1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Welcome to the Untangling Prayer Podcast. I'm Rachel Wojo, 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: and each week we unravel life's nots through prayer. Here 3 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: you'll find practical wisdom and prayer encouragement to guide you 4 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: through life's hardest seasons. Join me as we untangle life's 5 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: messes together, one prayer at a time. Well, hey there, 6 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: welcome to the Untangling Prayer Podcast with Rachel Wojo. I'm 7 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: so glad to be with you today. Can we just 8 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 1: be honest for a minute, Like this season of year 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: can be very hard for many people, And I titled 10 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: this podcast how to Pray when You've Lost Hope. I 11 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: really think that I've prepared some content that's going to 12 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: be helpful for you. And so maybe you're exhausted, you're 13 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: bone deep, you're wondering if anything is even real anymore? Today? 14 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: How to pray when you've lost hope? Join me? The 15 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: question is how do I pray when I've lost hope? 16 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: And we think of that word hope so casually, right, 17 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: we hope it rains, we hope it doesn't rain. We 18 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: hope this casserole turns out great, or this bread rises appropriately, 19 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: or I hope the traffic doesn't get backed up. We 20 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: use that word hope in such a casual way, but 21 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: that's not the kind of hope that will sustain you 22 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: when life is falling apart. Hope is not wishful thinking. 23 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,199 Speaker 1: It is confident expectation. It's not crossing your fingers, it's 24 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: planting your feet. Right. So, there are three ways to 25 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: pray when your hope is crumbling. The first one I've 26 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: written a lot about in my book Desperate Prayers. Be 27 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: honest with God about where you are. Just be honest 28 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: with him. Had a woman call me last week who said, yeah, 29 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: I've been really angry at God, and I just old her, 30 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: you know what I have too before. I've been there. 31 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: But you don't have to pretend. In Psalm thirteen one, 32 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: David said, how long? How long, O Lord? How long 33 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: will you forget me? Forever? He felt like God had 34 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:29,119 Speaker 1: forgotten him. But God can handle your honesty. He actually 35 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: welcomes our honesty. And then number two, anchor yourself in 36 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: what is true the truth of scripture, not your circumstances. 37 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: Because we've talked about this before. Your circumstances will change 38 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 1: time and time and time again. Romans fifteen four says 39 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: for everything that was written in the past was written 40 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: to us that so that through the endurance taught in 41 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: the scriptures and the encouragement they provide, we might have 42 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: hope when our feelings are failing us, God's word will 43 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: hold us and sustain us. So be honest with God 44 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: about where you are. And then number two, anchor yourself 45 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: in scripture, not in circumstances. And then three, ask God 46 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: to restore your hope. When you just feel like you've 47 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: lost it and you don't have any hope, ask God 48 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: to restore it. Just say Lord, I've lost my hope. 49 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: Help me find it again. Help me remember who you 50 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: are and what you have promised. It's so very important 51 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: for us to do this. Romans fifteen thirteen says one 52 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: of my favorite verses, May the God of Hope fill 53 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, 54 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: so that you may overflow with hope by the power 55 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: of the Holy Spirit. Hope comes from the power of 56 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, not our circumstances. And I'm so grateful 57 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: that we know and serve and love a God who 58 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: cares so much about every detail in our lives, and 59 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: we can put our faith and hope and trust in him. 60 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in to this question from Hard Spaces, 61 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: where we weekly open up the podcast with this question. 62 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: We'll be right back after this word from our sponsors. 63 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for tuning in to that word from our sponsors, 64 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: and now for this week's segment of Pray More, worry 65 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: Less Encouragement. Today's principle is our most desperate places are 66 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: the most fitting spaces for the thrill of hope. There's 67 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: a line in a famous Christmas song that many of 68 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: you would be familiar with, a Holy Night, and the 69 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: line says, a thrill of hope the weird, weary world rejoices. 70 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: The thrill of hope doesn't come in perfect circumstances. If 71 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: our circumstances are perfect, most of the time, we don't 72 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: really need or think of needing hope. When everything is 73 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: going right, and when everything is just tied up neatly 74 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: with a bow, we don't really think about needing very 75 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: much hope. But hope comes in the waiting. Hope comes 76 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: to the weary, hope comes to those who are desperate, 77 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: and Romans eight twenty five encourages us. But if we 78 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 1: hope for what we do not have or do not 79 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: yet see in some translations, we wait for it patiently. Boy, 80 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,160 Speaker 1: the waiting and waiting patiently is what's really tough, isn't it. 81 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: In the Birth story of Jesus in Luke chapter two, 82 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: there are two people who really knew what was waiting 83 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: was all about. Most of the time, our Christmas Bible 84 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: reading is not necessarily focused on these two individuals, but 85 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: the first one is Simeon. Simeon was righteous, devout. He 86 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: was waiting, eagerly