Janet Ockwin imagines what unchecked love of herself would look like, in contrast with the love of Jesus.

I would kill myself with my love for me. I would destroy me. The way I would love me, nobody would even parent that way.

I would make a monster out of myself. That's how I would love me if I had the freedom to do it.

His love is much better than

mine, and I need the reminder that the gospel assures me. He loves you better than you love you.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Surrender for July 27, 2018.

As we've been hearing for the past couple of days, we all have unfulfilled longings.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Janet Oakwin has been helping us see that those unfulfilled longings can help us look forward

to the day when all our deepest desires will be met in Jesus. Janet gave this message at a

conference for women hosted by Life Action Ministries, the parent organization of

Revive Our Hearts. She and her husband Brent serve in leadership at Faith Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana.

Now, yesterday we left off where Janet was explaining the power of the gospel to help adjust

our perspectives on our unfulfilled longings. Here's Janet Oquin. As I grow in my longing for God,

I start experiencing a foretaste of that total fulfillment. You'll have those moments where you're

like blown away. Understand that when you have those moments, that's a foretaste of the way it will be

all the time. But it's just a taste because you're not there yet, but you'll get a taste of it. If you have your Bibles, we're going to

look at Ephesians one for a couple of minutes and see what God has to say about us. I use this

passage when I'm teaching on this and counseling a lot, and this would be a great passage to have them memorize.

We're not going to have time to read all the verses I would like to.

So, because of Christ, starting in verse 3, in Christ, I've been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

Not, I hope that happens.

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