When Faith Feels Difficult

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“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” — Mark 9:24


No one talks enough about the days when faith feels like lifting a mountain with your bare hands.


The mornings when prayer feels empty.

The nights when Scripture sounds like echoes in a hollow room.

The seasons when you’re doing all the right things — but still feel far from God.


Let’s be honest — sometimes faith is hard work.

Not because God is absent, but because our hearts are weary, our expectations unmet, our strength worn thin.


Even the heroes of faith had their valleys.


Elijah prayed for death under a broom tree.


David cried, “Why are you cast down, O my soul?”


Jesus Himself wept in Gethsemane.



Faith isn’t the absence of struggle — it’s the decision to stay in the struggle, believing there’s purpose in it.


When faith feels difficult:


Keep showing up. Pray even when it feels dry.


Keep reading the Word. One verse can still breathe life.


Keep trusting His timing — even when you don’t understand His silence.



Because faith isn’t built in easy days; it’s forged in the fire.

When it’s hard to believe, whisper it anyway.

When it’s hard to stand, kneel.

When it’s hard to see, remember — light is still light, even when your eyes are closed.


So if your faith feels small today, hold it close.

God can do mighty things with mustard seeds. 🌱


Reflection Question:

> When was the last time your faith felt hard — and what did you learn from that season?


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