While these stories are based on personal experiences, one key component is The Holy Spirit's involvement...
FAITH COMES BY HEARING/READING
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom 10:17 NKJV).
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us” (Eph 3:20, New Living Translation).
God says, "Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you, (and even show you) great and mighty things (which have been confined and hidden), which you do not not know and understand." (Jer 33:3 AMP).