It's time for a mental exercise, my friend. Here's Nancy. I want you to think of a time when you

wanted something very, very badly. Something you waited for for a long time. Okay, have you

thought of it? Keep that thing in mind while you listen to today's episode. This is the

Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgermouth, co-author

of Seeking Him. For December 20th, 2024, I'm Dana Gresh. Well, we're in the middle of a series

about Anna from Luke chapter 2. Don't worry if you missed any days. You can hear them or read the

transcripts at Revive our hearts.com.

Nancy's picking up with the question, what's something you've been waiting for?

Maybe you're like one woman I know who has waited for years to be able to have a child.

God hasn't yet blessed her with a child. And now she and her husband are hoping to adopt,

but they've been waiting for an adoptive child for a number of years. And now she and her husband are hoping to adopt, but they've been waiting for an

adoptive child for a number of years, and still God has not fulfilled the desire of their heart.

I think of some women I know who have waited for years for God to bring them a mate and wanting

so to be a wife and a mom and who have waited and waited.

Maybe you've waited to own a home or to have a different kind of home.

Maybe it's something that you really wanted along the line of the salvation of a loved one,

somebody that you prayed for, you've longed for God to touch their life.

Maybe it's the restoration of a broken marriage,

yours or a relative or a friend, maybe a son or daughter who's been far from God or a grandchild,

and you've longed and waited for God to do it. And people around you, people who knew you well,

knew that you were waiting, knew that you were longing, knew that

this was a desire in your heart. How do they know? Because if it's a deep desire in your heart,

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