If You’re Waiting On God, I Have a Word For You

[@RitaSpringer]

What are you waiting for and what do you believe God is speaking to you in this season of waiting?

[@Mcrose1]

During the season of waiting for my family to be restored, God began to speak to me through music. I've learned that the best songs often come out of our testimony. I've discovered more about the faithfulness of God during this season of waiting.

[@jilllingenfelter4682]

I’m patiently waiting For God to bring an amazing Godly extremely extremely passionate extremely Conservative/extremely extremely faithful man of God into my life. And he will be my future 2nd husband:):):)And I can’t wait to stand by his side. And cheer him on:)@ Rita Springer

[@jameslinmd]

I don't think people should wait unless God instructs to do so. Where in the scripture does it say you should default to waiting for what you contend for?

[@jameslinmd]

​​@@jilllingenfelter4682Issac didn't wed Rebecca until Abraham told his servant to take action. If you default to waiting without God tells you to do so, you may wait a long time and not see a soul in sight.

[@ingelkringel]

Waiting for my godly God-given spouse and the next chapter in life - it would be an absolute dream come true.

[@debrabedford1118]

I also was barren for 5 years and had tests and surgeries that didn't help. I finally studied the bible and realized that most of the women in the bible also suffered from barrenness. When they prayed God answered and blessed them with children. I prayed and declared that God is the same now as He was then and declared if He did it for them He could do if for me. And He did!! I have 3 daughters and 3 grandsons. Thank you Jesus.

[@whitemistcreativestudios]

Pray in agreement with me, I have the same promise yet unfulfilled

[@mantleofelijah]

@@whitemistcreativestudios write down the verses in the Bible that speak of the promises of children to the barren and decree those promises. A great book for this is ‘Supernatural Childbirth’ by Jackie Mize

[@leonardcann6645]

​@@whitemistcreativestudiosThere's always an excuse when you don't get what you pray for.

[@mistywhite9128]

@@leonardcann6645 you’ve got to begin to trust the Lord to guide your footsteps, even when you don’t understand. God isn’t a slot machine

[@leonardcann6645]

@@mistywhite9128 after 40yrs plus waiting I'm done. There always an excuse when "God" let's you down. I believe in myself now. Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. I've trusted in so do called lord all my life only to ashamed and embarrassed. I'm not gonna go out looking like a fool. Gonna try something different. Waiting on some imaginary force to help me clearly hasn't worked. I'm done with this bull 💩

[@Felix892]

I don’t know who needs to hear this, and I’m not trying to be dismissive, but coming from ten years of a relatively healthy marriage and three lovely daughters… loneliness, rejection, frustration, and a feeling of barrenness or uselessness does not go away when you have a husband and family. The biggest lesson I’ve learned in marriage is that verse: “your maker is your husband”. No mortal man can satisfy your deepest needs, because you’re not made for man, you’re made to be espoused to the Lord. No human children can satisfy the desire to be fruitful, only fruitfulness for Jesus can satisfy. This is the most honest I can be about what a great marriage and great family has taught me : God is the only one that can satisfy, he’s the only one that can love you well, he’s the only one that can make you fruitful. Sing for joy, whether you’re single or married your maker is your husband!

[@rebeccacirillo2494]

Amen!!

[@msmelanin2425]

Still easy for you to say…

[@IramCoercere]

@@msmelanin2425Yeah, kind of naive to think everything will be good once i get this or that. Of course its not, but you have what you wanted and others still dont

[@msmelanin2425]

@@IramCoercere Exactly! I know being married doesn’t mean everything will be “great” but i still desire it. Talking about your maker is your husband…but you have a husband & others don’t. Silly.

[@SuckerPunch92]

This is dissmissive.. 1. Because you're married so you really don't understand. 2. The Lord can be first in anyone's life and they can still have desires. Marriage is a good thing to desire if God is first. 3. Please stop pouring Jesus glitter over others struggles. Would you tell a married couple that wanted children that Christ sasIfy's their every need?

[@sharonwilliams3403]

Years ago i was depressed...a little bird followed me on my walk and he kept singing and singing and i said "Lord, doesnt he know its fall, its cold, he should be heading south?" And the Lord said "he chooses to sing"

[@KatieThompson_MissionStudios]

SO GOOD!!!

[@nickiawalker645]

That’s the most beautiful thing.

[@haydenpage1190]

I love this so much ❤

[@cosmosprincess20]

Wow😢

[@nickiawalker645]

@JC-du6sn wait she has a book?

