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Welcome to Middays, I'm Susie Larson, 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, the deep in your understanding of God's Word,

And that heighten your awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, my guest today writes this.

She says, niceness, it keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations

well. It looks a lot like following Jesus, but it actually takes all the power and freedom

out of our lives. So she says, let's take a stand,

take back our faith, and follow the Savior who is kind, gentle, compassionate, patient, and good,

but never simply nice. Sharon Hottie Miller joins me today to talk about her new book,

Nice, Why We Love to Be Likeed, and How God Calls Us to More. Would you believe, thanks to Baker, we've got six copies of this book to give away. I think you're going to be liked and how God calls us to more. Would you believe, thanks to Baker, we've got

six copies of this book to give away. I think you're going to be surprised by today's conversation.

You know the drill if you listen often enough. You can text or email to get in on the drawing.

Here's the number to text, 877933-2484, or email middays at myfaithradio.com. And as always, I love it when you include questions,

comments that we can weave into the conversation. And once in a while, I say, can I get an amen?

And I love it that you respond to that as well. Quick announcement. Our share week is next week.

We're praying. We're preparing. And I'm just asking if you'd be praying with us because it

tends to be a marathon week, but I love it because it's a time to put a flag in the ground to say,

look at God is done. Look how far he's brought us. And this is what we see on the horizon, where we sense he's

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