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

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

Make it still.

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Only do it out.

Yes, he will.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live.

Always so honored to get to spend this time with you.

But 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, for the past number of years, you've heard people say, we are facing an epidemic of loneliness.

I'd like to take an informal poll.

You know how I'd love to do that. Texting me is kind of one of my love languages, so I want to hear from you. Every text will be

anonymous. But on a scale of one to ten, how lonely do you feel? Maybe you're not even alone.

You're surrounded by people, but you feel lonely. So 10 means I'm surrounded by good and safe people who love me. My

cup is full. One would mean I'm truly all alone. Will you text me, scale of 1 to 10? Where would you

say you honestly land? Text me 877-933-2484. My friend author and speaker Becky Harling joins me

today to talk about

her latest book, cultivating deeper connections in a lonely world. And this message is for all of us

because we all have a bent towards self-preservation, self-protection. So as Angie prayed, my

producer and I prayed before we got Becky on the line, you know, you can be surrounded by people

and still feel lonely. So we want

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