To get into God's kingdom, you don't need to fight red tape or fill out stacks of paperwork.

Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth points out, you just need to know the right person.

Jesus says, I'm giving you a passport, a visa with full access to the kingdom of God.

You'll be a citizen of the new Jerusalem.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgman, author of Choosing Gratitude.

For October 2nd, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

Does it ever feel like you don't have access to the political operatives and CEOs who make decisions that affect your life? In reality, you're invited to talk directly with the most

powerful person in the universe. Nancy will explain how, continuing in the series,

letters to the churches in Revelation,

encouragement to persevere.

You know, I think in many of our hearts at times there's a tendency to wonder,

even if we wouldn't say it out loud, okay, if I obey the Lord, if I'm faithful to him, if I, you know, don't give

into my flesh, but I go the way of the cross, what am I going to get out of this? What's in it for

me? And that certainly should not be any driving or primary motivation in our lives. We ought to just

love the Lord enough that we

want to do what he says, even if there's nothing in it for us. But God is merciful and gracious

and kind, and he does promise many blessings to those who are faithful to him. He doesn't promise

an easy life, but he does promise rewards. And the whole teaching of rewards in Scripture is

something maybe we'll do a whole series on sometime on revive our hearts. But as we come to these letters to the churches

in Revelation, at the end of each one, Jesus says to the church, to the one who overcomes or the one

who conquers, the one who stays steadfast, the one who is faithful all the way to the finish line,

here's what he can expect. And the promises given to the church in Philadelphia that we've been

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