When God Feels Silent and the Pain Won’t Lift

A 31-day, Scripture-guided devotional to help you pray honestly, process suffering, and cling to Christ through biblical lament.
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How do we keep praying when sorrow lingers?
Whether you are burdened by suffering, disappointment, temptation, loss, or another form of affliction, God invites you to bring your anguish to him through biblical lament. Across thirty-one readings rooted in the Psalms, Lament helps readers see the gospel in Israel's songs of sorrow—equipping them to cry out in faith, savor God's grace, and wait on the Lord with hope.

This book isn’t a call to fix your pain quickly. It’s an invitation to meet God in the middle of it.

Lament: Crying Out in Faith is part of the 31-Day Devotionals for Life series from P&R Publishing. In this series, biblical counselors and Bible teachers guide you through Scripture passages that speak to specific situations or struggles, helping you to apply God’s Word to your life in practical ways day after day.
What to Expect in This 31-Day Devotional
Each day includes:
A carefully selected Psalm or Scripture passage.
A short, Christ-centered devotional reflection.
Guided prompts to help you pray honestly.
Gentle encouragement to stay anchored in truth.
Whether you’re walking through grief, suffering, doubt, or discouragement, this devotional gives you a structure for bringing your pain before God—one day at a time.
This Devotional Is for You If...
• You feel like God is distant or silent.
• You don’t know how to pray in your pain.
• You’re tired of surface-level encouragement that ignores suffering.
• You want a biblical framework for grief and hardship.
• You long to trust God but feel stuck in sorrow.
 
You don’t need to have the “right words.” You just need a place to begin.
What Others Are Saying
This book brought me to tears in the best way possible. I felt seen and understood in the ways I experience grief. Christine Chappell is a compassionate witness and a skillful guide. No matter the type of loss or grief you are experiencing, this book will lead you through a practical, biblical, God-facing process of lament. I know I will be recommending it often.
Esther Smith
Director, Christian Trauma Counseling; Author, A Still and Quiet Mind
Christine Chappell is a trustworthy guide to the biblical path of lament. With wisdom forged in both personal suffering and faithful counseling, she shows us how to bring our darkest sorrows into Christ’s light. With tenderness and truth, she helps us examine our grief, find hope in Jesus, and express our pain in God-honoring, soul-restoring ways. This compassionate invitation to honest sorrow and steady hope will benefit every suffering Christian—and all who walk beside them. You can recommend this resource without hesitation, as I gladly will.
Eric Schumacher
Biblical Counselor; Author, The Good Gift of Weakness and Ours: Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving Miscarriage
Christine Chappell offers comfort and hope to the afflicted reader by sharing the comfort she has received from God amid her suffering through the psalms of lament. She shows how these psalms point beyond our situation to the affliction, lament, and triumph of Christ. Her clear expression of these truths will edify and encourage the reader.
Jim Newheiser
Professor of Christian Counseling, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte; Executive Director, Institute of Biblical Counseling & Discipleship
This book is a faithful guide for suffering saints who want to bring their pain to the Lord but either aren’t sure how, feel too exhausted to try, or are afraid they’ll just be told to ‘focus on the positive.’ Chappell skillfully navigates the biblical tension between hurt and hope without minimizing the depth of our pain or losing sight of the promises of God. I’m grateful to add it to my library as I seek to draw near to the Lord in my pain, and I trust it will be a gift to you as well.
Karrie Hahn Devlin
Counselor; Author, Limping Heavenward: Living by Faith in Comprehensive and Chronic Suffering
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Spend 31 days learning to bring your sorrow honestly before the Lord, savor Christ’s grace in the midst of suffering, and keep crying out to God in faith as you wait on him with hope.
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About the Author
Christine is a certified biblical counselor and host of the Hope + Help Podcast for the Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship. She is the author of several books and minibooks, including Midnight Mercies: Walking with God through Depression in Motherhood, Postpartum Depression: Hope for a Hard Season, and Help! I’ve Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder. She currently serves as a council member for the Biblical Counseling Coalition, and is a regular speaker at women’s events and conferences. Christine lives in South Carolina with her husband and children, and is an active member of her local church.
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