{"id":3351,"date":"2015-04-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-for-you-luke-1841-nkjv\/"},"modified":"2015-04-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T00:00:00","slug":"what-do-you-want-me-to-do-for-you-luke-1841-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-for-you-luke-1841-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat do you want Me to do for you?\u201d (Luke 18:41 NKJV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a blind man begging on the roadside near Jericho heard that Jesus was passing by, he cried out, \u201cJesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!\u201d (Luke 18:35). So, Jesus stopped and asked him the above question. Why would Jesus ask this? Couldn&#8217;t He tell that the man was blind? Wasn&#8217;t the blind man&#8217;s need obvious? Yet, Jesus insisted on him making a specific request. When the blind man responded that he wanted to receive his sight, the Lord healed him, commending his faith. The currency of the kingdom is asking. &#8220;Ask, seek, knock&#8221; (Matt. 7:7-12), this is the teaching of Jesus. Do you have the faith to ask God for help? Get specific with God. Ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a blind man begging on the roadside near Jericho heard that Jesus was passing by, he cried out, \u201cJesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!\u201d (Luke 18:35). So, Jesus stopped and asked him the above question. Why would Jesus ask this? Couldn&#8217;t He tell that the man was blind? Wasn&#8217;t the blind man&#8217;s need obvious? Yet, Jesus insisted on him making a specific request. When the blind man responded that he wanted to receive his sight, the Lord healed him, commending his faith. The currency of the kingdom is asking. &#8220;Ask, seek, knock&#8221; (Matt. 7:7-12), this is the teaching of Jesus. Do you have the faith to ask God for help? Get specific with God. Ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1309],"scripture-chapter":[1351],"oyb_day":[1634],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3351","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-luke","scripture-chapter-1351","oyb_day-april-17"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}