Nancy Damaswalgamuth believes that when she is weak, it shows God's strength.

And so, if my being weak will make you see a great God, then I say, okay, I'll be weak.

I'm willing to have just a little power, just a little strength so that you can see the greatness of the power of God.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy Damaswalgamuth, author of Heaven Rules.

For September 25th, 2023, I'm Dana Grasch.

Do you ever feel powerless on your own?

Well, you're in good company, as Nancy explains in the series, encouragement to persevere.

People have a lot of different ideas today about what makes a, quote, successful church.

And they have a lot of different ideas about what makes a successful or a good Christian.

Now, what are some of the things that would be on your list?

If you're looking for a church in the area or you're saying, is this person a person who is really a faithful believer?

There are different things you might think of and they might be some of the things that are on others' lists.

But, you know, ultimately, it doesn't really matter what others think or what we think makes a successful church or a good Christian.

What really matters is what Jesus values in a church.

What Jesus looks for in a believer's heart.

And often, the earthly perspective is very different than the heavenly perspective.

The way we measure things, the way we measure success is often quite different than the way God measures that.

And we get a glimpse of that as we continue today in this series on the letter of Jesus to the church in Philadelphia.

Now, Jesus commends this church.

We've said that this is one of only two churches of the seven where Jesus has no word of rebuke, no word of criticism.

This is a faithful church that he commends.

So it gives us some glimpses into what he considers important in a church.

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