Untangling Prayer with Rachel Wojo

Why do bad things happen to good people? Maybe you've asked it about your own life, or someone you love, and never gotten an answer that made sense. This week, we sit with the harder question underneath it: how do I pray when I may never know why? Through Psalm 77, we look at what happens when God stays silent and how remembering what He's done before becomes the way we keep praying now, even in the dark. You'll discover: Why Scripture never hands us a tidy answer for suffering The decision Asaph makes in Psalm 77 that changes the whole prayer How to pray from memory instead of from panic An honest word for any parent still waiting to see fruit they've prayed for Praying through Life's Battles is available now at battleprayers.com or wherever you buy books. Turn to Day 33, "The Way He Moves for You." Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Is there a scar you carry that healed a long time ago and still never went away? Rachel has one, completely healed from years ago, and still there every single day. This week's episode sits with one of the hardest questions there is: how do you keep praying when you don't see God's healing? And especially the version that's harder to say out loud, when the healing came but the mark stayed, and you don't know what to do with a God who heals you and leaves the reminder. Rachel walks through Isaiah 61 and the word "bind up," which never promised there would be no mark, only that God would be the one holding you together while you healed. She shares her own scar as the answered prayer story, points to the risen Jesus who kept His scars and showed them to Thomas, and closes with a story of survival and slow, invisible healing from Meridith Foster's podcast, The Unfolding. You'll discover: Why the healing you can't see isn't proof that God left your prayer unanswered What the word "bind up" in Isaiah 61 actually promises (and what it doesn't) How a scar can become the very thing you use to hold someone else up A prayer to add this week when nothing looks different afterward The healing you can't see is still His hand, working for you right now. Resources Mentioned: Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available now at battleprayers.com The Unfolding podcast with Meridith Foster (episode with Stanley Praimnath and Brian Clark) Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

You've prayed about the fear. You handed it to God. And a few hours later (or even minutes) it's back, knocking at the door of your heart like it never left. If you're tired of fighting the same fear over and over, this episode is for you. This week on Untangling Prayer, we sit with an honest question: how do I pray when fear keeps knocking? Drawing from Psalm 34:4 and 1 John 4:18, Rachel unpacks a shift that changes everything about praying through fear. Not fighting harder, but receiving God's perfect love because it is stronger than the fear itself. Plus, the true story of missionary Amy Carmichael, a little girl's prayer for blue eyes, and the surprising way God's "no" turned out to be His love all along. You'll discover: Why Psalm 34 says God delivers us from our fears, not always from our troubles, and why that matters The difference between fighting fear and receiving the love that crowds it out What 1 John 4:18 actually means when it says perfect love drives out fear How to pray through a fear that keeps coming back instead of waiting for it to disappear The true story of Amy Carmichael and a prayer God answered forty years later However long fear has been knocking, His love is greater than your fear. Resources Mentioned: Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available at battleprayers.com or wherever you buy books. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Is there a part of your story you've stopped praying about? Maybe you don't doubt that God can do anything. You've just decided this particular thing is too far gone. This week on Untangling Prayer, Rachel sits with a hard question: is it ever too late for God to redeem the chapter you've already given up on? The answer starts in Ephesians 1:7, where Paul roots our redemption in the blood of Christ and the riches of God's grace. That same grace doesn't stop at forgiving your sin. It reaches into the broken places you've written off. Rachel shares the redemption story that makes this real for her and celebrates the launch of her new book. You'll discover: Why we stop praying about the things we've decided are finished What Ephesians 1:7 says about where redemption comes from How to bring a given-up-on part of your story back to God The 26-year answer to prayer God built out of two broken stories Resources Mentioned Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available now at battleprayers.com. Grab a free digital copy to start reading today while print books ship. Connect with Rachel Website: rachelwojo.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Some seasons don't need a pep talk. When you're caring for someone who's slipping away, or worn down by a fight that won't end, being told to "stay positive" can feel like the loneliest thing in the world. This week's episode sits with a real email from a listener named Lucy, whose husband has Alzheimer's, and with the honest question underneath it: how do you stay positive when you're in the thick of the battle? Anchored in two of the smallest, strongest words in Scripture, Romans 8:3's "God did," Rachel walks through why the goal was never to feel upbeat, but to know God is with you, and why the victory over death has already been won even when restoration is still waiting on heaven. You'll discover: Why "stay positive" is the wrong thing to say to someone in deep grief, and what actually holds a person up instead What Paul means when he says the law was powerless but "God did," and why those two words change how you pray The difference between a season being "worth it" and not being "wasted," and why that difference matters How God redeems one grace-filled moment at a time, even while full restoration waits for heaven Wherever you are in your own battle today, you are not failing at faith by finding it hard. You're living it. Resources Mentioned: Pray Through It Battle Plan (free 6-step guide): battleprayers.com Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith (releases August 25): battleprayers.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Are you afraid of what could still go wrong? A lot of us carry a fear about the future, and it reshapes how we pray. We start asking God for the small things because we're scared to hand Him the big one, the one that would wreck us if the answer came back no. In this episode, we sit in Romans 8:37-38, two verses that don't promise a future with no hard things in it. They promise something you need a lot more. Paul goes corner by corner through every place fear can hide, your body, the things you can't see, time itself, every direction, and in each one he leaves a mark that says God's love already got here first. Not one thing in all creation can separate you from it, including the future you're afraid of. Rachel also shares a moment from a recent interview at Daystar, where God used her words about her daughter Taylor to reach the man interviewing her in a grief she had no idea he was carrying. You'll discover: Why fear about the future doesn't mean your faith is failing How to pray Romans 8 by finding exactly where your fear lives on Paul's list What "more than conquerors" really means (and what it doesn't) How God's love moves straight through the thing you're most afraid of You are not praying to a God who's limited by what scares you. You're praying to the One whose love already reached the place you don't want to go. Resources Mentioned: Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available for preorder now at battleprayers.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

