Rediscovering Faith in the God of the Impossible

What if God wants to do something in your life that you’ve stopped believing is possible?

Maybe you’ve prayed about a situation for years. You’ve asked God to intervene, believed for a miracle, and waited for an answer that hasn’t come. Eventually, you’ve learned to live with the circumstances. You’ve adjusted your expectations, accepted what you cannot change, and continued doing your best to remain faithful.

But what if God isn’t finished working?

In her message, The Doors of Heaven Are Open, Krista Peters shared a deeply personal testimony about rediscovering faith, recognizing God’s faithfulness in everyday life, and learning to believe Him for things that once seemed impossible.

Her message was not a story about a miracle that had already happened. It was a testimony of what God was doing in her heart while she was still waiting.

And that may be exactly what someone needs to hear today.

You don’t have to see the miracle to begin growing in faith.

When God’s Miracles Become Our Normal

Krista began in Psalm 78, a passage that recounts God’s extraordinary faithfulness to the children of Israel.

The Israelites witnessed miracles that would have seemed unimaginable. They saw the plagues in Egypt, experienced deliverance from slavery, and walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. In the wilderness, God guided them with a cloud by day and fire by night. When they needed water, He brought it from a rock.

And when they needed food, God provided manna from heaven.

Psalm 78:23–24 says:

“Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.” (KJV)

God wasn’t simply providing the bare minimum. He was faithfully meeting their needs in extraordinary ways.

Yet the Israelites still became dissatisfied. They complained, questioned God, and struggled to remember His goodness.

It’s easy to read their story and wonder how people who experienced so many miracles could become so ungrateful.

But Krista offered a different perspective.

Perhaps the extraordinary had become ordinary because they experienced it every day.

The Israelites woke up each morning and found manna waiting. What began as a miracle eventually became part of their routine. They experienced God’s provision so consistently that they sometimes lost sight of how remarkable it was.

And if we’re honest, we can do the same thing.

Recognizing God in the Ordinary

Krista shared that her youngest daughter, Remy, requires frequent care and tube feedings throughout the day. For years, those responsibilities have shaped the rhythm of her family’s life.

Preparing food, beginning a feeding, finishing it, and cleaning everything afterward is a process repeated again and again.

It’s the kind of routine that can become exhausting, even when it’s an expression of deep love.

Krista acknowledged that despite experiencing God’s intervention in her family’s life, she sometimes became overwhelmed by the repetition of everyday responsibilities.

Her honesty revealed something important about the Christian life.

We can be grateful for God’s faithfulness and still feel tired.

We can love the people God has entrusted to us and still become overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring for them.

And we can experience miracles without always recognizing the daily evidence of God’s provision.

Sometimes we spend so much time looking for the next extraordinary moment that we overlook the extraordinary faithfulness already surrounding us.

The God who provides a dramatic answer to prayer is the same God who sustains us through another ordinary Tuesday.

Don’t become so accustomed to God’s faithfulness that you stop recognizing it as a miracle.

God Can Pursue You When You Aren’t Looking for Anything Extraordinary

One of the most meaningful parts of Krista’s testimony began with a trip she hadn’t originally planned.

In May, a change in travel arrangements left her with an airline credit. She and her friend Kayla eventually decided to travel to Brazil to visit Kayla’s daughter, Caitlyn, who was serving there.

Krista described the trip as something she initially approached like a vacation. She wasn’t expecting a major spiritual experience, and she hadn’t spent weeks fasting and praying in preparation.

But when she arrived, Caitlyn told her something unexpected.

She had been fasting and praying that Krista’s trip would be life-changing.

Krista was touched, but she also wondered why Caitlyn had been praying so specifically for her. After all, she was faithfully attending church, raising her children in the faith, praying with them, and serving in ministry.

She wasn’t looking for a dramatic change in her spiritual life.

Yet God had something more for her.

During the trip, she spent time with missionaries and listened as they shared testimony after testimony of God’s miraculous power.

Those conversations began stirring something in her heart that she hadn’t realized was missing.

Sometimes We Don’t Know How Much Our Faith Needs to Grow

There are seasons when we become comfortable in our relationship with God.

We’re faithful to church. We pray. We read Scripture. We serve others. We do the things we know we’re supposed to do.

Those habits are good and necessary. But it’s possible to maintain the routines of Christianity while gradually losing our expectation that God can do something extraordinary.

