Speaker 1: Beloved followers of Christ. There comes a moment in every
Speaker 1: believer's journey when we face mountains that seem impossible to overcome.
Speaker 1: Perhaps you're standing before that mountain right now, a broken relationship,
Speaker 1: financial crisis, physical illness, or spiritual stronghold that mocks your prayers.
Speaker 1: But what if Jesus himself revealed the secret that transforms
Speaker 1: weak faith into mountain moving power. In today's teaching, we
Speaker 1: dive deep into the heart of authentic faith. Not the
Speaker 1: shallow belief that merely hopes for the best, but the
Speaker 1: unshakable trust that Abraham demonstrated when he offered Isaac, that
Speaker 1: Daniel maintained in the Lion's den, and that Jesus himself
Speaker 1: lived by. This is faith that doesn't just believe God
Speaker 1: can move mountains. It knows he will because it's rooted
Speaker 1: in intimate relationship with the Father. Your struggles aren't accidents,
Speaker 1: They are opportunities for God to demonstrate his glory through
Speaker 1: your surrendered faith. Today, Jesus calls you higher picture of
Speaker 1: Father's worst nightmare. His precious son was trapped in a
Speaker 1: living hell, possessed by a demon that threw him into
Speaker 1: violent seizures. The boy would suddenly collapse without warning, foaming
Speaker 1: at the mouth, grinding his teeth until they nearly broke.
Speaker 1: Sometimes the evil spirit would hurl him straight into fire,
Speaker 1: watching him burn. Other Times it would throw him into
Speaker 1: deep water, trying to drown him. This wasn't just sickness.
Speaker 1: This was spiritual warfare playing out in the body of
Speaker 1: an innocent child. This broken father had tried everything human
Speaker 1: hands could offer. He had taken his son to every
Speaker 1: doctor in their region, spent all his money on treatments
Speaker 1: that promised hope but delivered nothing. He had prayed at
Speaker 1: the temple, offered sacrifices, begged God for mercy, but the
Speaker 1: demon remained, growing stronger, more violent, more determined to destroy
Speaker 1: his precious boy. When word reached him about Jesus's disciples,
Speaker 1: hope flickered in his heart like a candle in the wind.
Speaker 1: These men had been given power over demons and sickness.
Speaker 1: Stories spread like wildfire about their miraculous healings, their authority
Speaker 1: over evil spirits. People spoke in whispers about how they
Speaker 1: could cast out demons with just a word, how the
Speaker 1: sick were made whole at their touch. Surely, surely they
Speaker 1: could help his tormented child. So he came to them,
Speaker 1: carrying his son in his arms, his heart breaking with
Speaker 1: every step. The weight of his boy felt heavier than usual,
Speaker 1: not because of physical burden, but because of the crushing
Speaker 1: weight of hope mixed with fear. What if they couldn't
Speaker 1: help either, What if this was his last chance. As
Speaker 1: he approached the place where the disciples were ministering, he
Speaker 1: whispered one more desperate prayer, God, Please let this be
Speaker 1: the day my nightmare ends. He didn't know that his
Speaker 1: desperate need would become the stage for one of Jesus's
Speaker 1: most important lessons about faith. He couldn't see that his
Speaker 1: broken heart would unlock secrets about spiritual power that would
Speaker 1: change everything. All he knew was that his son was dying,
Speaker 1: and these men represented his final hope. The Disciples gathered
Speaker 1: around the suffering boy with the confidence that comes from
Speaker 1: recent victories. They had cast out demons before many times.
Speaker 1: In fact, they had healed the sick with jesus authority
Speaker 1: flowing through their hands. They remembered how Jesus had given
Speaker 1: them power over unclean spirits in Matthew ten one, and
Speaker 1: he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them
Speaker 1: authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to
Speaker 1: heal every disease and every affliction they had seen at
Speaker 1: work in Luke Tenn When they returned from their missionary journey.
Speaker 1: They came back rejoicing, Lord, even the demons are subject
Speaker 1: to us in your name. Those had been glorious days.
Speaker 1: Evil spirits fled at their command. The sick rose from
Speaker 1: their beds. Crowds gathered to witness miracle after miracle, But
Speaker 1: something was different this time. Peter stepped forward first, placing
Speaker 1: his hands on the boy's convulsing body. He spoke with authority,
Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus, come out. Nothing happened. The
Speaker 1: demon didn't even flinch. Confused, Peter tried again, his voice louder,
Speaker 1: this time more forceful. I command you, unclean spirit, leave
Speaker 1: this child. Still nothing, The boy continued to writhe in agony,
Speaker 1: the demon's grip as strong as ever. Andrew moved closer,
Speaker 1: joining his brother together, they prayed, They commanded, they pleaded.
Speaker 1: The other disciples gathered around, adding their voices to the attempt.
Speaker 1: James tried his hand, then John, then Matthew. Each one
Speaker 1: expected to see the breakthrough they had witnessed so many
Speaker 1: times before. Each one walked away Puzzled and embarrassed. They
Speaker 1: looked at each other with growing confusion and fear. Why
Speaker 1: wasn't it working. They were using the same words, the
Speaker 1: same authority, the same name of Jesus that had brought
Speaker 1: victory before, but their words seemed to bounce off the
Speaker 1: demon like stones off a wall. The evil spirit wasn't
Speaker 1: just resisting, it was mocking them, growing bolder with each
Speaker 1: failed attempt. The Father watched in growing despair as one
Speaker 1: by one these men, who represented his last hope, proved
Speaker 1: powerless against his son's torment. His heart sank lower with
Speaker 1: each failure. The disciples felt their confidence crumble like sand
Speaker 1: in the wind. What it changed? Why had their power
Speaker 1: suddenly vanished when they needed it most. They didn't realize
Speaker 1: that their faith had become mechanical based on past success
Speaker 1: rather than present trust in God. They were trying to
Speaker 1: operate on yesterday's connection instead of today's relationship with the Father.
Speaker 1: Their faith had become a formula instead of a living trust.
Speaker 1: Words spread through the crowd like wildfire that the famous
Speaker 1: Disciples of Jesus couldn't heal this boy. At first, people
Speaker 1: whispered quietly to each other, not wanting to believe what
Speaker 1: they were seeing. Surely they're just taking their time, someone murmured,
Speaker 1: they'll get it right on the next try, another suggested hopefully,
Speaker 1: But as attempt after attempt failed, the whispers grew louder,
Speaker 1: more doubt filled. I thought these men had real power,
Speaker 1: some one said, no longer bothering to keep their voice down.
Speaker 1: Maybe Jesus isn't who he claims to be after all,
Speaker 1: suggested another, giving voice to the fear that was growing
Speaker 1: in many hearts. A merchant who had traveled far to
Speaker 1: see a miracle shook his head in disappointment. I brought
Speaker 1: my sick daughter all this way for nothing, he muttered.
