Hey there and welcome back to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Today Rick continues in his series called

Connecting with God, the Lord's Prayer. In this series, Rick shows us what it means to be truly

spiritually connected to God and to each other through the power of God's love and God's word.

All right, let's get right into it with Pastor Rick

and the final part of a message called the Prayer of Surrender.

Now, I remember when I was a little kid

that the only time our classroom in school was quiet was during a test.

Because the teacher would say, children, no talking, no talking.

Take your pencils, fill out your test, and even the teacher would be quiet.

It would be totally silent.

The teacher is silent when the test is being given.

Here's the point.

When God is silent in your life, you're going through a test.

When you don't hear God and you can't hear me, I don't, I don't even know, God's not even,

God feels like a million miles away right now.

And I can't get any answers and I'm not hearing anything.

This is a test.

The teacher is always silent when you're going through a test.

And when God is silent in your life, you are being tested.

Your faith is being tested.

Will I let go of control?

Or will I grab on more tightly?

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