Krista didn’t describe herself as someone who had abandoned her faith. She described herself as someone who didn’t realize how much she needed her faith stirred again.

And God met her there.

That’s an encouraging reminder for every believer.

You don’t have to be in a spiritual crisis for God to invite you into a deeper relationship with Him.

Sometimes He simply wants to awaken something that has grown quiet.

Sometimes He wants to remind you that the God you’ve served for years is still the God of the impossible.

And sometimes He begins that work when you aren’t even looking for it.

The Faith of a Child Can Change the Atmosphere

While in Brazil, Krista heard a testimony from missionaries about their young son.

The boy had struggled with severe allergies that affected his ability to eat certain foods and even spend time outdoors safely. His family had experienced frightening reactions that required medical attention.

During a church service where people were praying for healing, the boy came forward and asked his mother to pray for his allergies.

The family prayed.

The following day, while eating at a restaurant, the boy wanted to order pineapple, a food that had previously caused a serious allergic reaction.

His mother responded cautiously, but the boy expressed remarkable confidence in God’s ability to heal him.

Krista was deeply moved by his faith.

She also heard how his testimony encouraged another person who had been struggling with allergies to believe God for healing.

What stood out to her was not simply the reported miracles, but the willingness of a child to believe that God was able to do something beyond human limitations.

Faith That Inspires Faith

Hebrews 11:1 says:

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (KJV)

Faith does not require us to pretend that problems don’t exist. It means trusting God even when the circumstances seem beyond our control.

That kind of faith can be contagious.

When someone shares how God has answered a prayer, it reminds us of His power.

When we hear a testimony of healing, provision, restoration, or deliverance, it can awaken hope in an area where we’ve stopped expecting change.

And sometimes the person who stirs our faith is not a pastor, missionary, or longtime minister.

Sometimes it’s a child.

Krista’s experience in Brazil reminded her that faith isn’t measured by age, experience, or position. It’s rooted in confidence in the God who is able.

The lesson is not that people should ignore medical guidance or deliberately expose themselves to dangerous allergens. Serious allergies require appropriate medical precautions. The spiritual lesson is that hearing someone else’s testimony can encourage us to pray with renewed faith while acting wisely and responsibly.

Never underestimate what God can accomplish through the testimony of someone who believes Him.

What If You Needed God Simply Because You Need Him?

The most personal moment of Krista’s message came when she began talking about Remy.

For years, Remy’s medical needs had created moments when Krista had no choice but to depend on God.

She described early mornings when her daughter was sick and she felt completely helpless. In those moments, it was just Krista, Remy, and the Lord.

She couldn’t control the circumstances. She couldn’t guarantee the outcome. All she could do was pray.

And God had met her there.

Over time, Krista came to see those experiences as something that kept her close to Him. Remy’s needs continually reminded her of her own dependence on God.

But while sharing that perspective with the missionaries in Brazil, she began sensing a deeper question.

What if she didn’t need difficult circumstances to remind her that she needed God?

What if she could simply desire Him for who He is?

That question changed the direction of her spiritual journey.

Seeking God’s Presence, Not Just His Provision

It’s natural to seek God when we need something.

We pray when we’re sick. We call on Him when we’re afraid. We ask for direction when we don’t know what to do.

And Scripture invites us to bring those needs to Him.

But God desires more than a relationship built entirely around the things we want Him to do for us.

He wants us to know Him.

He wants us to seek His presence, understand His Word, recognize His voice through a relationship grounded in Scripture, and grow in our love for Him.

Jesus taught in Matthew 6:33 that we should seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.

That doesn’t mean our needs are unimportant. It means our relationship with God must become greater than our desire for a particular outcome.

Krista had spent years praying for Remy. Through that journey, she had also reached a place of surrender where she could love her daughter fully, trust God, and continue serving Him regardless of whether the healing she hoped for ever happened.

Then something unexpected occurred.

As she grew more settled in her trust, she began feeling a renewed invitation to pray boldly for Remy’s healing.

Her faith was no longer centered only on what she wanted God to change.

It was rooted in knowing Him.

The greatest miracle isn’t always the answer we receive. Sometimes it’s the relationship with God that grows while we’re waiting.

When God Stirs Faith for Something That Seems Impossible

After returning home from Brazil, Krista continued praying about what she had experienced.

She began remembering a testimony she had heard years earlier from evangelist Lee Stoneking.

