Greetings Saints,
Love you all very much. So good to visit with you.
Mark 11:22-24 (New Living Translation) Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.
Jesus words were, “I tell you, you can pray for anything…and it will be yours”. Wow! What a blank check! I marvel at this. I want to so understand this statement until it works every time in my life.
The key is in the middle of that sentence, “and if you believe that you’ve received it”. Believe, really believe you have it. Note that He says “you have” indicating past tense, meaning you believe you already have received it at the time of prayer, not when you physically see it.
We tend to play mind games with this making all kinds of spiritual doctrines out of our unbelief, but fact is, Jesus said we can pray for anything and have it when we really believe. So if we are not getting it, then we are just not believing…properly that is. Let me explain.
Jesus used the example of speaking to the mountain in this passage. So here is the a major point. You must be able to look at that mountain and ask yourself, do I really have the faith to believe God will move it at my command? Or no?
You must be very candid with yourself when you ask the question, can I really believe for this. In other words, can you look at that mountain and tell it to move and really believe it will? Not just the physical mountain but any mountain in your life. If you cannot, then it is time to get back to the word until you can. Jesus said anything is possible when you really believe, you just have to really believe!
Problem seems to be that we are praying and not yet ready to believe for it. Sure we make excuses and do it anyway, but truth is we are not fully persuaded that when we say it, we will have it, so we do not get it. Start today practicing on small things. As you see God move those smaller dirt mounds, then you will be able to progress to believing for the mountain.
This takes practice and skill like anything else you do well. Learn to believe the Bible way and move that mountain today!
Matt 21:21-22 (New Living Translation) Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
Things are really starting to come together for our 5th anniversary and mission conference next month! I pray you are making plans to be with us. Please check us out at www.ficccelebrationmissionsconf.org.
Ministers, missionaries, churches, musicians, drama teams, we are asking you to get involved with us! Your ministry is needed! Don’t forget to sign up for some ministry one of the services you plan to be there.
My new book, Prophesy, Testify, till you give the devil a black eye, is out. You can order a copy by visiting www.ficcwordchurch.org
See you in church Sunday!
Pastor Chuck
Ficcpastor@yahoo.com
941-794-1713 church phone
August, 2007 Newsletter 
