"Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again. Immediately the fig tree withered away. And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying:

"How did the fig tree wither away so soon?"

     So Jesus answered and said to them,

"Assuredly, I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

     There a just a few things Jesus asks us to do to remove the mountains in our lives. One is to have faith and do not doubt, speak to the mountain, and when you pray, believe. Now I know that may seem simple, but Jesus comes with simple messages to help us. I know the area we all struggle with is the doubt, when he says do not doubt and we find ourselves doubting then what should we do. Well for me the answer is do not doubt Him, do not doubt His ability to do what He has said He will do.

We lose confidence when we look to ourselves and our own ability because we cannot do it.

     But when we look to Him and look at all the wondrous things He has done for us and in us and through us we can then trust that the same Lord who was able to save you from going to hell is more than able to do what we ask in prayer. That my friends is the reason to keep praying, no matter what.

Trust in God, trust in His love, His goodness, His compassion, and His mercy along with His power to accomplish His will in Your life.

     The Bible also tells us to set our minds on things above, which is hard to do if we are always looking at our circumstances. We serve a big God , go outside and look at the sky, it is pretty big and He is over all the sky, sun, moon, stars and clouds. He is big and He also is very faithful to His Word. I know that I struggles in this area too and that is why I am sharing this with you today.

     I thought maybe we could help each other,

Number one(1)- by continually praying for one another,
 Number two(2)- to encourage each other in who God is not in who we are.

     Let us help each other to always look up and know that He is the Almighty Living God and there is none besides Him. Let us encourage each other in our faith and set our minds on things above and trust in Our Father who loved us so much He sent His Son to die that we might have life.

In Him I will put my trust today, for I know my life is in His hands.

Matthew 21:18-22

"Be still and know that I am God
I will be exalted among the nations
I will be exalted in the earth. "

"The Lord of hosts is with us
The God of Jacob is our refuge."

Psalm 46:10-122

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us."

2 Corinthians 4:7

"Therefore hear the parable of the sower." When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received the seed by the wayside." But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately received it with joy; yet hear has not root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty"

Matthew 13:18-23

Where is the seed of God's word falling in Your life. I know in my life it has fallen in different places at different times. My prayer now is that His Word will take root on good ground and bring forth much fruit. This is also my prayer for you today. Let us hear the word of God and receive it and understand it, let us bear fruit and produce.

"Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

John 10:7-10

"Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name."

Malachi 3:16