470: I Didn't See THAT Coming: What Happens When We Hit the Wall, Why God's Silence Isn't His Absence, and the 4 CRITICAL Words You Must Embody in 2026
Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness
Christopher Cook
4.9 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
We're told to trust God when life falls apart and to cling to hope when we feel abandoned. To pray louder when heaven feels silent. But what if the silence isn't a punishment…but a pathway straight to His presence? What if the wall you've hit isn't the end, but the beginning of a deeper formation? This week on Win Today, I'm re-airing a raw and timely conversation with Dr. Lee Warren—one that took an unexpected turn moments before we hit record. What followed was one of the most personal and Spirit-led conversations I've ever had about wilderness seasons, grief, intrusive thoughts, and what to do when you feel like God has gone quiet. I opened up about the last two years of my life. And yet, what I've discovered in the silence is this: God's silence is not His absence. And when everything else shakes, His Word still stands. If you've ever felt stuck between the pain of what happened and the fear that nothing will change…if you've ever cried out for clarity and heard nothing in return…this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:03.0 | We'll never have the strength of spirit to cast our cares upon the Lord, |
| 0:09.0 | to position ourselves to seek him to develop a hearing ear |
| 0:13.0 | until we first clothe ourselves in humanity. |
| 0:22.6 | Helping you design your roadmap to wholeness from the inside out. |
| 0:27.6 | This is Win Today. |
| 0:30.5 | And now, here's your host, Christopher Cook. |
| 0:35.1 | Hey, you guys, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:37.1 | I'm really glad you've joined me this week. As we close |
| 0:39.5 | out 2025, I want to share a very personal and deeply meaningful conversation I had on my good |
| 0:45.1 | friend, Dr. Lee Warren's podcast. I had initially thought I'd air this one last week during |
| 0:50.0 | Christmas week, but decided to push it to this week as we lean into the new year. So Lee and I had |
| 0:56.1 | originally planned to talk about a totally different topic, I think like therapy culture. But right |
| 1:01.2 | before we hit record, the Lord shifted the entire direction just in our conversation privately. |
| 1:06.8 | And what followed, I think, was one of the most honest and hope-filled conversations I've ever had |
| 1:11.8 | about the wilderness seasons of life. |
| 1:14.6 | What to do when the Lord feels silent and how to find stability when everything around you |
| 1:20.0 | is shaking. |
| 1:21.2 | We talked about grief. |
| 1:22.3 | We talked about suffering, intrusive thoughts, and what it looks like to anchor your |
| 1:26.4 | soul to the unchanging truth of God's |
| 1:29.3 | word when your emotions are screaming the opposite. I also shared a bit more of my own story. |
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