How to Have a Happy New Year, Ep. 1

Revive Our Hearts

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Heather has known the Lord for a long time. But about a year ago, someone challenged her to begin a fresh Bible reading habit. Hear more about that challenge and what it did in Heather’s life.

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0:00.0	Spending time in God's word can have a powerful effect on your life.
0:04.0	Here's Heather Patnod.
0:05.0	There are a zillion decisions I make every day on how to respond to my kids, how to respond to my husband,
0:11.0	how to talk to a friend, how not, what to say, how to think.
0:16.0	Do I choose laziness or do I get up and do my dishes?
0:19.0	What do I eat?
0:20.0	Am I going to be gluttonous or am I going to
0:21.3	obey what God has commanded me as far as eating? And the more I'm in God's word, that filter
0:27.5	allows me to make biblical decisions. This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss-Walgamuth,
0:34.5	author of Lies Women Believe and The Truth That Sets Them Free.
0:38.2	For January 1st, 2026, I'm Dana Gresh.
0:45.3	January 1st.
0:51.2	Wow.
0:52.1	Well, happy new year.
0:53.9	So, I've got to ask you something my dad always asked us at the start of a new year when we were kids. He'd say, do you have any New Year's resolutions? Now, maybe you're eager to set some new goals for the coming year. Or you may be thinking, I don't know about that. I don't like committing to do
1:13.5	something and then within two weeks I failed, I've broken my resolutions, and I'm all discouraged. And it's
1:19.8	still just January. Well, I get that. Then let me ask you this. What are some practical steps
1:27.4	you can take this year that will help you
1:30.3	grow closer to the Lord? Now, if you've listened to Revive Our Hearts for any length of time,
1:35.7	you probably know what I'm going to say, and you'd be right. Read your Bible. Read it today.
1:43.9	Read it tomorrow. Read it the day after tomorrow. And why not purpose
1:48.5	to read something from God's word every day of this year? Now, if you're going to stay at it,
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