Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth reminds us humility doesn't come naturally.

When you look at a group picture, who's the first picture we look for?

I mean, everybody else can have their eyes closed and a frown on their face, but if we're smiling, we got our eyes open.

Oh, that's a great picture.

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

For February 6th, 2025, I'm Dana Gresh.

We're in the middle of a two-week series where we're talking about 10 personal petitions.

They used to be Nancy's personal petitions, but as we listen, I think they're becoming our

personal prayers as well.

As Nancy gets started today, she's giving us an overview of all 10 requests.

10 things I ask the Lord, 10 things I want to be true of my life.

The first one was guard my heart.

Second one was fill me with your love.

In the last session we looked at fill me with your spirit.

Today we're going to look at a fourth one.

May I be clothed in humility. Now this is a request, as is true of many of the

others, that totally goes against the grain of what is natural for us. It's characteristic of our

sinful fallen humanity, of our DNA, to want to be exalted, to make much of ourselves,

and to have others make much of us. I mean, we express that in different ways, but is there anybody

who would say, not me? I don't care about being known. I don't care about anybody making much of me. I don't care about having my way. I don't care about being known. I don't care about anybody making much of me.

I don't care about having my way. I don't care about being first. Now, some people express it in

obnoxious ways. Some people express it in kind of quiet, inward ways. But all of us naturally

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