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The Gift of Community- April Sullivan's Story :: [Episode 165]

StoryTellers Live

StoryTellers Live

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9613 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today's storyteller, April Sullivan, from Montgomery Alabama, shares how the loss of her brother became the most faith-affirming experience in her life as she watched God's community surround her with support, encouragement, and love.  

She reminds you to recognize God's grace as it always goes before you, preparing you for future trials, and she encourages you to see that God's unconditional, unfailing love is often seen firsthand through the friends in your life.

Transcript

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Losing Trump is probably the most faith of the remaining thing that I've ever been through in my life

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because I truly got to see what the hands and feet of Jesus Christ look like.

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And they look like your friends.

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And God's face looks like your friends.

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He looks like the people in your life.

0:23.9

Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women share stories of hope.

0:28.5

I'm Robin and I'm here with Lindy and Katie and we are your podcast host.

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Today we are bringing you April Sullivan's story from Montgomery.

0:36.0

She shared at a live gathering and she actually

0:38.2

shared last summer. But you're going to hear that her sound is a little bit off and we worked

0:42.4

very hard to fix that. But you may want to turn up your volume in the car a little bit. But her

0:47.8

story is so fantastic that we did not want you to miss it. I know, Robin, you know, the good thing is

0:52.4

God's timing is perfect and ours is not because I do think it's such a good reminder of the power of community. And it's December. It's a month that's hard for a lot of people. And I just hope her story encourages you as a friend of someone to come alongside them as the hands and feet of Christ and encourage them during this month of December. And before April's story, we do want to remind you that we have some great holiday

1:13.3

gifts on our website, storytellerslive.org.

1:16.5

We've got a really comfortable storytellers' life sweatshirt, a Your Story Matters t-shirt,

1:21.3

and really one of my favorite gifts is the storytellers share your story mug that is coupled

1:27.1

with a little two-ounce coffee blend and

1:30.2

a Discover Your Story Journal. That's for $20. If you're looking for a friend gift, that is a great

1:35.1

idea. So go to storytellerslive.org and shop today. Here's April. We have a winner. Y'all know we ran a contest for all of our Patreon members, for everyone who was

1:47.9

joined and a member by the end of November got registered to win a sweatshirt.

1:53.2

And so Robin Darby, you are our winner.

1:55.9

And we are thrilled.

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