Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

You're listening to an encore presentation of Susie Larson Larson.

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 neir?

Is he there? Can I hear his voice in this 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. Did you know that

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