Speaker 1: A woman who had been praising God moments earlier now
Speaker 1: looked uncertain, her faith shaking like a tree in a storm.
Speaker 1: If they can't heal one boy, how can we trust
Speaker 1: them with anything, she wondered aloud. The religious leaders in
Speaker 1: the crowd saw their golden opportunity. The scribes and pharisees
Speaker 1: had been looking for ways to undermine Jesus's ministry, to
Speaker 1: prove that his claims were false, his power was fake.
Speaker 1: Here was the perfect chance to destroy the credibility of
Speaker 1: his followers and, by extension, Jesus himself. They stepped forward
Speaker 1: with voices raised in challenge and mockery. Where is your
Speaker 1: master's power now, they taunted, their words dripping with sarcasm.
Speaker 1: You claim to have authority over demons, but this demon
Speaker 1: laughs at you. If you cannot heal one small child,
Speaker 1: how can we trust anything you teach? How can we
Speaker 1: believe any of your master's promises? The crowd began to turn.
Speaker 1: Some who had come seeking healing for themselves or their
Speaker 1: loved ones started to leave, their hope crushed. Others stayed
Speaker 1: but crossed their arms in skepticism, waiting to see if
Speaker 1: these so called miracle workers could produce even one sign
Speaker 1: of divine power. What began as a simple healing request
Speaker 1: had become a public trial of Jesus's ministry. The disciples
Speaker 1: found themselves not just failing to heal a boy, but
Speaker 1: defending everything they believed in, everything they had preached, everything
Speaker 1: Jesus had taught them. The pressure was enormous, the embarrassment crushing.
Speaker 1: The father of the boy watched this circus unfold around
Speaker 1: his suffering son and felt his heart breaking into smaller pieces.
Speaker 1: His child had become a spectacle, a test case, a
Speaker 1: reason for people to doubt God. All he wanted was help,
Speaker 1: but instead he had sparked a religious debate that was
Speaker 1: pulling people away from faith rather than toward it. Jesus
Speaker 1: was just coming down from the mountain where something extraordinary
Speaker 1: had happened. He had been transfigured before Peter, James, and John.
Speaker 1: His face had shone like the sun, his clothes had
Speaker 1: become dazzling white, and Moses and Elijah had appeared to
Speaker 1: speak with him about his coming death in Jerusalem. The
Speaker 1: glory of Heaven had touched Earth for those precious moments,
Speaker 1: and Jesus's divine nature had blazed through his human form.
Speaker 1: His face still carried the afterglow of that holy encounter
Speaker 1: as he descended toward the crowd below, But as he
Speaker 1: drew closer, he sensed that something was terribly wrong. The
Speaker 1: spiritual atmosphere was thick with tension, disappointment, and growing unbelief.
Speaker 1: The sweet presence of faith that usually surrounded his ministry
Speaker 1: had been replaced by something sour and poisonous. In Mark
Speaker 1: chapter nine, verse fourteen, we read the scene that greeted
Speaker 1: him and When they came to the disciples, they saw
Speaker 1: a great crowd around them and scribes arguing with them.
Speaker 1: The word arguing here means a heated dispute, voices raised
Speaker 1: in anger and accusation. This wasn't a gentle theological discussion.
Speaker 1: This was a verbal battle that had turned ugly. Jesus
Speaker 1: could see it all in an instant. His remaining nine
Speaker 1: disciples stood in the center of the crowd, looking defeated
Speaker 1: and confused. Their shoulders were slumped, their eyes downcast, their
Speaker 1: confidence shattered around them. The scribes and pharisees were like
Speaker 1: vultures circling wounded prey, their voices sharp with triumph as
Speaker 1: they pressed their advantage. The crowd was restless, some pushing
Speaker 1: forward to see what would happen next, others backing away
Speaker 1: in disappointment. Voices were raised in argument, fingers pointed in accusation,
Speaker 1: and in the middle of it all was a desperate
Speaker 1: father holding his suffering son, tears streaming down his face
Speaker 1: as he watched his last hope crumble before his eyes.
Speaker 1: Jesus immediately understood what had happened. The spiritual environment had
Speaker 1: been poisoned by doubt and unbelief. Faith was being strangled
Speaker 1: by fear, Hope was being murdered by mockery, and God's
Speaker 1: power was being blocked by human weakness and pride. The
Speaker 1: enemy had turned what should have been a moment of
Speaker 1: divine breakthrough into a circus of doubt and despair. But
Speaker 1: Jesus also saw the opportunity hidden in this crisis. Sometimes
Speaker 1: God allows failures to set the stage for even greater victories.
Speaker 1: Sometimes he permits our weakness to be exposed so his
Speaker 1: strength can be revealed more clearly. This moment of chaos
Speaker 1: and doubt was about to become the class room where
Speaker 1: Jesus would teach one of his most important lessons about
Speaker 1: the nature of mountain moving faith. When the desperate fathers
Speaker 1: saw Jesus approaching through the crowd, something shifted in his heart.
Speaker 1: New hopes sparked in his eyes, like dawn breaking through
Speaker 1: the darkest night. Here was the Master himself, the one
Speaker 1: the disciples served, the one whose name they had been
Speaker 1: invoking without success. Surely, surely, if any one could help
Speaker 1: his tormented son, it would be Jesus. He pushed through
Speaker 1: the art kuing crowd, his boy still convulsing in his arms,
Speaker 1: and fell at Jesus's feet, with tears streaming down his face.
Speaker 1: His words poured out in a broken mixture of faith
Speaker 1: and doubt, desperation and hope recorded for us in Mark
Speaker 1: nine twenty two. But if you can do anything, have
Speaker 1: compassion on us and help us. Did you catch that
Speaker 1: crucial little word? If? This father wanted to believe with
Speaker 1: all his heart, but the disciples repeated failures had wounded
Speaker 1: his faith. He had come with such hope, such confidence
Speaker 1: that these men of God would deliver his son. But now,
Speaker 1: after watching them fail again and again, doubt was creeping
Speaker 1: into his heart like poison into a well. His faith
Speaker 1: was like a wounded bird trying to fly, but struggling
Speaker 1: with broken wings. He believed Jesus could help. He wouldn't
Speaker 1: have bothered asking if he didn't. But he was afraid
Speaker 1: to hope too much, afraid to open his heart to
Speaker 1: another crushing disappointment. His words revealed the battle raging in
Speaker 1: his soul. I want to believe you can help, but
Speaker 1: I'm scared you won't. I'm afraid to hope too much
Speaker 1: because I don't think I can survive another failure. This
Speaker 1: father represents every person who has been hurt by unanswered prayers.
