Have you ever been persecuted for your faith?

Nancy Damas Walgemu says you can expect it.

All, not just pastors, not just missionaries who go to Third World Nations,

but including those who live in affluent suburban America.

All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

This is the Re-Biby-Our hearts podcast with Nancy Damas.

Walkner, co-author of You Can Trust God

to Write Your Story.

For October 14, 2024, I'm Dana Gresh.

How do you hold it all together when you're pressed under difficult circumstances?

We're about to look into God's word and see how to focus on the Lord and his strength,

but nothing around you makes sense.

Nancy is beginning a series called Enduring Life's Hardships.

Often I will sign letters to friends or to other Christian leaders that I may be writing to and at the end of the

letter I will often write a sentence like this.

May the Lord keep you faithful in the race all the way to the finish line. I've written that many times over the

years it is my prayer my desire for my friends for my colleagues for others who are

in Christian service but I think I write

it so often because it's really my prayer and my longing for myself.

If there's one thing I want in this life it's to be faithful all the way to the

finish line. You know it's one thing to sprint, it's one

thing to survive a hundred-yard dash, but to make it you know 26 plus miles in a

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