Faith & Prayer - The Power of One More

At the end of his book, The Power of One More, Ed Mylett ties so many of his concepts together in a power conclusion about faith, prayer, tragedy and focus.

“When tragedy strikes, you may have a crisis in faith.”

 While Mylett didn’t delve into this statement any further to explain its meaning, I am going to take a stab at expanding upon it myself. If you live your life entirely in the emotional highs and emotional lows, you are living a very tragic life. Your days are only characterized by super-high wins or an existential crisis of things falling apart.

 But when you lean into the power of faith and prayer – which builds your faith – and you believe all things are working for good, you don’t have to live in a constant crisis mentality. You don’t have to live each day super-high or super-low. Your eyes are opened to see the happenings of each day as the greater plan of your life playing out. You can view all outcomes as good because you have the confidence that your experiences are all intentional. Expect good things to happen to you, AND understand the bad things happening to you will ultimately be used for good.

 You don’t have to be worried. You can feel peace and freedom in your heart because you have faith that even if something spells your personal demise, all things are ultimately for good. And as long as you remain strong in your faith, and you maintain your special relationship with God, things are going to play out the way God intended. You need not live in a crisis of worry or fear.

My grandmother used to tell me, “You can either worry or pray – you cannot do both.”

 Remain strong in your faith, love God fully, and pursue life for His will, not your own. If you do those things, you truly have nothing to worry about.  

 Your energy as an individual matters so much – for your own health, but also for those around you. You don’t want to bring that energy of desperation or crisis to yourself or others constantly. Rather, you want to bring the energy of hope, joy, peace, and freedom. And the only way you continually do that is by having strong faith.

Keep your faith strong – keep praying.