Jesus told his disciples that even a small amount of faith, like a mustard seed, could accomplish great things. He used the examples of telling a mulberry tree to be uprooted or a mountain to move to illustrate that true faith, no matter how small, can overcome obstacles and problems when one speaks to them in prayer. Later passages and teachers emphasized that it is not the quantity but the quality of one's living faith that enables remarkable things to happen through speaking God's word to challenges in life.

2. Luke 17 5Theapostlessaidtothe
Lord,“Increaseour faith!”
6TheLordreplied,“If you hadfaith
thesizeof a mustardseed,you could
say tothismulberry tree,‘Be
uprootedandplantedin thesea,’
andit wouldobey you.

3. Matthew 17:20 (CEB)“Because
you havelittlefaith,”hesaid.“I
assureyou that if you havefaiththe
sizeof a mustardseed,you couldsay
tothismountain,‘Gofromhereto
there,’andit will go.Therewill be
nothing that you can’t do.”

4. • What did Jesus mean when He
said if you have faith as a mustard
seed?
• Does this mean that we only need
a small amount of faith?
• Can tiny amounts of faith really
move mountains?

5. THE MUSTARD SEED AS
BEING SYMBOLIC OF
FAITH.
•The mustard seed
has everything in
it to enable growth.

6. It is not the
QUANTITY of your
faith that matters just
the QUALITY,
however small.

7. Faith as a mustard
seed (living thing)
that grows within us
produces remarkable
things.

8. Jesus’ instruction on
what to do when a
mountain or problem
hinders or stops the
believer.

9. •It is your responsibility
to speak to the
mountain in your life.
•If you don't speak to your
mountain, your mountain
will SPEAK to you.

10. • "it will move”—Matt. 17:20
• "it will be done”—Matt. 21:21
• “it shall come to pass”—
Mk.11:23
• “it will obey you”—Luke 17:6
Jesuspromises…

11. Smith Wigglesworth —
“I amnot movedby what I
see.I amnot movedby
what I feel.I ammoved
only by what I believe.”