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Susie Larson Live

Ben Peterson on walking in obedience to God

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7689 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

An eight-year U.S. Army veteran serving two years in Iraq, Ben Peterson experienced the trauma of war. Peterson shares his story  of founding the nonprofit organization Engage Your Destiny, which has a mission to build spiritual resilience in the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:20.2

Welcome to Susie L ever since, ever since we've got you late.

0:22.5

Welcome to Susie Larson Live, always honored to get to spend this time with you.

0:26.7

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

0:32.4

that deepen your understanding of God's word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

0:45.3

So what happens when a child who grows up in an angry home, filled with abuse, meets Jesus, and surrenders his life to Jesus? Well, they go on to change the world.

0:47.3

I cannot wait for you to meet my guest today to hear his story, to be reminded that God wants to use you in ways that are totally disproportionate to who you are.

0:55.7

Ben Peterson joins me today to talk about his story, how he met Jesus, how God is moving in the

1:00.2

hearts of our military and veterans and their families, because Ben dared to say yes to Jesus.

1:04.9

His work and his story are going to inspire you.

1:07.1

I can't wait for you to meet him and hear his story.

1:09.3

In fact, it's so interesting. You've heard when I had Maria Erickson on the show just a few weeks ago. We had a huge response to that show.

1:15.4

And I talked about how God used her to really minister healing in my soul. And after Kevin and I were

1:21.1

leaving Maria and Scott's house, they started to talk about this young man. They're like, you've got to meet Ben. You got to get him on your show.

1:27.8

And a few weeks later, Kevin, I see him on TV doing an interviewer. I'm like, I've got to talk

1:32.8

to that guy. So I'm so grateful to get him on the show. Quick announcement, maybe you've

1:36.2

already heard. But this summer on Faith Radio, we're doing the greatest book giveaway ever.

1:40.5

We're gathering just all the books we've received from many ministry partners and publishers,

1:44.8

all the extras, you know, we have hundreds. And our team separated them by genre. And this

1:48.9

week, we're giving way book bundles that are in the genre of just spiritual growth. And so if you

1:53.3

want in on the drawing after the show, go to our website, myfaithradio.com and enter to win and I hope you do. All right, let me tell you about my

2:01.1

guests and I like I said, typically my bios I read are pretty short because I want to get to

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