Mark 11:20-24 ESV – As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 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 received it, and it will be yours.”
Mark 11:24 ESV – Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mountain Moving Prayer = Mountain Moving Faith
I believe, help my unbelief
Acts 12:5 ESV – So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for 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 angels 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.” 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, 14 ESV – And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 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.
Acts 12:15-16 ESV – 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!” But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.
James 5:17, 18 NIV – Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
Mountain Moving Prayer is Obedient Prayer
James 5:16 NIV – The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Matthew 7:7, 8 ESV – Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Mountain Moving Prayers Means Overcoming Doubts About Prayer
“Prayer does not change God. Prayer changes the one who prays. Prayer is simply the silent surrendering of everything to God.”
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.
2 Kings 20:1 ESV – In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.”
2 Kings 20:2, 3 ESV – Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Now, O Lord, please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
2 Kings 20:5, 6 ESV – Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, and I will add fifteen years to your life.
Exodus 32:14 ESV – And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.
God’s Ultimate Plan Never Changes!
By God’s Nature He Knows Everything
God Still Moves Our Mountains
What’s your mountain?
Luke 18:26 ESV – But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
