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welcome to Sizzy 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,

the deep in your understanding of God's word, and that

heightens your awareness of its very real presence in your life. You know, people sometimes

ask me, you know, you've been on TV and radio, met lots of people. Who stands out to you as

the real deal? Someone who's the same behind the camera as in front of the camera. Without

hesitation, I say two names, Max Lekato and Sheila Walsh. I've known Sheila for years. I've spent

moments off camera and on with her. And I'll just say she's a humble, reverent, treasured servant of Jesus.

And I'm so blessed to call her friend and really honor to be highlighting her brand new Advent

devotional. It's titled The Gifts of Christmas, 25 Joy-filled Devotions for Advent. It's a gorgeous book.

We've got six copies to give away today.

We'll get her on in just a moment, but a quick announcement.

As you know, Christmas is a time of hope and celebration, but maybe for you this season,

it's more marked with pain and heartache.

First of all, we want you to know you're not alone, and we'd love for you to text the word hope to 877-933-24-84.

You do that, and we'll text you every couple of days with some audio clips to encourage you and to pray with you.

We always want to be there with you, walk in this journey.

We're in this together.

Remember that.

As I said, Sheila Walsh joins me today. Again, her book is titled The Gifts of Christmas,

25 joyful devotions for Advent. Let me tell you about my guest. We'll get her on the show.

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