Speaker 1: Every believer who has struggled with doubt after watching others
Speaker 1: fail where they expected God to succeed. His honest vulnerability
Speaker 1: touched Jesus's heart in a way that perfect faith might
Speaker 1: not have. Sometimes, our broken faith moves God's heart more
Speaker 1: than our confident declarations. Jesus looked into his father's eyes
Speaker 1: and saw the deep wounds that disappointment had carved there.
Speaker 1: He saw a man caught between hope and despair, between
Speaker 1: faith and fear, between trust and terror. The disciples failure
Speaker 1: had wounded not just their own confidence, but this precious
Speaker 1: father's ability to believe as well. This moment would teach
Speaker 1: everyone watching about the difference between perfect faith and struggling faith,
Speaker 1: between confident trust and desperate hope. It would show that
Speaker 1: God doesn't despise our weakness, but meets us in our
Speaker 1: brokenness and transforms our struggling faith into mountain moving power.
Speaker 1: Before Jesus even looked at the suffering boy, before he
Speaker 1: assessed the medical condition or confronted the demon, he addressed
Speaker 1: the real issue that was blocking breakthrough. In Mark nine nineteen,
Speaker 1: Jesus spoke words that cut through all the chaos and confusion,
Speaker 1: Oh faithless generation, How long am I to be with you?
Speaker 1: How long am I to bear with you? Bring him
Speaker 1: to me? These words weren't spoken in anger, though they
Speaker 1: might sound harsh to our ears. They were spoken from
Speaker 1: a heart breaking with disappointment and grief. Jesus had just
Speaker 1: come down from the mountain where Heaven had touched earth,
Speaker 1: where his divine glory had been revealed, where the Father's
Speaker 1: voice had spoken approval. Now he found himself surrounded by doubt, unbelief,
Speaker 1: and spiritual powerlessness. The word faithless here doesn't just mean
Speaker 1: lacking faith. It means twisted faith, perverted faith, faith that
Speaker 1: has been contaminated by doubt and fear. Jesus wasn't just
Speaker 1: talking to the crowd or the religious leaders who were
Speaker 1: mocking his disciples. He was speaking to his own followers, too,
Speaker 1: the very men he had trained and empowered for ministry.
Speaker 1: His disciples had let their faith become routine and mechanical.
Speaker 1: They had started depending on past victories instead of present
Speaker 1: relationship with God. They were trying to cast out demons
Speaker 1: using yesterday's anointing instead of today's fresh connection with Heaven.
Speaker 1: Their faith had become a formula instead of a living trust,
Speaker 1: a technique instead of a relationship. Jesus could see that
Speaker 1: faithlessness was like a disease spreading through the crowd. It
Speaker 1: had infected the religious leaders who mocked from the sidelines.
Speaker 1: It had contaminated the disciples who stood confused and defeated.
Speaker 1: It had wounded the father, whose hope was mixed with doubt.
Speaker 1: Even the crowd was catching this spiritual sickness, their own
Speaker 1: faith shaking as they watched the failure unfold. The real
Speaker 1: enemy wasn't the demon possessing the boy, powerful as it was.
Speaker 1: The real enemy was the unbelief that had infected everyone around,
Speaker 1: creating an atmosphere where God's power was hindered and his
Speaker 1: miracles were blocked. Faith is the key that unlocks Heaven's storehouse,
Speaker 1: but doubt and unbelief slam that door shut and throw
Speaker 1: away the key. Jesus revealed that night that faithlessness doesn't
Speaker 1: just limit what God can do. It grieves his heart
Speaker 1: and creates unnecessary suffering. When faith is weak, people suffer
Speaker 1: longer than they need to. When doubt rules, miracles are delayed,
Speaker 1: and hope is crushed. The mountain that needed to be
Speaker 1: moved first wasn't the boy's condition, it was the unbelief
Speaker 1: that surrounded him. Jesus turned to the desperate father with
Speaker 1: compassion burning in his eyes like fire. The crowd fell silent,
Speaker 1: sensing that something significant was about to happen. Even the
Speaker 1: arguing scribe stopped their accusations to watch what the Master
Speaker 1: would do. In Mark nine twenty three, Jesus spoke words
Speaker 1: that would echo through eternity. All things are possible for
Speaker 1: one who believes. This wasn't just a theological statement. It
Speaker 1: was an invitation to faith, a challenge to move beyond
Speaker 1: doubt into the realm of divine possibility. Jesus was offering
Speaker 1: this broken father a chance to step out of the
Speaker 1: prison of fear and into the palace of faith. He
Speaker 1: was saying, the problem isn't what you're facing, The problem
Speaker 1: is what you're believing. Then something beautiful happened that gives
Speaker 1: hope to every person who has ever struggled with doubt.
Speaker 1: The father didn't pretend to have perfect faith. He didn't
Speaker 1: try to manufacture confidence. He didn't feel or claim a
Speaker 1: trust he didn't possess. Instead, he cried out through his
Speaker 1: tears with raw honesty, I believe help my unbelief. That
Speaker 1: cry came from the deepest part of his heart, where
Speaker 1: hope and fear were wrestling like two giants. He was saying, Jesus,
Speaker 1: I want to believe completely, but my faith is wounded
Speaker 1: and weak. I'm choosing to believe despite my doubts. I'm
Speaker 1: putting my trust in you, even though my heart is scared.
Speaker 1: Help me, not just with my son's healing, but with
Speaker 1: my own struggling faith. That honest cry broke through every
Speaker 1: spiritual barrier, like a key turning in a lock. Faith
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be perfect to be powerful. It just
Speaker 1: has to be authentic, genuine. Real God responds to truth,
Speaker 1: not to pretense. He honors honest, struggling faith more than dishonest,
Speaker 1: confident faith. Jesus immediately turned to the boy and spoke
Speaker 1: with the authority that flows from perfect relationship with the Father.
Speaker 1: You mute and deaf spirit. I command you come out
Speaker 1: of him and never enter him again. These weren't just words,
Speaker 1: they were decrees from Heaven's throne room, backed by all
Speaker 1: the power of the Godhead. The demon had no choice
Speaker 1: but to obey. Mark nine twenty six tells us, and
Speaker 1: after crying out and convulsing him terribly. It came out,
Speaker 1: and the boy was like a corpse, so that most
Speaker 1: of them said he is dead. The evil spirit made
Speaker 1: unto final desperate attempt to destroy the child, throwing him
Speaker 1: into the most violent seizure. Yet for a moment, it
Speaker 1: looked like the demon had won, like the boy had
Speaker 1: died in the attempt to free him. But Jesus was
Speaker 1: not finished. Mark nine twenty seven gives us the beautiful conclusion.
