FIVE CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES TO HAVE GREAT MARITAL LIFE

 

 

God wants you to enjoy your marriage. Listen to this 7 minute talk to know how to have a great marital life or save your marriage from falling apart.

CAN YOUR FAITH LITERALLY SHIFT MOUNTAINS?

19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. 21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. (Mathew 17:19-21).

    The Bible is a composition of various genres and figures of speech. It is a combination of stories, historical events, poetry, proverbs, and figurative speech and so on. For example, what kind of speech is this: “The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron” (Deuteronomy 28:23). This figurative speech expresses the severity of the curses to come in the form of famine if Israel disobeyed God’s Word.

    What about shifting mountains? You can imagine the enormity of the catastrophic consequences if everyone in the world possessed a mustard-seed-sized faith and is able to physically move mountains as they wished. Why would God give such ability to us who have a very limited wisdom?

    Therefore, as we take the spirit of Christ’s words, we understand that God will do the impossible in our lives if we learn to believe in Him. You don’t need a mountain-sized faith to move a mountain-sized problem. Just a mustard-seed-sized faith in a God who is bigger than all the mountains in the world is enough to move a mountain-sized adversity away. You don’t have to be a giant of faith, just believe in a giant God.

    KJV translation here is closer to the original language where it uses the word “unbelief” instead of “little faith” unlike many other translations. You either have faith or you don’t. Faith, as a grain of mustard is good enough to move mountains.

    No matter where you are today, God is able to help you through your struggle and despair. Trust in Him. And of course, sometimes, more perseverance through prayer (meaning, more of this) and fasting is much needed!