What if the breakthrough you’ve been praying for isn’t years away—but one divine moment away?
During a recent interview with Amanda Grace, Charisma Media reporter and author Abby Trivett shared the heart behind her new book, The Power of Suddenly, a message centered on how God often transforms lives in an instant after seasons of waiting, prayer and preparation.
Grace opened the conversation by noting her own familiarity with God’s unexpected interventions.
“I am familiar with the power of suddenly in my life with Almighty God,” Grace said. “What Almighty God can do suddenly in a moment.”
For Trivett, the inspiration for the book emerged during a season of personal Bible study in 2024. As she reflected on Scripture, one theme repeatedly stood out.
“I said, ‘Suddenly,'” Trivett recalled. “It is in the beginning of Scripture. It’s in the end of Scripture. It is all throughout Scripture. And it’s all about miracles.”
That realization launched a deep exploration of biblical accounts where God intervened in extraordinary ways. From miraculous provision and healing to fulfilled promises and even resurrections, Trivett found a consistent pattern: God often moves swiftly when His appointed time arrives.
“It didn’t matter how long people had been waiting for something like Abraham and Sarah,” she said. “When God says it’s time for something, He speaks, and it happens quickly.”
One of the central themes of the book is what Trivett describes as the collision between “earth’s not yet” and “heaven’s already done.”
“God’s promises are yes and amen in Him,” Trivett explained. “Everything He’s already said in the heavenly realm, it’s already done. We’re just waiting for the manifestation of it to happen here on earth.”
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While believers wait for those promises to unfold, Trivett encourages them to remain active in faith through prayer, Scripture and confession.
“It is their job to keep pressing in in prayer, to keep believing for it, to speak it out because there is power of life and death in the tongue,” she said.
The author pointed to the woman with the issue of blood as one of Scripture’s clearest examples of a “suddenly” moment. After 12 years of suffering and failed attempts to find healing, her faith produced an immediate miracle.
“She just believed that with a little bit of faith that if she just touched it, she would be healed,” Trivett said. “And as soon as she did, she was healed.”
Trivett also shared her own testimony of experiencing God’s sudden intervention. While preparing to graduate from college, she faced repeated disappointments in her search for employment. Then, after surrendering her plans to God’s will, everything changed.
“I said, ‘All right, Lord, I’m going to do the prayer of Your will for my life,'” she said. “Every single time that I did that… I would get a call back from these people at Charisma Media.”
Within weeks, she had accepted the position and moved 800 miles to Florida.
As the conversation concluded, Trivett addressed what she believes is one of the church’s greatest misconceptions: that miracles have ceased.
“There’s nowhere that tells us that He stopped doing it,” she said. “I want people to walk away realizing that they can be completely free of absolutely anything and that He still is working and that He still wants to work in their lives.”
For believers waiting on a promise, Trivett’s message is simple but powerful: God has not forgotten. The same God who healed the sick, delivered the oppressed and fulfilled impossible promises in Scripture is still moving today. And when His perfect timing meets a believer’s faith, a suddenly moment can change everything.
Prepared by Charisma Media Staff.