Speaker 1: But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up,
Speaker 1: and he arose perfect healing, instant deliverance, complete restoration. The
Speaker 1: boy opened his eyes and looked around with clarity for
Speaker 1: the first time in years. The damon was gone forever,
Speaker 1: and the child was completely whole. The difference between the
Speaker 1: disciples failure in Jesus's success was crystal clear to every
Speaker 1: one watching. The same demon that had mocked the disciples
Speaker 1: efforts fled in terror at Jesus's command. The same condition
Speaker 1: that had resisted their prayers yielded instantly to his authority.
Speaker 1: This was the power of perfect faith in action. After
Speaker 1: the crowd gradually dispersed and the excitement died down, after
Speaker 1: the father had taken his healed son home, and the
Speaker 1: religious leaders had slunk away in defeat. The disciples found
Speaker 1: themselves alone with Jesus. The public spectacle was over, but
Speaker 1: the private reckoning was just beginning. Their hearts were heavy
Speaker 1: with shame and confusion as they approached their master. The
Speaker 1: success of his healing only highlighted the magnitude of their failure.
Speaker 1: The ease with which he had accomplished what they couldn't
Speaker 1: do at all made their powerlessness even more painful. But
Speaker 1: rather than hiding in their embarrassment or making excuses for
Speaker 1: their failure, they chose the path of humility and honest inquiry.
Speaker 1: In Mark nine twenty eight, they asked him the question
Speaker 1: that was burning in their hearts, Why could we not
Speaker 1: cast it out? This simple question revealed everything about their
Speaker 1: character and their hearts. They weren't blaming the demon for
Speaker 1: being too strong. They weren't making excuses about the crowd's
Speaker 1: unbelief or the father's doubt. They weren't pointing fingers at
Speaker 1: external circumstances or claiming they needed more training. Instead, they
Speaker 1: were taking responsibility for their failure and genuinely seeking to
Speaker 1: understand what had gone wrong. Their question showed humans they
Speaker 1: admitted they had failed. It showed teachability they wanted to
Speaker 1: learn from their mistake. It showed hunger they desired to
Speaker 1: grow in spiritual power and effectiveness. This humble question created
Speaker 1: the perfect moment for Jesus to teach them the most
Speaker 1: important lesson about faith they would ever hear. Their failure
Speaker 1: was about to become their greatest teacher. Sometimes God allows
Speaker 1: us to fall flat on our faces so will be
Speaker 1: desperate enough to learn the secrets we never would have
Speaker 1: sought if we had kept succeeding in our own strength.
Speaker 1: Jesus looked at these men. He loved, these imperfect followers
Speaker 1: who had left everything to follow him and prepared to
Speaker 1: reveal secrets that would change how they understood faith forever.
Speaker 1: Their moment of greatest failure was about to become their
Speaker 1: doorway to greatest understanding. The mountain of their confusion was
Speaker 1: about to be moved by the truth he was preparing
Speaker 1: to share. Jesus looked at his disciples with eyes full
Speaker 1: of love and understanding, but also with deep concern for
Speaker 1: what he had just witnessed. Their question hung in the
Speaker 1: air like morning mist that refuses to clear. Why could
Speaker 1: we not cast it out. The weight of their failure
Speaker 1: pressed down on them like a heavy stone, and they
Speaker 1: genuinely wanted to understand what had gone wrong. The answer
Speaker 1: Jesus was about to give would change everything they thought
Speaker 1: they knew about spiritual power and reshape their entire approach
Speaker 1: to ministry for the rest of their lives. In Matthew
Speaker 1: seventeen twenty, Jesus spoke the words that would unlock Heaven's
Speaker 1: secrets and revolutionize their understanding of faith because of your
Speaker 1: little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you
Speaker 1: have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will
Speaker 1: say to this mountain, move from here to there, and
Speaker 1: it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
Speaker 1: These words fell on their ears like thunder from a
Speaker 1: clear sky, shocking them with their simplicity and power. The
Speaker 1: word little that Jesus used didn't mean small in size
Speaker 1: or quantity as they might have expected. It meant weak, shallow,
Speaker 1: not genuine, lacking in quality rather than lacking in amount.
Speaker 1: The disciples had faith, but it was the wrong kind
Speaker 1: of faith. It was faith based on past victories instead
Speaker 1: of present relationship with God. It was faith that depended
Speaker 1: on their feelings and circumstances instead of God's unchanging character.
Speaker 1: It was faith that looked at the size of the
Speaker 1: problem instead of looking at the greatness of Christ. Jesus
Speaker 1: wasn't criticizing them for having too little faith, as if
Speaker 1: faith were something you could measure in a cup like
Speaker 1: water or whey on a scale like grain. He was
Speaker 1: diagnosing them with the wrong quality of faith, pointing to
Speaker 1: a deeper problem that needed to be addressed. You see,
Speaker 1: faith isn't measured like water in a cup, more or
Speaker 1: less full or empty. Faith is measured like a seed,
Speaker 1: alive or dead, genuine or fake, rooted or shallow, healthy
Speaker 1: or diseased. The disciples had been trying to cast out
Speaker 1: demons with yesterday's faith instead of to Day's trust. Their
Speaker 1: faith had become mechanical and routine, like trying to start
Speaker 1: a car with a dead battery or light a lamp
Speaker 1: with no oil. They were going through the familiar motions,
Speaker 1: saying the right words they had heard work before, using
Speaker 1: the right formulas that had brought success in the past,
Speaker 1: but there was no life flowing through their prayers. They
Speaker 1: were trying to operate in God's power without staying connected
Speaker 1: to God's heart. This was a sobering revelation that cut
Speaker 1: to the core of their spiritual lifes. Experience. Jesus taught
Speaker 1: them that even tiny faith, when it's authentic and alive
Speaker 1: and connected to Heaven, can accomplish what seems impossible to
Speaker 1: human thinking. A single seed of real faith carries more
Speaker 1: power than a mountain of religious activity. The size of
Speaker 1: your faith doesn't matter nearly as much as the quality
Speaker 1: and genuineness of your faith. It's not about having more faith,
Speaker 1: it's about having real faith that stays fresh and connected
Speaker 1: to God's heart. The disciples learn that day that spiritual
Speaker 1: power doesn't come from experience, technique, training, or confidence in yourself.
Speaker 1: It comes from genuine trust in God that stays fresh
Speaker 1: and alive, moment by moment, breath by breath, prayer by prayer.
Speaker 1: They had been trying to heal the boy using old
Speaker 1: faith instead of fresh faith, past victories instead of present truth,
Speaker 1: thus familiar formulas instead of intimate relationship. This lesson would
Speaker 1: revolutionize how they approached every prayer, every ministry, opportunity, every
Speaker 1: impossible situation for the rest of their lives. They discovered
Speaker 1: that God responds to authentic faith, not to impressive faith.
Speaker 1: He honors genuine trust, not religious performance or spiritual showmanship.
