Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

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Welcome to Susie larsen 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

and active presence in your life. Yes, these are trying times. Yes, there are real threats to life,

as we know it, in our nation and even around the world. And yes, the enemy has had his way at times

with us when it comes to fear. But God calls us to discern the times, not to fear the times. And I wonder how much

misery we've actually brought upon ourselves because we've taken the enemy's bait of fear,

and then we've buckled under spiritual intimidation. I remember going to bed one night. I just read

this in my journal. I would like to read back to my journals before I move on to the next one,

and I think this must have been like 10 months ago. I was battling some real fear around how things were accelerating and where this

could possibly all end up. And I had a really vivid dream. I don't have time to tell it now, but I woke

up with a clear understanding that the enemy was using spiritual intimidation to just back me into a

corner. And I just wonder how many of us

are really pining away our days because the enemy is getting away with spiritual intimidation.

I just want you to hear me now loud and clear. If the enemy is threatening you, it's because

he's threatened by you. Can someone give me an amen? If the enemy is threatening you,

it's because he's threatened by you. I am so honored and grateful to welcome our friend, author and Pastor

Alan Jackson, back to the show. Today we're talking about his one-year daily devotional,

courageous faith, daily encouragement for life's challenges. I love, he writes like he speaks,

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