Summer Reset: REPLAY // Susie Larson on Redeeming Your Story

Summer Reset
Written By Lisa Whittle
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What does it mean to truly draw near to God? Not as a method or a spiritual technique, but as a settled confidence in who he is and how he feels about you? In this Summer Reset episode of the Jesus Over Everything podcast, Lisa Whittle sits down with author, speaker, and renowned radio host Susie Larson for a conversation rooted in Susie's book, Closer Than Your Next Breath. Susie draws on the story of the Israelites, brain science, her own 30-year battle with chronic illness, and the transforming power of pondering God's love to make the case that the presence of God is not a feeling to chase. It is a reality to inhabit. For anyone navigating hard circumstances, carrying the weight of a complicated story, or wondering whether their prayers are reaching God's ears, this conversation is a reminder that goodness is coming, and that a settled heart will know it when it arrives.

Listen in to learn more:

  • (05:47) Will we recognize an answer to prayer when it comes?

  • (07:13) What to do while you wait.

  • (12:00) Susie's 30-year battle with chronic illness and what it taught her about the presence of God.

  • (18:00) Why the presence of God isn't a feeling to chase.

  • (25:00) How to build a redemptive narrative at the exact moment a lie is vying for position

  • (32:00) Brain damage, limbic rewiring, and what Susie did to reroute her own neural pathways.

  • (39:55) A 30-day challenge that will change your brain structure, your faith, and your whole physiology.

  • (40:23) Between "big" encounters, how you can experience the love of God.

  • (42:02) Susie's last word: What God thinks about you and why no one can change his mind.

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