Nancy DeMas Walgamuth talks about the way we often fall for idols.

When things aren't going the way we want, our hearts often go searching for substitutes.

This can become a substitute or replacement for God.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Wal, author of Adorned, for Wednesday, February 22, 2017.

If you're just joining us in this part of our Titus 2 series, you'll probably want to go back and listen to some of the previous programs to give you some context.

And particularly as we talk today, we're picking up where we left off yesterday on the phrase where Paul says in Titus 2 to older women that they are to be reverend in behavior. What does that look like?

Well, they're not to be slanderers. It impacts how they use their tongue. And they're not to be slaves

to much wine. And again, I'm thinking God doesn't put anything in scripture that's unnecessary.

So it behooves us to go through and see what does he mean? What's this about? Why does it matter to us?

So in the last program we talked about the abuse of alcohol. And we said the scripture is clear

that it is to be avoided, that we are not to drink excessively. The drunkenness is contrary to the

will of God for our lives because, not because God's trying to kill our pleasure, but because a state of drunkenness is contrary to the will of God for our lives because, not because God's trying

to kill our pleasure, but because a state of drunkenness is a state of being out of control

and not being under the control of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5, don't be drunk with wine.

That leads to debauchery, that leads to excess, but instead be controlled with, be filled with the Holy Spirit.

So today, and I told you we were coming to this, we want to raise the question not just about

the abuse of alcohol, but also about the use of alcohol. Now, I realize, believe me,

I do, that sincere believers who love God and love His Word

hold different positions on this topic. And we're not going to resolve all that today.

I will say, and it's clear that there are some verses in Scripture that represent wine

as a gift from God intended for our enjoyment.

There are other verses, some of which we talked about in the last session,

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