{"id":2179,"date":"2025-12-30T08:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:36:48","slug":"the-question-what-do-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2179","title":{"rendered":"The Question: What Do You Want?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 12\/28\/25 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen as Pastor Steve goes through John 1:35-42.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SermonOnlySlide-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SermonOnlySlide-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SermonOnlySlide-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SermonOnlySlide-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SermonOnlySlide-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SermonOnlySlide-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jesus asks &#8220;What do you want?&#8221; <\/strong>to the two disciples following Him. They ask &#8220;Where are you staying? <strong>Jesus wants dialogue. Jesus wants to give purpose. <\/strong>The stuff of life is processed in conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the two disciples ask &#8220;where are you staying?&#8221; they are wanting something from Jesus that they can&#8217;t get standing there in the desert. <strong>They are looking for deep discipleship.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you want?<\/strong>  The answer lays in Christ&#8217;s nature &#8211; His work.  <strong>The answer is realized in your response to Him. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6422\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2179-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251228TheQuestionsWhatDoYouWant.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251228TheQuestionsWhatDoYouWant.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251228TheQuestionsWhatDoYouWant.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251228TheQuestionsWhatDoYouWant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=2179-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251228TheQuestionsWhatDoYouWant.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20251228TheQuestionsWhatDoYouWant.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 12\/28\/25 by Pastor Steve Shields. Listen as Pastor Steve goes through John 1:35-42. Jesus asks &#8220;What do you want?&#8221; to the two disciples following Him. They ask &#8220;Where are you staying? Jesus wants dialogue. Jesus wants to give purpose. The stuff of life is processed in conversation. 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