For one, I was surprised that I liked the movie as well as I did. The movies that you decribe, I like. We need to be encouraged, and sometimes it comes from a movie.
Faith like potatoes is based on real events. I haven't looked it up (I only saw the movie yesterday), so I do not know any of the actual details. I do fully believe that God answers prayer, and I believe that He can make it rain, or not rain: just look in the Old Testament, God stopped the rain. He also made a day last longer so that a battle could be won (answer to prayer: and some scientists are confirming about the longer day). Look in the New Testament: the lame walk, the blind see, and the dead raised. Those didn't stop when the Bible was written, it still happens.
Now, if you noticed, Angus went to church, and read the Bible. We all need to study The Word, and be in a church that is following The Bible. I said all of that to say that not every prayer is going to be answered the way we want it. That is preached in churches. In the Bible it says that "you have not because you ask not", it also says that "when you ask, you ask amiss". In other words, when you pray, pray for God's will to be done. If you are asking for a new car because you don't like the one you have, you may want to think about being thankful for the one you have. I have seen people pray for years for a new Cadillac and never got one. I've seen people pray for healing, and it happened.
!!!!SPOILERS!!!! If you noticed, Angus prayed for the girl who was stuck by lighting and she lived, but when prayed for his nephew, he did not live. God has a plan, and it doesn't always coincide with ours. He will answer some (like the girl, and the rain) to show His Glory and Power. He will also minister to people, like the father of the boy. I know, because I had a similar experince about my late wife.
If you hold to your faith, AND YOU ARE LINED UP IN GOD'S WORD, then your prayers can be answered, no matter what the world says.
Now, about the truck, I believe that they were saying that God goes beyond everything we may ask or think: that He will bless us above and beyond, if we follow Him. It would be dificult to show the Spiritual blessings you get by following God, so I believe they were showing things that people could understand.
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