“Have faith from God. For whosoever shall say to this mountain: ‘Be removed, and be thrown into the sea’, and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe that those things he says shall comes to pass, he shall have whatsoever he says.” (Mark 11:22-24)
With only two recorded exceptions, Jesus did his praying at nighttime and his saying during the day. In other words, Jesus received his Father’s orders during the night and issued them during the day. If your mountain isn’t moving, maybe it’s because you are praying that God will move it, instead of saying to it: “In the Name of Jesus Christ – move!” If God gave that word in the first place, all you need do is speak it.
Don’t bother saying if you haven’t first done your praying, because it will not work. We don’t formulate the orders: we receive them and speak them. If we don’t pray, we won’t hear what God wants us to say; and if we don’t hear what He wants us to say, how will we know who to say it to? (Praying is speaking to God as well as listening, of course, but we all know that.)
On the other hand, there’s no use praying but never saying. Praying will do you and others good when God answers your prayers. But what if God chooses you to be the answer to your own prayers? What if God not only wants to move the “mountain” but wants to move it through you? By you ordering it to move? Some Christians say, “I’ll pray about it” to dodge the issue.
Jesus said to his disciples, “The harvest is truly plentiful, but the laborers are few. So pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Jesus “called together his twelve disciples and sent them out.” (Matthew 9:37, 38; 10:1, 5) The Lord told them to pray that God would send out workers — and then he sent them out to start the work!
I receive most Power Words while in prayer before dawn, which gives me an inner sense of certainty that whatever the day may bring, God’s response to them is already in my heart. On encountering problems, I don’t have to stop and then start praying but instead start saying.
In the Army every soldier knows what to do daily because it’s posted in the Staff Room as Routine Orders. No soldier can make the excuse that he did not know them because he or she should have read them! And when it comes to Power Words, a not-very-kindly sergeant will bellow at you a few of a different kind!
On the other hand, the Lord might move you to do a thing without notice. On his way to worship in the Temple, Peter healed a cripple in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Peter did not pray for him but took his hands and lifted him to his feet. As he did God healed the man’s ankles so that he could not only walk but leap!
The Name of Jesus “through faith in His Name” was what did the miracle. but it was Peter’s words “Rise up and walk!” that made it happen (Acts 3). On his way to do some praying, Peter stopped and did some saying! Jesus would have passed that man many times without being led by the Spirit of God to heal the man. I love the Lord’s spontaneity because it takes the guesswork out of ministry.