The Bible invites you to develop a sound mind.

This is very important, according to Nancy DeMoss-Walgamuth.

You can't love your husband and your children if you don't have sound thinking.

Because when they are not lovable, if you don't have sound thinking, you're going to respond in unloving ways.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Adorned, for Wednesday, March 15th, 2017.

Sometimes pressures come at you so fast, it seems like you can't think straight.

But Nancy has been explaining how God can teach us to think wisely, to have a sound mind, no matter what.

It's part of the series God's beautiful design for women, living out Titus 2, 1 through 5. Some of you are school teachers,

or perhaps you're teaching your own children, and you know how important it is for kids to learn

the basics? You start with the ABCs. You don't read massive books or texts until you've learned

the fundamentals. You have to have the foundational tools and skills

in your educational system. And if you don't get those, you're going to have a tough time

with everything else. If you don't learn your numerals, your numbers, then you're not going to be

able to move to multiplication tables or advanced math. You have to start at the basics.

And in this series on Titus Chapter 2, we're talking now about a virtue that I have come

to believe is foundational for living the Christian life.

It's not the only one that matters, but it's a really important one.

It's as foundational as the ABCs or the times tables are in your educational process.

And if we don't master this one particular virtue, I'm coming to believe we're going to struggle

with everything else. And I'm starting to see, the Lord is starting to connect some dots in my own

life, in my own thinking about why this

virtue is so important. It's something that is emphasized throughout the book of Titus and

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