In the account she recalled, a man who had lost the ability to walk after a motorcycle accident approached Stoneking during a church service.

Rather than simply praying and walking away, Stoneking and another person helped the man begin taking steps.

They supported him as he attempted to walk, repeatedly calling on the name of Jesus.

According to the testimony, after continued effort and prayer, the man began walking independently.

For Krista, the story carried special meaning because she had spent years helping Remy practice walking.

She knew what it meant to support someone through small, difficult movements, hoping for progress.

As she reflected on the story, she felt a renewed conviction to combine prayer with persistent action and trust God with the outcome.

Faith Doesn’t Always Mean Standing Still

James 2:17 reminds us that faith without works is dead.

That passage teaches that genuine faith produces action. While it does not promise that every act of faith will result in a physical miracle, it challenges us not to reduce belief to something that exists only in our thoughts.

Sometimes faith looks like continuing to pray when an answer hasn’t come.

Sometimes it looks like taking the next responsible step while trusting God with what we cannot control.

For Krista, that meant continuing to care for Remy, support her development, and pray with renewed expectation.

She wasn’t claiming that Remy had already been healed.

In fact, she was very clear that Remy was not yet walking independently.

But something had changed in Krista’s heart.

She had begun believing again for something she had gradually stopped expecting.

And that renewed faith became part of her testimony.

God Is Able to Do More Than We Can Imagine

During another church service, Krista found herself praying with an unusual sense of confidence in God’s power.

She began thinking about Remy’s genetic condition and the possibility of God bringing healing at the most fundamental level of her body.

She prayed that God would work from the inside out.

It was a prayer she had never prayed before.

Later, her husband Greg told her that someone had approached him during the service with a message encouraging their family to continue praying about what was on their hearts.

For Krista, the timing was deeply meaningful.

She interpreted that experience as confirmation to continue bringing this specific request before God.

She also reflected on the miracle of Jesus turning water into wine in John 2. If Jesus could transform water into wine, she reasoned, nothing in the human body was beyond His power.

The account of Cana is not a scientific explanation of genetic healing, nor does it guarantee a particular medical outcome. But it reveals the authority and power of Jesus Christ.

And Krista’s testimony was ultimately about that conviction.

She believed God was able to work in a situation that seemed impossible.

Believing Before the Answer Comes

There is an important distinction in Krista’s story.

She did not stand before the church announcing that Remy had been healed.

She stood before the church testifying that her faith had been renewed.

She shared her conviction that God was at work, her desire to continue praying, and her confidence in His ability to do what she could not accomplish herself.

That honesty is important.

Christian faith does not require us to claim that something has happened when it hasn’t.

We can pray boldly for healing while acknowledging the realities we are still facing. We can believe in God’s power while continuing to pursue appropriate medical care. We can remain hopeful without placing blame on ourselves or others when the answer has not yet come.

The Apostle Paul prayed repeatedly about a burden he wanted removed, yet God’s response emphasized the sufficiency of His grace (2 Corinthians 12:7–10).

Sometimes God changes our circumstances.

Sometimes He sustains us through them.

And sometimes we continue waiting without understanding His timing.

In every situation, our confidence rests not in our ability to produce a miracle, but in the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.

Faith is not pretending the answer has arrived. Faith is continuing to trust God while you wait.

The Doors of Heaven Are Open

Psalm 78 describes God opening the doors of heaven and providing manna for His people.

That picture became the foundation of Krista’s message.

The Israelites were living in a wilderness, yet God was still providing.

They were surrounded by uncertainty, but His faithfulness had not ended.

They were dependent on Him every day, and every day He demonstrated His ability to sustain them.

The same principle speaks to us.

We may not understand every season of life. We may be facing circumstances we never expected. We may be praying about needs that seem far beyond our ability to resolve.

But God has not become less powerful.

His Word has not lost its authority.

His Spirit is still at work.

And through Jesus Christ, we have the privilege of approaching God in prayer.

An Open Door to a Deeper Relationship With God

The greatest invitation in this message wasn’t simply to ask God for a miracle.

It was to draw closer to Him.

Krista wanted the congregation to recognize that God desires to be known. He invites us to pray, seek His presence, listen to His Word, and allow His Spirit to work in our lives.

That invitation is available whether we’re facing an overwhelming problem or simply navigating the ordinary responsibilities of everyday life.

