Miracles Beyond The Crowd: the power of persevering faith

by Nico Smit

Miracles Beyond the Crowd – The Devotional Journey
Step into a 10-week journey of powerful persevering faith and transformation. Based on the popular book Miracles Beyond the Crowd, this 50-day interactive devotional helps you move from watching miracles to living them. It is an invitation into faith that moves — not just in Sunday moments, but in the ordinary walk of life.

Across 10 weeks, you’ll explore what it means
• Press past the noise and hear God’s voice
• Reach beyond barriers and touch Jesus
• Walk in obedience before you see the path
• Finish strong when the crowd has left

Inside you’ll find Scripture, original excerpts from Miracles Beyond the Crowd, daily reflection questions, faith-in-action exercises, and a full 100-question application questionnaire to help you embed what you discover and carry it forward.
Ideal for personal study, small groups and corporate settings . This devotional workbook will guide you beyond survival into possession, beyond visitation into habitation, and beyond promise into fulfilment.

This is not a book for spectators—it’s a roadmap for those who dare to move beyond the crowd.

- FOR BEST EXPERIENCE it is recommended (not necessary) that this devotional workbook is used with the original book 'Miracles Beyond The Crowd- The Power of Persevering Faith ' by Nico Smit. Whether used individually or in a group, this workbook is a tool, a challenge and a commission—to rise in faith, move forward with purpose, and passionately pursue the presence of God, no matter the cost.

122 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 12, 2025

Reviews

[Jonas Heggestad · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the third book I’m reading by Nico Smit, and once again he delivers a book that is highly encouraging, challenging, and deeply biblically based. It’s a book about faith, how faith and trust in God bring forth miracles despite our surroundings and what other people think or say. It’s about faith in His promises and trusting God for what He has said.

One of the key reasons I love this book is the way Nico unpacks different Bible stories. He doesn’t use them merely to prove his own points. Rather, he tells the stories as they are found in Scripture, brings in context, and carefully unpacks them. Out of this process, the biblical truths he wants us to see naturally emerge. Nico leads us deeper into the biblical texts, reveals more of who Jesus is, and encourages us to respond with faith, just as many of the people do in the passages he highlights.

One question that has stayed with me after reading this book concerns my own faith and my will in all of this. Often, temptation and circumstances distract us and draw us away from being with Jesus. The question then becomes: how much do you really want to be with Jesus? There is always a cost to worship and to breakthrough in our lives. So, how much do you truly want to take hold of His promises?

Once again, a solid book by Nico Smit. Highly recommended.

[Book Reviewer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miracles Beyond the Crowd is a heartfelt call to push past spiritual passivity and step into a faith that moves, reaches, climbs, and refuses to settle. Author Nico Smit weaves together vivid Gospel narratives with pastoral insight, showing how people who pursued Jesus with grit and hunger were the ones who encountered breakthrough. The book traces stories like the woman with the issue of blood, Bartimaeus, the paralytic lowered through the roof, and the Canaanite woman, and shows how each miracle came to someone who would not stay in the safety of the crowd. The message is simple and clear, yet full of fire. Faith walks. Faith presses in. Faith does not back down. Smit invites readers to become people who step toward Jesus even when blocked, ignored, or discouraged.

I was surprised by how personal the writing felt. The tone is warm and direct. It almost reads like a conversation with a pastor who refuses to let you drift into complacency. I felt challenged in ways that caught me off guard. Certain lines made me nod along, and others made me stop and stare because they hit something inside me. The stories are familiar, yet Smit retells them with a kind of urgency that made me feel the tension in each moment. When he describes the woman crawling through the crowd or the friends ripping open a roof to get to Jesus, I could almost feel the dust and desperation. The writing moves quickly and stays clear, and it stirred up old questions for me about what I have quietly stopped believing God for.

I also appreciated how honest the book is about resistance. Smit does not pretend that faith is polished or pretty. He talks about faith that crawls, shouts, stumbles, and keeps going anyway. I felt a kind of relief reading that. It made space for the days when hope feels thin, and the crowd feels loud. The tone is bold and I could feel it pushing me to examine the ways I settle for proximity to Jesus without actually pursuing Him. There were moments I felt encouraged, and others where I felt exposed in the best possible way. The writing carries a strong emotional pull. It made me want to stand up and believe again for things I had quietly filed away.

Miracles Beyond the Crowd is a passionate and stirring read. I would recommend it to anyone who feels stuck, weary, or spiritually dull, and especially to those who believe in Jesus but have lost the fire to chase after Him. It is a great fit for people who love practical faith stories, people who enjoy devotional style encouragement, and anyone longing for fresh hope.

[Eve Harrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Faith refuses to Let Go

Miracles Beyond The Crowd is the perfect book for the one struggling.

Allow Nico Smit to take you by the hand and encourage you to leave complacency, excuses, and comfort behind and push through the crowd to grab the cloak of Jesus.

If you need to be built up in the faith, I highly recommend this book.

Thank you Nico for encouraging me.