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Yes, he will. He'll take a stone.

Make you still.

Yeah, won't we do it?

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 that heightens your awareness of his amazing

real presence in your life well Paul wrote in the scripture I buffet my body I make it my

slave so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified we've talked about this

on the show before,

but discipline, self-control. That's a fruit of the spirit. And honestly, it's an essential

virtue in this life of faith. But did you know that talking unkindly to yourself,

berating yourself, condemning yourself, and telling yourself you should be this or you ought to do this,

can actually serve to weaken you,

sometimes you need a little self-compassion. While you don't want to indulge in thoughts and actions

that weaken you or, you know, indulge in self-pity that softens you, you want to practice

some kindness when it comes to you, your soul and the hard days and the stressful seasons. So how do you know

when it's time to buck up, buttercup, when it's time to exhale, rest, and maybe be a little bit

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