waiting. The Bible calls him as waiting 87 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit revealed 88 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: to him that he would not die until he saw 89 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: Jesus the Messiah. How many years did he wait, We 90 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 1: really don't know for sure, but he's clearly an old 91 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: man serving in the temple when Joseph and Mary show 92 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:24,279 Speaker 1: up with Jesus eight days on the eighth day after 93 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,359 Speaker 1: he was born, and there was another woman who also 94 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: was there with him, and her name was Anna. She 95 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: had been a widow for most of her life. But 96 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: yet the scripture tells us that for many years she 97 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: never left the temple, and she spent her days worshiping 98 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: and praying and fasting night and day. For many years 99 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: on end. Then one ordinary day in the temple, everything 100 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,799 Speaker 1: changed for both Simeon and Anna because Joseph and Mary 101 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: showed up with Jesus. Can you imagine how well this 102 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: promise of hope was just so long awaited? And yet Simeon, 103 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: who had this promise of hope, actually held Jesus in 104 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: his arms. He held Jesus as the promise of hope in 105 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: his arms. I can't imagine or fathom what that looked like. 106 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: And then Anna, she held a position of hope. So 107 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,679 Speaker 1: there's like the promise of hope, the position of hope, 108 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: the posture of hope. In other words, they held on 109 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: to hope before they ever even saw the baby, the 110 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: fruition of what they had hoped for. They weren't passive. 111 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: They were actively waiting. They were serving, they were fasting, 112 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: they were praying. But when hope arrived, they fully recognized 113 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: who Jesus was, unlike many who did not. Many of 114 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: the people did not recognize Jesus for who he was 115 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: when he arrived. They were expecting something else. Their hope 116 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: was in a different line of circumstances. You know, I 117 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: know something about desperate places. It is this time of 118 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: year that becomes very difficult for me because our daughter 119 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: Taylor lived her last life around this season. She passed 120 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: away January second, twenty nineteen, and for twenty two years 121 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: we lived a lot of desperation. There was no healing, 122 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: no cure, no treatment. And I wrote Desperate Prayers that book, 123 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: embracing the power of prayer and life's dark at moments, 124 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: because I lived those prayers. But hope doesn't disappoint, not 125 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: because our prayers are always answered in the way that 126 00:08:55,800 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: we want them to be, although that is glorious because 127 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: the one we're praying to, God, our heavenly Father, is faithful. 128 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: He is faithful. I guess I'm asking myself this season 129 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: if my eyes are tempted to be focused on the 130 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: glitz and the glamour, or am I willing to look 131 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: in some unexpected places for hope. Place is like a manger, 132 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: places like the waiting, places like my own desperation. Romans 133 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: twelve twelve says be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, 134 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: faithful and prayer. And doesn't that sum up succinctly what 135 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: we can do when we just feel like there's no 136 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: hope for us, or there's no hope to anticipate. There 137 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: is hope and his name is Jesus, and he came 138 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: to save us from our sin. I pray that this 139 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: episode has been an encouragement to you. As we move 140 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: into the final segment of the podcast, the Answered Prayer Story, 141 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: I was thinking about what to share, and I several 142 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: months ago, felt like the Lord was calling both my 143 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: husband and I felt like God was calling us to 144 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: form a nonprofit organization so that we could help more people. 145 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: And our goal would be to help people not only 146 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 1: with practical resources, but with spiritual resources when they're undergoing 147 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: difficult circumstances. How can we best help them? How can 148 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,839 Speaker 1: we best fit them. One of our early projects early 149 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: on was a lost Mon's conference back in the spring, 150 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: and we hadn't even formed the nonprofit, but this project 151 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: kind of is what spurred us in this direction. We 152 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: were able to raise enough money to get a book 153 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: in the hands of every mom who had lost a child, 154 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: and that was such an important part of what we 155 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: wanted to do in ministry. So we knew we needed 156 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,600 Speaker 1: to perform a non profit, but we didn't have the 157 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 1: money in order to have an attorney and file all 158 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: the paperwork and someone that I know. A good friend said, 159 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: if you feel like it's something you're supposed to do, Rachel, 160 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: I believe that I'm being called to support you in this. 161 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: I will pay the attorney fees. I had not even 162 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: shared with her that we had attorney's fees, but we 163 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: knew there would be a cost to getting everything established. 