252: Faith That Moves Mountains: Trusting When You Can’t See the Outcome
Why didn’t the mountain move? Why didn’t the healing come? What if mountain-moving faith isn’t about magic results—but mature trust? In this deeply moving episode, Rohan Bell and Amanda Bartley wrestle with the tension between bold prayers and unanswered questions. Through honest reflection and biblical insight, they uncover what Jesus really meant when He said, “You can say to this mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the sea.”
✨ This one’s for the faith-weary, the hopeful, and those hanging on by a thread.
🪨 In this episode:
✅ What did Jesus mean when He said you can move mountains?
✅ The Herodium: a literal “moved mountain” near Bethlehem
✅ What to do when prayers aren’t answered the way we hoped
✅ The tension between bold declarations and humble surrender
✅ Amanda’s powerful story of her dad’s cancer, prayer, and eternal healing
✅ Why faith sometimes looks like broccoli—not chocolate
⏱️ YouTube Chapter Markers
00:00 – Intro & the metaphor of mountains
01:30 – Did Herod literally move a mountain?
04:00 – Is Jesus being literal or symbolic here?
05:30 – What if the mountain doesn’t move?
07:00 – Prayer, God’s will, and unanswered questions
09:30 – Amanda’s “lotto prayers” and financial faith lessons
11:45 – The deeper work God does through hardship
13:00 – When healing doesn’t happen the way we hoped
14:30 – Amanda’s story: faith, grief, and her dad’s legacy
17:00 – How to hold onto hope in the tension
18:00 – Why you can trust God even when you don’t understand
🙋♀️ Reflection Questions:
• Have you ever asked for something in faith and not seen it come to pass? How did you respond?
• What “mountains” are you facing right now—and how might God be moving them differently than you expected?
• Can you trust that God knows best even when His answer is “not yet” or “not this way”?
• How do you balance declarative faith with humble submission?
📚 For Deeper Study:
• Mark 11:22–24; James 4:3; Hebrews 11
• Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? by Philip Yancey
• God on Mute by Pete Greig
• The Bible Project video on “Faith” → https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/faith/
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