Paul writes, \u2018Now faith is the substance of things hoped for.\u2019<\/i> (Hebrews\u00a011:1\u00a0NKJV) Observe the words \u2018now faith\u2019.<\/i> Thank God for the faith of our fathers, but to move the mountain that stands in your way, you need \u2018now<\/i> faith\u2019. <\/p>\n
Jesus said, \u2018If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, \u201cMove\u2026 and it will move.\u201d\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a017:20\u00a0NKJV) Your grandmother\u2019s faith may have moved her mountain, but it\u2019s going to take your own faith to move \u2018this<\/i> mountain\u2019. <\/p>\n
We all have mountains in our lives, and God is willing to move them. So what\u2019s the problem? Doubt! Other people\u2019s opinions! Failure to understand God\u2019s Word! Even though Jesus gave His disciples power to heal the sick, they were rendered helpless by a demon-possessed boy. \u2018Why could we not cast the spirit out of him?\u2019 they asked (see\u00a0Matthew\u00a017:19). <\/p>\n
Notice what Jesus told them: <\/p>\n
(1) Be willing to start small.<\/i> A tiny \u2018mustard seed\u2019 can grow into something much bigger. So start where you are and believe God for ordinary, everyday things, and when He honours your faith, thank Him and build on it.<\/p>\n
(2) Watch what you say. \u2018If you have faith\u2026 you will say to this mountain, \u201cMove\u2026 and it will move.\u201d\u2019<\/i> Your words release the life-giving force of God\u2019s Word. So line up what comes out of your mouth with what\u2019s written in Scripture. <\/p>\n
(3) Be willing to do what\u2019s needed.<\/i> Some mountains need a little extra prayer, or in the case of this demon-possessed boy, the power that comes through fasting. The bottom line is this: when you do what God\u2019s Word says, you will see mountains moved in your life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paul writes, \u2018Now faith is the substance of things hoped for.\u2019 (Hebrews\u00a011:1\u00a0NKJV) Observe the words \u2018now faith\u2019. Thank God for the faith of our fathers, but to move the mountain that stands in your way, you need \u2018now faith\u2019. Jesus said, \u2018If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}