164 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,719 Speaker 1: And so the craziest thing happened as we formed all 165 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: of the paperwork and it was submitted and I received 166 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: the attorney bill, and this friend sent me a check 167 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: for the attorney bill. She included some extra on the 168 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: check and I did not know this, but I was 169 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: kind of dreading the day that we were supposed to 170 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: pay the bill as soon as possible. I also needed 171 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: to open a bank account for the nonprofit, and so 172 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 1: my husband and I were scheduled to have an appointment 173 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: to go to the bank to open in the account, 174 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: and we had the check and I had not opened 175 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: to the check. But the night before I woke up 176 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: and I was struggling. I'm like, Lord, we have enough 177 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: money to open this account, but we're going to pay 178 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: out every dime that this check is supposed to be for. 179 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: And so I'm thinking, Okay, money and money out, what's 180 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: left in the account for us to work with? Or 181 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: will the bank even allow us to keep the account open, 182 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: because you have to have a minimum balance. And so 183 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: I came downstairs, my husband went to work. I opened 184 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: up that envelope on my desk, and this precious friend 185 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: had already God had already laid it on her heart 186 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: to provide more than what we needed. She had written 187 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: the check for two hundred and fifty dollars, more than 188 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: what the attorney bill was, and so that meant there 189 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: would be enough leftover for a minimum balance in that account. 190 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: It's interesting to me that God had provided what we 191 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: needed before I even thought of it. I knew that night, 192 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 1: lying down in bed was when it first occurred to me, Oh, 193 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: my goodness, we won't have any extra I guess I'll 194 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: have to put some of our own money in this 195 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: account or try to figure out some way to have 196 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: an extra minimum balance in there. And God had already 197 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: laid it on her heart. She had already written the check. 198 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: The check was already in the envelope, and it was 199 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: already sitting on my desk when I opened it and 200 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: discovered that it was right there what we needed. You See, 201 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: that's how God works. He goes before us, He prepares 202 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: the way, He provides the timing, and so when we're 203 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: struggling to trust Him and we're struggling to know whether 204 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: or not we have hope, then we can be rest 205 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: We can rest assured that we do that His word 206 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: is true, was promises are true. There is a current 207 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: opportunity for you to help. If you'd like, go to 208 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: Wildernessgrace dot com and donate there. Right now, we have 209 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: an opportunity to help a family to get home for 210 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: the holidays. They've come on some very challenging circumstances. It's 211 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: a baby, a three year old, a mom and dad 212 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: who I've been in touch with and know, and I 213 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: know their parents very solid people, but they've just been 214 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: dealt a very challenging situation and we're trying to get 215 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: the son home to his parents. The son has a 216 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: broken shoulder and has you know, a baby and a 217 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: three year old. But we know that there is grace 218 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: in their wilderness, and so they're one of the projects 219 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: that we're working to try to help right now. If 220 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: you would like to help them get home for Christmas 221 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: in order to experience hope of their own restoration of 222 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: their own grace in their wilderness. You can go to 223 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: Wildernessgrace dot com and donate there. That's our current project, 224 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: and I will include that link in the show notes. 225 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: If today's message resonated with you how to find hope 226 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: when you just feel like you don't have any you 227 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: can't find any, then I want to encourage you to 228 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: pick up some resources desperate prayers, embracing the power prayer 229 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: in life, starkest moments for anyone who feels like you 230 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: just can't hear God and you can't talk to Him 231 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: because you're in your hardest season. There are some Biblical 232 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: characters who walked your road, and I know that you're 233 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: going to find some hope in them and healing in them. 234 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: And then the praying the Promises of God Prayer Journal. 235 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: It's in the top one hundred I'm so so blessed, 236 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: in the top one hundred devotionals on Amazon right now, 237 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: and so grab your copy Promises Prayerjournal dot Com or 238 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: on Amazon. I'll provide those links in the show notes. 239 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: But I want to pray for you, especially this Christmas, 240 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: because while I know some of you are going through difficulty, 241 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: you're struggling and you don't know where to turn. Place 242 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: your hope in Jesus. Anywhere else will leave you disappointed, discouraged, 243 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: or really just in a hard place. Because our hope 244 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: can only be found in Jesus. I want to leave 245 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: you today knowing that hope has come. He was a 246 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: baby and a manger. He came for Simeon, Simeon and 247 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: Anna as they waited. He came for our family, family 248 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: caring for a daughter with no cure and no help. 249 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: And He has come for you. He is with you 250 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: right now in whatever you're facing. I want you to 251 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: know that until next time, God sees you, he hears you, 252 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: and he knows you're no God bless Thanks for joining 253 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: me on the Untangling Prayer podcast. If this episode resonated 254 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: with you, share it with someone who could use a 255 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: little hope, and be sure to subscribe for more. Until 256 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: next time, keep seeking, keep trusting, and keep praying.