What to Pray When You're Drowning in Comparison

About this episode

Rachel Wojo discusses the challenges of comparing one's prayer life to others and shares insights from scripture and personal stories.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Wojo

Topics covered

• prayer
• comparison
• faith
• humility
• answered prayer
• spiritual growth

Keywords

• prayer life
• comparison
• humility
• answered prayer
• Corrie ten Boom
• spirituality
• faith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector

Places: Scheveningen prison, Nazi

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