[@martinrenderstudio802]

God had me wait awhile to meet my husband. While I waited I wrote a children's book about a dad getting a miracle to be cancer free. I wrote this book before I met my husband. I learned how to fight the fight of faith for miracles. Then I met my husband and 5 years into marriage he was diagnosed with cancer and I had to utilize everything I learned while single. I even remembered the book I wrote about how God gives miracles and the dad who had cancer and got a miracle from God. Fast forward to my husband having cancer God did what I wrote in my book and got us a miracle. So you never know until after why you had to wait. It was probably training.

[@shraddashradda]

😮❤🙏

[@jameslinmd]

How old were you when you got married?

[@heidiharris-re2yb]

thank you sister 🙏🙏🙏

[@Pacifica74]

What a testimony. Thanks for sharing!

[@deborahchristian4991]

Thank you so much for sharing. That is truly a blessing. Keep holding on!!! God bless you all.

[@russellmammino2635]

Faith ,hope,love,trust,thats it

[@wendimooreart]

This is so hard. I can relate to what you’re saying. I’m 57 years old, never married, with no kids. I’ve ALWAYS wanted to be married and have kids. I’ve been a Christian most of my life and have been praying for a husband for almost 40 years. I hate being single with every fiber of my being. Even though I pray more than ever, being single has gotten harder, not easier. When will the rejection, loneliness, and sadness end?!? I have moments of peace, but they never last long.

[@TheLordismyshepherd...]

Ma'am, I am so sorry for how you feel. I just want to encourage you that if the Lord told you to wait, wait Ma'am. He knows, He sees you. He is gonna come through His Will is going to be done.

[@Hhej927]

This is the saddest thing ive heard. Try to get out there and live your life

[@jameslinmd]

What did God say to you in your 20's? Were you busy and dismissed the idea of marriage? Did someone come along but you rejected him? If not, what did God say to you? God does not leave his sons and daughters hanging especially over something that will last a lifetime.

[@carolhoughton1073]

I'm 67 and have the same story. Never in a million years did I think a life with so much promise and faith turn out so empty and disappointed. If you admit that, then, you are disdained in some way. I just keep my eyes on Jesus. He will make it alright.

[@jameslinmd]

@@carolhoughton1073 oh no. Who disdained you? 25% of people in the world never got married. Of the ones do, 50% end it in a divorce. There are many more singles than we think. I have the same questions for you. What happened in your 20's? Were you a Christian back then and was contending for marriage? What happened and what did God say?

[@GetsyJenita]

Reading all these comments makes me feel seen and included in a community of women who seek thr Lord like I do. I have never felt a part of any group because my experiences have been very unique even as a child and I never could fit in. It brings me joy to see everyone holding onto God despite their trying circumstances. He is our faithful Father. In the right time, He will make all things happen for His glory and for our joy. Sometimes we are the reason for God to not work in our life and delay the blessing. We need to work on our inner man while we wait on His promises. I feel many don't do that, including me. It takes two to tango. God bless you all.

[@misssterling3094]

Maybe nothing was done wrong, but hardship is just just different for some people.

[@shareenladd1048]

Don’t focus on the waiting part. Focus on what God is doing while we wait.

[@marizzagottardigallacher6979]

Just sing o barren woman! Worship Him! 🙌🙏

[@russellmammino2635]

In tough times God teachs us to trust

[@jacquelineoosthuizen5621]

Been waiting for marriage since I got saved in 2009. Been trying to stay pure. Still waiting. I'm not lonely, just believe God for the gift of marriage

[@cathylettein8992]

@jacqueline amen 🙏 keep trust the Lord and keep on walking in the now faith of God. (Hebrew:11:1) 💡⭐️🩸🔥🕊️🕊️🕊️❤️❤️❤️

[@Onlythenarrowroad]

Speaking of barrenness, for me now, it’s in the career world. I prayed for years for a husband and eventually I started to pray for God to release me of that burden if it was not meant to be. And I now have peace and it is so liberating. But at the same time, it was also about job situations while praying for a husband so there were multiple levels of barrenness. I have struggled and questioned how do I work in a secular, worldly environment and maintain my fellowship with Jesus. God ministered to me and reminded me of Daniel’s and Joseph’s lives and how both came into leadership in very secular and idolatrous nations because both always put God first. But they also very much made it known and understood publicly that God is first. And that is key for me and for my life. Being open to Jesus’s and the Holy Spirit’s promptings and sanctification and learning in wisdom, growing in discernment. Having a soft and pliable heart. It’s a daily journey that God fills our lives with reminders of His goodness and what He has done for us to give us encouragement for each stepping stone He places in front of us. Take one step at a time, not an escalator.

[@ALC77787]

Yes I am waiting on getting.friendships.

