Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live. Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

Always 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, we're talking today about one of my favorite topics and it's prayer.

My guest today writes this, prayer isn't a place for us to be good or right.

It isn't a place for us to perform or to prove our worth.

It is a place for us to be honest, present, and known.

A place for us to offer ourselves and present, and known, a place for us to offer ourselves

and receive God. Isn't that beautiful? Spiritual Formation expert Kyle Strobel joins me today to talk

about a book that he co-authored with John Coe, and it's titled This, Where Prayer Becomes

Real, How Honesty with God Transforms Your Soul. This book to me is one holy invitation to experience God

as you are and walk with him so that he transforms you from the inside out. We've got a handful of

copies to give away today. You can text the word book to 877-933-2484. And as I often say,

you texting me back is kind of a little bit of my love language. So I've got a question for you. I'd love for you to engage with me on this. How would you describe your prayer life? And be honest, is it a drudgery? Is it a delight? Is it a duty? Something on your task list? Is it just the best part of your day? No right or wrong answers. Just want some honest

answers so we can dialogue about it. You can text that same number 877-933-2484. Quick

announcement. At Faith Radio, we love giving stuff away. And so two copies every week with this is

what we're doing, giving away Dr. Charles Stanley's New Devo, Jesus, Our Perfect Hope. It's a 365-day devotional. Two per week, and you can register to win that on the web at my faith radio.com. All right, let me tell you about my guest. We'll get him on. Kyle Strobel is a speaker, writer, and a professor of spiritual theology and formation at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He's the author of a number of books. His family lives in California. You might recognize his last name. He's the son of Lee Stroble, who's been on lots of times. Kyle's got a lot of work to his credit, and we're so honored to have him with us today. Kyle, great to meet you. Welcome to the show. Hey, Susie, so good to be with you. Looking forward to the conversation.

And Kyle, we love to start every day talking scripture, just out of our time with God. And I'm

just wondering, what's the Lord been speaking to you about these days? Yeah, well, you know,

it's funny. These days, I constantly am finding myself back in Psalm 25. And it's been funny because I feel like I can't not read it.

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