Nancy De Masuagmoumou says when you're going through a hardship there's one thing you need to keep in mind.

Be continually remembering Jesus Christ.

That's what will enable you to endure hardship and to be faithful when you are tested.

This is the Revive Our Hearts Podcast with Nancy DeMasse Walgamos, author of choosing gratitude.

For October 24, 2024, and Dana Gresch. Here's Nancy in a series called Enduring Life's Artships.

When I turned 40 a number of years ago, I took some time to seek the Lord and ask

him to give me any sense of direction or burden for the next chapter of my life.

And there were many precious things the Lord for the next chapter of my life.

And there were many precious things the Lord minister to me during that time,

but the one phrase that just seemed to stick in my heart

and I didn't know why, and I'm still not sure I know why.

But the one phrase that just kept coming to me during those weeks where I was seeking

the Lord as I turned 40 was this phrase.

Prepare to suffer. and audible voice saying that but that was the thing that just seemed to be on my heart and I just

sense that the Lord was giving to me a call to learn how to endure and I wasn't sure

then what all the Lord had in mind as I said I'm still sure then what all the Lord had in mind.

As I said, I'm still not sure what all that meant.

My own personal suffering in the year since then

has been minimal and hardly worth mentioning.

But I do know that we have many Reviver Hart's listeners who suffer in various ways and I read a lot of those emails and hear from them and I thought perhaps the Lord just wanted me to be able to help encourage

others who are suffering. I know that in the period of these years that Christianity

has come under increased attack in many parts of the world and

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