Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Here's the podcast.

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

Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

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. I'm really excited about today's show. It's a blessing because our good friend Mark Patterson joins us today, and he's a busy guy. We asked him to come back to talk about a book. I said it's like 12 or 13 years old, but my husband and I have gone through this devotional. I think we're on our seventh or eighth time. Have you heard of it?

Draw the circle. It's a 40-day prayer challenge. And I was so excited when he said, yes, Kevin and I went and bought four copies off of Amazon because we didn't know if we'd be able to get giveaways. But then his generous publisher gave us another four copies. So we have eight copies to give away. And whenever this ends, like we are two days out from finishing, Kev's like, I don't want it to end.

Let's start over again because it's... copies to give away. Whenever this ends, like we are two days out from finishing, Kev's like,

I don't want it to end. Let's start over again because it ignites our faith so much.

It's short readings, power-packed stories. Your faith will be challenged in the deepest way.

If you need a shot in the arm and you need your faith bolstered, text the word book to 877-933-24-84. Again, Mark's such a busy guy for him to come back to talk about this means the world to me. I'm believing and

trusting the Lord is going to redeem his time. We'll get him on in just a moment. Quick announcement.

If you've got a loved one who's far from God and you're brokenhearted and you long to see them come back

around. You feel like as they've walked away from God, maybe they've walked away from you.

Well, I recorded 15 audio texts to encourage your heart. They're about two to three minutes long.

You'll get two to three texts a week for the next several weeks. They're free. But there are things

like taking care of your soul,

doing the process of forgiving, keeping your identity intact. If you need those kind of regular

reminders of how to navigate a season where a loved one's far from God and far from you,

you can text the word heart to the same number. You ready? Text the word heart to 877-933-2484. So let me tell you about my guests. We'll get him on the show. Mark Batterson's a New York Times best-selling author of A Gazillion Books and Children Books. That's not in his bio. I just added that. He's also a lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C., one church with many campuses.

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