You've prayed about the fear. You handed it to God. And a few hours later (or even minutes) it's back, knocking at the door of your heart like it never left. If you're tired of fighting the same fear over and over, this episode is for you.

This week on Untangling Prayer, we sit with an honest question: how do I pray when fear keeps knocking? Drawing from Psalm 34:4 and 1 John 4:18, Rachel unpacks a shift that changes everything about praying through fear. Not fighting harder, but receiving God's perfect love because it is stronger than the fear itself. Plus, the true story of missionary Amy Carmichael, a little girl's prayer for blue eyes, and the surprising way God's "no" turned out to be His love all along.

You'll discover:
Why Psalm 34 says God delivers us from our fears, not always from our troubles, and why that matters
The difference between fighting fear and receiving the love that crowds it out
What 1 John 4:18 actually means when it says perfect love drives out fear
How to pray through a fear that keeps coming back instead of waiting for it to disappear
The true story of Amy Carmichael and a prayer God answered forty years later

However long fear has been knocking, His love is greater than your fear.

Resources Mentioned:
Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available at battleprayers.com or wherever you buy books.

You've prayed about the fear. You handed it to God. And a few hours later (or even minutes) it's back, knocking at the door of your heart like it never left. If you're tired of fighting the same fear over and over, this episode is for you.
This week on Untangling Prayer, we sit with an honest question: how do I pray when fear keeps knocking? Drawing from Psalm 34:4 and 1 John 4:18, Rachel unpacks a shift that changes everything about praying through fear. Not fighting harder, but receiving God's perfect love because it is stronger than the fear itself. Plus, the true story of missionary Amy Carmichael, a little girl's prayer for blue eyes, and the surprising way God's "no" turned out to be His love all along.
You'll discover:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Why Psalm 34 says God delivers us from our fears, not always from our troubles, and why that matters</li>
<li dir="ltr">The difference between fighting fear and receiving the love that crowds it out</li>
<li dir="ltr">What 1 John 4:18 actually means when it says perfect love drives out fear</li>
<li dir="ltr">How to pray through a fear that keeps coming back instead of waiting for it to disappear</li>
<li dir="ltr">The true story of Amy Carmichael and a prayer God answered forty years later</li>
</ul>
However long fear has been knocking, His love is greater than your fear.
Resources Mentioned: Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available at <a href="https://battleprayers.com">battleprayers.com </a>or wherever you buy books.

How do I pray during challenging times? How can I grow closer to God despite life's hardships? How can I find peace and purpose when life feels overwhelming and stressful?

Welcome to the Untangling Prayer with Rachel Wojo podcast, a sanctuary where we navigate the storms of life together, uncovering clarity and calm through faith, prayer, and practical wisdom.

Each week, author Rachel Wojo brings heartfelt conversations and insightful advice on living a life of peace and purpose. We dive deep into prayer, managing stress, overcoming anxiety, and finding joy amid trials. Through inspiring stories of individuals who have found hope and strength in their faith, you'll gain practical tips to help you navigate challenges.

Rachel's compassionate guidance will help you clear your mind, calm your heart, and draw closer to God, no matter what you're facing. With every episode, you'll learn how to untangle the knots of life and discover the peace and purpose you've been longing for.

You might be feeling overwhelmed. You might be feeling too paralyzed to pray.

But you have a home here. Together, we can find the strength to move forward.

Join Rachel Wojo on this journey of untangling life, one step at a time. You'll find all Rachel's resources HERE.

How do I pray during challenging times? How can I grow closer to God despite life's hardships? How can I find peace and purpose when life feels overwhelming and stressful?
Welcome to the Untangling Prayer with Rachel Wojo podcast, a sanctuary where we navigate the storms of life together, uncovering clarity and calm through faith, prayer, and practical wisdom.
Each week, author <a href="https://rachelwojo.com">Rachel Wojo</a> brings heartfelt conversations and insightful advice on living a life of peace and purpose. We dive deep into prayer, managing stress, overcoming anxiety, and finding joy amid trials. Through inspiring stories of individuals who have found hope and strength in their faith, you'll gain practical tips to help you navigate challenges.
Rachel's compassionate guidance will help you clear your mind, calm your heart, and draw closer to God, no matter what you're facing. With every episode, you'll learn how to untangle the knots of life and discover the peace and purpose you've been longing for.
You might be feeling overwhelmed. You might be feeling too paralyzed to pray.
But you have a home here. Together, we can find the strength to move forward.
Join Rachel Wojo on this journey of untangling life, one step at a time. You'll find all Rachel's resources <a href="https://rachelwojo.com">HERE.</a>

Untangling Prayer with Rachel Wojo

Have you ever whispered "God, please" and wondered if it even counted as a prayer?

