@susielarsonauthor It's all too easy for our priorities to get out of whack during the holiday season. What's sad is that we don't recognize how costly it can be, and this is not about following the rigid rules of religion. Not even close. It's about keeping Jesus in His rightful place in our lives. When we give priority to anything over Him, we skew our perspective, plug our ears, and miss the beautiful intimacy to which our souls are heirs. #SusieLarsonQuotes #PrepareHimRoom John 15:9 NIV ~ As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmMmu6EOJM38iyqAX699fimcS-1VPXzhe59WKo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@susielarsonauthor Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased. Luke 2:8-14 The first Christmas was anything but commercialized, hurried, or overdone. Jesus came into the world through the womb of a poor, teenage girl, was born in a cave and placed in an animal trough. The world didn't make room for Him. Still, heaven celebrated Him. Those with ears bent toward heaven discerned Jesus presence on the earth. The power of the Most High God rested upon this little makeshift gathering of shepherds, a baby, and His young parents. But much of the world missed Him then just as many in the world miss Him now. Yet He came to us anyway. What a gift God's given us! #SusieLarsonQuotes #PrepareHimRoom https://www.instagram.com/p/CmANt8SuwlKradmG4eJQ0Nf3e-_864kEJlmBWw0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@susielarsonauthor Isaiah 9:4—For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. This is our God! Jesus doesn’t save us to slave us. He saved us because He loves us. He has become our Prince of Peace. Our mighty Counselor. The everlasting God. And though He wants His kingdom to expand in and through us, He knows all about our tendencies and our trials. He knows how weak and self-focused we can be. So He teaches us, walks with us, and shows us how to grow. #SusieLarsonQuotes #PrepareHimRoom https://www.instagram.com/p/CltUcx-uFOb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@susielarsonauthor But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently. —Romans 8:25 When it comes to the lives and hearts of God’s people, God is always up to something new. Though we love to look for signs or subtle shifts in circumstance, though it’s such a gift to sense God’s presence and receive insight from His Word, He’s working even when we can’t see Him, feel Him, or sense Him. He’s always working, continually listening to our prayers and faithfully interceding for us—orchestrating circumstances that, when displayed in all their fullness, will reveal God’s fatherly heart for His children, will unveil His meticulous attention to detail, and will leave us breathless. All of heaven is for us. Imagine. What joy when the breakthrough finally comes! What a blessing when He reminds us that He keeps His promises. #SusieLarsonQuotes #PrepareHimRoom https://www.instagram.com/p/CltTywdu4xa779T-KHXdcU7IxK7fUyqS4EfRzk0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@susielarsonauthor Still other seed fell on fertile soil. This seed grew and produced a crop that was a hundred times as much as had been planted!” When he had said this, he called out, “Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.” Luke 8:8 Jesus knew that many of His insights would become clear to the first-century disciples in hindsight. Still, He paused for a moment to teach the followers about the power of receptivity. He used the parable of the soils to explain the condition of our hearts and lives. He supplies potent, powerful seed, able to produce ONE HUNDRED TIMES what’s planted. It’s up to us to offer available, pure, receptive hearts. We’re called to cultivate an atmosphere of growth in our lives so they’ll explode with an abundance of fruit and life and power. #SusieLarsonQuotes #PrepareHimRoom https://www.instagram.com/p/ClSvk6uO3fH5_jRfM2NeD77UWaVMkai3xpYW9A0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@susielarsonauthor From my newest book, Soul Care For The Battle: The enemy often takes past fears, stirs up the idea of worse scenarios, and then tempts you to imagine a terrible future that God’s not in. But no such scenario exists in the life of the believer; Jesus is always with you, and He’ll never abandon you. You are gifted, equipped, anointed, and appointed. God has confirmed this time and time again. Yet your lingering sense of self-doubt and unbelief gives the enemy access to your soul that he doesn’t deserve. It’s time to shut him down. It’s time to rise up in faith. It’s time to believe what God says about you. #SusieLarsonQuotes #SoulCareForTheBattle https://buff.ly/3EByhAF https://www.instagram.com/p/CjvVJFPuMMo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@susielarsonauthor The enemy often takes past fears, stirs up the idea of worse scenarios, and then tempts you to imagine a terrible future that God’s not in. But no such scenario exists in the life of the believer; Jesus is always with you, and He’ll never abandon you. You are gifted, equipped, anointed, and appointed. God has confirmed this time and time again. Yet your lingering sense of self-doubt and unbelief gives the enemy access to your soul that he doesn’t deserve. ~It’s time to shut him down. ~It’s time to rise up in faith. ~It’s time to believe what God says about you. #SusieLarsonQuotes #SoulCareForTheBattle https://www.instagram.com/p/CjqOMZoujef/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@susielarsonauthor Go out of your way to behold beauty today. Find a good reason to smile. Whisper a prayer of thanks for all that’s right in your world. Put on your favorite song AND SING . . . #SusieLarsonQuotes #SoulCareForTheBattle https://www.instagram.com/p/CjgHraFux6_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=