{"id":45467,"date":"2025-06-19T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=45467"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:59:03","slug":"prayers-for-trusting-god-in-hard-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/prayers-for-trusting-god-in-hard-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Gebeden om op God te vertrouwen in moeilijke tijden, met het dagelijks gebed van Filaret van Moskou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>\u201cLord, I do not know what to ask of you. You alone know what I need.\u201d So begins the prayer that Russian Orthodox prayer books print as the daily prayer of Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow, a prayer of trust for times when nothing makes sense. Its full text follows, with shorter prayers for particular hard times. The daily prayer of Metropolitan Philaret In a literal English translation from the Russian: Lord, I do not know what to ask of you.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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