Sermon by Pastor Glenn Harvison

1. How to Make a Faith Sandwich
Mark 5:21-43

2. Pastor Glenn’s
Favorite Sandwich
Contest

3. My Favorite Sandwich:
Pasta Vera’s
Grilled Chicken Panini

4. A Mark “Sandwich:”
• A story within a story

5. A Mark “Sandwich:”
• A story within a story
• The two stories work together
to make one important point
about Jesus

6. A Mark “Sandwich:”
• A story within a story
• The two stories work together
to shout one important point
about Jesus
• 10 “sandwiches” in Mark

7. A Mark “Sandwich:”
• A story within a story
• The two stories work together
to shout one important point
about Jesus
• 10 “sandwiches” in Mark
• Everybody’s favorite sandwich, Mark 5:21-43

8. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
1. Reach Out to Jesus, in Faith

9. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
1. Reach Out to Jesus, in Faith
Salvation & healing
come through:
– Faith that works by
love
– The faith of one person
working on behalf of
another

10. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
1. Reach Out to Jesus, in Faith
Salvation & healing
come through:
– Faith that is focused
exclusively on the
Person of Jesus

11. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
1. Reach Out to Jesus, in Faith
What Americans have
forgotten about Jesus:
– He is God on the move
– He is God , involved
– He is God, touching

12. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
2. Exercise Hands-on Faith in Faith in Jesus

13. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
2. Exercise Hands-on Faith in Faith in Jesus
Salvation & healing
come through:
– Faith that is
creatively determined
– The faith of the
petitioner, herself

14. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
2. Exercise Hands-on Faith in Faith in Jesus
A touch of faith in
Jesus, the Messiah:
“The Son of righteousness
shall rise with healing
in His wings.”
Mal 4:2

15. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
2. Exercise Hands-on Faith in Faith in Jesus
Mark 5, a trifecta of
uncleanness:
– Jesus takes away
uncleanness and
replaces it with
God’s wholeness

16. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
2. Exercise Hands-on Faith in Faith in Jesus
Mark 5, a trifecta of
uncleanness:
– Jesus takes away
uncleanness and
replaces it with
God’s wholeness

17. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
2. Exercise Hands-on Faith in Faith in Jesus
– Healing is an
outward
manifestation of
the greater, inner
miracle of salvation

18. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
3. Hold On to Jesus, in Faith!

19. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
3. Hold On to Jesus, in Faith!
Ignore the messengers!
“Abraham faced the fact
that his body was as good
as dead . . . and yet he was
strengthened in his faith,
being fully persuaded that
God had the power to do
what He had promised!”

20. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
3. Hold On to Jesus, in Faith!
Salvation & healing come
through:
– The faith of the person
ministering healing

21. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
3. Hold On to Jesus, in Faith!
Jesus was aware:
– Of an alternative, spiritual
reality that eclipsed
medical science
– Of God’s intentions in the
matter
– Of Spirit-inspired strategies

22. How to Make a Faith Sandwich:
3. Hold On to Jesus, in Faith!
Jesus’ message:
“Don’t be afraid;
only believe!”