You don’t have to wait until you’re desperate to seek God.

You don’t have to wait for a crisis to develop a deeper prayer life.

And you don’t have to wait until every question is answered before surrendering yourself to Him.

The door to a deeper relationship with God is open.

The question is whether we’re willing to walk through it.

Prayer and Fasting Can Renew Our Faith

Near the conclusion of her message, Krista challenged the congregation to respond with more than a moment of inspiration.

She described how her renewed faith had led her into a deeper commitment to prayer and fasting.

She wasn’t content to hear encouraging testimonies and return to life unchanged. She wanted her relationship with God to grow.

She wanted to become more sensitive to His leading.

And she wanted to continue praying for things that seemed impossible.

Prayer and fasting are not methods for controlling God or forcing a particular outcome. They are spiritual disciplines that help us surrender our desires, focus our hearts, and seek Him more intentionally.

Sometimes our circumstances change through prayer.

But prayer also changes us.

It strengthens our dependence on God, reminds us of His promises, and helps us recognize where we’ve allowed fear or disappointment to limit our expectations.

Krista’s invitation was simple: Don’t allow your spiritual life to settle into a routine that leaves no room for deeper faith.

Seek God again.

Pray with expectation.

Fast with purpose.

And trust Him with the outcome.

Your Testimony Can Open the Door for Someone Else

One of the most compelling themes of Krista’s message was the power of sharing what God has done.

She traveled to Brazil expecting a vacation, but the testimonies of missionaries stirred her faith.

The faith of a child challenged her expectations.

The story of an evangelist reminded her to keep praying and acting in faith.

And now she was sharing her own testimony in the hope that someone else would be encouraged.

That’s how faith can grow within the church.

We hear what God has done for someone else, and we’re reminded of what He can do.

We see someone remain faithful through hardship, and we find courage for our own journey.

We watch a person worship while still waiting for an answer, and we realize that genuine faith doesn’t depend on everything going according to plan.

Krista referenced David’s victory over Goliath and how that victory inspired others to confront giants.

The principle is meaningful.

Your testimony may be the encouragement someone else needs to keep believing.

And your willingness to share what God is doing, even before the story is finished, may help another person take a step of faith.

Don’t underestimate the power of telling someone what God has done in your life.

Experience a Spirit-Filled Church in Garland, Texas

At North Cities, we believe God is still working in the lives of ordinary people.

We believe in the power of prayer, the authority of Scripture, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the importance of sharing testimonies that build faith.

We also believe the church should be a place where people can be honest about their struggles while remaining confident in God’s goodness.

Whether you’re celebrating an answered prayer or waiting through a difficult season, you need a church family that will encourage you, pray with you, and help you continue growing in your relationship with Jesus Christ.

North Cities is a Spirit-filled, Apostolic Pentecostal church in Garland, Texas, welcoming individuals and families from Murphy, Plano, Richardson, Rowlett, Wylie, and communities throughout Dallas County, Collin County, and Rockwall County.

If you’re searching for an Apostolic church in Garland, a Pentecostal church near Plano, or a church family near Murphy or Wylie where you can grow in faith and experience meaningful Christian community, we’d love to welcome you.

What Door Is God Inviting You to Walk Through?

Maybe you’ve been faithfully serving God for years, but somewhere along the way, your expectations have become smaller.

You’ve learned to manage the responsibilities, endure the disappointments, and continue doing what needs to be done.

But you’ve stopped asking God for the things that once stirred your heart.

Perhaps there’s a prayer you haven’t prayed in years.

A calling you’ve stopped pursuing.

A relationship you’ve given up hope of seeing restored.

Or a situation you’ve accepted as impossible.

Krista’s message invites us to consider whether God is calling us into a deeper place of faith.

Not because we can guarantee a particular outcome, but because we serve a God whose power is not limited by our circumstances.

And perhaps the first step isn’t asking Him to change something around us.

Perhaps it’s returning to the place where we simply desire Him.

Before the miracle, seek His presence.

Before the answer, deepen your relationship with Him.

Before the door opens to something new, walk through the door He has already opened to know Him more.

The God who provided for Israel in the wilderness is still faithful.

The Jesus who performed miracles in Scripture is still worthy of our trust.

And the Holy Spirit is still able to renew our faith and draw us into a deeper relationship with God.

The doors of heaven are open. Will you walk through?