Welcome to Nancy Wilson's Feminine Podcast, presented by Canon Press.

Welcome to the Feminine Podcast. This is Nancy Wilson.

Thanks so much for joining me today. Last week, I talked a little about the goodness of the Lord,

and quoted some 27-13. I would have lost heart unless I had believed that I would see the goodness

of the Lord in the land of the living. So I thought this week, I would take up the subject of what

it means to lose heart. Just talk a little more about how to resist that temptation to lose heart.

What is losing heart really mean? Well, it means getting discouraged or giving up,

losing hope, and there are so many things in this life that could tempt us to lose heart and do

tempt us to lose heart. Maybe you are childless or unmarried and you've prayed for years and years

don't lose heart, or your loved one is ill and not getting better, or you're surrounded by obstacles

or disappointments. None of these things should cause us to lose hope. Why? Because we have a

savior and we have hope in him. So let's look at a few Bible verses and see what we can learn about

losing hope. And I was thinking, where would we go if we didn't have the Bible? No, we would just

have to make up weird trite sains that had no foundation at all. And this is God's words and it's

directly speaking to our hearts and minds. And so we can believe it and act upon it and what a gift

that is to us. So first reference is in Luke 18. This is the parable of the unjust judge and the

widow who kept coming. Luke 18. One, then he spoke a parable to them that men always ought to pray

and not lose heart. And this is the parable of the unjust judge and the widow who kept coming.

And how much more will God hear us when we keep praying and we don't give up? Jesus said it,

men always ought to pray and not lose heart. So don't give up asking God, keep praying. He wants

you to continue to pray always. So don't lose heart. Second Corinthians 4.1, another aspect of

not losing heart. The last verse in chapter 3 followed by the first verse in chapter 4. But we

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