Untangling Prayer is for women who want to pray but feel stuck, exhausted, or at a loss for words. Each week, we dig into the hard questions—like how to pray when God feels silent or when you're too tired to try. Then we get practical. You'll walk away with real steps you can take today.

We all need the reminder that prayer matters, so every episode ends with a true story of answered prayer to remind you: God is listening, and He still answers prayer today.

I'm Rachel Wojo. I've prayed from hospital hallways and from the floor of my closet. I've been Hannah, pleading for something impossible. Prayer isn't a theory. It's my guide for both surviving and thriving.

About the host: Rachel Wojo is a Christian speaker and author who helps women pray when life is falling apart. She spent 22 years as a caregiver for her daughter Taylor, who had a terminal illness, and has walked through the loss of both her parents. Rachel is the author of Praying Through Life's Battles, a 90-day prayer devotional for anyone fighting a hard season, along with Desperate Prayers and Praying the Promises of God. She speaks at women's retreats and conferences nationwide. Find her at rachelwojo.com.

 

Have you ever whispered "God, please" and wondered if it even counted as a prayer?
Untangling Prayer is for women who want to pray but feel stuck, exhausted, or at a loss for words. Each week, we dig into the hard questions&mdash;like how to pray when God feels silent or when you're too tired to try. Then we get practical. You'll walk away with real steps you can take today.
We all need the reminder that prayer matters, so every episode ends with a true story of answered prayer to remind you: God is listening, and He still answers prayer today.
I'm Rachel Wojo. I've prayed from hospital hallways and from the floor of my closet. I've been Hannah, pleading for something impossible. Prayer isn't a theory. It's my guide for both surviving and thriving.
About the host: Rachel Wojo is a Christian speaker and author who helps women pray when life is falling apart. She spent 22 years as a caregiver for her daughter Taylor, who had a terminal illness, and has walked through the loss of both her parents. Rachel is the author of <a href="https://battleprayers.com">Praying Through Life's Battles</a>, a 90-day prayer devotional for anyone fighting a hard season, along with <a href="https://desperateprayers.com">Desperate Prayers</a> and <a href="https://promisesprayerjournal.com">Praying the Promises of God</a>. She speaks at women's retreats and conferences nationwide. Find her at <a href="https://rachelwojo.com">rachelwojo.com</a>.
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How Do I Pray When Fear Keeps Knocking?

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Is there a part of your story you've stopped praying about? Maybe you don't doubt that God can do anything. You've just decided this particular thing is too far gone.

This week on Untangling Prayer, Rachel sits with a hard question: is it ever too late for God to redeem the chapter you've already given up on?

The answer starts in Ephesians 1:7, where Paul roots our redemption in the blood of Christ and the riches of God's grace. That same grace doesn't stop at forgiving your sin. It reaches into the broken places you've written off. Rachel shares the redemption story that makes this real for her and celebrates the launch of her new book.

You'll discover:
Why we stop praying about the things we've decided are finished
What Ephesians 1:7 says about where redemption comes from
How to bring a given-up-on part of your story back to God
The 26-year answer to prayer God built out of two broken stories

Resources Mentioned

Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available now at battleprayers.com. Grab a free digital copy to start reading today while print books ship.

Connect with Rachel

Website: rachelwojo.com

Is there a part of your story you've stopped praying about? Maybe you don't doubt that God can do anything. You've just decided this particular thing is too far gone.
This week on Untangling Prayer, Rachel sits with a hard question: is it ever too late for God to redeem the chapter you've already given up on?
The answer starts in Ephesians 1:7, where Paul roots our redemption in the blood of Christ and the riches of God's grace. That same grace doesn't stop at forgiving your sin. It reaches into the broken places you've written off. Rachel shares the redemption story that makes this real for her and celebrates the launch of her new book.
You'll discover:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Why we stop praying about the things we've decided are finished</li>
<li dir="ltr">What Ephesians 1:7 says about where redemption comes from</li>
<li dir="ltr">How to bring a given-up-on part of your story back to God</li>
<li dir="ltr">The 26-year answer to prayer God built out of two broken stories</li>
</ul>
Resources Mentioned
Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available now at <a href="https://battleprayers.com">battleprayers.com</a>. Grab a free digital copy to start reading today while print books ship.
Connect with Rachel
Website: <a href="https://rachelwojo.com">rachelwojo.com</a>

The Part of Your Story You Stopped Praying About

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Some seasons don't need a pep talk. When you're caring for someone who's slipping away, or worn down by a fight that won't end, being told to "stay positive" can feel like the loneliest thing in the world.