You've prayed about it more times than you can count. You've said the words, cried the tears, done all the asking. And now you're just standing there, waiting to see if God is actually going to move this time. That in-between place, after you've prayed but before you've seen anything, is one of the hardest places to stand in the whole life of faith. In this episode, the first in our For the Winning series, we sit with the prophet Habakkuk, who shows us what to do in exactly that place. After he brings his honest complaint to God, he climbs up to his watchpost and stations himself to watch for God's answer to come. Not once he feels hopeful. Not once he can see something on the horizon. First. We'll look at what it means to take that same watching posture in your own long wait, why the very act of watching is itself a quiet act of hope, and how the missionary Hudson Taylor discovered that God is often already moving long before we can see it. You'll discover: Why expectancy is a posture you can choose, not a feeling you wait around to have What Habakkuk's watchtower teaches us about quieting the noise and getting ready to actually hear from God Why the fact that you're still watching means you haven't lost hope How a group of missionaries watched God provide exactly what they'd prayed for, right on time The reason you can keep watching even when the horizon looks completely empty Wherever you are in your wait today, I pray this episode gives you the courage to climb back up on the wall and keep watching. God has never once been unfaithful to the people who look for Him. Resources Mentioned: Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available for preorder now at battleprayers.com. Preorder and submit your receipt to unlock immediate digital access before the August 25th release. The free Pray Through It Battle Plan, a simple 6-step guide to praying through whatever you're facing, at battleprayers.com. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Do you lie awake at night bracing for everything that could go wrong, feeling like you're the only one keeping your family and your own heart safe? If you're exhausted from standing guard, this episode is for you. This week, Rachel opens Psalm 4:8 and the devotional "The Way He Protects Your Heart" from her new book, Praying through Life's Battles. She unpacks the enemy's lie that your heart is unprotected and worry has every right to take over, and the very different strategy God gives in answer to it: when you praise Him for His protection, His peace becomes a fortress around your mind. Rachel also shares her own story of the nights her husband worked a night shift, when she stayed awake afraid, and the simple practice that finally let her lie down. You'll discover: The difference between guarding your heart alongside God and trying to guard it in His place How to tell whether your watchfulness is coming from trust or from fear The enemy's lie about your unprotected heart, and how to recognize it in real time Why praise, not vigilance, is what invites God's peace to guard your mind What Psalm 4:8 reveals about resting before your circumstances change If you're worn out from trying to protect everything yourself, this episode will remind you that there is Someone whose watch this actually is, and He never once needs you to stay awake to help Him keep it. Resources Mentioned: Praying through Life's Battles (preorder): battleprayers.com Free Pray Through It Battle Plan: battleprayers.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Have you ever prayed for something so specifically that you could picture exactly what the answer should look like, only to watch the years go by while nothing happened? Eventually you stop expecting anything at all. You start praying with your eyes half-closed, bracing for disappointment instead of watching for good. In this episode, Rachel opens up Psalm 81:10, where God says, "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it," and Psalm 77:14, where a man in the pit fights his way back to faith by remembering what God has already done. Together they show us how to live with real expectancy again, while also asking God for the vision to recognize His answers when they arrive in a shape we never would have drawn. Rachel shares a story from her own life that's unfolding right now, a "more than you ask or imagine" moment she gave up on more than a decade ago that God was quietly setting up the whole time. You'll discover: Why expectancy is built on memory, not wishful thinking How to keep praying with hope after you've been disappointed before What to do when you're afraid you'll miss God's answer because it doesn't match your picture How remembering what God has done becomes a weapon in the warring season Why God's timing and His methods so often look nothing like ours (and why that's good news) If you've been carrying an old prayer you quietly let go of, this episode is your reminder to keep your eyes open and your mouth open wide. You just never know what God wants to do, or how, or when. Resources Mentioned: Preorder Praying through Life's Battles: battleprayers.com Free Pray Through It Battle Plan: battleprayers.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Have you ever felt like you are carrying something really heavy and you're doing it all by yourself? Nobody knows what it's costing you. Maybe you're so worn down that fighting for even one more day sounds impossible. If that's where you are, this episode will help! Rachel walks through one of Scripture's most dramatic moments. The Israelites are trapped between Pharaoh's army and the Red Sea, with no weapons and no way out. And Moses says this over them: "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." But being still doesn't mean doing nothing. One verse later, God tells them to get up and walk. This episode untangles what that means for the woman who can't afford to stop functioning yet is exhausted from feeling as though the outcome rests on her shoulders. Rachel also shares a very recent answered prayer story, one that happened just last week, and one she didn't expect to be telling. You'll discover: Why "be still" doesn't mean passivity, and what the Hebrew actually carries What Moses was really saying to a crowd of frightened people with no weapons How to pray when you're out of strength and your prayer can only be four words The difference between striving and obeying, and why it matters when you're depleted How God often fights for us through people we can't see yet Whatever you're up against this week, you're not as alone in it as it feels. RESOURCES MENTIONED Pray Through It Battle Plan (free): battleprayers.com Praying through Life's Battles by Rachel Wojo, releasing August 25, 2026. Preorder now at battleprayers.com and get immediate digital access. The Hope Circle: rachelwojo.com/the-hope-circle Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.