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Revive Our Hearts

The Battle for Control

Revive Our Hearts

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Plenty of people claim to be "Christians" without giving God control of their lives. On today's program Nancy will challenge that kind of thinking.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Decades ago, a popular song gave words to the battle for control between men and women and the dating relationship.

0:08.0

You don't own me, I'm not just one of your many toys.

0:15.0

But it also reflects the attitude a lot of people have toward God.

0:19.0

You don't own me.

0:22.9

Don't say I can't go with other boys.

0:26.7

How many of you are familiar with that song?

0:28.5

Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth played that song at a gathering of women not long ago.

0:33.1

Lots of hands.

0:34.1

You're dating yourselves.

0:35.2

The song is called, You Don't Own Me, sung by Leslie Gore.

0:39.3

Popular song, I think it was number two on the charts in 1964.

0:44.0

You don't own me.

0:47.3

Don't try to change me in any way.

0:51.4

That song quintessentially expressed the mindset of the early 60s, didn't it?

0:55.5

You don't own me.

0:56.7

I'm not just one of your many toys.

0:58.4

Don't say I can't go with other boys.

1:00.6

Don't tell me what to do.

1:02.1

Don't tell me what to say.

1:03.4

Don't try me down because I'd never stay.

1:07.4

Don't try to change me in any way.

1:09.9

And don't tell me what to do. Don't try to change me in any way. And don't tell me what to do.

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