I Moved a Mountain!

For countless times, I have heard our beloved Pastor Andrew preach about the power of our words. “If you want things to change in your life, change the things you say,” he said on his message for a Wednesday night service titled, “Anong Say Mo?” Even the verse in Mark 11:23 (“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”) that he shared during Gen Up (Generation Uprising) became one of my favorite verses.
I was thrilled by the idea of my words coming to be and thought of the changes it could do in my life.

Soccer training at our school even while raining is already normal for us. In fact, I find the feeling of running around under the rain, better than being able to kick a goal. No, make that two goals.
It was raining cats and dogs and the wind is blowing so strong, you could literally hear it whistling at your ear every now and then. I was one of those people who easily gets cold and with that strong rain, I know it would be just as chilly. Remembering Pastor Andrew’s message, I immediately declared, “Ang init naman!” wind blowing, rain pouring and all.

Training ends by 7pm and it was a Wednesday, just in time for the mid-week service. Tired and still slightly damp from the rain, I voyaged into the air-conditioned sanctuary and stayed there for the entire service. With how thin I am, I know I was in danger of getting sick, but I didn’t want to. Even if I could already feel the slight pain in my throat whenever I speak as a sign that I am about to have a sore throat soon, I still declared that I was healed and there is no sickness in my body in Jesus’ name.

On our next training while changing at the girl’s comfort room, I overheard some of my other team mates talk about how cold it was during our last training, then I remembered I only felt a slight chill that time I could hardly even notice it. And for the entire week, no sore throat, colds or whatever was able to touch me, just an unforgettable experience of when I told a mountain to be cast into the sea and it followed.