Untangling Prayer with Rachel Wojo

Have you ever sat in a prayer circle and thought, her prayers sound so much deeper than mine? Or read somebody's dramatic testimony and wondered if God is even listening to you the same way? Or wished your prayer requests were about the happy problems instead of the hard ones you're actually carrying?
If any of that just landed on you, this episode is for you.
In this episode, Rachel names a kind of comparison almost nobody talks about out loud — the ache of comparing your prayer life to everyone else's. She walks through Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in Luke 18, where two men prayed side by side and only one of them went home justified, and then shares a powerful answered prayer story from Corrie ten Boom's time in solitary confinement at Scheveningen prison — a six-word prayer, and the ant God sent in response.
You'll discover:
Why comparing your prayer life is the sneakiest kind of comparison — it dresses itself up as humility
The moment the Pharisee's prayer stopped being a prayer and started being a performance
Why God is not grading your prayers against hers — and what He's actually listening for
How Corrie ten Boom's six-word prayer in a Nazi prison cell proves that desperate, honest prayers are the ones God answers
A practical way to break the comparison cycle the next time you catch yourself measuring
If you've ever felt small in your prayer closet because you're pretty sure the woman down the street has a deeper one, this episode is going to set you free.
Resources Mentioned:
Praying the Promises of God: A 52-Week Guided Prayer Journal — promisesprayerjournal.com
Until next time, remember: God sees you, He hears you, and He knows your needs.
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You're lying in bed, and your brain will not stop. The to-do list. The what-ifs. The thing you said yesterday that you keep replaying. You want to pray, but you can't even get a full sentence out before your mind is somewhere else. If that's you, this episode is for you.
In this episode, Rachel unpacks 2 Corinthians 10:5 and what it actually means to take every thought captive. She shares the real story of a racing mind at 4 am and how handing God the parking garage, the weather, and the drive home became the prayer she didn’t know she needed.
You’ll discover:
• Why a racing mind doesn’t mean a disqualified heart
• What Paul meant by “taking thoughts captive” and how to do it at 4 am
• How to turn racing thoughts into actual prayer instead of fighting them
• Why the spin might be a spiritual battle, not a personal flaw

If your brain runs laps every time you try to be still with God, this episode will remind you: He’s not waiting for perfect focus. He’s waiting for you to hand it over.
Resources Mentioned:
• Praying the Promises of God Prayer Journal: promisesprayerjournal.com

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The angels at the empty tomb asked the women a question that I've been thinking this week: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?"
This Easter, Rachel gets honest about the dead places she's been looking for life — not out in the world, but inside her own heart. The self-talk that tears down instead of builds up. The thoughts that are not true, not honest, not of good report. And what happens when what's living in our hearts starts flowing out of our mouths.
You'll discover:
Why the angel's question at the tomb isn't just about Easter morning but about every morning
What Matthew 12:34 reveals about the connection between your heart and your words
How to tell the difference between the Holy Spirit's conviction and the enemy's condemnation
A practical way to replace dead thoughts with living Scripture
Why guarding your heart is the most important battle you'll fight this week
If you've been carrying the weight of your own inner critic, this episode will remind you: the tomb is empty, and you don't have to live there anymore.
Resources Mentioned:
Desperate Prayers: desperateprayers.com
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Sometimes we think God stops working because the battle shifts to unfamiliar ground. He helped us through that one thing, but this? This feels like a different category.
In this Easter episode, Rachel unpacks a surprising story from 1 Kings 20 where Israel's enemies called God a "hill God" — powerful in some places but limited in others. God's response? He won the victory in the exact place they said He couldn't. That's what happened at the cross.
You'll discover:
What the Arameans got wrong about God and why we make the same mistake
How we accidentally shrink our prayers when the battle moves to new terrain
Why the cross as the ultimate valley became the place of the greatest victory
How Easter changes everything about the way we approach God in prayer
If you've been holding back in prayer because you're not sure God works in your current valley, this episode will remind you: He is not only a hill God. The resurrection proves it.
Resources Mentioned:
The Hope Circle (founding membership rate ends 3/31) https://rachelwojo.com/the-hope-circle
Desperate Prayers book: desperateprayers.com
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Elijah called down fire from heaven. And then one threatening message from Jezebel sent him running face-down under a tree, telling God he might as well be dead.
Fear does that. It doesn't matter what God just did for you. Fear has a way of making you forget all of it.
First Kings 19 is the story of what God did next for Elijah and what He's still doing for us today.
You'll discover:
Why fear after a victory can be more disorienting than failure ever was
What 1 Kings 19:4 reveals about praying from total brokenness
Why God answered a threatening voice with a whisper — not a louder one
What God said when Elijah told Him he was the only one left
How God's answer to isolation almost always involves people
Resources mentioned:
One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up — rachelwojo.com/books/one-more-step
The Hope Circle — rachelwojo.com/the-hope-circle
Until next time, remember — God sees you, He hears you, and He knows your needs.
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