Prayer when God feels far away with Addison Bevere
Susie Larson Live
Faith Radio
4.8 • 836 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We know we should pray. It would be good for us–help us be more grounded, more connected to God. But in our hurried lives, slowing down to pray can feel like a cosmic waste of time. Author Addison Bevere shares from his book "Words With God: Trading Boring, Empty Prayer for Real Connection." He offers practical ways to connect with God through prayer.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thank you for listening to Susie Larson Live. Faith Radio podcasts are only possible because of your support. So thanks for giving and thanks for sharing with a friend. |
| 0:10.6 | Say, won't he do it? Yes, he will. |
| 0:15.4 | Won't he do it? Yes, he will. He'll take a stone. |
| 0:21.7 | Make it still. |
| 0:23.5 | Yeah, we'll do it. |
| 0:25.9 | Yes, he will. |
| 0:27.8 | Welcome to Sissy Larson Live. |
| 0:29.9 | Always so honored to get to spend this time with you. |
| 0:32.7 | In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully |
| 0:37.2 | inspire you in your |
| 0:38.4 | faith walk, that deepen your understanding of God's word, and that heightens your awareness of |
| 0:43.6 | his very real presence in your life. Well, if you know me, you know I love the topic of prayer. |
| 0:48.3 | I actually love to pray. I pray a lot. I often wonder, though, about the mystery of it all. I mean, how about you? Have you ever |
| 0:56.0 | noticed, if you do have an act of prayer life, have you noticed this, how sometimes God answers |
| 1:00.3 | all kinds of prayers that you're praying about different areas of life? But that one area that |
| 1:05.8 | means the most to you, you hear crickets, like he's gone dark? And you wonder, is there a reason, God, did I say something? Did I do something? Why are you so silent on this issue? What do you do when you feel stuck in your conversation with God? I really want to know. Why don't you text me? Because, you know, texting is part of my love language. When you text me, I kind of get a feel for where you're at, |
| 1:28.2 | what's going on. I'd like to take informal polls just to see where folks are at. What do you do |
| 1:33.2 | when you're stuck in your prayer life, where it feels like you, because he says ask, seek, knock. |
| 1:38.9 | And then he says, keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking. Have you knocked for a while? Have you |
| 1:43.7 | sought him? Have you asked him |
| 1:45.0 | questions, only to feel like the door shut and the heavens are closed? If you're in that place |
| 1:51.1 | or you have been, what did you do? And how are you feeling about that? Text me, 877-933-24-84. |
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