Speaker 1: Jesus chose the mustard seed as his example for a
Speaker 1: very specific reason that would have immediately connected with his audience.
Speaker 1: This tiny seed was the smallest seed that farmers in
Speaker 1: Israel knew about and worked with regularly, Yet when planted
Speaker 1: in good soil and given proper care, it would grow
Speaker 1: into a tree so large and sturdy that birds could
Speaker 1: build their nests in its branches and find shelter from storms.
Speaker 1: The size of the beginning didn't determine the size of
Speaker 1: the ending, and this truth would transform how they thought
Speaker 1: about faith forever. The mustard seed taught them several crucial
Speaker 1: lessons about how faith really works. First, it showed them
Speaker 1: that effective faith doesn't start big and impressive, demanding attention
Speaker 1: and commanding respect. It starts small and authentic, humble and genuine.
Speaker 1: It begins with simple trust in who Jesus is, not
Speaker 1: with complicated theology or perfect understanding of how miracles work.
Speaker 1: Like a child who trusts their father completely without questioning
Speaker 1: his ability or demanding explanations. Mountain moving faith starts with
Speaker 1: childlike trust in God's goodness and power. Jesus had seen
Speaker 1: this kind of simple mustard seed faith before, and he
Speaker 1: remembered examples that would encourage his disciples. He thought of
Speaker 1: Martha standing at her brother's grave, her heart broken with
Speaker 1: disappointment and confusion because he had arrived, for there were
Speaker 1: days too late to heal Lazarus before he died. Yet,
Speaker 1: even in her grief and despite her questions, she made
Speaker 1: a simple but powerful declaration recorded in John eleven twenty seven. Yes, Lord,
Speaker 1: I believe that you are the Christ, the son of
Speaker 1: the Living God, who was coming into the world. That
Speaker 1: small seed of faith in who Jesus was, planted in
Speaker 1: the soil of her broken heart became the foundation for
Speaker 1: the greatest miracle she would ever witness. Martha didn't have
Speaker 1: perfect understanding of what Jesus was about to do. She
Speaker 1: didn't have complete confidence that everything would work out the
Speaker 1: way she hoped, but she had authentic faith in who
Speaker 1: Jesus was, and that was enough for God to work with.
Speaker 1: The mustard seed also taught them about potential and growth.
Speaker 1: Inside every tiny seed was everything needed to become a
Speaker 1: mighty tree that could withstand storms and provide shelter for others.
Speaker 1: The seed didn't need to add anything to itself or
Speaker 1: become something completely different from what it was created to be.
Speaker 1: It just needed to be planted in good soil, watered regularly,
Speaker 1: and given time to grow according to its nature. In
Speaker 1: the same way, authentic faith contains unlimited potential for growth
Speaker 1: and impact, not because of its size, but because of
Speaker 1: the life it contains. Jesus was showing them that they
Speaker 1: didn't need to manufacture big faith or work up impressive
Speaker 1: confidence that they didn't naturally feel. They didn't need to
Speaker 1: pretend to trust more than they actually did, or fake
Speaker 1: spiritual maturity they hadn't yet developed. They just needed to
Speaker 1: plant the small seed of genuine trust they already had
Speaker 1: and watch God make it grow through experience, testing, and
Speaker 1: daily relationship with him. The mustard seed grows slowly but surely,
Speaker 1: quietly but powerfully, day by day and season by season,
Speaker 1: until one day it becomes something magnificent that amazes everyone
Speaker 1: who sees it. This taught the disciples patience with their
Speaker 1: own spiritual growth and trust in God's timing for developing
Speaker 1: their faith. The disciples began to understand that their problem
Speaker 1: wasn't the size of their faith, but the authenticity and
Speaker 1: freshness of their faith. They had been trying to operate
Speaker 1: with big, impressive faith that looked good to others instead
Speaker 1: of simple, genuine faith that connected them to God. They
Speaker 1: had been focused on the size of their trust instead
Speaker 1: of the trust worthiness of the one they were learning
Speaker 1: to trust. This principle would transform how they approached every
Speaker 1: impossible situation for the rest of their ministry. Instead of
Speaker 1: trying to work up more faith or manufacture greater confidence,
Speaker 1: they would learn to exercise authentic faith and trust God
Speaker 1: to grow it. Instead of measuring their trust, they would
Speaker 1: focus on the character and faithfulness of the one they trusted.
Speaker 1: Jesus used the word mountain very carefully and intentionally, knowing
Speaker 1: that his hearers would immediately understand the symbolism he was employing.
Speaker 1: In his culture and geography, mountains represented anything that seemed
Speaker 1: impossible to move, change, or overcome through human effort. They
Speaker 1: were permanent fixtures of the landscape, massive obstacles that had
Speaker 1: stood for thousands of years and forced travelers to go
Speaker 1: around rather than attempt to go through. When Jesus spoke
Speaker 1: of moving mountains, he was talking about overcoming the impossible,
Speaker 1: changing the unchangeable, and accomplishing what human strength could never achieve.
Speaker 1: Every person listening to Jesus that day had their own
Speaker 1: mountains looming in their lives, threatening giants. Some faced mountains
Speaker 1: of sickness that the best doctors couldn't heal, diseases that
Speaker 1: seemed to have no cure, conditions that grew worse despite
Speaker 1: every treatment. Others struggled with mountains of broken relationships that
Speaker 1: seemed beyond any possibility of repair, Marriages destroyed by betrayal,
Speaker 1: families torn apart by conflict, friendships shattered by misunderstanding, and
Speaker 1: hurt that seemed too deep to overcome. Some battled mountains
Speaker 1: of financial need that appeared overwhelming and impossible to climb,
Speaker 1: Debts that crushed them like boulders, Poverty that trapped them
Speaker 1: like a prison, needs that seemed to multiply faster than
Speaker 1: any solution could address them. Many wrestled with mountains of
Speaker 1: spiritual darkness that fell too strong to overcome, addictions that
Speaker 1: controlled them, fears that paralyzed them, depression that weighed them
Speaker 1: down like lead, anger that they couldn't control despite their
Speaker 1: best efforts. The paralyzed man whom four friends had lowered
Speaker 1: through the roof in Mark Chapter two, had faced such
Speaker 1: a mountain. His condition seemed permanent, unchangeable, hopeless from every
Speaker 1: human perspective. He had been carried everywhere he went for years,
Speaker 1: dependent on others for every basic need, watching life pass
Speaker 1: by while he remained trapped in a body that wouldn't
Speaker 1: obey his will. But his friends refused to let the
Speaker 1: mountain of his paralysis stop them from getting him to Jesus.
