When you hear the regrets of those walking ahead of you, it helps you to avoid them.

Here's John Gager.

I have wrestled for a long time wondering, you know, I've got my regrets, my mess-ups, my mistakes.

These people whose books I read, whose sermons I hear, whose music I listen to, Do they have the same kind of struggles, or have they

somehow reached a state of Christian maturity that kind of puts them outside of those circles of

thinking? And so we just started doing some interviews. And I was overwhelmed with the transparency

of the people that we spoke with. It was humbling to hear them and encouraging at the same time because by transference,

I say, well, you know, there must be hope for me as well.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walkamuth,

author of Lies Women Believe for Friday, January 6th, 2017.

Thank you. women believe for Friday, January 6, 2017. Over the last couple of days, Nancy DeMas Walgamuth has been talking with John Gager about practical

wisdom for daily life.

He's collected that wisdom by asking evangelical leaders what they would do over if they could

live life again.

Let's pick up with day three of that conversation.

Well, I have been so enjoying, I guess that's the word, pricked by at times, convicted by at times, challenged by for

sure of the conversation we've been having with John Gager over the past few days. John, welcome back

to revive our hearts on day three of this series. An honor to be here. And Nancy, welcome to the

club of conviction and those sorts of things have kind of

crept into your heart as you look at your own life in light of what we've been discussing. Boy, that's certainly where I've been times 10. Yeah, I often say when people say to me that, you know, something I've written in a book God used in their life or convicted them. And I say, you should have had to write it because you're living with that. And the things you've written sometimes come back to haunt you in a good way.

And that's what this book that you've written, I'm sure, has done for you.

It does it for me as well as I was able to participate along with 27 other Christian leaders, speakers, authors, musicians,

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