[@nadalineL]

My son was diagnosed with a bowel disease at 8 years old.He was not growing and he was having painful and other symptoms that I won’t go in to but bad and scary for a child and for us. I also have bowel disease so I knew what it was right away.we went to doctor and he was diagnosed and got on meds but nothing helped.During the pandemic my mom really interceded for my son powerfully for 3 days in prayer. One day around this time we were driving somewhere in a dirt road going slow and directly over our car I mean directly like we could almost touch it, was an eagle (we have them around us but rarely see them up close) and in his talons was a dead or dying snake I knew my son though temporarily afflicted would be healed and God would give the victory About 6 months later his symptoms just disappeared. He’s 14 now symptom free and healed

[@angelaplett8942]

Wow I appreciate you sharing, hallelujah ❤️ how encouraging

[@charlottebarclay4631]

Hey Rita! I'm just so grateful for you. Just listening to you for these last few days has been so helpful to me. I've watched almost all of your videos. One time, you were talking about leadership. You said the way you exit is the way you will enter. I left my home country Liberia with so much burden on my shoulders and I entered America with them. I just thank God that He has used you to reveal things to show and bring clarity to all the chaos over the years.

[@dezerismith7529]

Hi rita I just joined your page, im so glad you are letting God use you for the single and unmarried woman like me who feels forgotten and unwanted.

[@lyndsayr4611]

Thank you Rita... I've started watching your videos recently... as a single woman in my late 30's, your testimony has been an encouragement to me. Thank you for being obedient

[@leannemarinus4046]

Worship breaks the heavy yoke. I love that. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@mlake4725]

This resonates with me as I also am single, no children, never married. I haven't been able to get a job in over six years but God has provided for my necessities. The way I deal with all this is by keeping eternity stamped on my eyelids, I remember that life is short, death is sudden and eternity is long. This world and everything in it is passing away and we have a great inheritance awaiting. I try not to shape my life and view of God and my circumstnaces on my desires, wants and feelings but on what what my mission is, which is to glorify God through obedience and to make Him known through evangelism. Please be encouraged ladies.

[@oralpowers7932]

Fantastic production, 2 cameras, the lighting is soo good and the message is real. Even people who are champions find themselves with the kids gone, the spouse passed away and a season of aloneness. But your never alone, God is with us and he's a jealous God and wants us to himself most of our lives and all eternity.

[@yyc_2_gla]

One of the things that I struggle with most in scripture is that God eventually opens the wombs of ALL of those barren women, even if they are of exceptionally advanced age. One day when I was feeling particularly depressed about it and I was struggling with finding comfort in scripture, I started Googling barrenness in the Bible and eventually found a very old quote. It helped lift the cloud of despair and helped me stop seeing myself through the lens of barren = worthless. I hope it may be of help and comfort to others here. “Never may we write her Barren who is fruitful in good works.” - Reverend Benjamin Coleman, 1711

[@misssterling3094]

Hebrews 11:11-By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she[a] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

[@martinrenderstudio802]

All I can say is your Defender song blessed me so much. A few days before we found out my husband was cancer free I had a vision of someone holding a giants head. Then I knew God defeated our giant. The day we were waiting to hear from the doctor my friend told me about your song Defender. Part of your song said "God comes back with the head of my enemy and calls it my victory " so your song confirmed my vision that the giants head was cutoff and we had victory. Then later that day we found out he was cancer free. He is our Defender! You never know how God will use you. So God used your song as my confirmation of victory over our giant.

[@angelaplett8942]

❤❤❤ AMAZING

[@Tribunal1023]

6:59 This. This right here is the honest internal battle I have had so many times with a struggle I’ve been having for years. Thank you for being so honest and blessing us with your encouragement

[@NarnianLady]

This resonates with me, because barrenness is what I have seen in my life for years. After a short 'honeymoon period' in ministry, everyrhing came crushing down, family issues, no fellowship, rejection, isolation.. and unlike many single women, I don't have that vibrant fulfilling deeply satisfying ministry / career / etc.. no open doors, just grief. The often heard adminition to 'just be content in singleness and all the ways you can serve the Lord' is just so shallow and cruel. I cannot grab ministry opportunities by my own ability, any more than I can grab a spouse.. unless the Lord builds the house, laborers toil in vain. And yes, I am fully aware we need to be good stewards with our gifts. That is why barrenness hurts so deep..

[@thethroneroom912]

Thank you sister

[@AbstractMindsThinkAlike]

I'm struggling with my health and doctors don't have answers. Please pray for me if you have a moment. Thank you. If you need prayers, let me know.

[@tatjanasihmuratova743]

Go raw vegan!

[@onlinemarketerpro]

Meat heals, keto or carnivore.

[@Z1nny]

‭‭Jeremiah 32:26-27 NKJV‬‬ [26] Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, [27] “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?

