SID: So Jason, you say big belief leads to big prayer.
JASON: That’s right. When you believe God’s promises, and you believe in all that he says, you can pray big. People say all the time, “Well, what if you would have prayed and God didn’t answer?” And I knew he would answer one way or another. And I was confident in that. When I took that prayer request for John, I said, “God, whatever you want to do… I know what I’d like to see, but whatever you want to do, and we’re going to pray big. We’re going to pray because our belief is big. And what you say and who you are.”
SID: Shera, tell me about her.
JASON: Shara was an incredible lady in our community who wants so many people to the Lord. But our husband one day had gotten an asthma attack through spraying things on their bushes. And basically when we got called on the scene he had went into cardiac arrest. His lungs were petrified basically, and so they were so hard that he couldn’t breathe. And we walked in the room and we started praying big prayers, exactly like what we did with John. And in that process we just prayed, “God, restore him, heal him.” He ended up at the hospital. It looked bad. We continued to pray. It’s so important to put worship and prayer and the atmosphere. And really what we did in Shara’s situation is we kicked anyone out of the room that had doubt. They just said, “Listen, there’s no room for it.”
SID: What Jesus did that.
JASON: Right. Because we also believe in the power of speaking life over your situation. And so there was no doubt. And within just a few moments and one day he just started turning around. He walked out of the hospital completely healed. The doctor said there was no hope, he was brain dead, kind of the same situation. And we prayed big prayers for him. They really do work.
SID: I don’t think that Joyce Smith had a lot of practice of praying for dead people.
JASON: No, I don’t think so either. She would tell you that, too. But she knew what was inside of her is what came out at that moment. So many times God’s preparing us for things that we don’t know about and we have to hold onto that and believe that God is setting us up for a miracle.
SID: Okay. You have seen so many miracles. You’re just special. How about us?
JASON: No, we’re not special. Joyce and I, we always say that. Listen, we are nobody special. If God can do it for John, he can do it for you. We are not special. What we’ve done is we’ve taken a hold of what God’s promise is and what God’s word have said and we’ve held onto them.
SID: Okay. There are people here, and you talk about it, that are watching us right now and in the studio audience that are in desperate, I mean desperate situations, and you need a breakthrough. Would you pray for a breakthrough for them right now?
JASON: I will, and I want to tell you if God can do it for John, he can do it for you, no matter what area of life you’re needing a breakthrough. It could be your job. It could be your finances. You may have children that need to be resurrected, who have walked away from the Lord. And I want to pray today. And my prayer is that God would encourage and just fill you with hope and to hang on until you see God show up. So let’s pray.
Jesus, right now, we thank you that you are the God of breakthrough. Lord, no matter what we see, no matter what we’re walking through, no matter what we’re facing. Lord, there are people today who are watching this broadcast. They’re facing impossible situations. Lord, I thank you that you are the God of the possible. Lord, you make all things that seem impossible possible. And Lord, I pray you’d restore their hope today. God, I pray that you’d encourage them, that you’d lift them up, that you’d strengthen them. Lord, I pray that right now, people that are maybe right on the edge and ready to give up, I pray that Lord, you would encourage them. Lord, give them more rope to hold onto. God, I pray that they would not give up. Lord, that they would keep their eyes on you. Lord, that they would ignore what they need to ignore. And Father, I pray the Holy spirit would come and that you would just send your ministry and angels right now. Lord, that situations would change, that people would be healed, Lord, that they’d see breakthrough in their finances.
Lord, I thank you that you are a God of breakthrough. And Lord, if you can do it for John Smith, you can do it for us. Lord, I pray a blessing upon everyone that is listening. Lord, I pray you’d restore hope, that you’d restore life, and that you’d give them strength right now in the name of Jesus. Amen.
SID: All things are possible in his presence. And I tell you that prayer was prayed in his presence.
