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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 its very real

presence in your life. In the book of Malachi, God says to his people, return to me, and I'll

return to you. You know what the reply is? It's stunning to me. They say, how can we return to you

if we've never gone away?

That blows me away. Our tendency to drift is significant, and our capacity for self-deception

is even greater. Yet, it's in God's presence where our souls are restored. It's in his

presence where we find his best will for us, and we find our

greatest strength. Jen Thompson joins me today to talk about her book, Return to Jesus,

an invitation to abide with him in every beautiful, stressful, and tedious moment.

We'll get Jen on in just a moment. A couple quick announcements. We know lots of folks, because we

see and hear from you on the text

line are walking through really difficult times, and we are a praying staff. We would love to

stand with you. If you've got a prayer request, you can either text it in or you can find the

pray tab on our website, myfaithradio.com, and we cover those things. We stand with you because we

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