[@sheriemessier8670]

My husband & I are praying for my health, finances, home & future children. Been wrestling with this scripture & taking comfort from it. ”So above all, constantly seek God’s kingdom and his righteousness, then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly. Refuse to worry about tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes your way, one day at a time. Tomorrow will take care of itself.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭33‬-‭34‬ ‭TPT‬‬ Thank you for your message Rita!

[@Katrina2446]

I have no one else, but the Lord. In painful loss and when a long awaited desire I have is not been given to me, I look to see what He must be building. It can depend on my yielded spirit to His perfect will for me. Do I trust Him to care about what I care about...sometimes and sometimes skeptically, but eventually through prayers of tears and surrendered worship, I know He cares. When I see it His way I don't want the temporary trinkets I thought would fulfill. I want what He wants. Who else do we have, but Him in heaven.

[@jessjessnw]

Such a good word of encouragement, wow ❤ praying for you and others' stories here. "Temporary trinkets" really spoke to me. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@indigo_dreamz]

Incredible,as I was experiencing a sharp pain on my ovaries from years of being diagnosed with endometriosis, I had a thought, Lord.. Is it your will for me to have a child, I'm 32 no potential husband... and then this video began to play next on my feed, i had never read this verse in Isaiah and the first sentence you said pierced my heart soul and mind. you have no idea how this has touched my heart greatly 🙏🛐💯 knowing this is the Lord speaking at that very moment. This week was another confirmation through another pastors video praying over women with these conditions in their reproductive organs. I know the Lord has spoken and is bringing healing and has heard my concerns, my heart and my desires. Thank you Rita ♥️🙏

[@anthonyp-gx3mk]

I love the honesty of Rita, sharing her doubts, frustration and sadness at times when she needed god to pull through. I think it’s more real to share like this, as this is what many Of us feel rather than get told a message from a preacher who makes out like it’s wrong at times to feel hopeless and that their life was blessed because they never gave up. When reality is some of the most faithful people still struggle. My advise is to not think your doing something wrong, keep hoping that god is helping you, whether you get married and have kids or not, it will work out but be honest with god, “today god I feel I’m angry with you because…help me…” I feel god wants to hear how we truely feel.

[@wephotogal]

Thank you for this encouragement. This is my story, too, I am in the same age bracket as you :) That desire isn't in my heart anymore, but I am still believing God for certain things. When encouragement comes from a 20-something year old telling me to "wait" and that she did, it's not relatable to me. I'm so glad that I found you here, because I have really been struggling with believing God.

[@sabrinaliu66]

me too same boat. i hope there is a community for people like us to encourage each other.

[@WaiiitWhhhat]

My waiting, and what I was waiting for is very similar to yours, Rita. I was ok and even at peace with it for a long time. Having been a Christian woman growing older in the same church, the people around me, had a different view. Sometimes people around you have a different expectation of what you ‘should have’ or ‘who you should have’. Sometimes it’s not even us, as women, who scrutinize what we have or don’t have. Sometimes our Christian society hold an expectation for what a ‘good’ or ‘blessed’ woman is.

[@dahliashakespeare-di9gp]

It is not a coincidence that I stumbled upon this video. I literally heard God gave me this scripture while going through a miscarriage. Our God is beyond great. Im brewing a testimony and will be back to help someone else. God bless you all

[@MissyRaha]

"Lost journals of questions I don't have answers to." I have these too. I have been grieving recently the children I believe God showed ne that I dont have now and can't see how they can ever be. Thank you for encouraging me to sing like I have it when I don't and to trust that God has a bigger plan. I don't know it all and I cannot engineer what I think I should have and be. I return to worship to break the heavy yoke. I embrace my song and let the sound of Adonai resounding through me bring about His will for me.

[@BCSBB]

Lord I want my own family. My own home. I want to be a wife and mother. I promise I will give them to you. I will do it all for you. Be a godly wife to the Godly husband and bring honor to your name.

[@alexsarmiento5392]

The best place to find a godly husband is to be in a community of godly people. Join a religious orgsnization

[@leonardcann6645]

​@@alexsarmiento5392🤡

[@bunny_0288]

My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for 13 years. I'm just so tired. But I promised the Lord that I would persevere and continue to try and hope and pray. But it's so hard. It's so painful.

[@LauraJackson1]

Sister. It sounds like you are exhausted. See the thing is that you don't have to WAIT for God. He already MOVED in your life at the cross. He sent his son Jesus that theiugh him we have wholeness meaning norhing missing nothing lacking. He came to set the captives free that were oppressed. Infertility is not from God and you don't have to make promises to God. He already promises you that hebhas called YOU to be fruitful and multiply. The thing is that we have been delagtwd responsibility according to Luke 10 19 and we have to speak to what comes up on our promised land. So speak to infertility and command it to leave your body and expect don't hope. Hoping is crossing fingers and expecting is given to those who know what God has done and what we have as our inheritance in christ. The reason why you have been waiting so long is not because of God because he already did everything on the cross but you now need to get in the word and find out what you have as his child. I encourage you to follow andrww wommack on KZbin to help you grow in your identity and what you have. And truly who God is.

