Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth points out, when God let his people to destroy Jericho, he chose

to save a prostitute.

Now, God didn't somehow look down into Jericho and say, oh, there's a good woman.

I think I'll rescue her before I judge the city.

Isn't it interesting that God chose to plant the seeds of faith and grace in the heart of a woman

who was a failure, an outcast, someone low down, someone who was not noble, she was at the low

end of the social and moral scale? And God said, that's the woman I want to save. This is the Revive Our Hearts

podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Surrender, The Heart God Controls. For August 3rd,

2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

If you've ever felt like a failure, you're going to get some hope today as we begin studying the life of an unconventional biblical hero.

Our theme for August is fresh starts. So today, we're starting a series called

Rehab and the Threat of Redemption. It coincides with the release of our new Women of the

Bible study on Rehab. I'll tell you more about that helpful resource at the end of the program.

But for now, here's Nancy. Back in the 80s, I was the executive

producer for a one-hour, primetime television special that aired all across the United States

called America, You're Too Young to Die. And this special, this TV special involves some

dramatic recreations of historic scenes.

And so we needed some actors.

And so we hired a casting director from Hollywood to help us select the different actors to play these various roles.

Ben Franklin and Abraham Lincoln.

And the casting director took these people who applied for this position and checked them out,

checked out their resume, what they had done, what their background was, their training, their experience, their skill set,

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