Obey promptly, even before you understand everything

Wait until the instruction feels more impressive

Follow it only if it matches your preferred method

Treat the command as symbolic and skip the action

If you would like to receive Jesus, pray this with me: Lord Jesus, I admit my sin and my need for you. I turn from my sin and believe that you died for me and rose again. I confess you as Lord. Wash away what blinds me, give me new sight, and lead my life from now on. Amen.

Lord, Give Me New Sight

Lord, revive your Church with humble trust in your restoring power. Where we have grown slow to obey, quick to explain, or afraid to act, give us simple faith. Open our eyes to your work, and make us a people who listen, move, and believe you can restore what is broken, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Wake Your Church to Trust You

Thank Jesus for the gift of sight restored, for his care that reaches ordinary human need, and for the mercy that does not leave blindness untouched. Give thanks for any place where he has already brought clarity or healing.

Thanks for Restoring Sight

Pray by naming one instruction from Jesus that you find hard to trust. Ask him to help you take the next clear step, even if you cannot yet see the result.

Pray for the Next Simple Step

Bring before God anyone living with physical or spiritual blindness, asking for healing, patience, and the comfort of his nearness while they wait.

For Those Still Waiting to See

Ask God to grow in you a quiet willingness to obey first and understand later, and to keep your heart steady when his ways are simple but your fears are loud.

Trust Before the Result

ἀπεκρίθη{a-pe-KREE-thee###ah-peh-KREE-thee###(He) answered} ἐκεῖνος{e-KEE-nos###eh-KEE-nohs###he} Ὁ{ho###hoh###(the)} ἄνθρωπος{AN-thro-pos###AN-throh-pohs###man} ὁ{ho###hoh###(the)} λεγόμενος{le-GO-me-nos###leh-GOH-meh-nohs###being called} Ἰησοῦς{ee-ee-SOOS###ee-ee-SOOS###Jesus} πηλὸν{pee-LON###pee-LOHN###mud} ἐποίησεν{e-PEE-ee-sen###eh-PEE-ee-sehn###(He) made} καὶ{ke###keh###and} ἐπέχρισέν{e-PEH-khree-SEN###eh-PEH-khree-SEHN###anointed} μου{moo###moo###my} τοὺς{toos###toos###(the)} ὀφθαλμοὺς{of-thal-MOOS###ohf-thahl-MOOS###eyes} καὶ{ke###keh###and} εἶπέν{EE-pen###EE-pehn###said} μοι{mee###mee###to me} ὅτι{O-tee###OH-tee###that} Ὕπαγε{HEE-pa-ye###HEE-pah-yeh###go} εἰς{ees###ees###into} τὸν{ton###tohn###(the)} Σιλωὰμ{see-loh-AM###see-loh-AHM###Siloam} καὶ{ke###keh###and} νίψαι{NEE-psa###NEE-psah###wash} ἀπελθὼν{a-pel-THON###ah-pehl-THOHN###having gone} οὖν{OON###OON###so} καὶ{ke###keh###and} νιψάμενος{nee-PSA-me-nos###nee-PSAH-meh-nohs###having washed} ἀνέβλεψα{a-NEV-blep-sa###ah-NEV-blehp-sah###I saw again}

John 9 : 11 - Healing, Obedience, Restoration

He replied, “The man known as Jesus  formed clay, spread it over my eyes , and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went off and washed, and my sight returned.”

	Alpha	ah — as in father
	Nu	n — as in new
	Theta	th — as in thin
	Rho	r — rolled r
	Omega	o — same as omicron
	Pi	p — as in pet
	Omicron	o — as in omit (short)
	Sigma (final)	s — used only at end of words

ἄνθρωπος

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In context — John 9:11

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