[@SuckerPunch92]

My heart goes out you and your husband. I been waiting for a husband for 14 years. It is so hard. I hope God gaves you strength. ♥️

[@bunny_0288]

@@SuckerPunch92 Don't lose heart! My husband waited ten years for me. And he says that he is so glad he waited because we have such a beautiful marriage. Many times I see both in real life and in Scripture that after a long waiting period God gives an extra special blessing. I'll be praying for you in your waiting season

[@SuckerPunch92]

@@bunny_0288 You message to me is beautiful. Thank you for the kind words. I'll be praying for you and your husband. ♥️♥️

[@misssterling3094]

Meditate on this. Hebrews 11:11-By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she[a] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. Also read Supernatural Childbirth: Jackie Mize

[@amerryone]

Amen. Thank you Rita

[@juliapintexas1845]

My friend adopted. There are tons of babies and children all over the world that need someone.

[@2edifyyou]

I relate with you tremendously and God led me to your site for such a time is this.

[@barkingspider4861]

When God gives you a promise just as He did Joseph ( confirmations through 2 dreams ) . He is doing a work in us to prepare us for what He promised and when the time is right it will come to pass. After 32 years I am still waiting for His promise to me. So many times I have been discouraged but He has always encouraged me . I can't deny that He spoke to me confirming His word by 2 witnesses. My time with Him in the morning is awesome reading His Word and worshiping. Isaiah 54 has always been an encouraging passage . God's Word does not return void but it accomplish what it was sent out to do. Though it tarry wait for it for it will surely come !!!

[@InAllSeasons]

His proMises are yes and amen 🙏 don’t dwell too long with those whose lives are different and callings are different , that’s where the enemy gets us into comparing ! ❤ you are so blessed ! A voice to the nations Rita ! Don’t be deceived!

[@SueEllenSmith-ju4ot]

Grown sons to be added to the family of God, put on Christ through baptism. Stand on His promises. ❤Singing❤

[@jesusreignsoveraustralia]

This is seriously the one of the best messages I have ever heard! God gave me this scripture after giving me a definite God dream back in Jan 2000, I was enlarging the cords of a massive tent and then a baby was born on my chest and He showed me other things. When I awoke I knew it was a God dream and I asked for confirmation from His Word. I had never read Isaiah 54 before, but there it was in the Bible showing me the very thing I was doing in my dream working on a tent, strengthening stakes, lengthening cords etc. I was 26 and my family who aren’t saved were already saying it was coz I was saved I wasn’t married and in the church was made to feel there is something wrong with you despite the fact the Pastor wouldn’t allow me to court anyone…. So I thought, yes, it’s going to happen soon! Thankfully I got out of that church and over the 20 plus years since I have held onto that scripture, His promise for more children than the married woman etc etc. I have prayed and said that scripture more than any other, my biological clock has ended and I keep holding onto it. It has been a very hard and disappointing at times journey BUT I choose to SING. I love what Rita said God told her - just sing! Many times I thought I’d missed it, maybe the dream is over I did something wrong etc etc, but recently I decided no, I’m going to keep holding onto it and even if that means I die believing in faith and not see it happen that’s ok, because I’d rather be in faith than not believe and it happen. I now feel it is that I will become a foster mother and already have one beautiful child and God reminded me as a 12 year old when the Ethiopian famine hit and the song We are the World was popular, I wasn’t saved but I got on my knees and 8 said Lord, I want to love kids that no one else will love, the orphans the forgotten ones. That has been my cry for so long and then it hit me, if I was a mother to my own biological kids maybe I would never have had the ability or inclination to open my home to kids that need a home. So even though I have health problems now, I know the Lord will heal me and somehow open the doors for me to have a home for lost and broken kids in Australia 🇦🇺 God is good!

[@joannakathryn1217]

Thank you so much for your candor. It is very encouraging to hear such authenticity and a spirit of wisdom

[@gotsilempuang2316]

Thank you Rita for the word of encouragement. My harvesting time is now after bareness. Amen

[@Mark-ql5ni]

God Bless you Rita, thank you, good word!