Speaker 1: When the crowd blocked the door, they found a way
Speaker 1: over the mountain by going through the roof, demonstrating the
Speaker 1: kind of creative persistence that faith produces. Mountains in our
Speaker 1: lives come in many different forms, but they all share
Speaker 1: certain characteristics that make them seem impossible to overcome. Sometimes
Speaker 1: their physical sickness that won't respond to treatment, disability that
Speaker 1: limits our options, chronic pain that drains our energy and
Speaker 1: hope day after day. Sometimes they're relational marriages that seem
Speaker 1: destroyed beyond repair, children who have walked away and refuse
Speaker 1: to communicate, Friendships that appear broken beyond any possibility of restoration.
Speaker 1: Sometimes they're financial debts that feel crushing and impossible to pay,
Speaker 1: needs that seem impossible to meet through any legitimate means,
Speaker 1: Dreams that require resources we simply don't have and can't
Speaker 1: see any way to obtain. Sometimes they're emotional depression that
Speaker 1: makes every day a struggle, anxiety that steals our peace,
Speaker 1: anger that erupts despite our best intentions, Fear that paralyzes
Speaker 1: us and keeps us from taking the steps we know
Speaker 1: we need to take. Other mountains are circumstancedential job loss
Speaker 1: that threatens our security, family crisis that overwhelms our ability
Speaker 1: to cope, legal troubles that seem to have no solution,
Speaker 1: situations that feel completely out of our control. Each mountain
Speaker 1: appears immovable, permanent, stronger than we are, bigger than our resources,
Speaker 1: too complex for our understanding, too powerful for our influence.
Speaker 1: But Jesus was teaching them that these mountains aren't meant
Speaker 1: to defeat us, or define us, or become permanent features
Speaker 1: of our landscape. They're meant to be moved by faith,
Speaker 1: overcome by trust, conquered by the power of God working
Speaker 1: through believing hearts. Every mountain in our life is an
Speaker 1: opportunity for God to demonstrate his power and show his glory.
Speaker 1: Every impossible situation is a chance for Heaven to invade
Speaker 1: Earth through the prayers of believing people who refuse to
Speaker 1: accept defeat. The key to moving mountains is recognized zing
Speaker 1: that the mountain itself isn't the real problem. The real
Speaker 1: problem is whether we'll choose to exercise faith or surrender
Speaker 1: to fear when we face the mountain. Mountains are temporary,
Speaker 1: but faith is eternal. Mountains can be moved, but God's
Speaker 1: power never changes. Mountains may seem permanent, but God's promises
Speaker 1: are more permanent than any obstacle we face. Jesus revealed
Speaker 1: something absolutely shocking to his disciples that would revolutionize their
Speaker 1: understanding of spiritual authority. They had the right to speak
Speaker 1: to their mountains with divine authority and expect them to obey.
Speaker 1: This wasn't positive thinking or wishful hoping or trying to
Speaker 1: manipulate circumstances through mental power. This was about understanding their
Speaker 1: position in Christ and operating with the same confidence and
Speaker 1: authority that Jesus himself demonstrated every very single day of
Speaker 1: his ministry. When Jesus spoke to the storm on the
Speaker 1: Sea of Galilee in Mark four thirty nine, he didn't
Speaker 1: beg it to stop, or hope it would calm down,
Speaker 1: or try to negotiate with the wind, and waves. He
Speaker 1: commanded it with absolute authority. Peace be still, and immediately,
Speaker 1: without delay or hesitation, the wind ceased, and there was
Speaker 1: a great calm that amazed even his experienced fishermen disciples.
Speaker 1: Jesus spoke to the storm with absolute authority because he
Speaker 1: knew exactly who he was and what power was available
Speaker 1: to him through his relationship with the Father. Peter learned
Speaker 1: this lesson in the most dramatic way possible when he
Speaker 1: walked on water in Matthew chapter fourteen. He didn't hope
Speaker 1: he could walk on water, or wish he could do it,
Speaker 1: or try to psyke himself up for the impossible. When
Speaker 1: Jesus said come, Peter stepped out of the boat with
Speaker 1: complete confidence in Jesus's word, acting on divine authority rather
Speaker 1: than human ability. For those few amazing moments, Peter did
Speaker 1: what was absolutely impossible according to every law of physics
Speaker 1: because he trusted jesus word completely and acted on divine
Speaker 1: authority instead of human limitation. This is exactly what mountain
Speaker 1: moving faith looks like in action. It's not about working
Speaker 1: up confidence in yourself or trying to believe really hard
Speaker 1: that you can do impossible things. It's about resting in
Speaker 1: complete confidence in God's word and his promises. When God
Speaker 1: speaks a promise through his word, when he gives a
Speaker 1: command or direction, when he reveals his will in a situation,
Speaker 1: believers have the authority to act on that word with
Speaker 1: complete certainty that He will back it up with his power.
Speaker 1: The Roman centurion understood this principle perfectly, demonstrating a level
Speaker 1: of faith that amazed even Jesus. In Matthew eight eight,
Speaker 1: he told Jesus, Lord, I am not worthy to have
Speaker 1: you come under my roof, but only say the word,
Speaker 1: and my servant will be healed. This centurion was a
Speaker 1: military man who understood authority structures, and he recognized true
Speaker 1: authority when he saw it. He knew that Jesus didn't
Speaker 1: need to be physically present to heal his servant, because
Speaker 1: divine authority operates beyond physical limitations, distance, or natural laws.
Speaker 1: The centurion understood that authority doesn't depend on physical presence
Speaker 1: or direct contact. When a general gives an order to
Speaker 1: his troops, he doesn't have to personally touch each soldier
Speaker 1: for the command to have power. His authority carries his
Speaker 1: orders to their destination and insures they are obeyed. In
Speaker 1: the same way, when Jesus speaks a word of healing, deliverance,
Speaker 1: or break through, his authority carries that word to its
Speaker 1: target and ensures it accomplishes what he intends. Mountain moving
Speaker 1: faith speaks to obstacles the same way Jesus spoke to storms, sickness,
Speaker 1: and death with quiet confidence in God's power, rather than
Speaker 1: loud desperation or frantic pleading. It doesn't shout louder when
Speaker 1: there's resistance, or repeat itself endlessly when nothing seems to
Speaker 1: happen immediately. It speaks once with authority and then rests
Speaker 1: in the absolute certainty that God's word never fails and
Speaker 1: his promises are always true. This kind of authority doesn't
Speaker 1: come from technique, training, or trying to follow the right formula,
Speaker 1: comes from relationship. The closer we walk with God, the
Speaker 1: more confident we become in his promises, The better we
Speaker 1: know his heart, the more certain we are about his will,
Speaker 1: the more time we spend in his presence, There natural
Speaker 1: it becomes to speak with his authority. Authority and prayer
Speaker 1: flows directly from intimacy in relationship with the one who
Speaker 1: has all authority in heaven and earth. Jesus made it
Speaker 1: crystal clear that doubt is faith's greatest enemy and most
Speaker 1: dangerous opponent. In James one six to seven, we read
Speaker 1: about the person who doubts is like a wave of
Speaker 1: the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Speaker 1: For that person must not suppose that he will receive
Speaker 1: anything from the Lord. Doubt doesn't just weaken faith or
Speaker 1: make it less effective. It destroys faith's effectiveness completely, making
Speaker 1: it impossible for God's power to flow through our prayers
Speaker 1: and requests. The Roman centurion demonstrated perfectly what unwavering belief
Speaker 1: looks like in real life. He never questioned whether Jesus
Speaker 1: could heal his servant. That wasn't even a consideration in
Speaker 1: his mind. He never wondered if Jesus would heal his
Speaker 1: servant or tried to second guess God's willingness to help.
