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And She Got Up: The Rising | With Courtney Pray Duke
February 24, 2026 · 11 min
Courtney explores how true rising comes not from self-strength but from God’s power—meeting Him in the valley and discovering resurrection hope because Jesus rose first.
Series The Lifeline Series with Courtney Pray Duke February 24, 2026 · 11 min · The Lifeline Series with Courtney Pray Duke
Courtney explores how true rising comes not from self-strength but from God’s power—meeting Him in the valley and discovering resurrection hope because Jesus rose first. ...more Show the full description Show less Courtney explores how true rising comes not from self-strength but from God’s power—meeting Him in the valley and discovering resurrection hope because Jesus rose first.
Series The Lifeline Series with Courtney Pray Duke
The Journey to Rising After Brokenness 0:00 Hey, friend. I'm so glad you're here. This Lifeline series is my gift to you. It's a space where we can be honest with God and hold on to hope, even when life feels impossibly hard. And now0:12 I wanna walk with you through whatever it is you're facing, Wherever this finds you, whether you're hurting, healing, or somewhere in between, I want you to know this, that you are not alone, and you don't have to walk0:23 through it alone. Let's get started. Hey, and welcome back to the Lifeline Series. I'm Courtney Pray Duke, and today we're going to be0:35 talking about the rising. The rising is something that we all are ready for. We're ready for it in Day 1, but there's a process that we go through, and that's what I write about in the0:47 book, And She Got Up, is, you know, think healing doesn't happen overnight, and brokenness has so much purpose for our lives, but God, after we've been broken, God0:59 wants to make us. And then there's a turning point at some time in every 1 of our stories where we're being offered this hand, the hand of1:11 God, that He's reaching out. And there's a part of the story that we are just like, Okay, Lord, I'm grabbing onto your hand, and I'm ready to rise. I'm ready to stand1:22 up. And it is only by the power of God that we can rise. And for me, the rising wasn't about getting over it. It wasn't just about1:34 moving on from my loss of Andrew. It wasn't about just, let's, you know, read all the self help books I can get and just try to be as strong as I can. No. The rising was1:46 truly about meeting the Lord at the very bottom of the valley of the shadow of death and then experiencing His presence so that1:58 when it was time, I was able to stand up on my feet. And I was able to say, Lord, thank you for what you brought me through. Thank you that you didn't let me go.2:09 And here in the rising is where I had a story to tell. This is where I could say, this is not my strength. This is what God did. This is where my testimony came for came2:21 from. And this is what God wants to do in your life today, too. I want to just get you excited and get your hopes up that arising, if you haven't walked into arising2:33 in your life yet, that, arising is coming, and God has a resurrection for your life, and here's how we know why. We know2:45 why we can rise because Jesus rose first. He died on the cross. He was buried in a tomb, and then 3 days later, He rose from the dead, And He is alive2:57 and present and with us even now. And that same power that rose Jesus from the dead, those of us that know Jesus, we are filled with that same power now3:09 to enable us by the Holy Spirit to walk out the life of Jesus and, and really walk in the power of the Holy Spirit that He's been given to us,3:21 that He's given to us. And so, I just want to talk about a little bit about what that looked like in my life. There was a turning point where I can remember I was surprised3:32 by joy. You know, There were days that I didn't think I could laugh again. I didn't even feel like I had permission to laugh. It's like I almost had to 1 of my friends had to give me permission to be3:44 like, you know what, Courtney? It's okay to laugh again. It's okay. It's not gonna it's not gonna diminish the grief, you know? But I was starting to see that little by little, I was able to3:56 hold joy and sorrow. And I can remember 1 time in particular, around the 1 year anniversary of Andrew's death, I was with some friends, and we just got to4:08 laughing. And I can remember thinking, God, the colors are beginning to come back. The joy is beginning to come back. I'm actually enjoying the food I'm eating. And it was4:19 this moment that I realized God God wanted that for me. He didn't want me to stay in this broken place, in this in this valley of ashes4:32 my whole life? That wasn't where the story that's where I was, but that's not where the story was to stay. And so over time, through God's Word and through4:43 people in my life that God sent to help me grow and to help me see that God was in every part of my life, to help me practically with my kids, to4:55 help me, you know, day