This week's episode sits with a real email from a listener named Lucy, whose husband has Alzheimer's, and with the honest question underneath it: how do you stay positive when you're in the thick of the battle? Anchored in two of the smallest, strongest words in Scripture, Romans 8:3's "God did," Rachel walks through why the goal was never to feel upbeat, but to know God is with you, and why the victory over death has already been won even when restoration is still waiting on heaven.

You'll discover:
Why "stay positive" is the wrong thing to say to someone in deep grief, and what actually holds a person up instead
What Paul means when he says the law was powerless but "God did," and why those two words change how you pray
The difference between a season being "worth it" and not being "wasted," and why that difference matters
How God redeems one grace-filled moment at a time, even while full restoration waits for heaven

Wherever you are in your own battle today, you are not failing at faith by finding it hard. You're living it.

Resources Mentioned:
Pray Through It Battle Plan (free 6-step guide): battleprayers.com
Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith (releases August 25): battleprayers.com

Some seasons don't need a pep talk. When you're caring for someone who's slipping away, or worn down by a fight that won't end, being told to "stay positive" can feel like the loneliest thing in the world.
This week's episode sits with a real email from a listener named Lucy, whose husband has Alzheimer's, and with the honest question underneath it: how do you stay positive when you're in the thick of the battle? Anchored in two of the smallest, strongest words in Scripture, Romans 8:3's "God did," Rachel walks through why the goal was never to feel upbeat, but to know God is with you, and why the victory over death has already been won even when restoration is still waiting on heaven.
You'll discover:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>Why "stay positive" is the wrong thing to say to someone in deep grief, and what actually holds a person up instead</li>
<li>What Paul means when he says the law was powerless but "God did," and why those two words change how you pray</li>
<li>The difference between a season being "worth it" and not being "wasted," and why that difference matters</li>
<li>How God redeems one grace-filled moment at a time, even while full restoration waits for heaven</li>
</ul>
Wherever you are in your own battle today, you are not failing at faith by finding it hard. You're living it.
Resources Mentioned: Pray Through It Battle Plan (free 6-step guide): <a href="https://battleprayers.com">battleprayers.com</a> Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith (releases August 25): <a href="https://battleprayers.com">battleprayers.com</a>

How to Pray and Stay Positive in Hard Seasons 

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Are you afraid of what could still go wrong? A lot of us carry a fear about the future, and it reshapes how we pray. We start asking God for the small things because we're scared to hand Him the big one, the one that would wreck us if the answer came back no.

In this episode, we sit in Romans 8:37-38, two verses that don't promise a future with no hard things in it. They promise something you need a lot more. Paul goes corner by corner through every place fear can hide, your body, the things you can't see, time itself, every direction, and in each one he leaves a mark that says God's love already got here first. Not one thing in all creation can separate you from it, including the future you're afraid of. Rachel also shares a moment from a recent interview at Daystar, where God used her words about her daughter Taylor to reach the man interviewing her in a grief she had no idea he was carrying.

You'll discover:
Why fear about the future doesn't mean your faith is failing
How to pray Romans 8 by finding exactly where your fear lives on Paul's list
What "more than conquerors" really means (and what it doesn't)
How God's love moves straight through the thing you're most afraid of

You are not praying to a God who's limited by what scares you. You're praying to the One whose love already reached the place you don't want to go.

Resources Mentioned:
Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available for preorder now at battleprayers.com

Are you afraid of what could still go wrong? A lot of us carry a fear about the future, and it reshapes how we pray. We start asking God for the small things because we're scared to hand Him the big one, the one that would wreck us if the answer came back no.
In this episode, we sit in Romans 8:37-38, two verses that don't promise a future with no hard things in it. They promise something you need a lot more. Paul goes corner by corner through every place fear can hide, your body, the things you can't see, time itself, every direction, and in each one he leaves a mark that says God's love already got here first. Not one thing in all creation can separate you from it, including the future you're afraid of. Rachel also shares a moment from a recent interview at Daystar, where God used her words about her daughter Taylor to reach the man interviewing her in a grief she had no idea he was carrying.
You'll discover:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>Why fear about the future doesn't mean your faith is failing</li>
<li>How to pray Romans 8 by finding exactly where your fear lives on Paul's list</li>
<li>What "more than conquerors" really means (and what it doesn't)</li>
<li>How God's love moves straight through the thing you're most afraid of</li>
</ul>
You are not praying to a God who's limited by what scares you. You're praying to the One whose love already reached the place you don't want to go.
Resources Mentioned: Praying through Life's Battles: 90 Days to Strengthen Your Faith, available for preorder now at <a href="https://battleprayers.com">battleprayers.com</a>

Praying When You're Afraid of What Can Go Wrong

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