It can't all be lush and smooth and easy.

Here's Nancy DeMas Walgamuth.

Expect that after times of great blessing and fruitfulness and victory and abundance,

you may find yourself next in a desert.

So don't be surprised.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgermouth, author of Brokenness,

The Heart God Revives.

For August 19, 2025, I'm Dana Gresh.

Life is a series of patterns.

There are always going to be highs and lows,

and this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

These patterns can help you grow stronger.

Well, get ready to learn how to handle the lows along with the highs as Nancy continues in a series called Walking Through Life's Deserts.

Well, we've been thinking about this whole matter of desert experiences and how they come

into our lives as children of God, why God brings them and what they're like and what

we can expect and not only how to survive, but how to

thrive in those desert experiences of life. And we said in the last session that God brings

desert experiences into the lives of all of his children, not just some, but all. And that when we

find ourselves in a spiritual dry time or time of adversity or difficulty

or testing or temptation, we shouldn't assume that God's mad at us or that God doesn't love us.

This may be an expression of his love. He's wanting to mold us and shape us and teach us to walk

by faith. We need desert experiences in our lives. If we always

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