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When God Feels Silent — The Road to Resurrection · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin. This is Ariel Santana.
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  Can you believe I'm seven years old already? I'm old enough now to introduce my dad.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, your host, my dad, Angel Santana.
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  Two thousand came and the spark was lit. A testimony raw, it wouldn't quit.
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  It's mother's voice, a guiding thread.
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  Fresh off the heels of the author, Jerry, who was on yesterday,
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  Streets to the Sanctuary.
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  We hope that you enjoyed yesterday's episode, clinging in over 6,000 hits so
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  far. Thank you so much for listening.
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  Now we begin on a Tuesday, March 31st, and we will begin the road to resurrection. That's the series.
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  And today we call it When God Feels Silent.
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  My name is Angel Santana. And this week we begin that new journey together,
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  a journey toward Easter.
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  This series is called The Road to Resurrection.
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  And over the next few days, we're going to be talking and walking through some
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  real moments, some heavy moments, but also some powerful reminders of what God
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  is doing, even when we don't see it.
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  And today, I want to talk to you about something that many of us feel,
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  but don't always talk about.
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  What do you do when God feels silent?
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  Not gone, not absent, just quiet.
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  You pray, but you don't feel an answer.
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  You wait, but nothing seems to change.
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  You believe, but things still feel uncertain.
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  And those moments, it's easy to wonder, God, where are you?
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  Why aren't you speaking? Why does it feel like nothing is happening?
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  And if we're honest, these moments can be some of the hardest parts of our faith.
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  Because we expect God to move quickly.
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  We expect clarity. We expect direction. We expect something we can see or feel.
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  But the days leading up to the cross were quiet too.
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  There wasn't a big announcement. There wasn't a clear expectation or explanation
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  for everyone. There wasn't a moment where everything suddenly made sense.
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  There was tension. There was waiting. There was uncertainty. And sometimes silence.
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  But silence doesn't mean God isn't working. In Psalms 37, verse 7,
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  it says, Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.
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  That's not easy. Because waiting feels uncomfortable.
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  Stillness feels unfamiliar. Silence feels confusing.
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  But sometimes God doesn't, well, God does His deepest work in the quiet.
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  That's what I want to say.
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  Sometimes He is strengthening you.
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  And even when you don't feel it, he's strengthening you. Sometimes he's preparing
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  something even when you don't see it.
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  Sometimes he's protecting you even when you don't understand it.
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  Just because you don't hear him doesn't mean he's not there.
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  Just because you don't see movement doesn't mean nothing is happening.
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  Think about it like this. Seeds grow in silence.
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  You don't hear anything. You don't see anything at first.
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  But underneath the surface, something is happening. And maybe that's where you are right now.
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  Maybe you're in a quiet season.
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  Maybe you're awaiting for an answer. Maybe you're praying for the direction.
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  Maybe you're hoping for something to change, and it hasn't happened yet.
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  But that doesn't mean God is absent. It might mean He's working beneath the surface.
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  As we begin this journey toward Easter, I want you to hold on to this truth, this reality.
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  God is still with you, even in the silence. still listening,
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  still moving, still working.
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  You're not forgotten. You're not alone. And your story is not on pause.
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  God is writing something even in the quiet moments.
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  Let's pray. Lord, help us trust you in the silence. Help us believe that you
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  are working even when you don't see it or feel it.
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  Give us patience while we wait and peace in the quiet moments.
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  Remind us that you are always with us, even when heaven feels still.
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  In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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  Thank you for joining me today on Half Faith, Let It Begin. Tomorrow,
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  we're going to talk about something real, the weight we carry,
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  and how Jesus understands it. Have a blessed day, everyone.
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  And remember, Half Faith, Let It Begin.