MOUNTAIN-MOVING FAITH•Mark 11:22-26 Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God. 23 I assure you: If anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, all the things you pray and ask for — believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

OTHER MOUNATINS•Zechariah 4:7 Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

•Matthew 17:20 ….If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

FAITH OF GOD•God ordered Creation into being and had faith that it would happen just as He said.•Psalms 33:9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.•When we have the “faith of God” it is the faith that what we command by faith, in the Spirit, will actually happen.

A Recent Testimony

Thank you for your prayer for me, the doctor just told me I do not need chemo, I am free to travel. So there I go to finish the high school, GOD is so good and real.

WRONG COMMANDS -1•Matthew 4:4 “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

•Luke 9:54 ““Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them? ”

Powerful CommandsJoshua Stops The Sun - Joshua 10:12,13Peter and John Heal A Lame Man – Acts 3:6-8Peter Heals Paralyzed Aneas: Acts 9:32-35Peter Raises Dorcas: Acts 9:36-41Paul Blinds The Sorcerer: Acts 13:9-11Paul Casts Out A Demon – Acts 16:16-18The Word of Command is always about getting something done that wins a victory for God in a specific situation

SPEAK THE SPECIFIC SOLUTION•Command the DESIRED SOLUTION into being by the Spirit. •Address a particular concrete situation•With a specific real solution that you can “poke a stick at”.•Turn the solution into a command e.g. “ears be opened” “be cleansed” etc.

A COMMAND FOR EVERYONE

Mountain of life’s debts and regrets, GO TO THE CROSS AND VANISH, for I will bear

you no more!

EASIER THINGS TO COMMAND•Bad Moods: Go away and stay away!

•Lost Items: X be manifest to me now!

•Crazy Thoughts: No! Get out!

•Bad People: Be changed or be removed from my life!

James 1:6-8

James 5:16

BELIEVING•I believe that I have received X…..•Develop a clear, unwavering prayer picture in your heart (that you sense is from the Lord). Use biblical imagery.•Repeat it until it sinks in, focus, persist, command continually, be steadfast.•Look at the Lord’s promise and not “at the waves” (circumstances).

LOVE•1 Corinthians 13:2 ……and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

THE MEASURE OF FAITH

Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.

IF THE MOUNTAIN DOES NOT MOVE…•Do not give up on God / Church•Do not blame yourself•Do not blame God•Keep trying and keep on praying•Know that it is working out another way and that the Lord is in control

THE LORD’S PRAYER•Our Father Who is in Heaven•Hallowed be Thy Name!•Thy Kingdom come!•Thy will be done!•On earth as it is in Heaven!•Give us this day our daily bread!•And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors!•And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil!•For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory! Forever! Amen!