Freedom from self, fullness in God with Sharon Hodde Miller

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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If you long for a life where you are not preoccupied with wondering how you measure up, Dr. Sharon Hodde Miller shares from her book, “Gazing at God: A 40-Day Journey to Greater Freedom from Self.” She’ll help you identify the wounds, assumptions, and scripts that keep you focused on you. Learn to recognize your God given true self!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thank you for listening to Susie Larson Live. Faith Radio podcasts are only possible because of your support. So thanks for giving and thanks for sharing with a friend.
0:10.6	So won't he do it? Yes, he will.
0:15.4	Won't he do it? Yes, he will. He'll take a stone.
0:21.7	Make it still.
0:23.5	Yes, he will.
0:27.7	Welcome to Susie Larson Live.
0:29.9	Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.
0:32.5	In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk, that deepen your
0:38.8	understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.
0:44.1	I love this so much. My guest today says that we are never as fragile as when we make ourselves
0:49.0	the center of our story. Hear that again. We're never as fragile as when we make ourselves the center of the story.
0:56.3	And it's true. Your world gets pretty small when you make life all about you. God is so much more for
1:01.4	us. I'm so honored to welcome back our friend, Dr. Sharon Hattie Miller, to talk about her new book,
1:06.3	Gazing at God, a 40-day journey to greater freedom from self. This is a 40-day journey, and I know
1:12.2	she was going to get into even the brain science and the biblical number of 40 days, but there's
1:16.6	something so powerful about a 40-day journey. It's a hardcover devotional. And I love Sharon's
1:22.5	writing because it goes deep. There's no fluff in anything that she says. We've got a handful of copies to give away of gazing at God, a 40-day journey to greater freedom from self. And I think you're going to be really surprised at what she has to say on this topic, because you're not going to hear buck up buttercup, think about everybody else ahead of yourself. You know, self-forgetfulness is not the same is self-hatred, self-neglect. So we're going to
1:45.2	strike a balance in all of that conversation. In fact, she introduces us to the idea of seeing
1:49.9	ourselves as the beloved. And boy, I'm just so excited for the conversation. She says this,
1:55.4	the human soul is not created for a purpose so small as ourselves. Man, can somebody give me an amen on that? We're going to get
2:02.4	around in just a moment, but let me tell you, we know that our audience is growing by leaps and bounds
2:07.4	and all over the world. We've got friends listening. We're so grateful to do this journey with you,
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