I Can Move This Mountain

 

By Rev. Davis M. Byars, Jr.

Matthews 21:18-22

 

Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

 

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it; Let no fruit grow on the thee henceforward forever.  And presently the fig tree withered away.

 

And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, how soon is the fig tree withered away!

 

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

 

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

 

You said you could move this mountain, and then what are you waiting on?

 

What stopping you from doing what you said you could do.

 

Why are you just talking about it and not actively doing it

 

The Lord has told you it could be done

 

He said, if you had the faith of a grain of mustard seed, you could command this mountain to be move and it would be done

 

What is the problem?

 

Do you not believe?

 

Touch somebody and ask them, do you not believe

 

Is your faith so weak that you doubt the word?

 

It was by the word that all things came into being

 

In the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God

 

Faith and doubt cannot live in the same house

 

The Bible tells us not to be unevenly yoked

 

How are you going to grow in your faith and then allow Satan to put you in bondage by placing the yoke of doubt around your neck?

 

The Lord has commanded you to move this mountain, now what are you going to do

 

We all have mountains in our lives

 

We all have trails and tribulations

 

We all are faced with difficult decisions that we must make

 

Some of us will make those difficult decisions and move on

 

Others will sit around and procrastate

 

But if the Lord has given you a command to do a thing and assured you it could be done and gave you a promise that he would never put on you more than you can bare.  Has told you that he would never leave you are forsaking you.  Then what are you waiting on?

 

Look at your neighbor and ask them, Neighbor what are you waiting on?

 

Some of you are sitting around wondering, why is God not blessing me with the things I have asked him for?

 

You see, when your mind is stuck in yesterday dreams, and the Lord has commanded you to removed those mountains in your life, and all you have done is to sit around and complain about what you can’t do, and how that is an impossible task.   It takes no genius to figure out why your life is in the shape and condition it is in.

 

Now let me park this thing right here in a no parking zone:

 

Now let’s look at Matthews 21:21. 

 

Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith, and doubt not.

 

You see right here Jesus is telling you faith and doubt cannot live in the same house.

 

Touch your neighbor and say, faith and doubt cannot live in this house

 

In order for you to move those mountains in your life, faith must prevail over doubt.

 

There cannot be a sliver of doubt in your mind about doing the impossible if you want to achieve the possible.

 

The impossible is achieved when your faith is the strongest.

 

If you want to achieve greatness in your life, remove the doubt from your life.

 

Grab whole of the possibilities that are standing and knocking at your door saying let me in.  

 

I want to make you great

 

I want to give you the desires of your heart

 

I want to make you rich

 

I want to make you wealthy

 

I want to make you famous

 

Don’t you know that I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?

 

I am Alpha and Omega

 

I am the author and finisher of your faith

 

If I have created you to have faith, I have also finished it in such a way that nothing is impossible unto you.

 

Stop doubting and start believing

 

Now let me stop right here on the other side of town and park my limo in this negative parking zone for a moment.

 

Now look down there at Matthew 21:22

 

Verse 22 says, “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

 

Listen to what the Lord is telling you right here.

 

Jesus is straight forward; He is bold and confident in what He is saying to you. 

 

He says, “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

 

Jesus didn’t say some things, but instead, he said all things that you may desire to have in your life or have removed from your life; all you need to do is take them to the Lord in prayer.

 

Jesus said; when you come to me in prayer, leave your doubts outside the door.

 

Come boldly before the throne

 

Come with your faith strongly in tack

 

Come believing that whatsoever you are asking me for, you will receive it.

 

Come with a can do spirit

 

Know in your heart that I am a God of possibilities

 

And I will grant you the power to move that mountain

 

No mountain shall be too high for you to climb

 

 

To wide for you to cross over

 

To deep for you to go through

 

Command that mountain to be removed from your life and it shall be done.

 

Stop doubting

 

Stop using the negative

 

Thinking it is going to accent the positive

 

To move these mountains

 

You got to change your thinking

 

You got to get up and move out of your negative community

 

That means changing your friends

 

And in some cases

 

Changing your family members

 

You got to start a new thing

 

Jesus said he was going to do a new thing

 

Will you follow him

 

And start to believe in the impossible

 

Because nothing is impossible for the Lord

 

Nothing is to hard for the Lord

 

Don’t you want to get aboard this train of great possibilities

 

 

 Before it leaves the station.

 

God is able

 

Pick up your cross and follow the one who can do all things but fail

 

Remove the mountain of problems, stagnation, doubt, envy, greed, fear, jealousy, and unforgiving spirit.

 

Pray So You Don’t Give Into Temptation

 

Luke 22:39-46

By Rev. Davis M. Byars, Jr.

 

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the Mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

 

And when he was at the place, he said unto them, pray that ye enter not into temptation.

 

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed.

 

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

 

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

 

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

 

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

 

And said unto them, why sleep ye? Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

 

 Today church satin is busy.

