Jim Elliott sometimes signed his letters to Elizabeth, devotedly Jim.

Years later, his daughter Valerie realized something about that word.

In the Old Testament, the sacrifices that were devoted to God had to be killed.

We devote ourselves to God in order that we're ready to die when he takes us.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing Forgiveness.

For February 14th, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

Who would you look to as a hero of the faith?

Think about that for a moment.

Who would you look at and say that is someone I want to be like, or his or her life challenged

me in so many ways, so many good ways.

In fact, how about you, Nancy, who would you

consider to be a hero of the faith? Wow, so many of them, because I grew up reading the

biographies of great Christian men and women, servants of the Lord. I think about George Mueller,

the man in Britain whose faith and prayers God used to feed thousands of orphans over the years.

And I just remember being so inspired by

reading stories like his as I was growing up and thinking, wow, if God did that with him,

what could God do if I would believe him? How about you, Dana? Well, you know, I too have just

loved biographies. And Amy Carmichael, she was one of my favorites. You know,

she had an excruciating, painful physical condition, but believed that God wanted her to serve

on the mission field in spite of it. And she was faithful, and she did. And the Lord used her

to rescue hundreds of girls from human trafficking in India before human trafficking

was even the buzzword of the Christian culture. Yeah, she's another one who's been such a great

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