Comments on: Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus https://www.free-stories.net/jesus-heals-blind-bartimaeus/   Sat, 31 Jul 2021 10:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: admin https://www.free-stories.net/jesus-heals-blind-bartimaeus/#comment-1046 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 15:36:03 +0000 https://www.free-stories.net/?p=6293#comment-1046 In reply to Gabriel.

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]]> By: Gabriel https://www.free-stories.net/jesus-heals-blind-bartimaeus/#comment-768 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 14:09:29 +0000 https://www.free-stories.net/?p=6293#comment-768 I found it an interesting plraalel/repetition that in both cases, Jesus asked, What do you want me to do for you? For the blind man’s case it would have been obvious what he wanted from Jesus, and even in the case of James and John, we know that Jesus knew peoples’ hearts (as evidenced by his responding to what the Pharisees/Teachers of the Law were often thinking) Yet for both cases, he wanted them to ask. For James and John, the answer was somewhere between ambiguous and no. For the blind man, it was a yes. But both times Jesus wanted them to ask. This reminds me how in my own life, Jesus wants me to come to him with my requests. He doesn’t want me to throw up a quick, Jesus help me today, Amen. He wants me to voice my specific prayer He wants to converse with me, regardless of whether or not his answer will be yes or no or we’ll see . He wants to see that I have the faith to ask for it. (It is easy for the faith-less to pray blanket prayers so that if the specific request goes unanswered or is ambivalent it’s easier to shrug it off. How much more do we invest when we specifically come to our Lord with a direct request of him? It means we’ll have to get a specific answer one way or another and as a result requires more faith and boldness on our part.) He wants to build a relationship with me that can only grow by our conversation. This is a good reminder for me right now.

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