Courage

Courage

Subject – Courage to Worship and Believe

By Rick Welborne

--During our week of prayer, the night Pastor Dwaine was speaking, God took me to this passage of scripture. I said, Lord, if you want me to share this tonight have Pastor Dwaine ask me. He didn’t.

--The next morning Pastor Aaron came to my office and asked if I thought it would be good to have a time of worship today, January 22, 2023. He said you could share a quick devotion and we could worship.

--Immediately God spoke to me that this was the time to share this word.

Matthew 17:14-21 (NKJV)
¹⁴  And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying,
¹⁵  "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
¹⁶  So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."
¹⁷  Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me."
¹⁸  And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
¹⁹  Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"
²⁰  So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
²¹  However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."

1. Say to This Mountain.

--What is your mountain? Kids away from God, a sickness (you or someone you love), a job situation, or whatever your mountain is. Someone needs to talk to your mountain today. 

--Jesus said, if you have just a little faith, you can speak to your mountain and your mountain will listen. Has anyone gotten angry enough to say something to the mountain you are facing?

2. Move from Here to There.

--It sounds like to me that Jesus was telling the disciples and He is telling us that it is time to pray with authority and to speak to our mountain, our prodigal, our sickness, our need.

--Pray or say what? Move from here to there! Move from here to there! Your prodigal may be here (away from God) but it is time for them to move there (right with God).

--Your body or your loved one may be here (overwhelmed with sickness) but it is time for them to move there (well and whole). Your finances may be here (struggling) but it is time for them to be there (blessed).

--It is time to say to our mountain, move from here to there, and Jesus said, it will move. 

3. This Move (Miracle) happens by Prayer and Fasting.

--What have we been doing for the last 21 days? Praying and fasting. Jesus said we can speak to this mountain. Jesus said we can tell it where to go (from here to there). Why? We have been praying and fasting.

--Do you have a little faith? Come and worship and speak to your mountain and it will move.