God’s Word and Our Emotions, Ep. 1

Revive Our Hearts

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever open your Bible and feel a twinge of guilt because you don’t feel what you think you should? Dannah Gresh and Pastor Kevin DeYoung discuss the difference between obedience and emotion and invite us to recapture a wonder in God’s Word.

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0:00.0	Could it be that our quiet times aren't all about feeling something? Pastor Kevin DeYoung has something to say about that.
0:07.0	When Jesus says, you'll know, you're my disciples, he didn't say, because you will feel really alive in your quiet time. No, you're my disciples and you love me if you obey my commandments.
0:19.3	This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth,
0:23.4	author of A Place of Quiet Rest. For June 2nd, 2025, I'm Dana Gresh. Have you ever sat down with your open Bible and felt a twinge of guilt? You're reading,
0:43.7	you're studying, but you're just not feeling what you think you should be. If you've had that
0:48.6	experience, then I'm excited for you to hear this conversation with Pastor Kevin DeYoung.
0:53.7	I think it'll be an encouragement to you.
0:55.9	Now, if you're not familiar with Pastor DeYoung, let me take a moment to introduce him.
0:59.8	He's the pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina. He's published more than a
1:05.6	dozen books, including titles like Just Do Something, Crazy Busy, and one of my favorites, the biggest story about the story of the Bible.
1:15.4	He's also an associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1:22.5	But that's not all. Kevin and his wife, Tricia, are also the parents of nine children. Don't you love that?
1:30.5	And what's more, he's going to be speaking at our upcoming True Woman conference this October.
1:36.2	We're so excited that he's agreed to join us. The theme of that conference will be the word.
1:41.9	Behold the wonder. Well, as you might guess, Pastor DeYoung is a busy man,
1:47.5	but he took some time to sit down with Dana and talk about beholding the wonder of God's word.
1:53.0	And I'm so glad he did. Let's listen together.
1:59.7	Pastor Kevin DeYoung, tell me about a time. take me to the room, the day, the experience,
2:05.3	when you felt the wonder of God's Word.
2:09.1	Oh, boy, I have the privilege of growing up in a Christian home, so always sitting under
2:15.2	the teaching of the Word and can think of, I don't even
2:20.0	remember who the preacher was. It was a traveling preacher coming through our town and perhaps
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