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Listening to Revive Our Hearts every day helped the roots of Emily’s faith to grow deep, allowing her to weather the hurricane force winds of life with hope. Emily remembers:

I was just a teenager when Gateway To Joy ended and Revive Our Hearts was birthed . . . I have listened to Revive Our Hearts since the very first broadcast!

God used Revive Our Hearts to grow a desire for marriage and motherhood in Emily’s heart. Years of listening to Nancy teach on biblical womanhood affirmed Emily’s desire. She didn’t just want children, she wanted many children, at least seven to be exact. But after marrying her husband, Zach, and trying to conceive for many months, Emily had to face the painful reality of infertility.

I was completely devastated and a whole new journey of surrender began for me. While I had always dreamed of adopting, I had never imagined doing so because of infertility. Adoption was something that I wanted in addition to having biological children. After a couple years of tests and doctors' appointments, my husband and I started seriously praying about adoption.

Zach and Emily adopted a son, Levi, in 2016. While they praised the Lord for the gift of their son, the desire for many children never faded. God used Revive Our Hearts resources and a True Woman event to shape Emily’s heart during that season.

When the updated edition of Lies Women Believe was released, I began taking a group of ladies through the book study. This was the second time I had led a group through this great book. Having been through it once, I was very surprised when God started showing me that I really didn't believe He loved me. Oh, I knew He loved me when He died for me, but I was unaware that I was living my daily life as if constantly trying to earn His favor and love. I was unknowingly a very "performance" driven woman. The realization of God's love for me was liberating! The more I began to understand His great love for me, the more I could see how much my misunderstanding of God's love had affected many areas of my life, including my lack of praying for children.

Newly planted in her understanding of God’s love, Emily attended True Woman ’18. While there, she felt pressed to ask for prayer from the conference prayer team.

Reluctantly and felling somewhat embarrassesd, I took a step of obedience and turned in a prayer card asking specifically that God would bless my husband and I with a private adoption or a biological child.

As God used that conference to convict Emily about patterns of self-sufficiency, a new prayer bubbled up in her heart.

I asked the Lord to put me in a position where I knew I couldn't get through without Him.

God answered that prayer in unexpected ways. Through it all, Revive Our Hearts has been a beacon, pointing Emily to God’s Truth. Now a mother of three, Emily is a living testimony of one of Nancy’s core messages: you can trust God to write your story.

I see a story that looks so different than how my childhood dreams imagined it, but I see a story that I wouldn't want to change at all! It has been perfectly written to conform me to the image of Christ and bring Him immeasuralbe glory. Going forward, I have no idea what the next chapters of my life hold, but I know I can trust God to write my story! 

To see Emily’s full story, visit ReviveOurHearts.com/everywoman