by day get stronger. Ultimately, it was the breath of God that filled my life. It was His Word that became my food, really.5:08 And this Word right here has everything that we need to get back up again. God is faithful. He is true. Everything He says, He will do. So if5:20 He calls you to it, He's gonna see you all the way through it. And so praise God, because of Jesus, because of His death and His resurrection,5:32 we too can rise. So get your hopes up. You know the world wants to say, Oh, don't get your hopes up as I don't know, you know, and we're bracing ourselves and waiting on the other shoe to drop. Friend, IIgniting Hope and Embracing Resurrection 5:44 so understand what that feels like. But get your hopes up today because we serve a risen King. We serve a risen Lord who is present and with5:55 you and is writing a bigger, more beautiful story than you can imagine with your life. And so as we're talking about the rising, I just want to give you this6:07 scripture. It's Romans 15 13, May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. So when you're starting to feel hopeless and you're starting to feel like,6:19 okay, Lord. I don't see your hand. I don't know what you're doing. I might be in this place forever. His word says that the his hope he's the God of hope, that6:31 he will fill you fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. You have an abundance of joy. You have an abundance of peace.6:43 You have an abundance of of these things as you trust in Him, so get your hopes up and know that arising is coming for you. As we,6:55 kind of wrap up this section, if you have a journal, just think about where have you seen glimpses of light in the darkness? What is it that you're going through in7:07 your life today? What is it that you can say, Lord, what is he showing you? What is he wanting to show you? Ask him. Just ask him, God, what do you want me to get out of7:19 this time? What do you want me to do in in the rising and in the breakthroughs that you're bringing into my life? And maybe you haven't seen the breakthroughs yet, but7:30 that doesn't mean arising is not available. We can have victory on the valley floor. And if you're on the valley floor today, friend, I want you to know that victory is yours. It's already been given to you7:42 so we can walk in victory before we see it, and we can walk in healing even before we see it. So these are 2 ways that we can activate in our lives today in the rising,7:55 that we can just say, Lord, I've not seen it yet, but I trust that it's coming because a victory is coming for you. So I want you to be aware of everything in your life today. I want you to ask8:07 God, What are You trying to show me, and what is it that You want me to see? What is it that You want me to hear? And then what do you want me to do about it? And, friend, I just want to speak courage over you. I want to8:19 speak blessing over you. I want to speak that, Genesis 50 20 says what the enemy intended to harm, God meant for good, for8:31 the saving of many lives. He has good in your story. He has a rising coming for you. Whether you're in it now and you feel it or whether you don't,8:43 there is a rising coming for you. And so I would love to pray over your life right now. Jesus, thank you for my sister. Thank you that you, Jesus, lived a perfect sinless life. You died8:55 on a cross, and you rose again so that I could live. Jesus, thank You that in Your life we see light. In Your light we see light,9:07 God. In Your life we can rise. In Your in Your life we can live again. I love 1 of my favorite, scriptures in the Psalms is, I will not die,9:19 but will live and declare what the Lord has done. Jesus wants to take you by the hand, friend. He wants to grab you by the hand and pull you up and into a life that you could not dream9:31 or imagine. He wants to give you an abundance of hope and joy and peace. And so that hand is available to you today. Jesus, thank You that You're9:42 enough. Thank You that Your life, Your risen life allows us to rise again. And we praise You that a resurrection has come, and a resurrection9:54 for every single life listening to this is on its way. In the mighty name of Jesus, amen. Friends, thank you so much for10:06 listening to the Lifeline Series podcast. I have loved our time together and I am so excited for you to get your copy of And She Got Up in the mail very soon. Honored and delighted that you would take the time10:18 to read it and I believe that God has something so intentional and profound for your life through the pages of this book. I am so excited to get to share it with you and,10:30 would love to stay updated and connected so you can find, news and resources and any announcements or updates that are coming on courtneypraydupe dot com and again, I am so10:42 honored to be on the journey with you. God bless.In this video 0:00 The Journey to Rising After Brokenness5:34 Igniting Hope and Embracing Resurrection12.5K followers
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