Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Here's the podcast from Middays with Susie Larson.

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Well, it's only just a matter of. It's only just a matter of. Welcome to just won't do dance. You don't have to know how to ever since and since we've got you late. Welcome to Middays, I'm Susie Larson, so honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day.

Now hopefully inspires you in your faith walk, deepens your understanding of God's Word,

and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. A.W. Tozer once wrote this, what comes to mind

when you think about God is the most important thing about you? So what does come to mind when

you think about him? Well, with that in mind, my guest today writes this. There's a sentence

that can change your life. It contains just three

words and nine letters, yet it is the key to less boredom, more blessing, less rush, more rest,

less pacing, more peace, less fear, more faith, less guilt, more grit, less frustration,

and more satisfaction. So what is that sentence? You ask? Well, you're about to find out. Author and pastor Mike Novotny joins me today to talk about his book, three words that will change your life, the secret to experiencing the joy of God's presence. And I will tell you, this book made me smile, and it inspired me and encouraged me greatly. We've got five copies, thanks to Bethany House, to give away to you. So if you're new to the Faith Radio family, first of all, welcome to the family. So grateful. We've got new listeners joining us every single day, whether listening to the live show, listening on your app, or listening to the podcast after the facts. So if you're new to the Faith Radio family, let me tell you the drill. We give resources away on this show every single day. We're so grateful to do that.

Here's the process. You type or text, I should say, the word book, just the book, not in parentheses, not even with an exclamation point, just the word book to 877-933-2484. It'll automatically kick back an auto-response, and there's a link. It takes you about a minute, and you fill out that link you're in the drawing.

Now that seems like a hassle, but you fill out that link you're in the drawing.

Now, that seems like a hassle, but let me tell you, in order for us to give books away every single day, we don't have the manpower to manually enter every address, all the addresses that come in and all the shows every day. So if you would just give us a minute of your time, we never share your information with anybody. We just need it so we can mail the book out if you win, right?

So text the word book to 877-933-2484 if you want in on the drawing. We'll get Mike on here in just a moment, a quick announcement that I'm so excited about. Some of you have been to our live studio audience events in the past, and they're just epic and wonderful. And if you listen often enough, you know we have Dr. Troy on once a month to talk about health and the healing process. Well, we are doing a live audience event, super excited about this, the night before Valentine's Day. It's not a couple's event, but the theme is love's power to heal. We're going to talk about how love, God's love for us, our love for him,

our love for each other actually changes our physiology, our brain structure, our hearts. It can heal us from trauma. We'll take live studio audience questions. We'll have really wonderful

desserts and music. It's going to be great. It is free, but seating is limited. You can now

get tickets online at myfaithradio.com. Myfaithradio.com. Mike Novotny joins me today, as I said, his book is titled three words that will change your life, The Secret to Experiencing the Joy of God's Presence. Let me tell you about him. We'll get him on the show. Mike Novotny is a co-pastor at the core. He's lead speaker for the media ministry.

He serves as chairman of Conquerors Through Christ Ministry, and he lives with his wife and children in

Appleton, Wisconsin. Pastor Mike, so nice to meet you. Welcome to the show. Hey, thanks, Susie. I'm here.

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