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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 you still.

Yes, he will.

Welcome to Susie 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. I got a question for you. When you're stressed, worried,

what's your first response? What are your default coping mechanisms when things start to just

heat up around you?

What if you practiced the presence of God?

I mean, as a way of life, to the point that when the storms come, your instinctive response is just to continue your conversation with God.

And like, what if in the days ahead you began to enjoy your prayer

life so much that you realized, I have a relationship with the living God, the one who put the

stars in place, knows my name, wants to hear from me, wants to walk with me, wants me to know him

and know what he's like? What if in that intimate relationship and that continual conversation,

when you did bring things before the Lord, you start to see things change on earth?

I mean, that's the invitation to prayer. And that's what we're talking about today with

author and pastor Chris Hodges. He's written a beautiful book titled Pray First, the Transformative

Power of a Life Built on Prayer. He says written a beautiful book titled Pray First, the transformative power of a

life built on prayer. He says prayer is easier than you think and more important than you realize.

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