No matter how you feel at the beginning of 2026, Nancy DeMas Walgamuth is going to show you how to set your mind on the things that matter most.

The fact is we're most happy when we are enjoying God and fulfilling his purpose for our life to fill the earth with his glory.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of A Place of Quiet Rest.

For January 2nd, 2026, I'm Dana Gresh.

Today, Nancy will talk about how not to just have a happy New Year celebration, but how to have a truly blessed year ahead.

Well, I want to start this new year by having us look together at a passage in God's word that tells us how to be happy.

How to be happy today and tomorrow next week, the next week, and

throughout the course of this year. And that passage, which we'll be spending the next several

days on together, is Psalm chapter 1, the first Psalm. It's one of the most familiar Psalms

in the scripture, and it's one I've loved over the years,

but I've never before had the chance to teach it. So I've been studying it a lot over the last

several weeks, the last few months, and I'm very excited about what the Lord has been unpacking

in my own heart in relation to Psalm 1, and that we get to spend these next days looking together

at Psalm 1. So let me invite you to turn there if you're in a place where you have your Bible,

where you can open up. You'll get the most out of this series if you'll follow along in your own Bible.

Now, the Psalms, as you know, is the hymnal of Israel.

It's a collection of worship songs.

And there are different types of Psalms, different genres, as they say.

There are some praise, thanksgiving songs in the Psalm book.

There are Psalms of Lament or Psalms of of complaint, as they're sometimes called. That can be

individual lament, a person who's going through a really difficult time and is struggling and

pours out his heart to the Lord. There are some psalms of corporate lament, where the psalmist talks

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