As a five-year-old, Nancy Stafford loved her ballet class.

Until she overheard these words from her teacher,

the girls are doing beautifully, except for that little Stafford girl.

She's the most clumsy, awkward child I've ever seen.

And that was the day that I think a lie lodged in my little heart

that said, you're ugly, you're clumsy, who do you think you are,

you don't have any value in words, nobody wants you.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss-Walkalmood,

author of Lies Women Believe, for Friday, September 15th, 2017.

Thank you, September 15, 2017. A few years ago, I was attending the National Religious Broadcasters Convention,

and I stepped into a program already in process.

It was an awards evening, as I recall, and I saw a woman speaking. I

didn't recognize her. I had never met her before. Her face was projected on a large screen,

and she was telling a story that as it unfolded, I realized this story intersected with

the story of my family in a way that was really remarkable.

Afterwards, I had the privilege of introducing myself to the woman who had been speaking,

and we were able to get acquainted, and now we have the privilege of sharing her testimony here on Revive Our Hearts.

Her name is Nancy Stafford. Nancy, welcome to Revive Our Hearts.

Thank you, Nancy. It's a privilege to finally be with you. Nancy, for those of you who may not

be familiar with the name, Nancy Stafford, she's been an actress for many years. She's starred in several

TV movies. She is a former Miss Florida in the Miss America pageant, and now she's an author and

a speaker, and God is using her and her

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