The Question That Reveals Your Heart, Your Purpose, and Your Faith

This is for you if:

You've been following Jesus for years but feel your spiritual passion cooling.
Your prayer life feels repetitive — or self-focused.
You're wrestling with whether you're truly surrendered or just spiritually comfortable.
You want to move from spectator Christianity to active discipleship.
You've been asking God for things… but aren't sure what that reveals about your heart.

Sermon Description Big Idea

True spiritual sight is revealed not in what you see — but in what you seek.

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

What if one question from Jesus could expose your deepest desires — and redirect your entire spiritual life?

In this powerful two-part message from Mark 10, we explore the moment Jesus asks two very different people the same question: "What do you want me to do for you?" One seeks status. The other cries out for mercy. One walks away disappointed. The other follows Jesus on the road.

This sermon confronts the heart behind our prayers, challenges passive Christianity, and calls us to persistent, desperate faith. If you've ever wondered whether you're truly following Jesus or simply asking Him to fix things, this message will press into that tension.

Topics: Christian discipleship, Mark 10, Bartimaeus, prayer life, spiritual growth, faith and persistence, following Jesus, surrender, biblical teaching, Gospel transformation.

Sermon Notes

Jesus asks one question that exposes everything: "What do you want me to do for you?"
Same question. Two people. Two completely different hearts.
One asks for status. One cries for mercy.
Your prayers reveal what you really believe about Jesus.
Are you asking to be elevated… or transformed?
Bartimaeus refuses to be silenced — desperate faith gets louder.
Spectator faith sits comfortably. Discipleship gets on the road.
Jesus doesn't heal just to improve your life — He heals to lead it.
What you seek reveals whether you truly see.
When Jesus looks at you and asks, "What do you want?" — how will you answer?

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Series: Marked for Glory

What Do You Really Want? The Question That Changes Everything, Part 2