Nancy DeMas-Walgamuth says,

The gospel is good news because there's also bad news involved.

If you don't know the judgment and the wrath of God,

you'll never really appreciate the love and the mercy and the compassion of God.

Why would we celebrate being saved if we weren't saved from something?

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing Gratitude.

For November 17th, 20203, I'm Dana Gresh.

Friend has the theme of this week sunk in yet.

God loves you.

Steedfastly.

That means without fail.

We're in the middle of a series on Psalm 136,

a portion of scripture that offers a unique lens to view every part of our lives.

Now, don't worry if you missed any days of the program. You can find the audio and transcripts at revive our hearts.com or on our app. Here's Nancy. Well, you may be wondering, you're still on

Psalm 136? You tuned in on five days ago, and now you're tuning in again today and you're saying, you're still on Psalm 136. You tuned in on five days ago, and now

you're tuning in again today, and you're saying, you're still on the same Psalm? You're still

talking about the same thing? Yes, we are. And we're enjoying it. Because the steadfast love of

the Lord endures forever. You say, I think the series maybe is enduring forever. No, it's not. But I want this theme, this song, this chorus, give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

I want this to get branded on your brain, on your heart, on your emotions, on the way you think, on your perspective, on the way you view all of life. So that's why

we're taking more time than normal to park on this one psalm. So I want to reset just a little bit.

If you haven't been with us, let me invite you to turn in your Bible to the book of Psalms,

the Old Testament Jewish Psalm book, their hymnal. And we've been reading this Psalm, which has 26 verses,

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