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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, 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,

the deep in your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

Well, to set up today's conversation, I'm going to read a passage from Matthew's Gospel, Chapter 18.

This is Jesus talking.

Think about this as you hear his words.

This is our king, our savior, who cares about every single lost sheep.

And he says, this is the voice translation,

The Son of Man has come to save all those who are lost.

A shepherd in charge of a hundred sheep notices that one of his sheep has gone astray.

What do you think he should do? Should the shepherd leave the flock on the hills unguarded to search for the lost sheep?

God's shepherd goes to look for that one lost sheep, and when he finds her, he's happier about her

return than he is about the 99 who stayed put. Your father in heaven does not want a single one

of the tripped, waylaid, stumbling little ones

to be lost. Our friend, New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin, returns to the program

to talk about his latest novel, The Keeper, and I got to tell you, I couldn't put it down.

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