Newsletter | March 2024

You can follow Jesus for decades . . . You can memorize entire books of His inspired Word . . . You can do a zillion character studies on our suffering Savior, and you’ve only touched the hem of His character, only heard whispers of the God He really is (Job 26:14). There is more to be discovered, more to be said, more reasons to worship because, when it comes to Jesus, there is always more. In her new book, Revive Our Hearts founder Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth assigns one word to the vastness of Jesus: incomparable. He’s unequaled, unrivaled, unique . . . extraordinary. He’s all that and more—so much more.

How might it shift your focus and fill your heart this Easter season if you focused on this truth: whatever you know of Jesus, He is infinitely more?

More to the Story

Read Matthew 27–28 slowly, looking for more of Jesus’ character than you’ve seen before.

Consider Jesus before Pilate in Matthew 27:11–14. When the governor asked Him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “You have said so” (v. 11 ESV). He said no more.

Verses 15–23 describe a crowd foaming at the mouth. When given the choice between releasing Jesus or Barabbas, they cried out, “Let him be crucified!” in reference to Jesus (v. 22 ESV). They wanted more than His compliance, more than His imprisonment. They wanted Him dead. Yet who has ever been more determined, more righteous, more focused than Jesus in that moment?

In verse 25 that same crowd screamed, “His blood be on us and on our children!” If the Father had rightly demanded their death (and ours!) as the punishment for sin, the streets would never stop running with blood, yet Christ’s blood was and is sufficient because He’s perfect, far more perfect than we can ever be.

The cross is more painful than we want to acknowledge; Christ’s death was more unjust than our finite minds can comprehend. His love for us was more costly than we can express. The wrath of the Father was poured out more and more until Jesus cried, “It is finished.” Because Christ completed the work of redemption on the cross, no more was needed (Isa. 53:5).

Then the world was wrapped in palpable darkness, a picture of our reality without Christ. Evil is more oppressive than we dare imagine, unchecked sin more destructive than we care to face. But Jesus was not done, of course. There was more work to be accomplished.

Alive Forevermore

Jesus didn’t stay dead. He rose again, putting sin and death under subjection to His power. But wait, there’s more:

For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be rendered powerless so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin. —Romans 6:5–6

There’s nothing humdrum about the resurrection, nothing finite about our Savior. If your heart is feeling stagnant this Lenten season, or if you’re more caught up in the trappings of earth than the wonders of heaven, ask Jesus to reveal more of Himself. The more you know of Jesus, the more your soul will burst with praise. As Nancy writes,

One thing is for sure: the more you know Him, the more you will come to find that He is indeed . . . Incomparable. 

Tethering Young Women to Truth in Germany

My name is “Ella,” and I am twenty-one. I have recently started my dream job as a professional ballet dancer in Munich, Germany. Revive Our Hearts has been a lifeline, tethering me to truth and perspective since I moved alone from South Africa to Berlin three years ago. It is incredible to see the unmistakable hand of God opening doors, and as my mom says, “Parting Red Seas.” Since Revive Our Hearts has played such a significant role in my life, I am excited and honored to be able to donate to it from my very first paycheck.

Reaching Families in Closed Countries

Through the gracious support of a Revive Our Hearts ministry partner, our 2024 project to produce audio content for women in Vietnam has been fully-funded, allowing us to reach women like “Minh” in Asia. After Minh completed a Revive Our Hearts study on biblical womanhood, her husband shared this testimony:

My wife lives what the Bible has taught her. The sacrifices are difficult. We are the only Christians in all of the generations of our families. They say we embrace a foreign God and that we forsook our ancestors. The ridicule from relatives has been hard for my wife, but she has never compromised her faith or her calling.

Transforming Lives in Brazil

Thanks to funding provided through your generous donations on #GivingTuesday, Aviva Nossos Corações (ROH in Portuguese) began producing daily, Word-saturated podcasts in January. These new resources are impacting women like “Gabriela” in Brazil:

[Through I resources in Portuguese] I learned so many things about womanhood. I am no longer afraid of getting married. I am no longer afraid of having a family. I am no longer afraid of being a woman. I’m so happy when I am invited to give my testimony, because there is nothing truer than the transformation that this has brought about. The Word of God not only changed my mind, but changed my life!

Nearly a quarter of church-going girls don’t understand what it means to be a Christian. They believe they’re a Christian because their parents are or because they go to church. It became a burden of mine to facilitate a conversation between moms and daughters to clarify the truth that we must each confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord! So, we present the gospel each night and then invite moms and daughters to talk. Moms know best where their daughters are in their spiritual maturing, so we put them in the driver’s seat of this important conversation. Our audacious goal is to present the gospel of Jesus Christ to one million moms and daughters by the year 2027. We’re up to just over 600,000 and counting! —Dannah Gresh

Pray that the Lord will:

• Give Dannah and the True Girl staff wisdom as they are currently auditioning and interviewing for their 2024–2025 tour team.
• Give moms and daughters sensitivity to His leading as they hear the gospel message.
• Use these events to draw moms and daughters closer to one another—and ultimately closer to Him.
• Allow the team to meet their goal of presenting the gospel to one million moms and daughters by 2027.

Each year we set aside the month of March to celebrate our Revive Partners. This special group of ministry friends give faithfully month after month, and they’re some of our most fervent prayer warriors.

• From January through November, Revive Partner gifts account for about sixty-seven percent of our monthly budget.
• When it comes to year-end giving in the month of December, Revive Partners give even more! In total, Revive Partners gave eighty-three percent of our budget last year.
• The regular infusion of partner support frees us to teach the whole counsel of God—like Nancy’s current extended series “Incomparable”—rather than focusing solely on popular topics and promotions that will entice one-time donors. In short, Revive Partners, we love you with our whole hearts! 
• One more number we love: out of our small staff of seventy-four, twenty-four are Revive Partners themselves. They believe in our mission so deeply that they want to give back a portion of their hard-earned paycheck to support the work of helping women thrive in Christ.

If you’re a part of this beloved group of Revive Partners, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We’re looking for more friends to join this special team. Learn more about Revive Partner benefits and how you can help call women to freedom, fullness, and fruitfulness in Christ by visiting ReviveOurHearts.com/Partner.