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since and a sense we've got you left welcome to susie larsen live always so honored to get to spend this time with you

in fact i look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire

you in your faith walk, that deep in your understanding of God's Word and that heightens your

awareness of his very real presence in your life. You know, it's interesting. I've had a number

of guests recently mentioned on this show that how more than anything they want to finish strong.

I want that too. And the truth is, God wants that for you

and for me as well. And Scripture says that God is the one who is able to keep you from falling

to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy. To the only God,

our Savior, be majesty, power, and authority, both now and forevermore. Every time I quote and pray that passage,

it fills me with faith. And yet I think it's also wise to know that though God wants us to finish well,

we want to finish well, our enemy continually is scheming to trip us up. So how do we miss the traps

he sets for us? How do we discern the traps he sets for us? And why are we sometimes

so easily deceived? We've got a really important show today. Christian lawyer, author, and

speaker, Wendy Patrick joins me today to talk about her book, Why Bad Looks Good, Biblical

Wisdom to Make Smart Choices in Life, Love, and Friendship. We'll get her on in a few minutes,

but we've got five copies to

give away today. You can text the word book to 877-933-2484. And she really just as a lawyer and as a

theology speaker, author, really takes a deep dive at looking at scripture on why we're easily

deceived, why we so often judge by the

surface and we don't always discern the heart. How can we avoid some of the traps the enemy

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