When It Feels Like No One Is Fighting for You

July 15, 2026
00:00 12:04
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Have you ever felt like you are carrying something really heavy and you're doing it all by yourself? Nobody knows what it's costing you. Maybe you're so worn down that fighting for even one more day sounds impossible.

If that's where you are, this episode will help! Rachel walks through one of Scripture's most dramatic moments. The Israelites are trapped between Pharaoh's army and the Red Sea, with no weapons and no way out. And Moses says this over them: "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."

But being still doesn't mean doing nothing. One verse later, God tells them to get up and walk. This episode untangles what that means for the woman who can't afford to stop functioning yet is exhausted from feeling as though the outcome rests on her shoulders. Rachel also shares a very recent answered prayer story, one that happened just last week, and one she didn't expect to be telling.

You'll discover:

  • Why "be still" doesn't mean passivity, and what the Hebrew actually carries
  • What Moses was really saying to a crowd of frightened people with no weapons
  • How to pray when you're out of strength and your prayer can only be four words
  • The difference between striving and obeying, and why it matters when you're depleted
  • How God often fights for us through people we can't see yet

Whatever you're up against this week, you're not as alone in it as it feels.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Pray Through It Battle Plan (free): battleprayers.com
Praying through Life's Battles by Rachel Wojo, releasing August 25, 2026. Preorder now at battleprayers.com and get immediate digital access.
The Hope Circle: rachelwojo.com/the-hope-circle

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Meet Your Host
Rachel Wojo is an author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and podcaster. The ideal desperate pray-er to shed light on asking God questions, Rachel’s journey includes losing her mother to leukemia, her adult special needs daughter to a rare neurologically-degenerative disease, and her father to illness. As an entrepreneur living in Columbus, Ohio, she self-started and developed a blog to business platform over the last decade. She hosts Bible reading challenges on her popular blog, rachelwojo.com, which rallies readers of all ages to search God’s Word for solutions to life’s problems. Her biblical approach and life circumstances influence women to find strength and hope in everyday situations.

Rachel is the author of One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up. She is a public speaker and contributor to well-known faith-based publications for many companies. Mostly, Rachel is crazy in love with Matt, mom to six on earth and two in heaven.
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