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Welcome to Susie Larson 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 as a theology

speaker author really takes a deep dive at looking at scripture and 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 sets for us?

I'll get her on in just a minute, but I have a quick announcement.

You may have been hearing about this, but if not, it's super important that you know.

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