Does it seem like Christians are in the crosshairs of government leaders?

Nancy DeMoss Walgamu says that's nothing new.

There will always be powerful people in this world.

People who use their power to try and rid the world of Jesus and his followers.

People who will oppose his rule in order to try and protect their own rule.

And this comes as no surprise to God.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing Gratitude.

For January 5th, 2021, I'm Dana Gresh.

How do you respond to Jesus and his love for you? Today, Nancy, we'll talk about a few

characters in the Christmas story and their responses to the birth of Jesus.

She'll explain how our response to Jesus indicates what matters most in our lives.

Here's Nancy to continue in the series of wise men, kings, and providence.

Well, here we are in January.

And I wonder if you may have some holiday blues going on.

I mean, after all, you spend weeks and months getting ready for Christmas, all the build-up, all the

preparation, the planning, the events, the hubbub, and then just like that, and it's all over.

The decorations have been taken down. There's no more

Christmas music playing back to school, back to work. Everything feels anticlimactic. And if you live in

Michigan, as I do, you still have two to three months of cold, dreary weather ahead, right? It can be a real downer this time of year.

But here's the good news. The story that God is writing is far from over.

God is still at work, orchestrating and unfolding the story of redemption.

And we see this throughout the scripture, beginning in Genesis chapter 1, the creation.

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