Kingdom Woman: Embracing Your Purpose, Power, and Possibilities by Tony Evans, Chrystal Evans Hurst Page B
Authors: Tony Evans, Chrystal Evans Hurst
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“Go ahead”?
Linda prayed, “Lord, Your name is at stake. We told these people that if they would come out tonight they would hear a word from God. We told themthey would hear from You. Now, if they come and You let it rain, and You don’t control the weather, then You will look bad. We told them that You wanted to say something to them, and if You don’t keep back what You can control—the weather—someone could say that Your name is no good.”
And then she threw in a line that caused us all to look at each other out of the corners of our eyes. “Therefore right now I ask in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the rain to stop for the sake of Your Name!”
With that, we opened our eyes. Eyebrows went up. All we could say and think was “Whoa. Did she really just pray that?”
Following the prayers, we all went up and sat on the platform. The sky had now become entirely black behind us. A guy who had been assigned to communicate directly with the weather bureau said, “The showers are coming. They are heavy thunderstorms, and they are coming right at us.”
It is now 7:00 PM , and the music is beginning. It is time to start the crusade when massive thunder and lightning surrounded us. People began to stir in their seats. Some even started to get up and open their umbrellas.
Linda was on the stage with the rest of us. While umbrellas began to go up in the audience, and several on the stage, Linda sat there confident. A quiet look of expectation covered her face.
Then something happened that I have only seen once in my entire life. The rain rushed toward the stadium like a wall of water. Yet when it hit the stadium, it split. Half of the rain went on one side of the stadium. The other half went on the other side. Then it literally met on the other side of the stadium. All the while, Linda sat there with a confident look on her face. The rest of us, the preachers and leaders, just looked at each other. We looked at the rain going around the stadium, then we looked at each other again. Then we looked at Linda. Linda stared straight ahead.
Now, this is not a story that someone told me. I was there. In fact, my family was there with me. Not only that, but twenty-five thousand people were there with me too. And all of us saw a miracle that night right in front of our eyes. I believe that God paid special attention to Linda’s prayer because she had great faith.
She knew God’s name. She understood that His name represented His character. And her prayer appealed to that which mattered most to Him. She knew how to speak God’s language.
I believe Linda’s prayer ushered in a miracle because she realized that God is passionate for His own reputation. She put her faith in God. Her petite frame held power, simply because she was intimately connected with and invested in God’s name. Because the rain moved around the stadium, the crowd was protected so they could hear the gospel and respond with open hearts, having just witnessed a weather phenomenon.
When kingdom women become passionate about what God is passionate about, positive change can occur in lives, families, communities, and even our nation.
Hannah
The Bible contains stories of women who faced seemingly impossible situations. Yet time and time again, these women exhibited a faith arguably stronger than most men in Scripture. Women have a unique capacity for faith, and it is one of the primary ways to advance God’s kingdom. The first woman I want to look at is in 1 Samuel. Hannah was barren. She couldn’t have any children. In fact, the reason she couldn’t have any children is because God Himself had closed her womb (1:5). There wasn’t simply a biological limitation in Hannah’s life. There was a spiritual reason and God’s doing behind her physical reality.
Not only could Hannah not conceive, but she was also living in an unpleasant environment. She lived in a culture where a woman’s identity was often closely linked, if not entirely
Linda prayed, “Lord, Your name is at stake. We told these people that if they would come out tonight they would hear a word from God. We told themthey would hear from You. Now, if they come and You let it rain, and You don’t control the weather, then You will look bad. We told them that You wanted to say something to them, and if You don’t keep back what You can control—the weather—someone could say that Your name is no good.”
And then she threw in a line that caused us all to look at each other out of the corners of our eyes. “Therefore right now I ask in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the rain to stop for the sake of Your Name!”
With that, we opened our eyes. Eyebrows went up. All we could say and think was “Whoa. Did she really just pray that?”
Following the prayers, we all went up and sat on the platform. The sky had now become entirely black behind us. A guy who had been assigned to communicate directly with the weather bureau said, “The showers are coming. They are heavy thunderstorms, and they are coming right at us.”
It is now 7:00 PM , and the music is beginning. It is time to start the crusade when massive thunder and lightning surrounded us. People began to stir in their seats. Some even started to get up and open their umbrellas.
Linda was on the stage with the rest of us. While umbrellas began to go up in the audience, and several on the stage, Linda sat there confident. A quiet look of expectation covered her face.
Then something happened that I have only seen once in my entire life. The rain rushed toward the stadium like a wall of water. Yet when it hit the stadium, it split. Half of the rain went on one side of the stadium. The other half went on the other side. Then it literally met on the other side of the stadium. All the while, Linda sat there with a confident look on her face. The rest of us, the preachers and leaders, just looked at each other. We looked at the rain going around the stadium, then we looked at each other again. Then we looked at Linda. Linda stared straight ahead.
Now, this is not a story that someone told me. I was there. In fact, my family was there with me. Not only that, but twenty-five thousand people were there with me too. And all of us saw a miracle that night right in front of our eyes. I believe that God paid special attention to Linda’s prayer because she had great faith.
She knew God’s name. She understood that His name represented His character. And her prayer appealed to that which mattered most to Him. She knew how to speak God’s language.
I believe Linda’s prayer ushered in a miracle because she realized that God is passionate for His own reputation. She put her faith in God. Her petite frame held power, simply because she was intimately connected with and invested in God’s name. Because the rain moved around the stadium, the crowd was protected so they could hear the gospel and respond with open hearts, having just witnessed a weather phenomenon.
When kingdom women become passionate about what God is passionate about, positive change can occur in lives, families, communities, and even our nation.
Hannah
The Bible contains stories of women who faced seemingly impossible situations. Yet time and time again, these women exhibited a faith arguably stronger than most men in Scripture. Women have a unique capacity for faith, and it is one of the primary ways to advance God’s kingdom. The first woman I want to look at is in 1 Samuel. Hannah was barren. She couldn’t have any children. In fact, the reason she couldn’t have any children is because God Himself had closed her womb (1:5). There wasn’t simply a biological limitation in Hannah’s life. There was a spiritual reason and God’s doing behind her physical reality.
Not only could Hannah not conceive, but she was also living in an unpleasant environment. She lived in a culture where a woman’s identity was often closely linked, if not entirely
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