Show Notes
What if the places where trust feels hardest are the very places Jesus longs to meet us? Stasi welcomes Susie Larson to talk about her new book, “More Than You Can Imagine”, and how God meets us in disappointment, suffering, and fear. With compassion and hard-won wisdom, Susie invites us to know God more deeply, trust his goodness, and open our hearts to the healing and freedom he offers.
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SUSIE LARSON Book: More Than You Can Imagine: What God Does When You Trust Him (August 11, 2026); order here: https://wahe.art/3SO1r9f
Website:https://www.susielarson.com/
Radio – Susie Larson Live:https://www.myfaithradio.com/programs/susie-larson-live/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/susielarsonauthor/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/susielarsonauthor
SUSIE’S BIO Susie Larson is a talk radio host and podcaster with over 17 million downloads; a national speaker, and bestselling author known for her passion for helping people live in the fullness of God’s promises. Through her writing and broadcast ministry, she encourages audiences to walk in freedom, faith, courage, and spiritual authority. Larson’s work is marked by biblical depth, personal honesty, and a strong belief in God’s power to heal, restore, and redeem. She lives in Minnesota with her husband, Kevin.
Susie’s photo credit: Tammy Brice Creative
….. VERSES: Hebrews 12:2 (NIV) – Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God
Ephesians 3:19 (NIV) – And to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God
Psalm 34:18 (NIV) – The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit
Ephesians 3:20 (NIV) – Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us
Acts 26:28 (NIV) – Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”
1 Kings 18:21 (NIV) – Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing
Matthew 11:3 (NIV) – To ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
Matthew 11:4–6 (NIV) – Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
Matthew 11:11 (NIV) – Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he
John 15:5 (NIV) – “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
Psalm 18:19 (NIV) – He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me
Romans 9:13 (NIV) – Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Ephesians 2:6 (NIV) – And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV) – But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us
Psalm 40:3 (NIV) – He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him
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