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From the Soul Solutions Column
These answers were crafted in love, rooted in Scripture, and published with permission — because someone else is carrying the same question you are.
Faith & Doubt
"I've been a believer for years but lately I feel nothing when I pray. Is something wrong with me spiritually?"
What you're describing is not a spiritual defect — it is a spiritual invitation. Scripture is full of believers who walked through seasons of dryness: David cried out "How long, O Lord?" in Psalm 13. Elijah sat under a broom tree and wanted to give up in 1 Kings 19. The feeling of God's silence is not evidence of His absence. Sometimes the Lord quiets the emotional experience of faith to deepen the faithfulness of your walk — to move you from a feeling-based faith to a covenant-based one. Keep showing up. Keep opening the Word. The dry season produces roots that the comfortable seasons never could.
"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, and from the words of My groaning?" — Psalm 22:1 (AMP) — David felt what you feel. He still called Him "My God."
Purpose & Calling
"I feel called to ministry but I'm not a pastor or a preacher. Does God use ordinary people?"
Not only does God use ordinary people — He almost exclusively does. The disciples were fishermen, tax collectors, and political radicals. Deborah was a judge and a mother. Lydia was a businesswoman. Nehemiah was a cupbearer. Your calling does not require a pulpit. It requires obedience. The Amplified Bible renders Romans 12:6 as having "gifts that differ according to the grace given to us." Your gift was chosen by God and calibrated for your life — not someone else's. Ministry looks like showing up, loving people, opening the Word, and letting God move through your hands, your voice, your work, and your presence.
"Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit... and there are varieties of ministries and service, but the same Lord." — 1 Corinthians 12:4–5 (AMP)