Miracle House — Jen Miskov

This is a true story of God’s faithfulness and miraculous provision to bless exceedingly abundantly above all we could hope, dream, or imagine. It’s also a story of simple obedience. May you be blessed and stirred with increasingly greater measures of faith than ever before.

Reflecting of the Testimonies of God’s Faithfulness over the previous Decade

Back in February of 2022, I was reflecting on the 10-year anniversaries that happened for me a decade before. New Year’s Eve December 31, 2011, I was ordained by Heidi Baker. A week after that, I began a project on the Apostolic Inheritance of California where I interviewed her and Bill Johnson the same week. In early February, I launched my first Writing in the Glory workshop at a local coffee shop with 3 other people. Then in February 2012, I stepped out in radical faith to found what later would become known as Destiny House. During this unique birthing season, I had no car, little money, and was sleeping on a blow-up air mattress on my friend’s floor, contending and believing for breakthrough while being stretched beyond what I had experienced before. In March, I released my 4th book Life on Wings: The Forgotten Life and Theology of Carrie Judd Montgomery (1858-1946) and then several months after that, I began working on Defining Moments book with Bill Johnson. To read all God did in that unique season, see blog entitled Destiny House History and Breakthrough.

“God wants to give you a home, but you have to start looking”

So fast forward to ten years after that significant birthing season in my life to now in 2022. Because of the weight of the 10-year anniversaries, I felt led to reconnect with Heidi to invite her to pray into the next decade with me. We were supposed to meet on the Friday, but it got switched to where I ended up with her and her friend on Saturday February 5, 2022 where we sat on the beach and she shared testimonies of house breakthroughs in her own life. Then she prophesied over us and prayed that God would also bring us breakthrough in that area. She told me, “God wants to give you a house, but you have to start looking.”

I had tried to buy a house by faith years back and had also looked into purchasing a home in a few different places but nothing ever came to pass. What she said to me in that moment was not on my immediate radar or anything I was considering at that time. I had forgotten about my dream to get a home because it felt so impossible and out of reach. I honestly didn’t do much with her encouragement because I knew I didn’t have the resources and I was fine where I was at. Then when I found out she was coming back to the area and speaking at my church in June, I realized I better get the ball rolling before she came back to honor her speaking into my life and take it seriously.

Finally Beginning the Process

It wasn’t until May 16, 2022 that I actually began to apply for a house loan so I could position myself for this miracle. God connected me with an incredible loan person named Kim who I had met doing tent revival stuff the summer before. She prayed for me throughout the whole process and was such a gift. On June 14th, two days after Heidi Baker spoke at my church, I got approved for a loan which was a miracle in and of itself. As I was searching online for homes, I realized if I was going to step out in faith for a home, I needed to love it and for it to feel like a refuge and retreat. I couldn’t come near affording anything in Orange County so I ended up being drawn to look in the mountains where I would regularly go to unplug and write in small mini-houses in the forest. Homes were more affordable there and they were right in nature.

“The only reason I’ m looking is because my spiritual mother told me that God wanted to give me a house.”

I had already booked a mini-house Getaway stay in the mountains about an hour from my home in June and decided to look at homes in the nearby area since I was already out there. My real estate agent, Jon, drove all the way up to the mountain to show me some homes on June 16, 2012. Nothing really caught my eye and I remember telling him, “I don’t really need to buy a house, and I am not in a hurry, and I don’t have the money. The only reason I am looking is because my spiritual mother told me that God wants to give me a house and I need to start looking to position myself for the miracle.” After every house falling short of my expectations, I felt bad for Jon since he had come all that way for nothing. Then at the end of a tiring afternoon, I asked him to come see where I was staying so he could get a better idea of what I was looking for. I showed him the inside of the mini-house with the one big window looking out into nature and told him I want something like that. He probably thought I was crazy, but I knew the only way this was ever going to happen was if it was a miracle straight from heaven.

Could this be the “one”?

As the weeks went on, I was busy traveling, and honestly a bit discouraged after our first failed attempt of looking at houses. I didn’t look for houses as vigilantly as before and only looked online here and there. Late July, I was getting ready to go up to Redding for the first time since I was there when the world locked down in March 2020 and Jon reached out to see if I had any time to look at homes again. I literally only had Saturday, on July 30th, open before heading out of town again. I had been watching one home that I really liked and saw that the price kept dropping. I wondered if this could be the “one.” He encouraged me to find a few other homes so we could look at several since we were already making the trip out there. I found a few others to look at and one that caught my eye but was way over my price range just for fun.

