We live in a world that's full of distractions, things competing for our attention, our affection.

Brian Hedges says,

We have to want something more. We have to see that there's something more desirable, something that's better

than all of these lesser things that are calling for our attention.

Thank you so much for listening to the Reviver Hearts Podcast episode for July 20th,

2023. I'm Dana Gresch. Our host is the author of A Place of Quiet Rest, Nancy

Demas Volgimuth.

Let's face it.

We often find our sense of meaning and purpose in lesser pursuits, our jobs, our hobbies, our service, even the various hats we wear as wives, mom, sisters, daughters, or friends.

But in reality, only one identity truly matters.

And that's the identity we have in Christ.

Maybe you've heard it before, but I think it's worth repeating,

who you are is based on and flows out of whose you are.

And we could also say this,

who you are in Christ

directly affects the process of becoming more and more like him.

That process is what theologians refer to as sanctification.

Our guest today, Brian Hedges, is the author of a number of books including one on

sanctification called Christ Formed in You, the Power of the Gospel for Personal

Change. I first met Brian and his wife Holly before

they were married when we all served with the Revival Ministry life action. Brian

and Holly eventually settled here close to the Revive Our Hearts headquarters in Michigan. Brian and

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