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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this urgent message, Dr. Michael Youssef addresses the silence of God—not as absence, but as purposeful preparation. After Abraham's disobedience, God waited thirteen years before speaking again—thirteen years of silence that revealed the depth of God's mercy, testing, and precision. Through Genesis 17, Dr. Youssef reminds us that El Shaddai, the God of power and might, never abandons His covenant promises. But He calls us to respond with immediate obedience, not passive comfort. God does not accept substitutes or shortcuts—He demands full trust. Believers must not settle for second-best or live for self. This is a call to reject compromise, repent of complacency, and live boldly for Christ, trusting His perfect timing and plan. If today’s teaching stirred a question, burden, or need for prayer, you don’t have to walk through it alone. 🙏 Pastoral Care & Prayer Teams Our trained prayer partners and pastoral care team are available to pray with you and offer Biblical support. https://ltw.org/care 💬 Receive personal answers to your faith questions—anytime, day or night—at: https://myfaithassistant.com If you’ve been blessed by this podcast, please consider a tax-deductible donation to help extend this ministry—so another person can be encouraged, prayed for, and pointed to Christ. ❤️ Support Leading The Way: https://www.ltw.org/donate

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0:00.0	Dr. Michael Yousuff addresses the seasons in life when God is silent on this episode of Leading the Way audio.
0:09.8	The important thing is for us as believers to discern the purpose of God's silence in the situation we're going through.
0:19.8	And to be able to do that, you have to understand
0:22.6	that at least five times when God is silent.
0:28.6	Many, if not all, have experienced times of deafening silence from God.
0:35.6	Hello, welcome to leading the way with pastor and the author of more than
0:40.1	50 encouraging and challenging books, Dr. Michael Youssef. Today on leading the way, words
0:46.9	of comfort to help endure the seasons God seems distant and oblivious to the circumstances in your
0:53.8	life. And yet, as we'll hear in Genesis
0:56.5	Chapter 17, even in deafening silence, God is always active. He is always working to redeem all
1:04.6	for his glory. So listen with me, as Dr. Michael Yousef continues his message series,
1:10.4	looking into the life of Abraham.
1:13.0	It's called Counting Stars in an Empty Sky.
1:18.1	Proverbs said that silence is golden.
1:23.1	But perhaps I need to hasten to say, not always, whenever we are given the silence treatment, and we feel, notice the word feel, doesn't mean necessarily true, but we feel isolated and we feel confused.
1:38.9	And that's understandable in a marriage relationship.
1:42.8	But here's the problem. We tend to take this same experience,
1:47.7	that same feeling with our relationship with the Lord. And we misinterpret his silence
1:54.9	when you don't hear from God and you feel that God is silent, that you think that God is angry with you,
2:02.0	or God is mad with you, or God is giving you the silence treatment. I think many of us, if not all of
2:09.6	us, at some point, have experienced the silence of God. Beloved, I want to share with you what I have
2:15.4	learned from these experiences.
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