6, NKJV). The man had to begin moving before strength came.

Application: When the Holy Spirit prompts you to act, obey immediately. Attempt what you could not do before. Move the joint that was frozen. Speak when you were mute. Walk when you were paralysed. Faith acts, and action releases healing power.

Give Testimony

After Jesus healed the woman, He called her out publicly. She “declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.” Her testimony became part of Scripture and has inspired faith for two thousand years.

After Jesus healed the Gadarene demoniac, He instructed, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you” (Mark 5:19, NKJV). Testimony glorifies God and strengthens both your faith and others’.

Practice: Share what God is doing in your healing journey. Testify to His faithfulness. Like the woman, declare publicly what Jesus has done. Your words of testimony release power and establish the reality of your healing. Your story may activate faith in someone else who desperately needs healing.

Maintaining Your Healing

Walk in Obedience

After healing the man at the pool of Bethesda, Jesus warned him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you” (John 5:14, NKJV). Continued obedience protects your healing.

Jesus told the woman, “Go in peace.” This was not merely dismissal but instruction to walk in shalom, complete wholeness. Maintaining wholeness requires obedience.

Application: Address any known sin in your life. Walk in forgiveness. Maintain right relationships. Obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Your lifestyle matters. The woman went from being ceremonially unclean to being called to walk in peace. Live worthy of what Jesus has done.

Continue in Faith

The Christian life is described as “from faith to faith” (Romans 1:17, NKJV). The same faith that received healing must be maintained to keep healing. Peter walked on water through faith; when doubt entered, he began to sink.

The woman’s expectant faith brought her healing. Continued faith maintains healing. Do not return to doubt after receiving what you sought.

Practice: Continue speaking God’s Word over yourself. Refuse to entertain doubt. Remain in fellowship with faith-filled believers. Keep your focus on Jesus. Remember how the woman’s faith activated power and continue walking in that same confidence.

Use Your Healing for God’s Glory

Jesus healed people to demonstrate the kingdom of God and confirm His message. The woman’s healing became a testimony that has built faith for millennia. Your healing serves a purpose beyond your personal benefit.

Jesus made the woman’s healing public so that others would know what He had done. She could not remain anonymous. Your healing is meant to be shared.

Commitment: Dedicate your healing to God’s purposes. Let others see that Jesus still heals today. Your testimony may be the catalyst for someone else’s faith. Like the woman whose story appears in three Gospels, your account of Jesus’s power can multiply faith in countless others.

Conclusion: Press Through and Touch Jesus

The woman with the issue of blood provides a complete model for approaching Jesus with expectant faith. She heard about Jesus and believed. She pressed through every barrier. She reached out in faith. She received immediate, complete healing. She gave public testimony. She left in peace.

You can follow her example today.

The writer of Hebrews exhorts, “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16, NKJV). God invites you to approach Him with confidence, not timidity.

Expectant faith approaches Jesus believing He is willing, able and ready to heal you completely: spirit, soul and body. This faith rests not on your worthiness but on His character. It is grounded not in your strength but in His promises. It persists not because of favourable circumstances but because of who God is.

Like the woman, you may face obstacles: physical weakness, social barriers, past disappointments, fear, and unworthiness. Press through them all. Jesus distinguished her touch from the casual contact of the crowd. He will distinguish your faith contact from mere religious activity.

Reach out to Him today. Touch Him through expectant faith. Declare your confidence in His power. Act despite your fear. Focus on Jesus rather than your obstacles. Refuse to waver. Press through every barrier that stands between you and Him.

Jesus asks you the same question He asked blind Bartimaeus: “What do you want Me to do for you?” (Mark 10:51, NKJV). Answer with specificity and faith, as the woman did when she said, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.”

The same Jesus who felt power go out to the woman who touched Him in faith is present with you now through the Holy Spirit. He has not changed. His power has not diminished. His compassion has not waned. His willingness remains constant.

Come to Him with expectant faith. Discover that He remains “the Lord who heals you” (Exodus 15:26, NKJV). Press through the crowd. Reach out your hand. Touch Him in faith. And like the woman, feel in your body that you are healed, hear Him call you His beloved child, and go in complete peace.