Is your pain actually a prayer? (Finding God in our Deep Longings)

We tend to believe that trials and times of fear or grief, mean we've done something wrong. We feel that if we just prayed more, were more faithful with our spiritual disciplines, etc, we would feel fine, even through the worst!

But Scripture offers a different picture. Feeling our grief, fear, and pain, while lifting it all to God is prayer. Feeling bad is NOT a sign that I am bad. It’s an honest experience and expressing it to God is a powerful and intimate connection with God. 

And more than that, our deep longings point to a deeper, more real reality that is waiting for us in the resurrection!

Join us for a workshop on trusting God, or for one of our 4 week intensives here: https://www.signpostinn.org/events

Links/References

• Mockingbird Ministries - https://mbird.com/
• Brandon’s Advent Music Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2RjWQlIIUrXi0vcCTwfzZp?si=Qn_ENutRTjqEE84cODKxBg
• That Thing Liv Wrote - Liv’s Substack - https://livbooth.substack.com/
• Review the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-signpost-inn-podcast/id1583479686    

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Thanks to Rex Daugherty for creating the original theme music for this podcast. He's an award-winning artist and you can check out more of his work at rex-daugherty.com