Anna the Prayer Warrior: the Faith of a Little Girl

             I started attended a small prayer meeting a few months ago, but little did I know the lesson I would learn on faith.  I’ve walked with Jesus for a long time, but it took a 10 year old girl to teach me about unadulterated faith.   Anna*, a 10 year old girl, taught me about what it truly means to have faith.  She has touched my heart and I will remember her story of faith for the rest of my life.        
            Anna attends our weekly prayer meeting with her parents.  She usually hangs out in another room watching television, but I now know that she does much more than that!  One day our pastor was teaching on the power of prayer and faith.  He was sharing his testimony about being hungry and not knowing where his next meal would come from.  He shared with our group about the times he had to go his cupboards and pray to the Lord to fill his home with food.  Our pastor told us he spoke to the cabinets and cried out to the Lord that it be filled in Jesus name; little did we know Anna was listening in the next room. 

Shortly after that, Anna’s family faced a financial storm.  While her parents prayed for provision from the Lord, Anna went to the pantry and prayed to the Lord requesting that the pantry would be filled.  What happened?  A family donated food that included Anna’s favorite food; but Anna didn’t stop there, she went to the freezer and prayed that it too would be full!  What happened? A church family donated a freezer full of meat!  Wow!  The faith of a little girl.  Anna, thank you for becoming an example of what it means to have “childlike” faith.    

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 23, 2014 at 9:19 AM

    Carmille - I love the blog about Anna's Faith. I learned at a very young age to have faith in God. My father was a full time minister and there were so many days when we did not have food in the house. My mother did not work and there were six children plus my cousin, who came to live with us at the age of 2. We had to trust and believe that God would provide for us. I like the scripture Matt. 18 1-6 Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. God said to be humble as a little child. As a young child I would pray all kinds of prayers. One summer my siblings and I were catching butterflies. I prayed and asked God to send the largest butterfly for us to catch. To my surprise God sent the largest most colorful Monarch butterfly. It's body was so large it scared me. If you have faith God will answer your prayers. I have more faith stories in my book DreamQuest A Journey of Significant Vision.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Carmille AkandeJuly 23, 2014 at 10:20 AM

    Thanks for sharing Stephanie! Where can I get your book?

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownJuly 23, 2014 at 10:53 AM

    I enjoyed this story of unadulterated faith. It strengthens me in my own. Thank you.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Carmille AkandeJuly 23, 2014 at 1:21 PM

    Thanks Hope!! Her faith blessed me as well!!!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Guilty as Charged: I have the tendency to be Martha and not Mary

We all have heard the story of Martha and Mary in the bible.  (Luke 10:38-42)  Martha was busy “serving” the Lord and Mary sat at the feet of Jesus to learn and commune with Him.  At some point, Martha complains to Jesus that her sister is not helping her with the work.  Jesus explains to Martha that her sister is doing the most important thing, listening to him.  Now, for years people have been telling me to slow down because I was “doing” too much.  I admit I had the mentality, “I’ll rest when I go to heaven” or “You aren’t doing anything so don’t try to slow me down.”  On the flip side of that, I’ve had people make me feel guilty when I wanted to take much needed rest and rejuvenation.  I’ve been weary, but the need to “people please” or the feeling of disappointing God caused me to keep pushing.  The result: a tired Carmille.  The truth is…we can’t keep pouring out if we are not being poured in to.  We can become so bus...
Read more

God Has Not Forgotten You

Image
I found the biggest challenge in my faith is when I'm facing tremendous hardship. In those times, I wonder why God doesn't come to my rescue immediately. The hardest part is knowing that he can rescue me at any time, but there is no immediate rescue. I question where is God? Why is he allowing me to suffer like this? In these times, I remind myself of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. They were friends of Jesus. One day Lazarus becomes sick and they sent a message to Jesus. Now you would think that because they were faithful followers of Jesus he would rush to their aid at once, but he didn't. He stayed where he was two more days. When Jesus finally arrives, Lazarus had died. When you are a follower of Jesus, we expect to see good things happen in our lives. When trouble appears, we turn to prayer and ask God to help us. Afterwards, we expect God to come and assist us. Unfortunately, he doesn't always come and rescue us when and how we want him too. Are you a fol...
Read more