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Won't he do it? Yes, he will. He'll take a stone.

Make it still.

Yeah, we'll do it.

Yes, he will.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to 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, my guest today says that big breakthroughs are the culmination of little decisions made

day after day, year after year, and that we often overestimate what we can accomplish in one

year or two, maybe, but we underestimate what we can accomplish in one year, or two, maybe,

but we underestimate what God can do in a decade or two or three. We live in a culture

obsessed with quick fixes, hacks, instant results. But what if God has a better way? What

if God has a more redemptive way? What if God appoints us to bear fruit that last? Jesus said

so much in John 15. Well, one of my absolute favorites, our good buddy, author and Pastor Mark Batterson, joins us today. And I just realize it's released day for this new book. So I want you to picture the confetti cannon shooting into the air. His new book, Gradually, Then Suddenly, How to Dream Bigger, Decide Better, and Leave a Lasting Legacy. lasting legacy releases today. And we got a handful of

copies to give away today. So you're a super privileged to get to talk to Mark on the day of his release

and get a chance at winning a copy. So just text the word book if you want in on the drawing,

877-933-2484. You should put that in your speed dial since we give stuff away every day. Quick announcement before we hear from Pastor Mark, if you're brand new to the faith journey, and what's so amazing to us, I mean, maybe you've heard this, I don't know if you have. So we're a radio network, so we're on a network of radio stations all over the country. But then we have this amazing digital team that moves the show to podcast.

And we've got listeners in 174 countries.

So it's a global digital media ministry now because of what God is done.

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