Did God Perform a Miracle For Angelina Jolie?

[Tinky]

Angelina Jolie Dropped to Her Knees and 'Prayed for a Miracle' on 'Unbroken' Film Set After Taking Inspiration From Christian War Hero

Angelina Jolie, though not religious, discovered the ultimate power of prayer while on set of her forthcoming film "Unbroken," thanks to her unlikely bond with a WWII hero and devout Christian.

 

Louis Zamperini, who died of pneumonia at age 97 on July 2, was the Olympian runner and prisoner of war survivor who inspired Jolie's latest directorial debut. The film is a war drama based on the best-selling book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.

 

The born-again Christian's incredible bond with the 39-year-old Academy award-winning actress not only led her to create a film about his remarkable life journey, but ultimately would also propel her closer to faith.

 

While directing one particular scene in New South Whales, Australia, Jolie found herself in desperate need of a miracle.

 

"She was not a person of faith and had never prayed before but she found herself at the very last scene of the movie ... they needed sunlight to shoot this very important scene and there had been a storm that had been going for a while," Zamperini's daughter Cynthia Garris said at a press conference in New York on Friday.

 

"[Angelina] said 'I don't know what I'm going to do so I'll do what Louie would do.' She got on her knees and she prayed for a miracle … everybody saw it," she recalled. "It stopped raining. The sun came out, a rainbow came out, she said, 'let's get this take' [and] they shot the take. When she said 'cut,' it started to rain again."

 

The extraordinary moment, according to Garris, was a testament to her late father's faith and the ability of his compelling story to impact even the most irreligious people.

 

"She was moved by my father's faith to try that and that's what he wants for people to get from the movie," Garris explained. "I'll tell you, when my father died we were all with him in the hospital. [Angelina] came about 45 minutes later and she was pointing above saying 'I know he's with us, I know he's there with God.' I think maybe in God's plan for Angelina, she was supposed to find Louie and make this movie to find her way to a life that would encompass the Almighty."

 

Zamperini survived a number of horrendous ordeals throughout his life, including living across the Pacific in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash. He also endured unspeakable torture at the hands of the Japanese navy after being sent to a P.O.W. camp.

 

It was after reluctantly attending a crusade led by evangelist Billy Graham in 1949 that Zamperini began his Christian walk and through his faith, he was able to forgive his captors and later overcome his struggles, including PTSD.

 

Jolie recently spoke about her decision not to delve deeply into Zamperini's Christian faith walk in the film. She explained that it was the war hero himself who requested that the faith theme be "universal" in a bid to appeal to a broad audience.

 

"We made it universal, not specific to one faith, and that was something that was agreed upon with Louie," Jolie said. "He said he wanted the message to reach everyone. He said to make faith and forgiveness universal … he said this is about reaching everyone and this should speak to everyone … If you were looking for symbolism and miracles in the film you will see them."

 

Zamperini's children attested to Jolie's statement and applauded the Hollywood filmmaker's cautious retelling of their late father's story.

 

"We're very happy with it," said Garris, with her brother Luke Zamperini adding, "I absolutely love this film!"

 

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[appy]

What I find really troubling is that the guy she is supposed to be filming about requested for a universal faith theme. Which goes against the fact that there is only one way to God. Not multiple ways.

 

Her prayer certainly seems to be done for the wrong reason. People are always looking for signs and wonders in the heavens, and Jesus said that none would be given. So I seriously doubt that there was a miracle. I certainly do think that her “lack of rain” interpretation totally misses the mark.

 

When the movie comes out, I'm sure little to nothing will be said that mentions the world's true condition and our need for repentance and turning to Jesus.

 

 

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If you and I meet and you forget me, you have lost nothing, but if you meet Jesus, and you forget him, you have lost everything. 

[Tinky]

I do wonder if God will perform a miracle for an unbeliever in an attempt to open their eyes. 

[OakWood]

I do wonder if God will perform a miracle for an unbeliever in an attempt to open their eyes. 

 

With God anything is possible.... so who knows?

[appy]

I'm sure there are times and situations in which God has intervened in an unbeliever's life to help the person believe. But not through signs and wonders in the heavens or through silly statues and or other objects.

 

When Jesus did miracles, they served as a witness and testimony as to who he was. After he died and rose again, the Holy Spirit speaks to the hearts of men, convicting them of sin and testifying about Jesus.

 

 

 

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If you and I meet, and you forget me, you have lost nothing.  But if you meet Jesus, and you forget him, you have lost everything.

[Guest shiloh357]

I do wonder if God will perform a miracle for an unbeliever in an attempt to open their eyes. 

He healed the Centurion's servant, and the daughter of the Syro-Phonecian women.

[Qnts2]

Just two quick stories of what I believe were miracles for unbelievers.

 

My own- I was in a situation which was difficult for me. One night, as I went to bed, I asked God 'what is the truth?'. I did believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but knew little to nothing about Jesus. The next morning I woke up with a very very strange urge, to read the NT. I could not shake that urge. 

 

Second - I had an office mate at work who was a satanist and warlock. His parents and grandparents were into the occult. He told me that he went into a church once, and found Christians and their God to be weak, and silly. He also said that he had seen the power of Satan. I told him that Satans so called power was a joke compared to the power of God. One day, another Christian came to the office to talk to me, and we talked about Gods healing power. My officemate was there and listened to our conversation without saying a word. A few weeks later, my officemate asked me about that conversation and said that his son had epilepsy which was getting worse. He asked me if God could heal his son. I said yes, and we arranged for the other Christian to go to his house to pray for his son. My officemate lived in a very remote area, on a back woods dirt road. The officemate said that he would meet the Christian at a place which was easy to find, and lead him to his house.  Just before the end of the day of the meeting, I felt God wanted me to say something to my officemate, which I did. I told him that Satan does not want this meeting to occur and will do something to try to stop it, but when that happens, my officemate needed to believe that Jesus could stop Satan and pray for Jesus to intervene so the meeting would happen.

 

The next day, my officemate came in all smiles and praising Jesus. He told me what happened. He was driving his truck to the meeting place, and without warning, his truck simply died. It would not start again. He was good with cars/trucks and opened the hood to check things out, but could not find anything wrong. He took out his tools and tested everything he could. He tried and tried to re-start the truck but it would not even turn over, just a click, even though electrically everything tested good. He tried again to restart the truck, and was getting very nervous as he was already late to meet the Christians coming to pray, and was concerned the meeting would not happen. And then he said he remembered what I had said. He prayed to Jesus to intervene. One more time he turned the key, and instantly the truck started up. He told me that at that moment, he knew Jesus was real and that He has far more power then Satan. He believed in Jesus and all that Jesus did to die for his sin. And a rush of joy and peace came over him. He drove to the spot and the people were still there. When they got to his house, he told his two wives and children what had happened, and they all believed that Jesus is God and more powerful then Satan. His wives accepted Jesus. His son was prayed for and healed.     

 

So, I would say that God will absolutely do miracles to reveal Himself to unbelievers.