The angels at the empty tomb asked the women a question that I've been thinking this week: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?"

This Easter, Rachel gets honest about the dead places she's been looking for life — not out in the world, but inside her own heart. The self-talk that tears down instead of builds up. The thoughts that are not true, not honest, not of good report. And what happens when what's living in our hearts starts flowing out of our mouths.

You'll discover:

• Why the angel's question at the tomb isn't just about Easter morning but about every morning
• What Matthew 12:34 reveals about the connection between your heart and your words
• How to tell the difference between the Holy Spirit's conviction and the enemy's condemnation
• A practical way to replace dead thoughts with living Scripture
• Why guarding your heart is the most important battle you'll fight this week

If you've been carrying the weight of your own inner critic, this episode will remind you: the tomb is empty, and you don't have to live there anymore.

Resources Mentioned:

• Desperate Prayers: desperateprayers.com

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Sometimes we think God stops working because the battle shifts to unfamiliar ground. He helped us through that one thing, but this? This feels like a different category.

In this Easter episode, Rachel unpacks a surprising story from 1 Kings 20 where Israel's enemies called God a "hill God" — powerful in some places but limited in others. God's response? He won the victory in the exact place they said He couldn't. That's what happened at the cross.

You'll discover:

• What the Arameans got wrong about God and why we make the same mistake
• How we accidentally shrink our prayers when the battle moves to new terrain
• Why the cross as the ultimate valley became the place of the greatest victory
• How Easter changes everything about the way we approach God in prayer

If you've been holding back in prayer because you're not sure God works in your current valley, this episode will remind you: He is not only a hill God. The resurrection proves it.

Resources Mentioned:

• The Hope Circle (founding membership rate ends 3/31) https://rachelwojo.com/the-hope-circle
• Desperate Prayers book: desperateprayers.com

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Elijah called down fire from heaven. And then one threatening message from Jezebel sent him running face-down under a tree, telling God he might as well be dead.

Fear does that. It doesn't matter what God just did for you. Fear has a way of making you forget all of it.

First Kings 19 is the story of what God did next for Elijah and what He's still doing for us today.

You'll discover:

• Why fear after a victory can be more disorienting than failure ever was
• What 1 Kings 19:4 reveals about praying from total brokenness
• Why God answered a threatening voice with a whisper — not a louder one
• What God said when Elijah told Him he was the only one left
• How God's answer to isolation almost always involves people

Resources mentioned:

• One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up — rachelwojo.com/books/one-more-step
• The Hope Circle — rachelwojo.com/the-hope-circle

Until next time, remember — God sees you, He hears you, and He knows your needs.

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Have you ever felt so broken by grief that even praying felt impossible? Or found yourself angry at God in the middle of your loss and too afraid to admit it?

In this episode, Rachel tackles one of the rawest questions in the prayer life: how do you pray when grief has made you angry at God? She walks through the book of Lamentations and the story of the widow at Zarephath in 1 Kings 17, where a grieving mother's rawest accusation leads to one of the most faith-deepening miracles in Scripture. Rachel also shares personally from the season surrounding her daughter Taylor's death and what prayer actually looked like in those early days of grief.

You'll discover:

• Why anger at God in grief is not a sign of weak faith and what Scripture actually says about it
• How Lamentations 3 moves from raw lament all the way to "great is Your faithfulness" without skipping the pain
• What the widow of Zarephath's accusation teaches us about bringing our honest grief to God
• Why Elijah prayed three times and what persistent prayer in grief looks like
• How each miracle God does deepens your faith for the next one

If you're walking through grief right now, whether it's raw and brand new or you've been carrying it for years, this episode is a companion for the hard days.

Resources Mentioned:

• Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments desperateprayers.com

Until next time, remember: God sees you, He hears you, and He knows your needs.

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Have you been waiting on God so long you've stopped counting? Maybe you've even had moments where you thought the answer was finally here — only to find the door was still closed.

In this episode, Rachel opens Psalm 27:14 and unpacks what David really meant when he said "be strong and take heart." Guess what? Waiting on God is not passive. It's one of the most active, courageous things we can do in our faith. Rachel also shares a deeply personal story of a 16-year prayer that was finally answered last week — and what the long wait revealed about God's faithfulness.

