My mom sent me this audio file from Revive Our Hearts last week, and I thought it was especially encouraging so I wanted to share it with you as well. In it, Nancy Leigh DeMoss shares ten things she has learned in the last ten years of ministry, and it is applicable for anyone regardless of what facet of ministry in which they are involved (mom, pastor’s wife, etc.).
I really liked this part of the message:
You have pressure in your life; I have pressure in my life; we have pressures in this ministry. The fact is, we need pressure in order to grow and in order to serve the Lord and to be used in the ways that He wants to use us.
You’ve heard me say it this way over the years: Anything that makes us need the Lord is really a blessing. I’ve learned over these years that God is not so concerned about using me to build a ministry as He is about using the ministry to build my life and to conform me to the image of Christ, to make me into a true woman.
I’ve been so conscious over these years, when there are times of pressure and challenge and difficulty, that God is wanting to use those pressures to make me into more of a true woman who reflects and radiates the beauty and the grace of Christ.
You’ve probably seen this in your own life: The greatest growth happens in hard places.
Listen to the whole message (or read the transcript) here!
so true- we learn so much from those valleys and hard places, as hard as they are! Gonna have to listen to this one soon. I love her stuff- did you realize her dad is the one Demoss at Liberty is named after?
@Cortneyyes! what an awesome spiritual heritage she and her siblings have!