“And this is the boldness we have in God, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” - 1 John 5:14
The power of prayer is a great mystery of faith. At times prayer can feel like a void, a great blackness into which we drop our greatest fears, desires, heartbreak, and love… hoping beyond hope that God will hear us and respond. And at other times, prayer can feel like the only answer to a life full of puzzles… something so great and so awesome that it must be of God, that the trials we face — whether physical, spiritual, or emotional — could not have been overcome were it not for the saving grace of our God working in and through our lives. But it’s at that intersection, the confluence of mystery and certainty, that the gift of prayer most surely becomes known. In our searching, in our asking, in the boldness of our begging to God, the power of prayer reveals God’s healing grace when we expect it least. Here to share that story with you today is Lonnie Brooks: