EP 64: Navigating Faith in Seasons of God's Presence and Silence

In Totality with Megan Ashley

Megan Ashley

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever felt on fire in your faith, only to wake up one day and feel like God is distant? I know I have. It can be confusing, discouraging, and even a little scary. But here’s what I’ve learned—these shifts aren’t random. They’re part of the faith journey.

In this episode of In Totality, I’m diving into the spiritual cycles of consolation and desolation—those seasons when God feels incredibly close and those when He seems silent. Why does He allow these shifts? What is He teaching us in them? And how do we keep trusting Him when we don’t feel Him?

I want to remind you: God is just as present in the silence. If you’ve been walking through a dry season, questioning where God is, or just trying to hold onto faith when things feel uncertain, this episode is for you! Tune in now!

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0:54.9	Listen, have you noticed that on your journey with the Lord
0:58.7	that you've experienced these like high consolation seasons
1:05.4	where you're like feeling his manifest presence?
1:07.9	And then all of a sudden, or maybe not all of a sudden, but over some time,
1:11.9	you're like, I'm still walking with the Lord, I'm doing all the things. And then you kind of go
1:16.3	through a desolation season where you don't feel his manifest present. Well, this episode is for you.
1:21.0	Listen, I'm going to kind of talk you through what I've experienced and that. And then maybe some
1:26.1	ways that can help us
1:27.6	remember who he is
1:29.9	and to continue to stay disciplined
1:33.2	even when we're in those desolation season.
1:35.4	So I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:37.1	Get ready, maybe get a pen paper,
1:38.6	I'll write some stuff down.
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