We met up and looked at a few homes but I didn’t connect with any of them. Then we went to see the one that way over my budget but had some cool windows and furniture. It was super close to the town but felt secluded at the same time. There were no homes in front of it and it had four windows looking straight into the forest. There were wood floors, 3 fireplaces, and 4 air conditioners which was rare to find in the mountain homes. I liked the home, however this was not the one I had my heart set on originally that we had not yet seen and it was $200K over my price range. When we finally made it to the one I had been watching online that was more in my price range, it was nothing like I thought it would be. I didn’t like the location or anything about the house. That was a clear no. We still had another couple homes to check out after that one. We did find another home that also looked like it could be a good fit. It had a separate little room on a hill that could work well for a prayer and writing room and was out in the country. But my heart kept leading me back to the earlier home we saw with the four big windows looking into nature with wood floors and furnished.

At the end of the day, it was clear, I really loved the house that was outside of my budget, but since God was giving me a home and I felt that I had found the pearl of great price, I decided to trust Him and dive in.

Stepping out of the Boat

August 1, I put in an offer with a letter encouraging the seller to sell me the home because I wanted to have a place to pray and write. The seller didn’t come down much at all but he did agree to sell me the home and thus I could avoid any potential bidding wars and house drama. I still felt really drawn to this home so by Tuesday night (8/2/2022) after a little back and forth, while I was at my homegroup, I signed the contract to purchase the home. I headed to Redding that next week and was also working on finalizing my 10th book All Who Are Thirsty which had also been on my heart and in my computer for ten years waiting to be released. I canceled my trip back to Maui that month because getting approved for a loan and buying a home felt like a full-time job with all of the paperwork and inspections and things, I needed to do to get ready.

Miracle or Bust

There was no way I could close escrow at the end of the month and make the final payments to close without the miraculous intervention of God. I was trusting that God would make a way where there was no way and taking each step as far as I could. Praise God, He provided through the body of Christ in a special way.

Triplets

August 30th I released my 10th All Who Are Thirsty book in my homegroup which was so special to do together in family. Michael & Ivey Ketterer and the whole homegroup was praying with me step by step as I moved forward with believing for the impossible. The next day I signed like a million documents to finalize the loan and September 1, I launched our School of Revival intensive on the Apostolic Inheritance of California. My goal was to move into the new home to teach from my own land, carrying the authority and putting a stake in the ground in the soil of California. However, there kept being delays. So, by Friday, I drove by faith toward the property praying that by the time I got there the city would have it recorded so I could legally move in. I had to get the internet set up that night in order to teach the next day from there. On my drive there, I got the call that everything went through and that the home was officially mine! I got the internet set up that night, then taught the final sessions on the Apostolic Inheritance of California from my own home in California!!! This all happened on Labor Day weekend! I feel I just birthed 3 babies and it was over Labor Day weekend: My 10th book, the Apostolic Inheritance of California training I had been waiting 10 years to release, and of course, my miracle home released all in the same week!

Receive Great Faith

All that to say, there is something powerful in submitting to those you are in covenant with. Buying a home was not on my radar in this season at all but it was on God’s. I am so grateful Heidi shared her own house breakthrough testimonies and prophesied over me that day on the beach in February. I am grateful that God gave me the grace to step out by faith to begin the search and see what He might do. I am grateful for all of the midwives who partnered in prayer every step of the way with me and for those who sowed in to making this dream become a reality.

I am wondering if there might be more windows of opportunity available to step into in this Kairos moment if we simply step out of the boat to follow the slightest stirrings of the Holy Spirit for such a time as this. This home is exceedingly abundantly above all I could ask, hope, dream, or imagine. It feels like it was hand crafted and made just me, hidden until the perfect time He wanted to release it. Sometimes we simply have to just take that first step of faith and move toward Him and what He is putting in front of us and the doors might just open wide.

There was not just one window peering directly into nature, but four. I don’t know about you, but that just demonstrates the goodness of our God to do the impossible on our behalf simply because He loves us and has good things in store for us. This is probably the third time I’ve ventured out to buy a home by faith. Third time is charm and when God is on it, He’s on it. I had a praying mortgage lender, a kindhearted real estate agent, and help and confirmation wherever I turned. But I still had to take the first step.

What might He be saying to you in this season? Are there any slight stirrings that are deep within your heart that He might inviting you to explore once again? Might this be the season, the time, the Kairos moment when things that were impossible in times past come together in perfect alignment under the kingdom for such a time as this? Is there a window of opportunity waiting for you to step into?

If you never step out and go for it, you will never know.

Blessing you with razor sharp focus to keep your full attention on the face of Jesus and supernatural faith to lean into His promises over your life for such a time as this.

After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” –Revelation 4:1

Thanks to everyone who partnered in prayer, sowing in, and having faith alongside of me for this life-changing breakthrough. None of this could have been possible without your support! If anyone else would like to sow into all God wants to do in this Miracle Home, you can do so at JenMiskovMinistries.com.