When Jesus talks about prayer moving mountains, He is using a powerful metaphor to express the incredible potential of faith-filled prayer.

Mark 11:22-24:

“‘Have faith in God,’ Jesus answered. ‘Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, “Go, throw yourself into the sea,” and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.’”

Mountains in Jesus’ time were symbols of massive, immovable obstacles—representing life’s biggest challenges or impossibilities. It’s a call to deep trust in God’s power, not in our own strength. The Lord wants to remove aby obstacles that stops us coming close to Him!
Jesus is emphasizing that nothing is too hard for God when we pray with genuine faith. The “mountains” in your life are for your own forgiveness & forgiving others. Fear. sin, brokenness, impossible circumstances—can be moved when prayer is rooted in real trust in God’s power, goodness, and timing.
After the war, Corrie Ten Boom encountered a guard who had brutalized her sister and was cruel to herself. Incredibly, he asked for her forgiveness. She couldn’t forgive knowing what he had done.
Yet, in that moment, she prayed, and said she felt God’s power enabling her to forgive. That prayer moved the “mountain” of hatred and trauma — a deeply personal, spiritual miracle.
What mountains can God help you to move?

Tony Galea

Jesus’s cursing of the tree and cleansing of the temple were both symbolic acts that illustrated the sad spiritual condition of the nation of Israel. In spite of its many privileges and opportunities, Israel was outwardly fruitless in their worship (the tree) and inwardly corrupt in their mission (the temple).

It was unusual for Jesus to act in judgment (John 3:17), yet there comes a time when this is the only thing God can do (John 12:35–41).
Israel were the People of God in name only, their mission to the gentiles was disregarded instead of it taking precedence.

Is that possible with us?

Tony Galea