Hey guys, welcome back. Can't wait to jump into today's episode. We're in a story at the end of Matthew 20

where these two blind men just will not stop calling out to Jesus. It is a great lesson about prayer,

humility, and what to do when Jesus does something big in your life.

Listen in.

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Okay, here we are back in the studio and right in the middle of a story that we started yesterday.

And it was the story about James and John and their mom

wanting them to be on the right hand, on the left hand of Jesus, and Jesus yet again,

having to clarify to both James and John and to their mother and to the other 10 that are upset, that they want

favorable treatment, that you guys are thinking about the kingdom all wrong. You shouldn't be

thinking about position. You shouldn't be thinking about pride and status. You ought to be thinking about serving. Remember,

my kingdom is the upside down view of what you're thinking the kingdom ought to look like.

Watch how he continues to teach that in verse number 25. But Jesus called them unto him, and he said, you know that the

princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great, exercise authority

upon them. So we ended with this first last episode that greatness is being able to tell other people what to do,

being in a position of authority and control.

But watch what Jesus says in verse number 26, but it shall not be so among you.

Now, that doesn't apply to you guys.

Wow, that must have been a little bit of a

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