1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, 2 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you 3 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: need to connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter 4 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can 5 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after 6 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: the short word from our sponsor, you will pray for 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: today's prayer to wait and hope when God seems silent. 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: Together a prayer to wait and Hope when God Seems Silent, 9 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: written by Whitney Hoppler, read by Carrie Iiberger. Wait for 10 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: the Lord, Be strong and take heart and wait for 11 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: the Lord, Psalm twenty seven, verse fourteen. Do you sometimes 12 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: feel like God isn't hearing your prayers, or that if 13 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: God is listening, he doesn't care enough to answer your prayers. 14 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: There are times in this fallen world when you may 15 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: pray and not hear anything back from God for a while. 16 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: You may even start to wonder if prayer really works. 17 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 1: If God seems silent in your life right now, You're 18 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: not alone. In fact, you're in the company of Jesus disciples. 19 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: On Holy Saturday, the day after the Crucifixion and the 20 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: day before the Resurrection, was the ultimate day of waiting. 21 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: The disciples knew the wonderful truth of what Jesus had 22 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: promised would happened, but the time for it had it 23 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: come yet God must have seemed silent to disciples on 24 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: that Saturday. They had to hold on to their faith 25 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: that at the right time, they would hear from God 26 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 1: again when the resurrection happened. You'll sometimes face your own 27 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: holy Saturdays, those times when you've asked God to help 28 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: you with something, but you haven't yet seen God's help arrive. 29 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: You may be praying about a broken relationship but are 30 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: still as strange from someone you love. You may be 31 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: praying for a job you want, but the door that 32 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: opportunity is still closed. You may be asking God to 33 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: heal you from an illness or injury, but your health 34 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: hasn't improved. There are many other situations you can be facing, 35 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: or you're praying that God doesn't seem to be answering 36 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: when you're in the middle of a Holy Saturday situation, 37 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: don't worry. Even if God isn't currently speaking to you, 38 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: He's still working for you, because God is always at 39 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: work in your life. Psalm twenty seven fourteen encourages you 40 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: to wait for God to reveal his answers to your prayers. 41 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 1: It doesn't just tell you to wait, tells you how 42 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: to wait when it says to be strong and take heart. 43 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: That kind of waiting isn't passive. It's an active process 44 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: of waiting with hope. As you wait, God will give 45 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: you strength. When you wait with hope, you're cooperating with 46 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: God as he prepares you for what's next in your life. 47 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: The silence of Holy Saturday came right before the greatest 48 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: miracle the world would ever know. While the disciples were 49 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: grieving Jesus' death on the cross, Jesus was in the 50 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: process of overcoming death forever. The silence would soon turn 51 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: into a loud celebration once the timing was right for 52 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: the resurrection. So if you're having a Holy Saturday experience 53 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: right now where God seems silent, let Psalm twenty seven 54 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: fourteen encourage you to wait with hope. Silence is the 55 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: space God uses to prepare you for the wonderful ways 56 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: He plans to answer your prayers in his way timing, 57 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: which is always best. Be strong, take heart, and wait 58 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: for the Lord. Use this time to seek fresh encouragement 59 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: and strength from God. Keep believing that God is planning 60 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: something wonderful to answer your prayers. Look forward to seeing 61 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: it happen when the timing is right for God to 62 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: send it to you. You can trust God, who kept 63 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: his promise on that first Easter morning, to answer every 64 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: single one of your prayers in the very best timing. 65 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: Let's pray, Dear God, I'm not hearing from you, even 66 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: though I've prayed a lot and really hope for an 67 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: answer soon. I've gotten tired and frustrated from praying so 68 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: much and still not hearing an answer from you. But 69 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: as discourage as I feel, I know that your perspective 70 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: is greater than mine, and you have a perfect time 71 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: and mind for answering my prayers. On this Holy Saturday. 72 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: Think about how your disciples once felt the painful frustration 73 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: of seeing your sealed grade and wondering whether or not 74 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: you really would be resurrected, but they were just one 75 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: day away from experiencing the miracle of your resurrection. Please 76 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: forgive me for the times I've mistaken your silence for 77 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: your absence. Help me remember that even when I can't 78 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: see you moving, you're still working behind the scenes doing 79 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: something wonderful. So I choose to take heart and wait 80 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: with hope for your timing to arrive strengthen my faith. 81 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: While I wait, I look forward to how you will 82 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: answer my prayers. Thank you that this silence is only 83 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: temporary and not be able to celebrate your answer in 84 00:05:45,279 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: the future. I love you God, Amen. Daily Prayer is 85 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: a production of Life Audio and Sale Media. 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