Are you deceived?
That is a question that you may be reluctant to answer quickly, since you may not really be sure you know the answer.
Deception is a huge portion in my work of writing my book entitled "Are You Saved or Deceived?"
I will be inserting portions of my book in these entries for August and September, which I have been doing,
with the purpose still to perhaps help someone that is searching for some answers to some of the heart and life issues they
are facing. Even if you don't respond with your comments, which I would treasure, I pray that your heart will be challenged to consider the message of the cross that remains available to apply to your life that will effect the necessary changes required to walk with God.
God is the one with the power to change. He just needs our response of faith to do His work.

If you are deceived, you probably don't realize it, otherwise it would not be deception. And if you are deceived,
the deception started somewhere. My focus is to help you see beyond the deception to experience
freedom from it's consequences.  You may be confused in your life about who God is, or what could Jesus death
on the cross have anything to do with you or your furture. If these are matters of confusion you are still grappling with, then
chances are you have some deception to overcome.
At this point, I am going to avoid "beating around the bush", and get right to the point.
You need God and the truth of His word to acquire freedom from your lost condition.
Jesus died for you on a cross called Calvary. That was God's plan and way of showing His love for you.
Salvation through the name of Jesus is the only way to experience  freedom from sin God has promised to
those who believe in His name.
Chances are you have known someone close to you that has recently given their life to God.
Go to that person and tell them you are ready to get saved, and they will help you. If you don't know anyone, pray for God to lead you to the help you need. That is a prayer that God will answer promptly when He knows you are serious about knowing Him,
God's plan of Salvation is for anyone who will believe. God's word implanted into you heart will begin to extract the deception that has gripped your heart. Up to this point you have lived your life to fulfill the fleshly desires of your heart, only to leave you feeling hopeless and defenseless against the enemy of you soul. God can change all of that and give you freedom and victory over the powers of darkness that have haunted you and left you feeling twisted up inside. The lies you have allow to grow and take root in your heart will begin to be  uprooted, thus exposing the real deceptions that have ruled your life.
God has His own plan of planting for you. It is called truth. I like to think of God as a great gardner that is always planting and watering the seeds that He plants in the heart. They will grow as His word declares to be oaks of righteousness, which He has planted for His glory. Let Him draw you now to Himself to set you free from Satan's rule in your life.
Allow the life changing power of God to captivate your life, and you will never be the same.