[@thedynamicsolo4232]

This episode sounded more like opinions based on a passage, rather than the context and meaning given in proper commentaries. I feel for those who are single and childless, but after a cheating wife ruined our house, finances and spirits, then a bout of backsliding........now single for 20 years, I see the great blessing of being single and childless. The married with kids are blessed in a different way. The apostle Paul really gives insight to heading towards heaven without the concerns of a wife/husband/children. He has so many blessings standing around us and we focus on what we DON'T have.........pretty shallow of us as Christians. A great night at work, a filling breakfast and a super comfy bed to be in, good clothes, a great church family.........it splits me open with joy at the TONS of blessings I have. Hosea 4:6.."My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge"

[@mlake4725]

I agree with you about focusing on the wrong things but remember that everyone is at a different stage in their journey. Even if God is using this barrenness to make us more like Him, let us remember grace. I'm sorry that you went through that.

[@crystalfeldtmann7080]

I can relate with this...

[@Jessieryen]

Thank you for posting this. This is my life………God promised me when I was 21 shortly after being saved. I’m 40 now. I’ve wrestled with a lot of what you’ve mentioned. Why even make the promise. It hurts so bad. I’ve felt abandoned by God. I could have easily found a nice person to settle with…….but a small part of me knows that I have to continue with God. What else is there but him, but it still hurts.

[@kawirak8397]

I am really struggling with the concept of why christians have to wait and wait and suffer before getting anything good.I don’t mean to question God but why cant we have abundant lives and proceed on to heaven?Why do we have all these promises in the bible then ,if they will be actualised when people have cried during all their youth.Its not like the lifespan is 100 years.

[@GoodMorningSunshine.]

​@@kawirak8397I question God, humbly so. What a heartbreaking epidemic. The same person who ssys "2 is better than one, and it is not good for a man to be alone", is also the one who wants people to wait for a lifetime. It's hard for me to celebrate when I see a 60 year old getting married and saying how they had hoped to have a family etc. God is working on my heart but I've kind of given up.

[@kawirak8397]

@@GoodMorningSunshine. i fully understand you. It feels like we should not have any aspirations, any dreams. Maybe that is why when i was younger,i used to ask myself why most devout christians looked like they had no goals or ambitions in life and were the poorest people around.

[@SuckerPunch92]

Hugs love. It hasn't been that long for me but almost. 14 years for me. It's scary to think it may not happen. Kids are out of the picture. But you're right. It's hard. So hard. It's a litterally fight

[@mlake4725]

​@@kawirak8397"We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."-Acts 14:22. Trials are a part of our 'lot' and God has ordained the, season, place, intensity and effect of them. Don't ever expect to escape trouble, you will be disappointed. Trials are the means God uses to conform us to His image and glorify Him. So take up your cross and follow Him and be encouraged that all these things are working together for your good. Christ said in this world we would have many tribulations but have no fear because He has overcome the world.

[@kevor9680]

Oh my, I completely understand this podcast. The struggle was so worth it! Trust God’s plan with your story! Look what the Lord has done ❤

[@conrad3597]

Rita, Thank you so much for this video! It spoke to me in a way that nothing else has for many, many years. Although our situations are completely different, the way you speak about barrenness really makes it feel like you could understand my situation more than most. I've been living in a barren desert of anxiety/depression and family/marriage issues for 30+ years and have been stuck with feelings of loss about the family and marriage I wanted (versus what I've had) and a general sense of hopelessness and despair for at least a decade. I have tried to cling to my faith through it all, but I confess I really haven't made much of an effort. Every time I read scripture I feel this "yeah, but what about...." response in my head of all the times God hasn't answered prayer. I mean, isn't it hard for you to read these passages you talked about where barren women have been given a child? If I were you, I would read those and think, "what about me?" and then struggle with thoughts that either God doesn't really love me, or His promises aren't really reliable, etc. Anyway, I have lots of questions, and I wish I could sit down and talk with you about them because you've clearly learned more from your journey than I have from mine, but I'm grateful for this video and look forward to watching some of your others. Most of all, thank you for your moving song, "Amen.' A friend shared it with me last week and I've been listening to it on repeat. Your song, the beautiful words and your beautiful voice, but especially the fact that it's clearly coming from a real journey of barrenness is such a blessing and encouragement to me. TBH, I can't really sing it truthfully right now, but I pray that I can come to that place someday. I've never met you, but your words have carried the weight that a mother's words would have. Thank you again for taking time to share them! 💜

[@maliajyang7589]

you have no idea......how divine and anointed is this message for me in this season....promises that have been contended and waited and prayed upon.....cried upon....for DECADES.....when we have literally tasted the life inside of these Words that God has given us in this pilgrimage through and with and in His promised Word and vision.... thank you so much for your song, your joy, your pouring out in hope and faithfulness...... i searched high and low...deep and wide ...in this transition...this waiting....for one to lament, counsel, even sit with me....and so few have eaten or known this thing of the Lord....thank you my PRECIOUS SAVIOR and thank you for this beautiful woman, Rita Springer

[@suebrucker8428]

Rita thank you for your transparency in sharing. At almost 67 and “yet to be married”, everything you said resonated with me. God has filled my life in so many ways, but the heart of what you shared resonated deeply and brought comfort. God bless you.

