I need to preface today's prophecy update with something that the Lord has ministered to me over the years as a much needed reminder to stay the course and not get off track.

I do so because like anyone else I'm just as prone to get

sidetracked by all the misinformation and even the confusion that's running

rampant as of late especially in these the last days.

I was thinking about this this morning on the way here and it kind of struck me that Jesus

and even the Apostle Paul after him had stressed the importance of not being deceived.

When the disciples in Matthew 24, it's recorded, asked Jesus about what will be the signs

of the end and the, you know, coming kingdom and the end of the age, Jesus, first and foremost,

said, do not be deceived. The Apostle Paul writing to the churches emphasizes and stresses,

do not be deceived. In other words, there will be this deception, even to the Thessalonians.

He says that there will be this strong deception that God himself will send because they

rejected the truth. So they're going to believe the lie, this powerful delusion, this strong deception, if you prefer.

And so there's so much confusion and we know who the author of that confusion is, right?

And we know who the father of lies is, right? And we know who the accuser of the brethren

is, right? And we also know that in Revelation chapter 12 that Satan knows that he has

but a short time. So he's very busy knowing that there's not that much time.

So there's a lot of confusion, there's a lot of deception, and if you're anything like me,

and I suspect that you are, it's becoming increasingly difficult to know who or what to believe

anymore. I mean, there's so much information out there and boy, you just have to be so

discerning. And this is why I wanted to talk about what the Lord reminded me about, and it's this.

When I don't know, I can trust in what I do know. And what I do know is that God is good and God is in control. And by the way, this

is across the board in every arena of life. When our daughter Noel died, this was something

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