Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

Welcome to Susie larsen

live i'm 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 deep in your

understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness of his very real

presence in your life. So how would you describe prayer? In fact, I would love for some of you to

answer that question for me. Text me. When someone says prayer, what comes to your mind? What is

prayer in your mind? You can text me 877-933-24-84. So what is the purpose of prayer? Is it to get what you want from God?

Is it more about fellowship with God? Or is it really about moving forward the purposes of God on the earth today?

Well, my guest today says this. Well, God certainly cares for your needs. Prayer is not a transaction with the heavenly vending machine.

Jesus didn't pray like that, and neither should we.

Sky Jithani joins me today to talk about his new book,

What if Jesus was serious about prayer?

And in it, he says that prayer isn't about getting answers.

It's about getting God.

And what we want and need most of all is more of God.

We're going to get him on in just a moment, but I want you know,

we've got five copies to give away today.

It's a little book and it packs a punch. What's not that little? It's a normal size book.

You can text the word book to get in on the drawing. 877-933-24-84. Quick announcement. If you've got a dream to be published someday, we have an epic, amazing Christian Writers Conference coming up on July 16th,

it's the Northwestern Christian Writers Conference. We bring in great editors, agents, authors,

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