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Faith After Disappointment · Purpose of Heart Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Purpose of Heart, the podcast, where real stories meet God's promises.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Priscilla Allman, and every week we dive into powerful conversations about purpose in the pressure through caregiving, illness, grief, addiction, and more.
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• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: Hello again.
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  SPEAKER_00: And welcome to Purpose of Heart, the podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Priscilla Allman, and today we're going to be talking about faith after disappointment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Disappointment has a way of changing your prayers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before the letdown, you pray boldly.
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  SPEAKER_00: You declare confidently, you expect openly.
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  SPEAKER_00: But after disappointment, you pray carefully, you lower expectations, you protect your heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it was a door you were sure God opened and it closed.
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  SPEAKER_00: A relationship you believe was ordained and it ended.
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  SPEAKER_00: A breakthrough you fasted for and it didn't come.
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  SPEAKER_00: A timeline you trusted and it shifted.
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  SPEAKER_00: And now you're left asking quietly, how do I trust again?
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we're talking about faith after disappointment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not faith before the miracle, but the faith that survives when it didn't unfold the way you hoped.
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  SPEAKER_00: Disappointment is not the same as defeat.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it doesn't also mean that you lack faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even strong believers experience deep discouragement.
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  SPEAKER_00: David wrote this in a moment of emotional exhaustion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm 13, 1 and 2.
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  SPEAKER_00: How long, O Lord, will you forget me forever?
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  SPEAKER_00: How long will you hide your face from me?
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  SPEAKER_00: How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily?
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  SPEAKER_00: How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
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  SPEAKER_00: That's not polished language.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's raw.
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  SPEAKER_00: David felt forgotten.
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  SPEAKER_00: He felt sorrow daily, and he questioned how long it would last.
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  SPEAKER_00: And yet, he was still talking to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Disappointment becomes dangerous when it drives you away from him instead of toward him.
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  SPEAKER_00: David questioned, but he stayed connected.
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  SPEAKER_00: Faith after disappointment doesn't mean that you stop feeling pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means you keep bringing the pain to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: If we're honest, disappointment often comes from expectation.
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  SPEAKER_00: You believed God would move in a certain way, you interpreted signs, you felt confirmation.
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  SPEAKER_00: But then the outcome didn't match the expectation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs reminds us in chapter 13 and verse 12: hope deferred makes the heart sick.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hope deferred makes the heart heavy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Deferred doesn't mean denied, but it still hurts.
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  SPEAKER_00: The heart grows weary when expectation stretches beyond understanding.
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  SPEAKER_00: But here's what's important: a sick heart can still be healed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Deferred hope is not destroyed hope.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's goodness is not circumstantial.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the greatest tests of mature faith is this: Do I believe God is good, even when life doesn't feel good?
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  SPEAKER_00: The psalmist writes, Psalm 34, 8, O taste and see that the Lord is good.
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  SPEAKER_00: Blessed is the man who trusts in him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice that goodness and trust are connected.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's easy to declare his goodness when the door opens.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's harder when the door shuts.
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  SPEAKER_00: But his nature doesn't shift with your circumstance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Malachi 3:6, for I am the Lord, I do not change.
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  SPEAKER_00: If he was good before the disappointment, he's still good after it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The situation changed, he did not.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul understood unanswered prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Second Corinthians 12, 8 and 9.
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  SPEAKER_00: Concerning this thing, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul asked repeatedly.
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  SPEAKER_00: God did not remove the thorn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Instead, he provided sustaining grace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes the miracle is removal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes the miracle is resilience.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes what feels like rejection is actually redirection.
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  SPEAKER_00: God sees the full landscape.
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  SPEAKER_00: We see one intersection.
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  SPEAKER_00: After disappointment, the temptation is to harden.
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  SPEAKER_00: I won't hope like that again.
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  SPEAKER_00: I won't believe that deeply again.
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  SPEAKER_00: I won't risk trusting like that again.
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  SPEAKER_00: But guarded hearts cannot experience deep faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ezekiel gives us this promise in chapter 36, verse 26.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: God does not ask you to ignore the pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: He invites you to remain soft despite it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Soft hearts still feel, but they also heal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hardened hearts survive, but they stop growing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Faith after disappointment is choosing softness over cynicism.
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  SPEAKER_00: The disciples experienced profound disappointment.
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  SPEAKER_00: They believed Jesus would reign immediately.
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  SPEAKER_00: They expected political restoration.
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  SPEAKER_00: They anticipated visible victory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Instead, they watched him crucified.
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  SPEAKER_00: Luke 24, 21, but we were hoping that it was he who was going to redeem Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: We were hoping.
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  SPEAKER_00: That sentence carries heartbreak.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what they thought was the end was actually preparation for resurrection.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes your, we were hoping, moment is not the conclusion of your story.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may simply be a quiet moment before the breakthrough.
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  SPEAKER_00: God often walks works beneath the surface before revealing breakthrough.
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  SPEAKER_00: So how do we get back on track after disappointment?
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  SPEAKER_00: We can remember his faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lamentations 3:22 to 23.
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  SPEAKER_00: Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed because his compassions fail not.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are new every morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Great is your faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Look back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Recall the times he carried you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Past faithfulness strengthens present trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anchor in what is eternal.
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  SPEAKER_00: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but the things which are not seen.
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  SPEAKER_00: For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Temporary disappointment does not cancel eternal purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shift your gaze from what changed to what remains.
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  SPEAKER_00: Choose to trust again.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs 3, 5 and 6.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
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  SPEAKER_00: In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice trust comes before direction.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may not understand what happened, but you can still choose to trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: If disappointment has quieted you, if your hope feels fragile, if you're afraid to believe boldly again, hear this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Disappointment is an event.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not your identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: It may have shaken your expectation, but it does not have to steal your trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is not intimidated by your questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's not withdrawing because you are weary.
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  SPEAKER_00: Faith after disappointment is quieter, it's steadier, it is less emotional, but more anchored.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes the most powerful declaration is not loud confidence.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the simple, resilient whisper, I still trust you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that whisper, he hears it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So my friends, until next time, choose to trust again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bye for now.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can't wait to walk with you again in next week's episode.
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