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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, I don't know what

kind of season you're in right now, but I want to know this, and I want you to know, God is near.

He cares. He offers himself to you in this most intimate place of your story, in the nooks and crannies of your story.

He's Emmanuel. He's God with us. And especially given the times we're in, the unrest we see,

the crisis, the heartbreaking crisis in the Middle East, and you pile that on top of your own

trials. It's easy to wonder, is God ne'er? Is he there? Can I hear his voice in the season? And the thing is you can.

Today, we're talking specifically about God's presence and our invitation to enjoy a deep

abiding friendship with him. My guest today writes this about a portion of her wilderness season.

She said, my purpose in that moment was to know God, not in theory, but in friendship.

Jesus is the point. He is the reward.

Knowing his presence is the purpose of the wilderness. Faith Yuri Cho joins me today to talk about

her new book, experiencing friendship with God, how the wilderness draws us to his presence.

And from one writer to another, I'll say she's a really brilliant writer, and this is

amazing, amazing content. So I think you're going to love it. A couple of quick announcements

before we hear from Faith. We've got another Reading the Bible together initiative. This time

we're going to explore five women in the lineage of Jesus. The title is unexpected. You'll find

all the resources on our website at my faith radio.com. Another couple couple quick announcements. If you live in the Twin Cities area, I'll be speaking at the sisterhood event at Emmanuel Christian Center on November 3rd. If you're in Pennsylvania, I'll be at Hershey Lodge, November 9th through 11th with Hosanna Wong. Those are going to be two power-packed events. you're in the area i hope you can join us let me

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