Prayer That Moves Mountains
Ken Trivette
Mark 11:22-26
1. Before us in Mark 11:22-26, Jesus expresses the power and prerequisites of prayer. He describes the kind of prayer that moves mountains.
2. Lionel Fletcher wrote: ''If I were asked: ''What is the failure of so many Christians to achieve victory, and so many preachers to realize their early, glowing ideals and dreams?'' I would say, without hesitation, that in the majority of cases it is the result of their failure to cultivate the daily habit of heart-searching, heaven-reaching, prevailing prayer.''
3. Have you ever prayed for something and that prayer was answered? Have you ever had a direct answer to prayer? It is the privilege of every believer to pray and have his or her prayers answered. (Cp. Matt. 7:7, Jer. 33:3) Yet, the contrary is often true about our prayer-life. Instead of asking and receiving, we pray without answers. Why?
4. I believe our text can help us understand why our prayers often go unanswered. Let's notice the power of prayer and the prerequisites Jesus sets forth in our text.
I. A PRAYER 0F FORCE.
1. (Cp.Vs.23) Jesus used an interesting figure of speech. He spoke of ''Moving Mountains.'' This was a common Jewish phrase, a regular, vivid phrase for removing difficulties. It was specially used of wise teachers. A good teacher who could remove the difficulties, which the minds of his scholars encountered, was called a mountain-mover.
2. Now I do not believe that Jesus was telling us that we could actually move a literal mountain. Mountains symbolize barriers, hindrances, obstacles, and problems. Jesus was describing prayer that could remove these mountains and declaring that prayer could remove mountains.
3. Jesus confronts us with the problems of our life, the power of our Lord, and the prayer that links them together. He is telling us that prayer is a mighty force in our life. When we are faced with obstacles and problems, the key to having them removed is pr ...
Ken Trivette
Mark 11:22-26
1. Before us in Mark 11:22-26, Jesus expresses the power and prerequisites of prayer. He describes the kind of prayer that moves mountains.
2. Lionel Fletcher wrote: ''If I were asked: ''What is the failure of so many Christians to achieve victory, and so many preachers to realize their early, glowing ideals and dreams?'' I would say, without hesitation, that in the majority of cases it is the result of their failure to cultivate the daily habit of heart-searching, heaven-reaching, prevailing prayer.''
3. Have you ever prayed for something and that prayer was answered? Have you ever had a direct answer to prayer? It is the privilege of every believer to pray and have his or her prayers answered. (Cp. Matt. 7:7, Jer. 33:3) Yet, the contrary is often true about our prayer-life. Instead of asking and receiving, we pray without answers. Why?
4. I believe our text can help us understand why our prayers often go unanswered. Let's notice the power of prayer and the prerequisites Jesus sets forth in our text.
I. A PRAYER 0F FORCE.
1. (Cp.Vs.23) Jesus used an interesting figure of speech. He spoke of ''Moving Mountains.'' This was a common Jewish phrase, a regular, vivid phrase for removing difficulties. It was specially used of wise teachers. A good teacher who could remove the difficulties, which the minds of his scholars encountered, was called a mountain-mover.
2. Now I do not believe that Jesus was telling us that we could actually move a literal mountain. Mountains symbolize barriers, hindrances, obstacles, and problems. Jesus was describing prayer that could remove these mountains and declaring that prayer could remove mountains.
3. Jesus confronts us with the problems of our life, the power of our Lord, and the prayer that links them together. He is telling us that prayer is a mighty force in our life. When we are faced with obstacles and problems, the key to having them removed is pr ...
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