Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

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You're listening to an encore presentation of Susie Larson Lodge.

Yes, he will.

He'll take a stone, make it still.

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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. And 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. And he's written

a series of novels that weave the theme of Jesus' words, leave the 99 for the one. And I got to say,

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