Healing From Trauma With God’s Help
Day 3: Resilience Through Prayer
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Scripture Focus: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 NLT
“Never stop praying.”
Good Morning My Beautiful Resilient Sister,
If there is anything trauma wanted to take from you — it was your voice. Not just the voice you speak to people with, but the voice you use to speak to God. Trauma will convince you that prayer doesn’t work. Trauma will make you feel like God didn’t care because He didn’t stop what happened. Trauma will try to build a wall between you and God so high that you stop talking to Him altogether. But I need you to hear me this morning — prayer is not just a religious routine. Prayer is not just something we do because we’re Christians. Prayer is a necessity. Prayer is survival. Prayer is healing. Prayer is warfare. Prayer is where resilience is birthed.
Sis, when life broke you — it was prayer that kept you breathing. When you lost things you thought you couldn’t live without — it was prayer that held you together. When nobody saw your tears, when nobody heard your cries, when nobody understood your pain — God did. And every time you opened your mouth and whispered, “God, help me,” heaven moved on your behalf.
Trauma has a way of making us silent. It makes us guarded. It makes us independent to the point where we feel like we can only depend on ourselves. But the danger in that is we start trying to heal without the Healer. We start trying to fix what only God can fix. And we stay stuck in cycles of pain, fear, and survival mode because we stopped inviting God into our process.
Prayer is how you break that cycle.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 says, “Never stop praying.” Not because God needs a perfect speech. Not because He needs long fancy words. But because prayer is your daily connection to His strength. Prayer is how you release what your heart can’t carry anymore. Prayer is where resilience is restored after trauma drained you dry.
To pray is to say, “God, I’m tired, but I trust You.” To pray is to say, “God, I don’t understand why this happened, but I know You love me.” To pray is to say, “God, I’m still angry, but I’m still here.” Real prayer is raw. Real prayer is honest. Real prayer is messy sometimes. And God is not offended by your honesty. He’s waiting for it.
Sis, keeping a prayer life after trauma is not easy — it’s warfare. Because prayer makes the enemy nervous. Prayer reminds the devil that he didn’t win. Prayer reminds your trauma that it doesn’t control your life anymore. Prayer says, “Yes, I’ve been through hell — but I’m still connected to heaven.”
Your resilience is not in how strong you act — it’s in how surrendered you become. Resilience through prayer is understanding that healing happens on your knees before it happens in your emotions. Resilience through prayer means you fight differently now. You don’t fight with anger. You don’t fight with silence. You fight by going to the One who sees all, knows all, and has already made a way of escape for you.
This morning, I dare you to pray like your life depends on it — because it does. Pray like healing is already happening. Pray like your voice still matters. Pray like the woman who refuses to let trauma have the last word over her life.
Say this boldly out loud today: “God, I refuse to be silent. My prayer life will not die in this trauma. My voice will not be lost in this pain. I will pray my way through every storm, every wound, every memory, and every trigger. I am building my resilience through prayer, and I trust that You are listening, You are moving, and You are healing me — one prayer at a time.”
Sis, you don’t need perfect words today — you need an open heart. And that’s all God has been waiting for.
Your healing lives in your prayers.
Your peace lives in your prayers.
Your strength lives in your prayers.
Never stop praying.
Because every time you pray — heaven hears you, hell fears you, and healing finds you.
Keep praying, beautiful. Your resilience is rising.
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