Over the last few weeks, we've explored this question with some of our guests.

What does it mean to thrive in Christ?

Here's Amanda Smith.

To really thrive in Christ, you really have to walk through suffering with him.

And it's not easy, and nobody wants to do it.

But I have learned in this past year that going through this suffering and going through

this trial is where I have really thrived in Christ.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Monday, December 8th, 2014.

I'm so glad you could be with us today.

If you have young children around, you may want to get them busy elsewhere.

Some of what you're going to hear today is candid and frank,

but it's so important as we talk about moral purity and about forgiveness. And remember that you

can always listen at revive our hearts.com. Now here at Revive Our Hearts, we talk a lot about our

desire to help women find freedom,

fullness, and fruitfulness in Christ. In fact, that was the theme of our most recent

true woman conference in Indianapolis. And while we were there, our team recorded a powerful

testimony of God's grace in the life of a woman named Amanda Smith. That's what we're going to hear today.

When we look at God's word, we find so many promises that God will be with us in the midst of trials.

That he'll give us endurance.

That he'll give us the strength to bear up under the pressures he allows to come into our lives.

And sometimes, he actually removes us

from our difficult circumstances. But not usually. Psalm 55 says,

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