The document describes how to make a "faith sandwich" based on a story in Mark 5:21-43. It involves 3 steps: 1) Reach out to Jesus in faith, focusing exclusively on Him, 2) Exercise hands-on faith in Jesus through determined and creative faith that touches Him, and 3) Hold on to Jesus in faith despite doubters by being fully persuaded of God's power. The document uses this Bible story and 10 "sandwiches" in Mark to illustrate how salvation and healing come through faith in Jesus.

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!”