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Say, won't he do it? Yes, he will.

Don't you do it? Yes, he will. He'll take a stone.

Make it still.

Yes, he will.

Welcome to Sissy 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, whatever setbacks and hardships you face, whatever trauma you've endured,

whatever relational or health challenges you're maybe facing right now, my guest today says

that there is a way forward,

and that way forward involves God and involves God's people. In just a moment, Tony Collier

joins me to talk about her book, don't try this alone, how to build deep community when you

want to hide from your pain. We'll get her on in just a moment, but I would love for you to text

in and talk to me about an area of struggle in your life.

Every text will be anonymous, but one of those areas that are hard for you that you're tempted

to pull back and not tell people about. Again, every text will be anonymous, but I'm thinking,

you know, maybe you have a prodigal that's just too painful to talk about, or you have a family relational issue that brings so much shame because you look around and see other families that look like they have it all together.

Or maybe you just privately, you hold your body in contempt like you're an enemy to your body.

Your body's not your friend, even though if you're a believer, it houses the,

it's the temple of the Holy Spirit. What is that private area of struggle that you tend to maybe hide

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