August 13, 2023
Pastor Ricky Smith

Sermon Notes

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

I. Walk of Faith

Mark 11:20-21
As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”

II. Measure of Faith

Mark 11:22-23
And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

III. Prayer in Faith

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

1 John 5:14
This is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.

We are meant to move the mountains God wants moved.

John 15:7
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Prayer is not to get our will done in heaven, but to get God’s will done on us.

Next Steps

• I confess my sin and turn to Jesus as King for the first time.
• I commit to praying with faith and trusting God with the impossible.
• I choose to trust God even if His answer is different from my hope.

Deep Dive

1. If we pray and God doesn’t answer, are we to blame for not having enough faith?
2. Compare John 15:7 and Mark 11:24.
3. How does trusting God’s sovereignty draw us into deeper intimacy with Him?

Springboards

1. How is prayer linked with the armor of God?
2. Read Ephesians 6:18. What does it mean to pray in the Spirit?
3. How do we abide in Christ through prayer?