When the children of Israel finally made it to the edge of the promised land,

they were tempted to give up.

Here's Nancy DeMas Walgamuth.

And they said to one another,

let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.

Unthinkable, but fear will make you irrational.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, co-author of You Can Trust God to Write Your Story.

For June 10th, 2021, I'm Dana Gresh. At some point in the future, you will be the recipient of bad news.

It can involve work, family, or money.

Each of us will get a phone call or hear a conversation that we would rather not receive.

I'll never forget the moment I was sitting in the family visitation room outside of the NICU

celebrating the birth of my two twin grandbaby daughters. And I got a text from my son that said,

Come quickly. Addy's lung has collapsed. News I never wanted to hear that I truly wished I didn't

have to face. But with God's love and with God's wisdom, we did. Today, Nancy, will prepare

you for a wise response when the bad news comes. She's continuing in the series,

trusting God for the promised land. Well, during these days, we're parked with the children

of Israel at the southernmost border of

Canaan. The promised land, the land that God had told them for hundreds of years, would one day be their homeland. And if you've been with us over the last few sessions, you know that the children of Israel have sent 12 leaders of their tribes, a leader from each tribe, 12 spies into the promised land to check it out to come back and give a

report of what it's like. And if you're just joining us, let me ask you if you can to turn in your

Bible to Numbers, Chapter 13. And let me say, I know that some listen to Revive our hearts when

you're in your van or at your workplace and you're not able to maybe sit down and open the

scripture. But if you can, that's always the best way to listen to teaching from God's word. So you're not able to maybe sit down and open the scripture. But if you can, that's

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