You'll discover:

• Why David repeats "wait for the LORD" twice — and what that tells us about how hard waiting really is
• The difference between waiting in dread and waiting in expectation
• Why "be strong" is a command God equips us to obey
• What those "almost" moments of unanswered prayer are actually doing in us
• How the waiting room grows something that the answer alone never could

If you're tired of waiting and wondering if God even remembers your prayer, this episode is for you.

Resources Mentioned:

• Desperate Prayers: desperateprayers.com

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Feeling stuck in a long, gray season where nothing is necessarily wrong, but nothing feels right either? You're not alone. That heavy, stuck feeling has a name: it's a wilderness season. And it's one of the hardest seasons to pray through.

In this episode, Rachel digs into Psalm 78 and the convicting question the Israelites asked: "Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?" She explores the difference between being stuck IN the wilderness and being led THROUGH it, and shares a friend's powerful testimony of breakthrough after months of feeling unseen.

You'll discover:

• Why wilderness seasons are harder to pray through than crisis moments
• What Psalm 78:19 teaches us about doubt in dry seasons
• The one word in Psalm 78:52 that changes everything about how we see hard seasons
• Why doubt in the wilderness doesn't mean your faith is failing
• How your breakthrough may be closer than you think

If you're in a season that feels endless and you're wondering if God is even working, this episode will remind you that the Shepherd who leads His people through the wilderness hasn't lost track of you.

Coming up: Join Rachel for a live online Bible study, Pray God's Word with Confidence, on Monday, March 2 at 7 PM Eastern. Learn a simple method for turning any Scripture into a personal, powerful prayer. Registration closes March 1. Link in show notes.

Resources Mentioned:

• Pray God's Word with Confidence Bible study: cardshop.rachelwojo.com
• Wilderness Grace Ministry: wildernessgrace.com
• Desperate Prayers book: desperateprayers.com

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Have you ever prayed about your anxiety — and still felt anxious? You're not alone, and this week's guest gets it from the inside out.

I'm joined by Maddie Joy Fisher, author of Rest and Rely: A 60-Day Devotional to Replace Fear, Anxiety, and Worry with God's Truth. Maddie shares her very personal journey with anxiety — including how it reached a breaking point during the writing of her own book — and how prayer transformed from a rigid practice into an ongoing conversation with God.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Why telling anxious people to "just pray more" can actually backfire — and what to say instead
• How Maddie's breaking point with anxiety became the very thing that deepened her prayer life
• What "pray without ceasing" really looks like when your mind won't slow down
• The difference between knowing Scripture and actually praying it — and how to close that gap
• One practical thing you can implement today if anxiety is making faith feel like one more place to fail

If anxiety has made you feel like you're failing at faith, this conversation is for you.

Resources mentioned:

• Rest and Rely by Maddie Joy
• Praying the Promises of God

Until next time, remember — God sees you, He hears you, and He knows your need.

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Have you ever felt like God went quiet on you? Like you're showing up, opening your Bible, praying the prayers, but hearing nothing back? That silence can feel louder than any storm.

In this episode, Rachel dives into the powerful tension between Psalm 34:17 ("The LORD hears") and Psalm 44:23 ("Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?") and what it means when both feel true at the same time. She shares from her own season of spiritual silence after losing her daughter and how God showed up in whispers when she was waiting for thunder.

You'll discover:

• Why God's felt presence isn't the same as His actual presence
• How to keep silence from rewriting what you know to be true about God
• What the Psalms teach us about holding honest pain and real trust in the same prayer
• Why some of your deepest growth happens in the quiet
• How to ask God for whispers when you can't hear His voice

If you're in a season where God feels distant and your prayers feel hollow, this episode will remind you that silence is not absence. The battle through silence is still a battle worth fighting.

Resources Mentioned:

• Praying the Psalms Cards: rachelwojo.com/shop
• Desperate Prayers: Embracing the Power of Prayer in Life's Darkest Moments book: desperateprayers.com

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