Nancy DeMas Walgamoos says that in times of discouragement, God's purposes transcend ours.

I think we have to realize that God is not as concerned about solving our problems as we are.

He's more concerned about changing us and using our problems to sanctify us,

then he is about fixing our world and making you work.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamer,

co-author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

For September 8, 2025, I'm Dana Gresh.

Nancy's continuing in a series called Defying Discouragement.

In the same way, we're called to resist the devil, we can defy or oppose discouragement in our lives. It's all under the purview of the spirits enabling power, not our own strength. Here's Nancy. I think one of the most common

tools that the enemy uses to defeat God's children is the tool of discouragement. And all of us

have given into it at one time or another. I confess that I

often give in to discouragement. And I've been looking to the Word of God in recent days,

and we've been looking together into the Word of God to discover how do you deal with discouragement?

And let me just start by saying you can't avoid the circumstances that lead to discouragement.

There will be seasons of life.

There will be periods of our lives when we are in discouraging circumstances.

The question is not how do we get out of those.

The question is how do we deal with life and with God in the midst of those circumstances.

And we've been looking into the life of David

in the Old Testament and gaining insight about how to deal with discouragement. I don't know about you,

but my own heart has been so encouraged as I've learned from this servant of the Lord. We've been

in 1st Samuel chapter 30, if you've not been with us. And by way of quick review, you know that David and his troop of 600 men who were hiding out from King Saul have come back after being out on a military expedition.

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