We all want to be more like Jesus. Del Faisenfeld says the change takes some cooperation on our part.

Jesus in the way of grace is not going to do transformation for you. He's going to invite you,

but what he wants in this process actually is friends. He doesn't want robots. He wants your volition. He wants your intention.

This is going to involve your heart, soul, mind, strength. This is going to involve your love.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMas Walgamuth, author of Adorned.

For June 22nd, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

Dana, when it comes to this matter of becoming more like Jesus, which we want to do,

seems like we fall into one of two ditches on opposite extremes. One side is, man, I got to do all

this stuff. I got to read my Bible more, I've got to pray more, I've got to witness more,

I've got to be more whatever. And the other is, it's all up to God. You know,

he's the one who has to do this. So what I do doesn't really matter. Yeah, that first one is one

that I've struggled with a lot. Performing. I call it performing. Well, my board member,

who holds me accountable and loves me a lot, said, you sound like you're feeding your spirit with performance.

And she actually challenged me once. Step away from your journal. Step away from the Bible reading

you're doing. Ask the Lord, what do you want me to do to participate in the change that you need

to bring into my heart right now? Because for me, for a long time,

if I didn't fill up a page in my journal, I hadn't done the work to be holy that day.

And what was I believing? I was believing the lie that it was up to me, and it wasn't.

And yet it would be also a lie to say that we don't have any part in this, that, you know, just let go and let God

do this in me. He's not going to just zap us and make us holy. Wouldn't that be lovely?

But so we're engaged, we're involved in the process, but we can't do it without God and His

grace. And that's what our guest today is going to talk about. I've actually known

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