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[398.92 --> 400.52] And I'm going to show a picture of it here.
[400.52 --> 408.52] When we, my wife and I were with a group on our trip to Israel, we saw this, this mountain,
[409.28 --> 414.58] and on this mountain is this kind of castle palace thing that King Herod the Great built.
[414.94 --> 416.16] He was quite the builder.
[417.50 --> 422.00] Later on, before he dies, he converts the whole thing into a mausoleum for himself because
[422.00 --> 422.94] he has no ego.
[424.68 --> 430.62] Later, he, ironically, it was used by the Jews who were rebelling against the Roman Empire
[430.62 --> 431.22] at that time.
[431.42 --> 433.56] But now it's just ruins.
[433.56 --> 440.38] It was an incredible display of power, of skill, and of arrogance.
[441.52 --> 448.94] Some scholars, and the one that led our group, Pastor George, think that Jesus was pointing
[448.94 --> 458.08] at this mountain when he said, you can tell that mountain to fall into the sea with faith,
[458.74 --> 459.42] and it will.
[460.60 --> 466.66] Basically saying, that kind of power that Herod displayed will be overcome.
[468.00 --> 471.04] Remember, Israel is under Roman occupation and oppression.
[471.36 --> 476.74] When they see that mountain, they're reminded again who's in charge, at least so it seems.
[476.74 --> 479.14] And Jesus said, have faith.
[479.22 --> 481.08] You know, you were impressed with that fig tree thing.
[481.44 --> 485.94] Well, look at that power and then know there's a greater power at work.
[486.36 --> 491.16] Trust God then to deal with whatever that power is in your life.
[491.88 --> 492.70] Faith and trust.
[493.04 --> 495.92] Don't embrace doubt even when it comes because it will.
[496.46 --> 498.28] Trust me in everything.
[498.28 --> 498.46] Trust me in everything.
[501.90 --> 507.62] We have this tendency as people to think that our problems are just that.
[508.48 --> 509.76] Our problems.
[510.44 --> 512.06] For us to solve.
[512.20 --> 513.54] And I'm not saying we don't do our part.
[514.58 --> 518.02] But too often we make it all about ourselves, and then we get off track.
[519.04 --> 520.36] And what happens then?
[520.42 --> 524.12] Well, then the temple gets used for man's purpose instead of what God intended for.
[524.12 --> 526.72] We turn it into a den of thieves instead of a house of prayer.
[527.56 --> 531.86] And the fig tree wasn't living out God-given purpose that God had for it.
[532.10 --> 535.04] Without trust in God, we wither.
[535.44 --> 537.62] We misuse our lives and our purposes.
[539.26 --> 542.12] So, yes, there's that mountain.
[544.18 --> 547.28] And with trust in God, it can be removed.
[547.28 --> 548.28] It's interesting.
[548.28 --> 552.28] It's interesting.
[553.04 --> 556.76] In a weird way, King Herod kind of moved a mountain.
[557.26 --> 558.90] Not the whole thing, but some of it.
[559.66 --> 562.74] But he moved it kind of for himself, for his project.
[563.70 --> 565.28] The people looked at that mountain.
[565.40 --> 565.92] They saw it.
[565.96 --> 566.70] They lived under it.
[566.96 --> 570.56] And Jesus said, if you are trusting yourself, there you go.
[571.50 --> 574.52] Keep staring at the mountain that you can't move.
[574.52 --> 589.44] But if you trust me, and you ask me to rid you of false powers, and watch me dismantle lies and powers that are contrary to mine, I will do that.
[590.56 --> 593.32] Pray, believing that God is able.
[593.32 --> 602.78] Now, we're not talking here about the name and claim it kind of thing, where you just say something, and then God does it because you said it.
[603.88 --> 607.08] Where all you have to do is name it, and then God's going to do it.
[607.74 --> 610.26] So, we just say, well, gee, I want world peace.
[610.34 --> 610.84] Okay, boom.
[610.96 --> 611.98] I'm going to ask God, now what?
[612.04 --> 612.68] Boom, world peace.
[613.04 --> 615.38] Of course, we pray for world peace.
[615.52 --> 616.96] We pray for it constantly.
[616.96 --> 622.62] And then we do trust that God, in his time and in his ways, will accomplish world peace.
[622.78 --> 624.70] That's what salvation ultimately does.
[625.92 --> 630.12] Be reminded, Herod's power did not last.
[631.22 --> 633.64] His palace was left in ruins.
[634.48 --> 637.46] The Roman Empire, the mighty, mighty Roman Empire fell.
[638.00 --> 639.92] And God's kingdom endures forever.
[640.38 --> 641.68] Jesus has overcome.
[642.14 --> 644.64] That power was thrown into the sea.
[644.64 --> 647.64] That power was thrown into the sea.
[648.92 --> 652.62] And Jesus says a lot about prayer in Scripture.
[653.64 --> 655.96] At one point, Jesus says, thy will be done.
[656.06 --> 662.64] So, yes, then we say, whatever, ask whatever, in a desire to see God's will being done in the world.
[663.98 --> 667.64] And then we need to hear all of what God has for us to hear in Scripture.
[668.14 --> 673.80] I was thinking of Matthew 18, right, where we read again, Jesus says, truly I tell you,
[673.80 --> 679.24] if two or three on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
[679.72 --> 683.66] For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them.
[685.40 --> 687.26] You say, okay, okay, that sounds good.
[687.86 --> 690.08] So how many of you want the war in Ukraine to end?
[691.68 --> 693.54] Yeah, I mean, there's a few of us, right?
[693.54 --> 696.70] And say, or poverty to end, or cancer to go away.
[696.86 --> 697.80] And we agree, done.
[698.12 --> 698.98] Problem solved.
[699.10 --> 700.58] That's not how this is going.
[702.78 --> 709.64] I like the whole verse, but verse 20, it says, for where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them.
[709.64 --> 715.90] And somehow when we gather, yes, of course, we call out to God and ask him to change things.
[716.44 --> 718.40] But we do it according to his will.
[720.00 --> 723.64] And we trust that he's with us, and he's busy in it all.
[723.80 --> 725.44] And we haven't got it all figured out.
[727.60 --> 728.56] Trust him, yes.
[728.66 --> 733.88] And then pray, and then ask with all your heart, trust that God is at work in you and around you.
[733.88 --> 741.30] Last week, I shared a little bit about what Hope Community did about eight, nine years ago.
[742.46 --> 746.56] When we were building, we were going to build, and we thought we had everything in order.
[746.68 --> 749.30] And then we found out we couldn't get the money, and the whole project was going to end.
[749.90 --> 753.16] And then we decided then at that point, we're going to do a prayer walk.
[753.72 --> 757.72] And every day, someone was going to walk around this empty piece of property and pray.
[758.10 --> 759.36] And we did that for a whole summer.
[759.52 --> 762.52] And then at the end of the summer, we had another construction company,
[762.52 --> 764.86] and they submitted it with a lot less.
[764.98 --> 768.56] And we went back to the powers that be, and they approved.
[768.68 --> 771.56] And we were allowed to build when we thought we were done, right?
[773.26 --> 778.02] But I'm convinced walking through prayer was a huge part of that.
[778.82 --> 779.80] Seeking God's leading.
[780.06 --> 781.68] We're doing a prayer walk now too, by the way.