Mark 11:20-23 ESV – As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. 21 And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
Mark 11:24 ESV – Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have receivedit, and it will be yours.
Heaven is full of answers to prayers for which no one ever bothered to ask. – Billy Graham
Mark 11:22-23 ESV – And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,
Mountain-Moving Prayer Demands Mountain Moving Faith
Half & Half Faith
Acts 12:5 ESV – So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayerfor him was made to God by the church.
Acts 12:7,8 ESV – And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
Acts 12:11,12 ESV – When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.” 12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
Acts 12:13-16 ESV – And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.
15 They said to her,“You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!” 16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.
James 5:17,18 ESV – Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestlythat it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
James 5:16b ESV – The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working
- Mountain Moving Faith is Faith in God
- Mountain Moving Faith is Obedient Faith
John 14:21 ESV – Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
Circle of Prayer
Read God’s Will
Obey God’s Will Know God’s Will
Pray God’s Will
Job 33:31-33 ESV which states “Pay attention, Job and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want you to be cleared. But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Matthew 7:7,8 ESV – “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Mark 11:23 ESV – Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
- Hezekiah’s Prayers
2 Kings 18:5-6 ESV – Hezekiah trusted in the LORD,….. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 6He held fast to the LORD and did not cease to follow him; he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses.
2 Kings 19:35-36 ESV – That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
2 Kings 20:1 ESV – In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
2 Kings 20:2-3 ESV – Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3“Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
2 Kings 20:5-6 ESV – This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD. 6I will add fifteen years to your life.
Numbers 23:19 ESV – God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
- Moses’ Prayer
Exodus 32:14 ESV – And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.
Understanding Prayer… a little
- God’s Ultimate Plans Never Change
God’s Nature Means He Knows Everything
When we are praying the thought will often cross our minds that (if we only know it) the event is already decided one way or the other. I believe this to be no good reason for ceasing our prayers, though the event certainly has been decided in a sense—it was decided “before all worlds.” But one of the things that really caused it to happen may be this very prayer that we are now offering.”– C.S. Lewis
God Still Moves Our Mountains – Pray
Mark 11:22-24 ESV – And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have receivedit, and it will be yours.
John 19:26 ESV – But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
