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Your Daily Prayer - A Prayer for Hope When Life Feels Dark · GodLife On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Your Daily Prayer, where we
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  Speaker 1: help you find the words you need to connect to
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  Speaker 1: your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening in your
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  Speaker 1: life today, you can trust that God wants to hear
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  Speaker 1: from you. Right after this short word from our sponsors,
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  Speaker 1: we'll pray through today's prayer for hope When Life Feels
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  Speaker 1: Dark A Prayer for Hope When Life Feels Dark Written
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  Speaker 1: by Rachel Wojo Read by Leah Gerard For in this
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  Speaker 1: hope we were saved, But hope that is seen is
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  Speaker 1: no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
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  Speaker 1: But if we hope for what we do not yet have,
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  Speaker 1: we wait for it patiently. Romans 8, 24-25 I had
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  Speaker 1: the old cordless phone in my hand ready to punch
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  Speaker 1: the numbers. I was calling my mom on a normal
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  Speaker 1: Thursday morning. Then I realized what I was doing. Mom
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't be picking up on the other side. She no
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  Speaker 1: longer lived on this planet. Her home was in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: I remember standing there in my little kitchen and the
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  Speaker 1: sorrow of it washing over me all over again. The
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  Speaker 1: heaviness of her being gone and me stuck, waiting. I
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  Speaker 1: knew I'd see my mother again, but time stood as
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  Speaker 1: a strong enemy between that moment and the present. Heaven
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  Speaker 1: felt very far away. The distance between what had been
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  Speaker 1: and what would be was a thick darkness I could
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  Speaker 1: never see through. If you've ever stood in a moment
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  Speaker 1: like that, then you understand what I'm attempting to describe.
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  Speaker 1: It's the reality of knowing there's something you'll never be
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  Speaker 1: able to fix or hurry. It doesn't always feel like
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  Speaker 1: a dramatic moment. Sometimes it's just a break in everyday life,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that what you're waiting for is something you cannot see.
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  Speaker 1: Romans 8 is one of my favorite passages in the Bible.
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  Speaker 1: Paul logically discerns who hopes for what you already have.
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  Speaker 1: We often think, well, if I could just get a
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  Speaker 1: glimpse of God's good plan, then I'd have some hope.
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  Speaker 1: Paul tells us in this chapter that it's actually the opposite.
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  Speaker 1: Hope that is seen is not hope at all. If
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  Speaker 1: you can already see it, you don't need hope. The
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  Speaker 1: kind of hope Paul describes is the kind that that
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  Speaker 1: sits with you in the dark, reminding you of God's
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  Speaker 1: unwavering love you can hold on to even when heaven
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  Speaker 1: feels far away. No matter how deep the darkness, God's
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  Speaker 1: love is hope you can cling to. Jesus sits with
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  Speaker 1: us in the dark. What I've come to understand is
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  Speaker 1: that the sense we need most in the dark is
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  Speaker 1: the sense of his presence. Knowing in our heart of
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  Speaker 1: hearts that that he is with us and will never
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  Speaker 1: leave us or forsake us. Hope is not off in
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  Speaker 1: the distance. Hope is standing by the phone in the kitchen,
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  Speaker 1: reminding us that we are never alone, even in our
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  Speaker 1: darkest moments. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, you understand the weight
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  Speaker 1: of this moment I'm holding. Though heaven feels far away,
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  Speaker 1: you are with me in the everyday moments of life.
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  Speaker 1: I confess that in the darkness, all I want is
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  Speaker 1: to see. I want light shining on a timeline and
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  Speaker 1: proof of what lies ahead. When I can't see that,
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  Speaker 1: I think hope has failed. But waiting is not a
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  Speaker 1: sign that you've forgotten me. Waiting is the very place
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  Speaker 1: where you've shown up so that I can get to
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  Speaker 1: know you more deeply. Help me, Lord, to sense that
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  Speaker 1: you are here. I don't need all the answers today.
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  Speaker 1: I simply need to trust you in the dark and
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  Speaker 1: hold on to the hope you alone can offer. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  Speaker 1: sees you, hears you, and He knows your needs. Rachel
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  Speaker 1: Wojo is an inspirational author, public speaker, and podcaster known
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  Speaker 1: for her popular blog, rachelwojo.com. Through her biblical approach and
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  Speaker 1: personal life experiences, Rachel empowers women to discover strength and
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  Speaker 1: hope in everyday situations. Despite enduring the loss of her mother,
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  Speaker 1: adult special needs daughter, and father, Rachel remains resilient. She's
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  Speaker 1: authored the well-loved book, Desperate Prayers, embracing the power of
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  Speaker 1: prayer in life's darkest moments, and recently released the 90-day devotional,
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  Speaker 1: Praying Through Life's Battles. Rachel is crazy in love with
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  Speaker 1: her husband, Matt, and cherishes her motherhood with six children
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  Speaker 1: on earth and two in heaven. Your daily prayer is
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  Speaker 1: following Your Daily Prayer and Your Nightly Prayer, you can
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  Speaker 1: be sure that your day begins and ends centered on
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  Speaker 1: the Word of God and prayer.