Christy Irwin is sounding an alarm.

We need more believers in Christ to step up and join her as foster parents.

I have a job to do, and I have a responsibility.

And there are kids that are counting on me, and they're counting on you, and they're counting on the body of Christ.

Their lives, literally and figuratively, their lives depend on what we do

and what we say. And if we're not willing to step up, some of them are going to lose their lives.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss-Walkamoo, author of The Quiet Place, for December 28, 2018.

As we near the end of 2018, I hope you're taking some time to reflect on what God is done in your life over the past year.

I love doing that, thanking him for all he's done before rushing into the year ahead.

And I'm so grateful for all the ministry the Lord has allowed revive our hearts to participate

in over these past 12 months. Today we'll hear just a few highlights from this year's programming.

You know, being on Revive Our Hearts each weekday is a humbling opportunity. And I'm so

grateful for every listener who prays and who gives to help make it possible. You encourage me to

keep going through your support, which leads us to another highlight of the year.

Let's listen to a portion of the series, encouraging one another.

If we don't have this mutual encouragement thing in place, we will sin.

We will fall into unbelief.

We will get discouraged. We will

backslide. I don't care. You can be the leader of this ministry or some other ministry.

If I don't have that kind of encouragement in my life, I will backslide. I will be deceived by

sin. I will fall into unbelief. And the same is true of you. That's why we need to be giving and receiving this kind of encouragement constantly.

If we don't encourage and exhort each other daily, what does this passage say?

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