God can indeed "move mountains" in people's lives.
Many people who have seen and been blessed with God's miraculous powers can easily testify to this. One of them is Pastor Mark Batterson, a New York Times bestselling author and the founding pastor at National Community Church (NCC) in Washington, the Gospel Herald reports.
In a sermon delivered on Sunday titled, "Enough is Enough," Batterson shared how God miraculously healed his asthma, a respiratory disorder that has afflicted him since childhood.
When he was three years old, he said he would often wake up in the middle of the night having breathing difficulty.
"My inhaler became my best friend for the next 40 years," he said. "Every single day, I would take a puff of that inhaler multiple times—never went anywhere without it."
About two months ago, the pastor had challenged his congregants to pray the "bravest prayer you can pray."
"God can move that mountain," he told them, admitting that he also took the challenge and repeatedly asked God to take away his asthma.
"I've been hospitalised for more weeks than you can imagine, I've taken more puffs of an inhaler than anyone can possibly count, and it's frustrating. I've prayed every prayer and I've tried everything. But I want you to know, that I'm going to keep speaking to that mountain, because I believe in a God that is able to heal."
Batterson asked his fellow church members to pray for him so that the Lord would touch his lungs and heal his asthma.
And then the miracle happened.
For four days, he had no need for an inhaler. "It's been years and years and years that I went four days. And I hiked Cadillac Mountain without a single puff of my inhaler," he said.
The four days became 50 days without using his inhaler since he preached last Sunday.
"I actually believed what I preached. And I think I came to a point where I said, 'Enough is enough. I've stayed at this mountain long enough.'"
Batterson encouraged his congregants to "pray like it depends on God, but work like it depends on you."
"Only God can deliver you from certain things, but deliverance has to be coupled with due diligence," he explained. "Deliverance has to be coupled with disciplines. I believe God healed me, but I'm going to back it up with discipline."
"I believe that God can move that mountain in your life," the pastor exhorted his congregants. "Talk to God about your mountain, and you've gotta talk to your mountain about your God—who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us. Advance to your destiny that God has for you."