[@gabbypage6929]

If we talk it, feel it then we become it. I understand though because I don’t have a family,children or husband at 64. I use my creativity and further studies to give to myself. The “I am “ phrase is what we are telling ourselves daily.

[@ryancampbell955]

I've been waiting on God for almost 10 years. I've got an ear condition and some days it leaves me miserable. I've been praying and believing for healing, but healing hasn't come. I've been prayed for by many, many people. Most of which operate in the gift of healing, yet there has been no change. It's very hard some days to believe God wants to heal me. I have to keep believing, but I feel so burned out. It's been a long decade.

[@jameslinmd]

Believe God will heal you the way you believe he has saved you by the finished work on the cross. You have to have the same conviction to get saved and be healed. All is finished. All you need to do is to believe. Believe until it happens.

[@cazpk6840]

I used to have ear problems and the Lord led me to a doctor who helped me understand how to bring it under complete control. Pray that the Lord will work through those he brings to you from the medical field.

[@nonya7099]

Thank you. I needed this. May God bless you

[@marquesn77]

Thank you Rita, I really needed this ❤

[@amandamorrison5777]

God kept putting this video into my feed so I finally clicked on it not expecting much. But it's exactly what I needed as I've recently had a punch in the gut about not having children. I love God's tender mercies. ❤😢

[@LauraJackson1]

You dont have to fight. Rest. God calls us to rest in what he has done. Many times we find our selves "barren" is because of us. We dont renew our minds to what God has given us and therfore making the process of what God wants to give you longer. It's not God. It's us.

[@jesseboww]

Wow thank you so much for this word. I needed it today. God bless you. All I have to do is worship ❤

[@luisfrancisnavarro5755]

Thanks for the encouragement.. I know God speaks to me as you share His Word..

[@gcarla8706]

My Lord, Thank you for that beautiful explanation of Isaiah, 54:1

[@bluemeadows7520]

Thank you beautiful

[@Hebrews111]

Contending for the promise of healing for my husband's kidneys/bladder system. Then the devil threw a wrench in by trying to divide our marriage. Demonic strongholds from his childhood. Is not the Lord my deliverer?! Is He not our healer?! I will wait on Him. I will see the goodness of God in the land of the living. Isaiah 54 has been speaking to me through this time!

[@yvonnebowles4534]

I fought for Gods promises since 8 fought and fought for years in the word, found God's purposes, God's transformed me inside out through years, I have become a warrior for Christ, in worship 🛐 singing waiting focused on the Lord Jesus alone, following the the Holyspirit, spent years on God's purpose handed it over to the body of Christ and was slandered by my own pastor and almost the entire country, 😢how do I continue, God chose me at 8yrs old and anointed me for a time like this, there's an anointing on my life but I am now again in a still season no man I have nothing, seasons over years wrestling has seized, I am now resting in his peace my faith, his will his way we need to keep on in the spirit not in the flesh, God's way we can keep on trusting in the desolate barren place even if we are obedient, may your faith never grow cold ❄ Pray 🙏 🛐 ✝️

[@miss.m5576]

Thank you. Amen.

[@JeanneLeClair]

Thank you for the encouragement. Amen 🤍

[@autumneve]

Thank you so much for making this video, seriously.

[@wendyfrasier7680]

Thank you so much Rita! Such a timely message and reminder!

[@elizabethalamo6320]

Amen 🙏 I’m still waiting for God 🙌 for the gift of 👰🏻‍♀️💍 marriage

[@zamanene1957]

This is such a profound message. You are making so many things clear in my life. Thank you 🙏

[@vanessamorgan3206]

Exactly what I needed to hear! Ive been standing for my marriage after 2.5 years of separation. I realize I've been more focused on not having my husband and it's been depressing the past 2 weeks. God gave me a word last year after fasting & Praying for 21 days. I KNOW God is at work. I'm a walking testimony to that. I have a fear of completely letting Go in fear that God would take away my husband completely. But just like God restored me... His will is to restore my husband, marriage and family! I want to be able to press in and find my joy in the present moment for me and my kids through Him.

[@sharonewers3813]

Wow I needed this more than you realise. Praise God. Thank you 😢

[@josview2792]

Thank you for this encouragement ❤❤❤

[@linetteruffino9576]

You do; when you sing. ☝🏽🕯️🌬️💫

[@soulstylista]

Thank you so much for the message 🧡🥹

[@DebashisDebbarma-z3p]

I have been waiting on God for the breakthrough in my life n family from the bondage if sins, faults, mistakes, devil works as im begging for new land n partner in HIM and through HIM....

