Apart from God's intervention, all of us want to control our own lives.

Peroshka Ventura was no exception.

I was God.

All my priorities were turned around.

It was first me, then my kids, my job, and my husband was the last one.

But by God's grace, he saved me.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgman, author of The Quiet Place for December 14th, 2018.

Music 14th, 2018. Well, we're well into the Christmas season, which is supposed to be a time of joy.

But even while outwardly celebrating, a lot of women are carrying a lot of pain and a lot of shame. Perhaps you know what

that's like. Today we'll hear a story about a woman who carried shame for years because of her

sin, most dramatically in relation to aborting multiple children. And we're also going to hear

how this woman discovered true hope.

She went from an attitude like this.

I was angry person.

I was a bitter person.

I even felt some measure of hate towards my boyfriend.

And she's become a woman whose heart sounds like this.

True hope is the word of God. True hope is Christ. And true hope is freedom. And true hope is

knowing that Christ will be there for you regardless. Her story will illustrate how you can

be free from shame and experience that true hope.

Now, if you're the parent of a little one, you need to know that today's program will include the topics of pregnancy outside of wedlock and abortion.

So if you have children within the earshot, you might want to get them busy somewhere else.

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