2026
What Do You Want?
Passage: Luke 18:31-43
“In fasting, you are literally praying with your body, offering all that you are to God in worship. As you yield your body to God, you are breaking the power of the flesh to control you and opening up to the power of the Spirit in its place.” – John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
When you consider what people in our context want, what comes to mind? What are the deep longings you notice around you in your typical week?
Read Luke 18:31-43. What does this passage show you about God’s character and about being his follower? What challenges, encourages, or sparks questions for you in this passage? Is there someone in this text that you identify with?
Notice how Jesus is referred to throughout the passage reflecting the ways he was perceived. What are the implications and significance of knowing about Jesus vs knowing Jesus as he is revealed in the Bible? How have you experienced this distinction or wrestled with who Jesus is and what that means for you?
Why do you think Jesus asked the blind beggar in verse 41, “What do you want me to do for you?”
How would you answer Jesus’s question in verse 41? Why?
In the sermon, the practice of fasting was shared as a way to help us answer Jesus’s question well with an understanding of what we want. Fasting can be a way to go without in order to create room to pray, recognize our longings and desires, and bring them before God. What has been your experience (challenges or benefits) of fasting?
PRAYER
Share with your group how they can be praying for you: what is weighing on you from this past week? What are you praising God for from this past week?
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).