Austyn Johnson stars in ‘The Girl Who Believes in Miracles’ and Talks the Power of Faith
In John 14 verses 12 to 14, a resurrected Jesus spoke with his disciples encouraging them whoever believes in Him would do the works He has done and even greater; that whatever a person asks He will do it according to His name. The Girl Who Believes in Miracles exemplifies this particular teaching of Christ as the premise for the movie. The faith-based film that managed a remarkable theatrical release in the face of our nation grappling with a pandemic. The film stars Oscar® winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, Do You Believe) Austyn Johnson (The Greatest Showman and The Post), Kevin Sorbo (Let There Be Light, God’s Not Dead), and Emmy® winner Peter Coyote (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, A Walk to Remember).
The story centers around Sara Hopkins played by Austyn Johnson, who upon hearing a sermon at her church decides to exercise her faith by praying. Slight spoiler alert: On a day that Sara accompanies her brother and his girlfriend to a lake she finds a seemingly dead bird and prays for over it, miraculously the creature returns to life. Word quickly spreads in Sara’s small hometown concerning her supernatural gift and she encounters ridicule as well as, other people seeking her out to pray for them and their infirmities. Screenwriter George Michael Mercier was inspired to tell this story based…
