Youtube

How to Trust God When It Feels Like He Isn’t Listening

Woman trying to hear something
You’ve prayed and prayed, but nothing is happening. I hear this all the time from my community members, so in today’s show, I’m sharing how to trust God when it feels like He isn’t listening.

You’re doing all the right things.

You pray, read scripture, go to church, and volunteer at a local ministry. And no matter what you do, it feels like God isn’t listening.

Table of Contents

This post and episode may contain affiliate links. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking some of the links below, although your cost doesn’t change, I may receive a small commission. For more information, see my privacy and disclaimers.

Yeah, I’ve been there too, and it’s so incredibly frustrating. I mean, scripture teaches us that all we have to do is ask and He will give it to us.

Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.. Matthew 7:7-8 NLT

So why isn’t our Father listening?

Maybe you’ve thought…

  • Does God even know who I am?
  • Does He really care?
  • Maybe what I’ve learned in the Bible isn’t really for me.
  • I’ve prayed and prayed and nothing is happening.
  • How can I trust God when it feels like He isn’t listening?

If you’re nodding your head, saying, “Yes! That’s me,” then I’ve got you, my friend.

Trusting God in the waiting

In this episode, I’m sharing three things you need to understand when it comes to trusting God in the waiting.

We’ll dive into the Bible to uncover…

  • What we can learn about waiting from two people in the Bible.
  • What God’s perfect timing really means.
  • How to learn to trust His plan over ours.
  • What God is really doing while we wait.

So grab those earbuds and your favorite beverage and join me for How to Trust God When it Feels Like He Isn’t Listening.

How to Break Free from Prayer Perfection at-a-glance

  • 00:00 Welcome
  • 02:41 Waiting on God
  • 04:13 How to know if He’s listening
  • 08:05 Understanding His timing
  • 23:50 What you can do while you wait
  • 31:30 Wrapping Up

More Ways to Enjoy the Show

Would you rather listen to the audio? I got you, my friend. Just hit the play button below.

Rate and Review the Show

“I love Tammy and A Faithful God Podcast!.” If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show!

This helps me support more women — just like you — grow closer to God and learn how to apply God’s Word to their life. 

Simply click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”

Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about this episode!

Mentioned in Today’s show

FOI Praise and Worship Playlist

Free Aligning Your Goals Scripture Challenge

Ready for more? Check out these recent posts

A woman lies awake beside her sleeping husband, quietly reflecting on how to pray for him when she doesn't know what to say.

How to Pray for Your Husband When You Don’t Know What to Say

October 9, 2026

You noticed it at dinner.

Your husband was quieter than usual, and when you asked how work went, he said, “Fine.” But you’ve been married long enough to know when fine doesn’t really mean fine.

You knew something was weighing on him — something just felt off.

Later that night, lying beside him in the dark, you wished you knew how to help. So you did the one thing you knew you could do — you prayed, “Lord, help him.”

It was honest and exactly what you wanted God to do. But almost as soon as you said it, you started wondering if you should have said more.

Is that really enough? Shouldn’t I know how to pray for my own husband?

Maybe you’ve joined the 31-day prayer challenges for wives, or you started the prayer book that’s still sitting on your nightstand with a bookmark somewhere around chapter three. You’ve heard other women pray confidently for their husbands, covering everything from his work and health to your husband’s relationships, protection, and spiritual life.

Meanwhile, you’re struggling just to put one sentence together.

And when you love someone this much, it’s easy for that struggle to start feeling like more than simply not knowing what to say. You begin wondering if you’re doing this “right” or whether your prayers for him are making any difference at all.

But sometimes the reason we don’t know what to say isn’t because we have nothing to pray about. It’s because we’ve put so much pressure on ourselves to say the right thing that an honest prayer no longer feels like enough.

So before we talk about what to pray for your husband, I want to take some of that pressure off.

Because learning how to pray for your husband doesn’t begin with finding more powerful words. It begins with understanding what God actually asks of us when we come to Him in prayer.

Read More
Woman with auburn hair walking along a quiet path at sunset, reflecting on her unbelief.

Lord, Help My Unbelief: A Prayer When Faith Feels Hard

October 2, 2026

You’ve prayed about it more times than you can count.

At first, you prayed with confidence. You believed God was working even when you couldn’t yet see it. But now you’re praying about the same situation for the third year in a row.

And somewhere in the middle of another prayer, you think, “I don’t even know if I believe this will change anymore.”

Almost as quickly as you think it, the guilt creeps in. I mean, what kind of Christian doubts God while she prays?

Read More