[@LS-eg2ge]

You are the best for speaking on this as no one in the church speaks about waiting and not getting married. Sometimes the answer is no because God knows best. I was married for 14 years been divorced for 11 years . Still waiting and now I am 49 and I will still praise him even if I dont ever remarry as yes THe Lord is my husband.

[@Gonerop]

Im going to keep waiting and prayed up.

[@ae-cb6vn]

This was stunning. Thank you for sharing

[@cazpk6840]

I am 54 and recently felt that the Lord did not let me have a particular man in my 20s who would have been the perfect fit. Recently, for no reason, i remembered that man and deeply grieved for that missed opportunity and for never having met anyone else that came close after that. I am looking for a ministry partner for the next 2 years and after that - i will let go and prepare for aging alone. I have mixed feelings. Being alone means i can be mobile and have peace. But without a man - i feel that my wings are clipped and i cannot fly nor soar. I am reluctant to minister/travel alone. Noone in church talks about it - it is a silent, uncomfortable epidemic in the church. But i have to let go becos by a certain point/ age it is v clear - that i am called to be single.

[@mlake4725]

What are some ways the church can address those people in situations like yours?

[@shelleyd9910]

Hi Rita, I needed to meet you today. I am here. Exactly here. 55, lost so much, vision impaired, lover of prayer and worship, still not doing much with my own music and desperate to do it. Alone again. 😢Rich soil. Lots to dig for. And finally digging $hame out of my life. Hi my new wise friend. From Shelley in Australia. 💕😢🐨

[@tammysmith9929]

This is so good and encouraging❤

[@cottagedreamslittlebiz]

So good Rita, thank you for sharing your heart and journey. I had a word this week about wrestling for what God put in my heart many years ago - and while I have children, I still have some promises that I have long waited for ( tho think children and a hubby would be the most difficult one to navigate) I've never listened to your podcast before and there it was - God has reminded me to contend and worship like I have the promise already. He's tricky like that :)

[@maritrnning5357]

This was an anusual testimony! Thank you for that sister!

[@uphylme9350]

This is helping so many main stream American Christian women.

[@KatieThompson_MissionStudios]

100%!!! 💙

[@carennrodrigues7631]

Amen ❤

[@anitafabulous6031]

Love this! Thank you for being transparent and for sharing your beautiful heart.

[@MH-jp1fv]

Thank you for your transparency

[@hollymarie4115]

Wow thank you, that was absolutely beautiful. I subscribed! ❤🙏🏻

[@hb9018]

Thank you for this video Rita

[@BeatriceGodchosenone]

God gave me Isaiah 54 on 11/29/2019 when I first read it I cry like a baby but I’m still waiting on the Lord

[@mmkvoe6342]

It's the first message basically that I was given on my first day being free from 12 years of grade school, and I am glad I had such a positive experience with it for all happy reasons that day so that as I go back to it over and over all the years since for all kinds of reasons, and hear stories of men and women who have related to it in many ways, the times when I might feel more sad about it are eclipsed by knowing it was a happy thing for me the first time.

[@DD-pv2jl]

Great video. It’s not just women that deal with this. Try being a 63 year old guy, loyally serving The Lord since my early/mid 20’s, & praying for marriage for close to forty years …all to no avail. To make it even more difficult, it seems like most married people in the Church (and the Church as a whole) treat singles (especially older singles) as second class citizens. Very sad.

[@ilsetreyvellan744]

So sorry. Its a constant surrender to all our ways and thoughts.

[@mlake4725]

I can understand your feelings. Where did you think the church can improve our ministry to singles?

[@melasmontanayogahomestead7818]

Thank you so much for your message. I felt the annointing of the Holy Spirit on it for me. It was bread for my soul. Blessings

[@TheMaskedThearpist]

I feel like this is something the Lord has taught/been teaching me the past couple days to rejoice and give thanks to him instead of focusing on the dub stuff but being in his presence and realizing you have all that you need even if you don't have it yet

[@wattalady84]

I just stumbled upon this channel and topic and it has me floored and misty.. Im a singer and I have found it extremely hard to open my mouth and sing literally anything in this wilderness season ive been in for 3+yrs. Im sad and angry feeling like why should I. Im an almost 40yr old never been married or proposed to single mom of one almost 18yr old. Ive been waiting for the promise of my future spouse for literal decades and its been incredibly hard to hold on to when there isn't a smidge of a sign he's coming.. zero prospects...but this video has boosted me and Ill rewatch it 2 more times.. and by force open my mouth in praise. Thank you for this🙏🏾

[@nemmie007]

BEAUTIFUL! This is a beautiful message and wow! What a beautiful song!!!!

[@blessedetfavored]

Thank you so much for these much needed words ! Be blessed 🤍🕊️

[@YkeysWorship]

This made me cry