"How Can I Feel Close to God Again?" With Dr. Joel Muddamalle

The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast

Proverbs 31 Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Christianity

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🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

As believers, we know the Bible tells us that God is with us at all times. And yet there are "dry seasons" when we don't feel the closeness of His presence at all.

Today's episode is part of an ongoing series titled "Ask a Theologian" — conversations with Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, and Content Manager for Lysa TerKeurst, Shae Hill. Together, Joel and Shae will give you theological insight and practical takeaways.

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0:00.0	Hi, friends. Thanks for tuning in to the Proverbs 31 Ministries podcast, where we share
0:15.7	biblical truth for any girl in any season. I'm your host, Meredith Brock, and I am here today with my co-host
0:22.9	Shea Hill. Happy December, Shea! Thanks, Mayor. I can't believe we're here at the end of the year.
0:29.0	I'm so happy to be with you in the studio today. Okay, guys, if you've missed any of these episodes
0:33.8	previously, I want to catch you up. Dr. Joel Muda-Malai, who is our director of theological
0:38.5	research here at P31 and I have been having these conversations called Ask a Theologian.
0:43.9	What happens is I bring one main question to Joel and he helps us unpack it with theological
0:48.3	wisdom and understanding. It has been so much fun getting to have these conversations as we
0:52.7	try to better intersect God's word into our everyday human experiences.
0:56.9	Mary, can I tell you and our listeners a little sneak peek about what we're going to get into today?
1:01.3	Absolutely.
1:02.1	Okay, so as 2024 is coming to a close, I really wanted to spend some time on the podcast today,
1:08.3	talking to the listener and honestly a little bit of my own heart,
1:10.9	who may be sunsetting this year feeling just a little disconnected or distant from God.
1:16.6	Maybe someone has had an unforeseen tragedy happen in their family this year, or they took a new
1:21.8	job that's really time-consuming, or maybe you've been a believer for a long time and you just
1:26.2	feel like you're in a spiritually dry season. No matter how you put your own language to it, this episode is for you. We'll cover
1:32.6	questions like, what are dry seasons? What is the purpose of them and how does God address this
1:37.3	in the Bible? Such a needed conversation because I know as a 43 yearold woman looking back on my own spiritual walk, dry seasons
1:48.6	are confusing. And oftentimes you don't know what the Bible clearly says about it. Does it mean
1:55.9	you've done something wrong? Right. Does it mean you should be doing something different? And so I'm really, really excited about
2:02.6	this conversation. It's also a great conversation that can be shared with a friend that you know
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