 

I tell you, He on a mission

 

Now let me show you just how busy he really is

 

He’s out trying to destroy the church, and he want to destroy God kingdom

 

He using every trick at his disposal to make this happen

 

Look around your community and see all the families that are in turmoil

 

Husband against wives and wives against husband

 

Our teenage children are having children of their own and are not capable of raising them on their own.

 

Our teenage children are forming gangs and others are joining gangs, creating mayhem in our communities.

 

Our teenage girls are standing on street corners selling their bodies.

 

Our teenage boys and girls are standing on street corners selling drugs.

 

Our high school drop out rate is the highest it has ever been.

 

Our children are not able to complete in a global economy because of their poor education levels.

 

Our prison systems are filled to maximum capacity.

 

Our public schools are closing because not enough kids to fill the class rooms

 

Our government is spending billions to build prisons and very little to build public housing.

 

We are locked in battle in a war which our President describes as good verses evil

 

Our young children are dying daily in a civil war, on foreign soil, while our political leaders argue about who right or who wrong.

 

Our health care system is non existence, and our senior citizens are having to chose drugs over food.

 

The cost of living is constantly rising while the wages we earn remain the same.

 

Some people are having to make the decision of weather to put gas in their automobile to go to work or to buy food for their children to eat.

 

Yes, this is the real world we live in today.

 

When things are bad and we look around us and see that everything seems to be getting worse, we question God by saying why me? 

 

Why me God?  What have I done that is so wrong?

 

Your faith is now shaken and before long satin will begin to set glamorous things of the world before you. 

 

He is now trying to temp you to do wrong.

 

He knows you have been weaken by the secular world.

 

And once weaken you will give in sooner or later to the temptations that he may set before you.

 

Satin has got his game face on, and he playing hard ball to beat you down and bring you back into his kingdom and away from God with his temptations of gold and silver.

 

Now allow me to park right here in this zone of temptation for just a moment.

 

Now let us examine how Jesus teaches us how to handle satin when he confronts us with temptation.

 

In verse 40 Jesus instructs us to pray so that we will not fall into temptation.

 

Look at your neighbor, and say, neighbor, Jesus said pray.

 

You see prayer has a way of protecting you from the evil that is trying to destroy you.

 

When you pray, you activate the power of the holy spirit that has been sent by God to give you power to over come all evil

 

No weapon that is formed against you can prosper when the power of prayer is activated.   

 

Jesus is called Master Teacher by his disciples

 

They did this for a very good reason and this was because of the manner in which he took the time to teach them how to do all things.

 

Now look what he did in verse 41. 

 

He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed.

 

Look at how Jesus does this thing. 

 

He didn’t just tell them to pray, he walked away from them fell down on his knees and begin to pray.

 

That is a mark of a great teacher, a great leader, teaching and leading by example.

 

Listen to how Jesus prayed:

 

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”

 

Jesus placed the problem squarely on the shoulders of the Father, by saying not my will, but yours be done.

 

By doing this;

 

Jesus is showing us that we don’t have to sub cum to satin’s temptation.

 

We have an adversary that is just waiting for us to call on him.

 

Now look what happen when Jesus called on the father for help.

 

Look at verse 43.

 

Jesus went into prayer.

 

He fell down on his knees and He called on the father.

 

You see, Jesus knew that there is no army any where in the world that can defeat the army of God.

 

No matter how hard satin try to tear now or destroy God kingdom, God army will defeat him every time.

 

Jesus summons a might army and look how quickly it arrived.

 

Instantly the bible says,

 

An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

 

If you want God to strengthen you, you have to pray.

 

If you want to keep satin away from you, you have to pray.

 

If you want to keep evil from your door steps, you have to pray.

 

If you want love, joy and happiness to be a part of your life, you have to pray.

 

If you want God to forgive you, you have to pray.

 

If you want your bank account to be replenished, you have to pray.

 

If you want to over come the world, you have to pray.

 

If you want the government to get of your back and leave you alone, you have to pray.

 

If you want our troops to stop dying in a civil war and come home, you have to pray.

 

If you want satin not to lead you into temptation, you have to pray.

 

Now look at your neighbor and say, neighbor, if you want God love, you have to pray.

 

Once the angel appeared at Jesus side and strengthen him,

 

The bible says, he prayed on all the harder.

 

Sweat, wrung from him like drops of blood, poured off his face.

 

He got up from prayer and went back to his disciples and found them asleep.

 

Drugged by grief, He said;

 

What business do you have sleeping?

 

Get up,

 

Get up,

 

Get up,

 

Now pray so you want give in to temptation.

 

Church, we need to begin to pray like we never prayed before.

 

We need to wake up from our sleep and begin to pray.

 

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

 

And poverty will come on you like a bandit

 

And scarcity likes an armed man.

 

Get up,

 

Now pray so you want give in to temptation.

 

Lazy hands make a man poor

 

But diligent hands bring wealth.

 

He who gathers his crops in summer is a wise son.

 

But he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

 

What business do you have sleeping?

 

Get up,

 

Now pray so you want give in to temptation.