Prayer Miracles

Mark Batterson post:  Put on Waders

One of the things that excites me most about the release of The Circle Maker is hearing the stories of miraculous answers to prayer.  Nothing ignites faith like answered prayer.  I share lots of the prayer miracles God has done in my life and the life of National Community Church in the book.  Hopefully they will challenge people to pray bold prayers trusting God to do the impossible!

Here is one of the first stories I’ve gotten in response to The Circle Maker.  Thanks to Adam Wyatt for sharing it with me.

In Mississippi 50 years ago there was a horrible drought.  A rural church with lots of farmers in the congregation decided to do something about it by holding an emergency prayer meeting at the church.  One of the farmers came to the prayer meeting dressed in waders!  Some people thought he was crazy, but this farmer actually believed that God was going to answer their prayer so he dressed for the miracle. He said he didn’t want to walk home wet.  Well…he didn’t.  But everyone else did.

Sometimes we pray as if God isn’t going to answer!  Like the group of believers in Acts that were praying for Peter’s miraculous release from jail but didn’t believe it was Peter when he actually knocked on the door. Part of praying the prayer of faith is praying until God sanctifies your expectations. You take a step of faith “as if” you expect God to answer.  So the next time you pray for a miracle, put on waders!