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welcome to cissy larsen live always 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 Word, and that heightens your awareness of

his very real presence in your life. My guest today writes this, what will change your life,

your community and the world? It's prayer. Prayer activates God's power, and God's power

changes everything. When you pray for the miraculous, God answers. When you face obstacles,

God will give you hope. When you feel powerless, God will empower you. When you long for a transformed life, the most powerful thing you can do

is pray. We have got an amazing show ahead for you. One of my favorite guests. I always love

getting them on. Author and Pastor Carter Conlon joins me today. To talk about a book, he released some time ago, I want to say it was a couple years ago. I begged him to come back and talk about it now because I feel like it's even more timely now than it was then, and it was timely then. The title of his book is it's time to pray. God's power changes everything. This is a hardcover, beautiful book packed with miraculous stories.

We've got six copies to give away. Thanks so much to his publisher. If you want in on the drawing,

text the word book to 877-933-2484-847-933-24-824. And I'd love to know in a separate text,

because I love it when you engage with me on the show

what do you believe in God for text me let me know what are you believing God for quick announcement

before we hear from Pastor Conlon don't forget about the great giveaway it's I hope you're engaging

in some random acts of kindness we're trying to mobilize thousands of people to get out of your comfort

zone engage in random acts of kindness this season're trying to mobilize thousands of people to get out of your comfort zone, engage in random acts of kindness this season. And this Friday, which happens to be my birthday, we're going to take your calls and just talk about some of the things God is doing out there. We love to hear from you. All right, let me tell you about my guest, and we will get him on the show. Carter Conlin is senior pastor of Times Square Church in New York City, an interdenominational church with more than 10,000 in attendance. Listen to this, representing more than 100 different nationalities. He's the author of several books, including the one we're talking about today. It's time to pray. God's power changes everything. Pastor Carter, welcome back to the show. Oh, Susie, it's just great to be with you

today. Looking forward to our conversation. I know you're a busy man, so I just love that you took some time out to spend with us, and you know this you've been on the show before. We love to start out by just talking scripture. I know you love the presence of God, and you love the Word of God. So what's he's been talking to you about these days?

Well, what I've been really meditating on a lot, Susie, is Luke chapter the presence of God and you love the Word of God. So what's he's been talking to about these days?

Well, what I've been really meditating on a lot, Susie, is Luke chapter 2. It's actually the Christmas story. And just looking at it from, you know, the season was a season of upheaval among the

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