{"id":625,"date":"2026-10-10T09:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/?p=625"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:15:20","slug":"move-that-mountain-by-dr-ernest-fink-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/move-that-mountain-by-dr-ernest-fink-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Move That Mountain!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Written by: Dr. Ernest Fink (Senior Pastor | Director) City Harvest Family Church, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark 11:22-23 (NKJV)<br><\/strong><em>\u201cSo Jesus answered and said to them, \u2018Have faith in God. <sup>23<\/sup>&nbsp;For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, \u201cBe removed and be cast into the sea,\u201d and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus is giving His disciples a powerful lesson on faith, authority, and the power of believing prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. \u201cWhoever says to this mountain\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Jewish teaching, a \u201cmountain\u201d was a common metaphor for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A huge obstacle &#8211; Something impossible for humans to move &#8211; A major problem or challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhatever seems impossible, God can move if you believe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. \u201cBe removed and be cast into the sea\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This expresses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Final removal &#8211; Complete elimination of the obstacle &#8211; Something that cannot easily come back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faith can bring total victory over what stands in your way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. \u201cDoes not doubt in his heart\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the key part. The Greek for \u201cdoubt\u201d = <em>diakrin\u014d<\/em> meaning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To waver &#8211; To hesitate &#8211; To divide internally &#8211; To be uncertain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus emphasizes heart-level faith (inner confidence in God), not just words spoken outwardly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. \u201cBelieves that those things he says will be done\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here Jesus teaches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The alignment of the heart and mouth &#8211; Faith-filled speaking. Expectation that God will act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This echoes <strong>Proverbs 18:21<\/strong> and <strong>2 Corinthians 4:13.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. \u201cHe will have whatever he says\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is not \u201cname it and claim it\u201d in a selfish way!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The context (<strong>Mark 11:22<\/strong>) begins with: \u201cHave faith in God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faith works <em>because of God<\/em>, not because of us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Jesus teaches that <strong>believing prayer<\/strong>, rooted in God\u2019s will, spoken with confidence, has power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark 11:23<\/strong> teaches that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>God can remove impossible obstacles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faith speaks in agreement with God\u2019s promises.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The heart must agree with the mouth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prayer must be rooted in trust in God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faith must be without inner wavering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is Jesus\u2019 way of saying:<em>\u201cIf you trust God and speak in line with His promises, He will move mountains in your life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blessings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: Dr. Ernest Fink (Senior Pastor | Director) City Harvest Family Church, USA Mark 11:22-23 (NKJV)\u201cSo Jesus answered and said to them, \u2018Have faith in God. 23&nbsp;For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, \u201cBe removed and be cast into the sea,\u201d and does not doubt in his heart, but believes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11,260],"tags":[266,262,268,327,263],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-articles","category-dr-ernest-fink","tag-city-harvest-family-church","tag-dr-ernest-fink","tag-dr-ernest-fink-2","tag-move-that-mountain","tag-usa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Dr-Ernest-Fink.jpeg?fit=698%2C724&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":626,"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tadeeb.org\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}