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Revive Our Hearts

Meet Serena Dyksen

Revive Our Hearts

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Serena was assaulted sexually in her teens, leading to a downward spiral. Just when things seemed the bleakest, God stepped in to save her.

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Serena was 16 and pregnant.

0:03.0

She turned to an abortion clinic for help.

0:06.0

And they said, you're young, you're poor, and you're in school.

0:10.0

You should abort this baby.

0:12.0

And I knew that I would never do that again.

0:17.0

Her then boyfriend, now husband, was with her.

0:20.0

He's like, I don't know how we'll figure this out, but we'll figure it out.

0:23.8

And we chose life in the parking lot of Planned Parenthood.

0:30.2

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Brokenness, The Heart God Revives.

0:37.1

For January 15th, 2021, I'm

0:40.2

Dana Gresh. If you've ever felt like you reached bottom and the only way you could possibly go

0:50.7

was up, then you'll understand where our guest today found herself. You know,

0:56.1

it's often at the moments of our deepest desperation that the Lord reaches down to grab us.

1:02.9

Maybe you're there right now. Serena Dykson is going to share her story with us today.

1:08.4

She understands how Jonah must have felt when he was thinking down, down,

1:12.6

down, and then when he finally cried out to God for deliverance. Yeah. We're bringing Serena's

1:19.0

testimony to you today in observance of Sanctity of Human Life Day here in the United States,

1:24.7

typically the third Sunday of January.

1:33.4

Ultimately, because of Jesus, Serena's story is one of hope, joy, and beauty.

1:38.8

It sure is, and how else could that be possible, apart from Jesus and the gospel?

1:42.1

And also here with us today is Sherry Gamble.

1:45.0

Sherry serves as the outreach director for our local pregnancy care center here in Berrien County, Michigan. It's a wonderful ministry. I've been

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