Speaker 1: He simply trusted that Jesus's word was enough, regardless of distance, circumstances,
Speaker 1: or any other factors that might seem relevant. His faith
Speaker 1: was like a rock, solid, unmovable, unshakable, completely stable, regardless
Speaker 1: of external pressures or changing circumstances. Unwavering belief doesn't mean
Speaker 1: never having questions about how God works, or never struggling
Speaker 1: to understand his timing and methods. It means choosing to
Speaker 1: trust God's promises even when we don't understand everything about
Speaker 1: how He operates. It means anchoring our confidence in God's
Speaker 1: character rather than in our circumstances or feelings. It means
Speaker 1: deciding to believe God's word is true, whether we feel
Speaker 1: like it emotionally or not, whether we can see evidence
Speaker 1: of it working or not. This kind of faith refuses
Speaker 1: to be moved by what it sees with physical eyes,
Speaker 1: hears with physical ears, or feels in the natural realm.
Speaker 1: When the Disciples saw the storm raging around their boat,
Speaker 1: with waves threatening to swamp them, fear tried to convince
Speaker 1: them that Jesus didn't care about their safety or that
Speaker 1: he was powerless to help them in their crisis. But
Speaker 1: unwavering faith would have remembered his promise to take them
Speaker 1: to the other side of the lake and trusted that promise,
Speaker 1: regardless of how fierce the storm became or how desperate
Speaker 1: their situation appeared. Mountain moving faith requires complete internal agreement
Speaker 1: with God's promises. There can't be a civil war raging
Speaker 1: in your heart between faith and fear, between trust and doubt,
Speaker 1: between God's word and your circumstances. Your whole being must
Speaker 1: be aligned with what God has said, with your mind, will,
Speaker 1: and spirit all agreeing that God's word is true and
Speaker 1: his promises are reliable, regardless of what you see happening
Speaker 1: around you. This level of unwavering belief doesn't happen overnight
Speaker 1: or develop automatically. It's cultivated through practice, through deliberately choosing
Speaker 1: to trust God in small situations, until trust becomes your natural,
Speaker 1: instinctive response to every challenging situation. It grows stronger each
Speaker 1: time you choose faith over fear, each time you act
Speaker 1: on God's word despite contrary evidence, each time you see
Speaker 1: God prove faithful in the testing. The beautiful truth that
Speaker 1: brings hope to struggling believers is that God doesn't require
Speaker 1: perfect faith, but he does require genuine faith that's honestly
Speaker 1: trying to trust him completely. He's looking for hearts that
Speaker 1: are sincerely attempting to believe his promises, even when that
Speaker 1: belief is still growing and developing. He honors the sincere
Speaker 1: desire to trust Him, even when the trust itself is
Speaker 1: still imperfect and incomplete. After explaining about little faith and
Speaker 1: mustard seeds. Jesus added something crucial that Mark nine twenty
Speaker 1: nine records this kind cannot be driven out by anything
Speaker 1: but prayer and fasting. Some spiritual breakthroughs require more than
Speaker 1: casual faith or surface level prayers. They require faith that
Speaker 1: has been strengthened and purified through spiritual discipline and deliberate preparation.
Speaker 1: Fasting isn't about impressing God with our sacrifice or earning
Speaker 1: his favor through self denial. It's about removing distractions that
Speaker 1: weaken our spiritual focus and dependence on physical comfort that
Speaker 1: can interfere with our spiritual sensitivity. When we fast from food,
Speaker 1: we're saying to our flesh and natural appetites, you don't
Speaker 1: control me or dictate my choices. My spirit is stronger
Speaker 1: than my physical desires, and I choose to depend on
Speaker 1: God rather than physical provision. This practice builds spiritual muscle
Speaker 1: and increases our capacity for faith in the same way
Speaker 1: that physical exercise builds strength and endurance. Just as an
Speaker 1: athlete trains their body to perform beyond normal limits, fasting
Speaker 1: trains our spirit to operate beyond natural limitations and depend
Speaker 1: completely on God's strength rather than our own resources. Daniel
Speaker 1: understood this principle when he faced an impossible political situation
Speaker 1: in Daniel Chapter ten. For twenty one days, he fasted
Speaker 1: and prayed, seeking God's intervention in what seemed like a
Speaker 1: hopeless crisis that threatened his people's future. His fasting didn't
Speaker 1: change god It's heart toward him or make God more
Speaker 1: willing to help. It changed Daniel's heart toward God and
Speaker 1: prepared him to receive the revelation and break through he needed.
Speaker 1: Prayer combined with fasting, creates a spiritual environment where mountain
Speaker 1: moving faith can flourish without hindrance. Fasting removes our dependence
Speaker 1: on physical comfort and natural strength, forcing us to depend
Speaker 1: completely on God's provision and power. It's like removing the
Speaker 1: training wheels from faith and learning to balance entirely on
Speaker 1: God's strength rather than our own ability. When we fast,
Speaker 1: we discover how much we usually depend on food for comfort, energy,
Speaker 1: emotional stability, and even identity. As we voluntarily give up
Speaker 1: these natural supports, we learn to find our comfort, energy, stability,
Speaker 1: and identity in God alone. Transper of dependence is exactly
Speaker 1: what mountain moving faith requires. Complete reliance on God rather
Speaker 1: than natural resources. Prayer and fasting also silence the voice
Speaker 1: of the flesh, so we can hear the voice of
Speaker 1: the spirit more clearly. Our physical appetites are constantly demanding attention,
Speaker 1: creating noise that can drown out God's gentle whispers and
Speaker 1: subtle guidance. Fasting turns down the volume on fleshly demands
Speaker 1: and turns up the volume on spiritual sensitivity, making it
Speaker 1: easier to discern God's will and direction. The combination of
Speaker 1: prayer and fasting doesn't guarantee that our prayers will be
Speaker 1: answered exactly the way we want or according to our timeline,
Speaker 1: but it does guarantee that our hearts will be aligned
Speaker 1: with God's heart, our will surrendered to His will, and
Speaker 1: our faith purified from selfish desires that might interfere with
Speaker 1: His purposes. This alignment is as essential for mountain moving
Speaker 1: faith to operate effectively. Jesus made one of the most
Speaker 1: stunning and breathtaking promises in all of Scripture when he
Speaker 1: declared in Matthew seventeen twenty, nothing will be impossible for you.
