Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

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bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk

that deepen your understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness of his very real

presence in your

life. Well, you know, I'm praying constantly continually for our nation, for our world. We need

Jesus. The world needs to experience the love of Christ, the transformative power of the Holy Spirit,

the fatherly care of Almighty God. And we as God's people, we need to know who we are and understand on a deeper

level whose we are and how God is and what he wants to do in and through us. And I just read this

passage as I was prepping for the show today from 1 Corinthians 8 verse 3. Well, knowledge makes us feel

important. It's love that strengthens the church. Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn't really know very much, but the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.

Think about that.

The person who loves God is the one God recognizes.

So here's a question, maybe a few questions to get the show started.

With so much injustice in our day, so much distortion of the truth, so much corruption, how are we to live in the days in which we find ourselves? You know, first we set our hearts on doing things God's way, not our own, then we rely heavily on God to do in and through us what we cannot do on our own. One of my favorites, Addison Bavir joins me today to draw from his books, Saints, Becoming More Than Christians. And we're going to address the times. We're going to talk about our identity, our call. I'm so grateful to Addison's ministry that we've got a good stack of copies of saints to give away. It's just a lyrical book. I mean, Addison's a beautiful writer, really rich content. You can text the

word book to get in on the drawing at 877-933-24-84-8-7-933 2484. I think we're going to have

church today because every time he joins us, we do, and I don't think today's going to be any

different. Quick announcement before we hear from Madison. The Setapart Conference is next week, next Friday and Saturday, March 4th and 5th. Rebecca Lyons and myself will both be keynoting, each of us giving two keynote addresses. And then the featured workshops are by Carmen LeBurge, our morning show host, and Dr. Troy and I will be doing a featured session on health and the healing process. So I hope you'll join us. Setapartconference.com is the website you want to go to. Tickets are on sale now. I hope to meet you there face to face. All right, let me tell you about my guests. We'll get him on the show. Addison Bavir is a man who appreciates the simple things in life, like time spent playing with his four kids, late night conversations with his wife, interesting words that no one uses, a meaningful day at work,

and of course, a good book. He is also the COO of Messenger International, an organization that

impacts millions of people in over 150 countries through its various initiatives. He's also

the co-founder of Sons and Daughters TV.

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