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Welcome to Susie Larson Live,

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's Word

and that heightens your awareness of his very real

presence in your life. Have you ever wondered how much our desire for control actually costs us?

You know, we grab for position, we grab for provision because maybe at the end of the day,

we don't really believe God's going to come through for us. So we take matters into our own hands.

Well, my guess today writes this. The problem is

control is the devil's deal. The more we seek it, the more it betrays us. In place of predictability,

it gives us anxiety. In place of certainty, it creates more complexity. In the place of unity,

it divides. It's not that we cannot control things. It's that we break them even more when we try. But she says, you know what, God has something better for us than our incessant desire and need to control things. Dr. Sharon Hattie Miller joins me today to talk about her new book, The Cost of Control, why we crave it, the anxiety it gives us, and the real power from God's promises. And I got to tell you, every time I see Sharon comes out with a book,

I'm like, I got to talk to it because her books are so thoughtful, so deep and so insightful.

And this one is as well. We've got a handful of copies to give away. You can text the word book

if you want in on the drawing. You just text the word book to this number, 877-933-24. A quick announcement. if you're traveling, this season, we want you to take us with you. We've got a free Faith Radio app that allows you to live stream our shows from anywhere in the world. You can catch podcasts after the fact. You can read blog posts, all of that. Just go to the app store, search Faith Radio Network and download it today. All right, let me tell you about my guests. We'll get her on the show. Dr. Sharon Hattie Miller is teaching pastor at Bright City Church. I like the name of that church in Durham, North Carolina, which she co-founded with her husband Ike. She's the author of Free of Me, which is a great book, nice. And she's also blogged at Sheworships.com for over 10 years,

been a regular contributor to propel hermeneutics, and she reads truth and is written for

relevant. Christianity today encourage in many other publications and blogs. She lives with

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