Audacious FaithSample

“I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to the mountain, ‘move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”- Matthew 17:20b-21 NLT

When was the last time you had audacious faith? When was the last time you prayed a bold prayer and believed God for the impossible? Let me tell you a story of audacious faith and bold prayers.

In 2018 we moved into a 2600-square-foot four-bedroom rent-to-own home in Oklahoma. We loved our neighborhood; this was our forever home. Our five beautiful kids had so much space, and we were blessed with the best neighbors. God provided a way for each of our kids to attend a Christian school, and we were living the best life.

In 2022 our landlord informed us that they wanted to sell the house. Instead of freaking out, what did we do? First, we prayed. We prayed alone, together as a family, and got other friends to pray with us. We started speaking positive things. We spoke and we believed that we would have a $600-a-month house, with four bedrooms, somewhere within 20 minutes of our Christian School, a nice neighborhood with amazing neighbors. We testified that God was going to do this for us and invited people to pray and believe with us.

Some said this would never happen; we would be lucky with $1800 monthly rent. My answer was: “Watch what my God will do.” After five days of speaking about our faith and believing, a friend met with me for coffee and said, “I have no idea why, but I feel like God wants me to offer your family our rent house. The house is a four-bedroom house, 2200 square feet, in a nice neighborhood, and best yet, you get to be my neighbor.”

God showed up. This house is up to date, beautiful, and looks like we live in an air-b-and-b. We have a balcony off the master bedroom and a jet bathtub! The house is in a beautiful and safe neighborhood. I asked her how much she was asking for rent. She said that she felt led to rent it to us for $600 a month! God gave us even more than what we asked for.

When you pray, approach God with audacious faith, and bold prayers, speak positivity and life into your situation, and watch God work more than you can ask, think, or imagine. James 4:2 says “…You do not have because you do not ask God.” On our own, none of this is possible.

When you ask of the Lord you must:

1. Approach humbly.
2. Believe that you will receive.
3. Ask with the right motives.

God wants to bless you.

Prayer:

Dear God, help us to approach you with audacious faith and to have bold prayers. Show up in ways that we could never imagine on our own. Give us ideas for bold prayers and help us sit back with peace and assurance knowing you have got this. Thank you, God, for the provision and understanding of your timing. Help me to stay humble and with the assurance of what you have in store for us.

We at MoreThanWarriors want to thank Jessy for her contribution to this plan.