Revive Our Hearts

Walking with a suffering friend can be intimidating. Jani Ortlund says: your presence is what’s most important. Supporting a suffering loved one involves clinging to God’s promises, cultivating an empathetic heart, and relying on the Holy Spirit.

The way to avoid jealousy is to be filled up with godly love.

If you feel emotionally dry, there are some practical steps you can take. Nancy encourages you to remember, receive, and rejoice in God’s plan. Doing these things will prepare you to walk through life’s deserts successfully.

Are your prayers, responses, and words saturated with God's way of thinking?

There are times when God seems so present and your emotions overflow toward Him. But there are other times that just feel dry. When you’re dry, will you still worship Him? Nancy helps you consider your heart attitude.

Is there anyone that you’re estranged from?

When trouble comes your way, you may only see difficulty. Despair. But God sees an opportunity to teach you something new. He wants to provide for you and build up your endurance. Find hope when you face problems and pain.

Is there some circumstance you’re trying to manipulate or control?

Nancy says times of testing help you trust God, even when you’re in impossible situations and you seem to have no resources to meet your needs. Learn to rest in the midst of life’s deserts, when you’re humbled and long for relief.

Are you developing a relationship with God?

When you discipline your children, it shows that you love them. It’s not loving to let them do whatever they want and learn bad habits. Does that help you understand why God sometimes disciplines you?

Ask God to give you His supernatural desire and power, and then—choose to forgive.

If you had to leave a nice house and live somewhere full of mud and rats, how would you respond? We’ll hear from a woman who experienced it, and didn’t think she could handle it. Hear about the surprising discovery she made.

As you use your spiritual gift, make sure you are pursuing love.

When you’re in a season of God doing great things through you, be careful. The time right afterward might bring a lot of temptation.

Are you keeping a list of sins other people have committed against you?

If you ever feel especially close to God—like He’s using you in powerful ways—you can expect to go through some times that are less emotional and less fulfilling. Learn to prepare for desert experiences.

Women who get married just to find happiness are inevitably setting themselves up for disappointment.

Do you know someone who always seems to be perfectly in touch with the Lord? Always on a spiritual high or a mountaintop experience? No matter what it looks like, they aren’t always there. Everyone spends time in the valley and needs to prepare.

Are you resisting God’s choices in any area of your life?

How do you heal from the pain of fatherlessness? Well, it’s not always a linear process, but Blair Linne offers some practical steps women can take. Listen as she shares what God’s Word says about adoption, forgiveness, and spiritual family.

Loving by faith means that you don’t wait for romantic feelings.

The pain of fatherlessness is an all-too-common experience. But Blair Linne says the Christian woman can live victoriously—even as she navigates her father’s absence. Consider how the gospel helps us cling to our heavenly Father, to begin to heal.

It cost Jesus everything to pay our debt.

When facing a terminal diagnosis, despair is a natural response. But Colleen Chao has learned that when she focuses on heaven, she experiences hope and joy instead. Colleen casts a vision of the glory and goodness that awaits the suffering saint.