Speaker 1: This wasn't hyperbole, exaggeration, or poetic language meant to inspire
Speaker 1: but not be taken literally. This was a literal promise
Speaker 1: about what becomes available to those who operate in genuine, authentic,
Speaker 1: mountain moving faith. The word nothing means exactly what it says,
Speaker 1: no thing, not anything, zero exceptions, no limitations or restrictions.
Speaker 1: Jesus was revealing that authentic faith removes all boundaries on
Speaker 1: what God can do through a believer's life. The only
Speaker 1: limits are those imposed by our own unbelief or by
Speaker 1: God's wisdom in sometimes saying no to requests that would
Speaker 1: ultimately harm us or others. This incredible promise extends far
Speaker 1: beyond physical healing, though it certainly includes miraculous healing of
Speaker 1: every kind of sickness and disease. It reaches into every
Speaker 1: area where God's Kingdom needs to be manifested on earth.
Speaker 1: Broken relationships can be supernaturally restored. Financial impossibilities can be
Speaker 1: resolved through divine provision. Spiritual strongholds can be demolished by
Speaker 1: heavenly power. Evil can be overcome with good through prayer
Speaker 1: and faith. The widow in Mark twelve forty two to
Speaker 1: forty four understood this principle when she gave her last
Speaker 1: two coins to the temple treasury. She had absolutely nothing
Speaker 1: left for herself, no backup plan, no safety net, no
Speaker 1: human resource to fall back on. But her faith told
Speaker 1: her that God would provide what she needed, and her
Speaker 1: sacrificial giving demonstrated the complete surrender and trust that unlocks
Speaker 1: unlimited divine possibilities. But this promise comes with a non
Speaker 1: negotiable requirement, complete trust in God's provision rather than dependence
Speaker 1: on human resources and natural ability. We can't operate in
Speaker 1: unlimited divine possibilities while still depending on limited human abilities
Speaker 1: and earthly resources. We must transfer our confidence completely from
Speaker 1: what we can do in our own strength to what
Speaker 1: God can do through us when we trust Him completely.
Speaker 1: This doesn't mean being foolish, irresponsible, or presumptuous about how
Speaker 1: we live and make decisions. It means recognizing that our
Speaker 1: human efforts, while important and necessary, are not the ultimate
Speaker 1: source of our breakthrough and success. God honors human responsibility
Speaker 1: and diligent effort while providing supernatural results that go far
Speaker 1: beyond what human effort alone could ever accomplish. The promise
Speaker 1: of unlimited possibilities is not a blank check for selfish
Speaker 1: desires or personal ambition. It's an invitation to participate in
Speaker 1: God's kingdom work on earth and see His will accomplished
Speaker 1: through our prayers and faith. As we align our hearts
Speaker 1: with His purposes and seek first his kingdom and righteousness,
Speaker 1: everything we need is added to us according to His
Speaker 1: promise in Matthew six thirty three. Living in this reality
Speaker 1: requires daily surrender of our limitations to his limitless power.
Speaker 1: It means approaching each impossible situation with the confident expectation
Speaker 1: that God will make a way where there seems to
Speaker 1: be no way, provide resources where there seem to be
Speaker 1: none available, and accomplish what human wisdom says cannot be done.
Speaker 1: Jesus concluded his teaching with an invitation that would come
Speaker 1: completely transform how his disciples approach the rest of their
Speaker 1: lives and ministry. He wasn't just teaching them how to
Speaker 1: cast out demons more effectively or heal the sick with
Speaker 1: greater success. He was inviting them to live in a
Speaker 1: completely different reality, a reality where the miraculous is normal
Speaker 1: rather than exceptional, where the impossible becomes possible through faith,
Speaker 1: where Heaven invades Earth through the prayers of believing people.
Speaker 1: This new reality meant expecting supernatural breakthrough as a regular
Speaker 1: part of relationship with God, not as rare exceptions that
Speaker 1: happen only to super spiritual people or in extraordinary circumstances.
Speaker 1: Just as they expected the sun to rise each morning
Speaker 1: and set each evening, they could expect God's power to
Speaker 1: be available for every challenge they would face throughout their
Speaker 1: lives and ministry. Thomas demonstrated what this transformation looks like
Speaker 1: when it happens in a human heart in John twenty
Speaker 1: twenty eight. After seeing the resurrected Jesus and touching his wounds,
Speaker 1: he declared, with absolute conviction, my Lord and my God.
Speaker 1: Thomas had moved from demanding physical proof and evidence to
Speaker 1: surrendering in complete worship and trust. His doubt had been
Speaker 1: transformed into mountain moving faith that would carry him to
Speaker 1: the ends of the earth as a fearless missionary. Living
Speaker 1: in miraculous faith means approaching each day with the confident
Speaker 1: expectation that God will show up in supernatural ways, both
Speaker 1: small and large. It means praying about everything instead of
Speaker 1: worrying about anything, trusting God with impossible situations instead of
Speaker 1: trying to solve them in human strength, and constantly watching
Speaker 1: for his miraculous interventions in both major crises and minor
Speaker 1: daily challenges. This lifestyle doesn't mean becoming presumptuous or demanding
Speaker 1: that God do what we want when we want it.
Speaker 1: It means becoming so aligned with His heart and purposes
Speaker 1: that we naturally pray according to His will, automatically expect
Speaker 1: his involvement in our lives, and consistently trust his goodness
Speaker 1: regardless of how He chooses to answer our prayers or
Speaker 1: work in our circumstances. The reality of miraculous faith is
Speaker 1: cultivated through daily trust and obedience to Christ's word, rather
Speaker 1: than through dramatic spiritual experiences or special religious activities. Each
Speaker 1: time we choose to believe God's promises over our circumstances,
Speaker 1: each time we act on his word despite contrary evidence,
Speaker 1: each time we trust his goodness when we can't understand
Speaker 1: His ways, our faith grows stronger and more consistent. This
Speaker 1: isn't about living in denial of problems or pretending difficulties
Speaker 1: don't exist. It's about viewing every problem as an opportunity
Speaker 1: for God to demonstrate his power. Every difficulty is a
Speaker 1: chance for faith to grow stronger. Every impossible situation as
Speaker 1: an invitation for Heaven to invade Earth through our prayers
Speaker 1: and trust. Jesus was calling his disciples, and through them,
Speaker 1: every believer, to graduate from ordinary religious experience to extraordinary
Speaker 1: spiritual living, where mountain moving faith becomes our normal way
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