Soc/Faith can move mountains!

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> " FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS! "

>

> A small congregation in the foothills of the Great Smokeys built a new

> sanctuary on a piece of land willed to them by a church member.

>

> Ten days before the new church was to open, the local building

> inspector

> informed the pastor that the parking lot was inadequate for the size of

> the building. Until the church doubled the size of the parking lot,

> they

> would not be able to use the new sanctuary.

>

> Unfortunately, the church with its undersized lot had used every inch of

> their land except the mountain against which it had been built. In

> order

> to build more parking spaces, they would have to move the mountain out

> of

> their back yard.

>

> Undaunted, the pastor announced the next Sunday morning that he would

> meet that evening with all members who had " mountain moving faith. "

> They

> would hold a prayer session asking God to remove the mountain from the

> back yard and to somehow provide enough money to have it paved and

> painted before the scheduled opening dedication service the following

> week.

>

> At the appointed time, 24 of the congregation's 300 members assembled

> for

> prayer. They prayed for nearly three hours. At ten o'clock the pastor

> said

> the final " Amen " . " We'll open next Sunday as scheduled, " he assured

> everyone. " God has never let us down before, and I believe He will be

> faithful this time too. "

>

> The next morning as he was working in his study there came a loud knock

> at his door. When he called " come in " , a rough looking construction

> foreman appeared, removing his hard hat as he entered. " Excuse me,

> Reverend. I'm from Acme Construction Company over in the next county.

> We're building a huge shopping mall. We need some fill dirt. Would you

> be willing to sell us a chunk of that mountain behind the church? We'll

> pay you for the dirt we remove and pave all the exposed area free of

> charge, if we can have it right away. We can't do anything else until

> we

> get the dirt in and allow it to settle properly. "

>

> The little church was dedicated the next Sunday as originally planned

> and

> there were far more members with " mountain moving faith " on opening

> Sunday

> than there had been the previous week!

>

> Would you have shown up for that prayer meeting?

> Some people say faith comes from miracles. Many of us know...

>

> MIRACLES COME FROM FAITH!