Dana Gresh says God often uses difficulties in our lives to draw us closer to himself.

When life is its worst and your dreams are falling apart and your fears are looking you down in the face,

they're staring at you.

The sweetness of God.

That's where it becomes so real.

You're listening to the Revive Our Hearts podcast for November 30th, 2020.

I'm Nancy DeMoss Wogameth.

So which phrase best describes your life today? You may be experiencing great joy and contentment, or you may be feeling depressed and anxious,

or maybe you're somewhere in between.

Well, the truth is, this time of year can be especially hard.

Dana, today, we're going to hear a message that you gave recently. Yeah, Bob and I really enjoy

watching news magazine style programs, and we were viewing one recently that reported on a new

experimental way of treating depression. Now, I'm not mentioning that to make conclusive

statements about any kind of treatment, but I found one part of the study very thought-provoking.

It explained that the particular drug used in the study worked in part by quieting two parts

of the brain that talk to each other.

Now, these just happen to be the two regions that fire up when we think about, get this,

ourselves.

When they are silenced, anxiety and depression fades.

So let me say that another way.

When physicians turned off their patience, obsession with self,

they found peace. Wow, that is so interesting. I found it interesting too. And I went straight to my Bible because that's what I do when I find a nugget that nudges me. And I was wondering,

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