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When we feel hopeless God joins us

(Matthew 5:3 WEB) Blessed [are] the poor in Spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Now, the phrase 'poor in spirit' speaks to an even deeper reality … beyond physical poverty … but to true spiritual poverty. To be poor in spirit means to acknowledge our deepest human need of God and to grow in that longing and that dependence on a daily basis.  https://www.bibleref.com But the problem is, no matter how much we plead with God, we still don't find a cure, a solution, or escape, etc. The following passage in scripture gives us the way to answer our prayer. (Luke 22:42-46 WEB) 42 <Jesus>   Saying, Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done. 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling to the ground. 45 And when he arose from prayer, and had come to his disciples, he found them