John Welling: The Faith To Be Healed—Exploring Spiritual Blindness

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

John Welling is the co-founder of a non-profit whose mission is to bring sight to the blind. On this week’s episode, he discusses not only physical blindness but spiritual blindness and why he believes that God and Jesus Christ can heal both through faith and the desire to be healed.

2:53- What Are Cataracts?
5:30- Prevalence in Africa
8:45- Possible Impact
12:36- Guiding Miracles
16:20- Daybreak Vision Project
20:15- A True Story
23:50- Faith To Be Healed
29:42- Spiritual Blindness
36:24- Spiritual Eyes and Stony Hearts
40:09- Blessed To Participate
42:35- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

“It has to be something that He does for us over time and we have to be willing to undergo the operation.” —John Welling

Daybreak Vision Project - http://daybreakvisionproject.org

Elder Maxwell on Educating our desires - churchofjesuschrist.orghttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org › ...“According to the Desire of [Our] Hearts”

Elder Kim B. Clark pride talk - https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/kim-b-clark/ye-stripped-pride/

Elder Maxwell on pride - https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/neal-a-maxwell/meek-lowly/

Clayton Christensen - “The strong help the weak and the weak help the strong and no one cares about who’s weak and who’s strong.” https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/testimonies/scholars/clayton-m-christensen

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0:00.0	To my fellow Latter-day Saint Women, in the hustle and heart of daily life it can be easy to lose sight of the peace, relief, comfort, and joy that are available through Christ.
0:10.0	That's why the Magnify community is inviting you to join us for a chance to recharge
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0:20.1	You'll enjoy a day of inspiring speakers, music, and Christ-centered experiences,
0:24.6	all with fellow Latter-day Saint Women.
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0:43.0	27th. Register now at Magnify the Good.com slash events.
0:46.7	See you there.
0:47.4	It is a belief that every individual has infinite worth and potential that carries Dr. John Welling, a cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery specialist from Oregon all the way to Africa to partner with local
1:05.2	government, medical and community leaders to bring site restoring cataract
1:09.3	surgeries to communities where the surgery is able to be truly transformative.
1:14.8	As he puts it, watching another human being step out of the shadows of blindness and into
1:20.1	the light of a new day has been one of the most joyful experiences of my life."
1:26.3	The experience, though, has caused him to ponder the idea of spiritual blindness and the
1:31.4	impacts it has on our society.
1:34.0	On today's episode, we will discuss physical and spiritual blindness and the opportunity to
1:39.2	participate in the healing of both.
1:42.7	As a young man, John Wellings spent two transformative years as a missionary in southern Africa.
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