322: Suzie Eller and Getting Started with Prayer

Suzie Eller is an author and podcaster with a new book called Prayer Starters: Talking with God about Hard Times and also the Prayer Starters podcast. Today, Suzie shares about the ordinary people who shaped her in simple ways, why she determined to write about things that mattered after cancer, and how she learned to pray. Suzie brings much wisdom to our prayer life that she’s learned from her own. Suzie’s story reminds us that the Lord is never far away if we only turn an ear toward him to listen.

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Stories Suzie shared:

Working at Proverbs 31 and developing her own ministry
Growing up in a fractured family not knowing about God
Finding Christ in her late teens when friends knocked on her door with an invitation
Challenging God because of her family life
The ordinary people who shaped her
Going to college and getting married at 20
Studying the Bible as much as she could
Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis at 31
Starting a writing career after her survival
Deciding to just start somewhere with writing
Diving into content creation
Learning how to pray through journaling
Making video curriculum while grieving and the community she found
How she joined Proverbs 31
What she learned by working there
How Prayer Starters helps you

Great quotes from Suzie:

Unless we wrestle out those hard questions, our faith is someone else’s faith.

Wrestling with God is part of my faith because it always has been.

Is there a chance, God, that you want to talk to me?

Just show up is a really powerful path to connection with God.

Resources we mentioned:

Suzie’s website
Prayer Starters: Talking with God about Hard Times by Suzie Eller
Suzie’s books on Amazon

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