How to Overcome Fear and Say Yes to a Life of Miracles
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✨ Let’s be real — stepping out in faith can feel terrifying.
I still remember gearing up for a travel day in airports years ago, heart pounding, feeling nudged by the Holy Spirit to pray for strangers. I wanted to obey… but I also wanted to crawl into the nearest restroom and hide. 😅
I was just starting to believe God still does miracles. That He partnered with ordinary people like you and me.
During that season, Kandi and I were reading about, hearing about, and even seeing Bible-sized miracles happening TODAY. I was hooked. Something deep in my bones was coming alive.
But when it came to praying for others, fear whispered things like:
💭 “What if I mess this up?”
💭 “What if I look crazy?”
💭 “What if God doesn’t show up?”
I had this image of God tossing me into the deep end of ministry like a tough dad teaching his kid to swim — no floaties, no warning, just splash. 😬🫧 But that’s not His nature.
God didn’t shove me. He led me gently, strategically, and thoughtfully. And what unfolded in that airport still thrills me to this day!
✈️ Here’s what happened:
I said, "Ok God, I want to walk in miracles and partner You in loving people today. Lead me to the ones you've prepared me for. Give me courage." I took a deep breath and went.
1️⃣ I bumped into an old friend (across the country?!) who was struggling with deep discouragement. I prayed for him right there in the terminal, and he walked away lighter and full of crazy hope. ✨
2️⃣ Next, I struck up a conversation with some teens heading overseas on a mission trip. Ok, it started with me eavesdropping while sitting at my gate, but I bravely interjected to ask about their trip. They said it was just “what their youth group did.” I affirmed them and asked if they had a favorite thing about Jesus. I shared mine too, and with a few personal, simple truths about Jesus, they teared up — undone. They asked me to pray for them, and I think the whole gate could sense the holiness there. I watched them leave with fire in their eyes. ❤️🔥
3️⃣ Finally, I felt drawn to a man with jet-black hair. “Pray for healing,” I heard (and second-guessed) the Holy Spirit saying as soon as I saw the back of his head as I walked into the next airport off the plane. I was shaking and pacing around trying to work up the courage. When I finally walked over, I realized I knew him! It was a missionary I’d met years ago. The small talk helped me ease into the “do you need healing?” question. Then he told me he had cancer! 😬 I freaked out inside, but I prayed for him right there, shaking in my boots. A month later, I found out he’d been declared cancer-free — and over a decade later, he still is. 💁🏻♂️
What?!
I walked into that airport full of fear… I left full of faith. And stories I'll never forget. And a desire to do it again… once my blood pressure returned to normal. 😂
The turning point.
That day was a turning point.
Looking back, I love how gentle the whole thing was.
God didn’t start by asking terrified little me to march up to the scariest stranger in the airport and perform a Moses-level miracle. 😂 He met me where I was.
First, I got to bring His love to an old friend. Then some teenagers. And when I was shaking my way toward the biggest step of the day... it turned out to be someone I already knew.
I didn’t have to become fearless before I could say yes. I got braver through saying yes.
I also got to experience God’s intentional, nurturing nature. Where I thought He might overwhelm me, He walked with me.
That day became a launchpad into deeper intimacy with Him and a lifelong passion for healing, wholeness, and walking in the miraculous.
Cause here’s what I’ve learned:
🛑 Fear says it wants to keep you safe — but it can also keep you stuck. 🥸
✅ Faith asks for your small yes — and then gives you a chance to experience God in ways you never could from the sidelines.
“Whoever is faithful with little will also be trusted with much.” — Luke 16:10
When David stood before Goliath, he remembered the lions and bears God had already brought him through. His history with God gave him courage for the giant in front of him.
💥 10 Things That Grow When You Keep Saying Yes to God
When you keep saying yes, something starts changing in you:
1️⃣ Courage — You build a history with God that gives you courage for the next yes
2️⃣ Discernment — You learn to recognize His leading instead of letting fear make every decision
3️⃣ Confidence — You’ve experienced God meeting you in real life, so you have something to remember when fear hits again
4️⃣ Possibility — You start seeing what God could do where fear only showed you what could go wrong
5️⃣ Boldness — You stop shrinking and become more willing to use what God put inside you
6️⃣ Expectation — You start expecting God’s goodness, promises, and creative possibilities to show up in your everyday life
7️⃣ Participation — You move from watching what God is doing to actively partnering with Him in loving people
8️⃣ Peace — You get better at waiting, listening, and trusting when you don’t have the answer yet
9️⃣ Impact — Your yes begins affecting people beyond you
🔟 Intimacy — You know God differently because you’ve actually walked through things with Him
Sounds dreamy, right?
And these aren’t reserved for some tiny group of “anointed” people who never get scared. They are your inheritance. They grow as ordinary people keep walking with God, even when their knees are shaking. 💥
When you say yes, here’s what starts to shift:
🔑 Courage grows through practice — Studies literally show how courage lights up and rewires your brain! Every time you act even while you’re afraid, you create a new experience: I was scared. I took the step. And I made it through. Over time, that can make the next brave step easier. Studies literally show how courage lights up and rewires your brain!
📈 Your confidence grows — Not from hype, but from history with God.
💖 Your intimacy with God deepens — You learn to lean on Him in new ways and experience more of who He is beyond the limits fear had created.
So what’s your next Spirit-led step?
You don’t have to leap off the diving board today. Just dip a toe in and see what God does.
Maybe it’s:
👉🏼 Praying for a coworker
👉🏼 Forgiving someone who hurt you
👉🏼 Starting the conversation you’ve been avoiding
👉🏼 Signing up for something you keep feeling drawn toward
👉🏼 Bringing your neighbor cookies and a handwritten note
👉🏼 Saying yes to something you’ve feared and longed for at the same time
👉🏼 Get help overcoming resistance and uncertainty in life choices
👉🏼 Or simply praying, “Here I am, Lord. Lead me.”
Every little yes gives you another opportunity to experience God with you.
All of heaven is eager to meet you there.
You were made for boldness. For beauty, risk, love, and impact. For the God you read about in the Bible to become the God you know through your own lived history with Him.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7
🛫 I don’t know what your airport moment will look like...
But I do know this:
✨ The Holy Spirit is already at work.
✨ You don’t have to be fearless to take the next step.
✨ And your little yes? It carries Kingdom weight.
So bring God your fear and give Him your yes. Then see what the two of you do together.
And you know what? It’s always better doing these things together.
We’re with you. 💛
To baby steps and bold faith,
Kelsi
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