"I had expected from reading biographies, from other stories, from my own personal experience with God in the past, that I would have a real sense of strength and joy, and a sense of God's presence," he said.
"And I was surprised when I didn't. ... I experienced what I call the silence of God at that time."
https://www.wnd.com/2022/06/pastor-andrew-brunson-tells-wnd-wasnt-ready-persecution/
Kurt S.