Mountain-moving faith

By Lyndia Grant “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24. Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Mark 11:23-24. Have you tried a new idea, but because you were not successful at it, you quit? And others of you tried and failed several times, and then you quit? You’re not alone. Every successful person, except those born with a silver spoon, has had to overcome failures. In this column, let’s focus on scripture and real-life, true stories of millionaires and billionaires who succeeded in a big way yet failed over and over again. As my mentor, Les Brown, always told The Les Brown Speakers, “Fail your way to success!” According to the Online College website, a list of 50 successful people from various industries were first fired, told to forget about their dream, or told they should put that thing down...