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Oct 2024
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How do you know what God wants you to do...

Kaitlyn Schiess
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Pastor and theologian Sharon Hodde Miller joins Kaitlyn to answer a deeply personal and theological question: how do we know what God wants us to do? Dr. Miller explains three different levels of this question, and offers practical advice for people seeking God's will for their life.

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