Crying with Purpose

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality

2.4 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Have you ever gone through something so distressing that you’ve cried yourself to sleep? I mean, the kind of crying where you can barely breathe and your eyes are puffy and red? Those are the kinds of tears that lead to exhaustion, but falling asleep out of exhaustion doesn’t mean we’ll be rested. Crying that hard is a lot of labor! We need to put those tears to work. That's called "crying with purpose." The Bible has a lot to say about crying, but it’s a different kind: it’s crying in prayer, not just shedding tears. There will be situations in life that disappoint, discourage, and maybe even shock us, but we can cry with purpose. This episode shares three examples from scripture that will help us to cry in prayer, which is crying with purpose. Shop the "Mall of Keep the Heart" Rough Patches: Temporary Marital Tensions by Francie Taylor Minerals for the Mind-A Study of Romans 12 by Kathy Ashley Encouragement for Motherhood--A 30-Day Devotional by Charity Berkey & Team Elegant Pink & Brown Leaf Motif Compact Bible Rose Gold KJV Personal Size Bible Rate and Review the Show HERE Keep the Heart on Instagram Keep the Heart on Facebook Donate to the Podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast at Keep the Heart. By now, I've met many of you on the road at different
0:05.0	conferences around the country, and that has been so much fun. Whether you're a brand new
0:10.2	listener or you've been with us since the first episode, we invite you to visit the shop at
0:14.8	keep the heart.com. We've got books, Bible studies, and a very unique collection of Bibles as well. There's a link for you in the
0:23.3	show notes. Now for today's episode, have you ever gone through something so distressing that you've
0:30.3	cried yourself to sleep? I mean the kind of crying where you can barely breathe because your
0:35.2	nose gets all stuffed up and your eyes get puffy and red,
0:38.5	that kind of crying? You know, those are the kinds of tears that lead to exhaustion, but falling
0:44.6	asleep out of exhaustion doesn't mean we'll be rested. Crying that hard is a lot of work.
0:52.2	We need to put those tears to work. Did you ever stop to think that you could
0:56.7	cry with purpose? It's possible. Welcome to Keep the Heart podcast with Francie Taylor.
1:08.5	Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker known for sharing
1:13.0	biblical insights that are practical and inspiring. Now back to today's valuable study.
1:24.6	The Bible has a lot to say about crying, but it's a different kind. It's crying in prayer,
1:30.4	not just shedding tears. There will be situations in life on a rotation that disappoint us,
1:37.1	discourage, and maybe even shock us. But we can cry with purpose. Let's look at three examples
1:43.7	from scripture to learn more about crying in prayer.
1:47.7	First, we can cry out. Lamentations 219 gives an example of the prayer of crying out. Listen how the people
1:56.4	were instructed in this verse. It says this, arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the
2:03.6	watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord, lift up thy hands toward him
2:11.0	for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street. It's a vivid picture of trouble, and it wasn't
2:19.6	trouble just for one person. It was trouble that affected many people, including, as the
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