When God is silent and your prayers seem to bounce off the ceiling, it's easy to wonder if He's given up on you. In this message, speaker Leah Hodge asks the question Jesus asked in Luke 18: when the Son of Man returns, will He find faith on the earth? Working through the parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge, Leah shows why Jesus links real faith to unrelenting prayer — and why giving up on prayer is giving up on hope itself.

Leah turns to the book of Job and to Daniel chapter 10 to explain why God's answers sometimes seem delayed. Just as Daniel's prayer was heard from the very first day yet the answer was held back for three weeks by unseen spiritual opposition, our own unanswered prayers don't mean God has stopped listening — they mean there's more happening behind the scenes than we can see. Job's story shows the same pattern: even when Job had no idea what was unfolding in the heavenly courts, God had not abandoned him.

The message also unpacks Revelation 14 and the description of the 144,000 who are able to stand when Jesus returns — a people marked by patience, obedience, and unwavering faith. Leah connects that endurance, the Greek word hupomone, back to the practical question every listener faces: how to pray without losing heart, no matter how long the trial lasts or how loud the silence feels.

Whatever season of waiting you're in, this study offers real biblical encouragement to keep trusting, keep asking, and keep believing that God is active even when He seems quiet.

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Timecodes

0:00 Introduction and Opening Prayer
0:58 Will He Find Faith on the Earth? (Luke 18)
4:07 Who Is Able to Stand? Revelation 14 and the 144,000
10:45 The Three Angels' Messages and End-Time Deception
29:23 The Persistent Widow: Pray and Never Give Up
37:25 When God Is Silent: Lessons from Daniel and Job
43:59 Don't Give Up Praying: Closing Encouragement

This message was made available by the Dora Creek Seventh-day Adventist church. For more resources like this, visit doracreek.church

This message was made available by the Dora Creek Seventh-day Adventist church. For more resources like this, visit https://doracreek.church

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