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Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant, flipping your focus now to God First, beginning to cleanse as His Bride, getting ready for His soon return as our Bridegroom----
An excellent devotional has been written by Steve Porter. We have his support to share it with you ---
STEVE PORTER
THE SMOKE BEFORE THE FIRE
A Urgent Call to Recognize the Deception Before the Destruction
STEVE PORTER
AUG 03, 2025
“For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”
—Matthew 24:24 (NIV)
Dear one, let me speak to your spirit with a holy urgency…
There is a strange smoke swirling in the air.
It’s subtle at first—barely visible.
A haze that lingers, clinging to the edges of what seems pure.
It doesn’t choke you outright.
It doesn’t make you run.
It only clouds your vision.
A little at a time.
Soft. Slow. Silent.
But it’s smoke just the same.
And where there is smoke, beloved… there is fire.
We are living in a time where the smoke of Satan is beginning to blow across the threshold of the greater Church.
Not through demonic growls or obvious blasphemy,
But through half-truths, soft compromises, and hollow love.
It comes in the name of “tolerance.”
It comes dressed in a robe of “inclusivity.”
It sounds like grace—but lacks repentance.
It looks like freedom—but has no cross.
And many are breathing it in, unaware they are slowly being seduced by the counterfeit.
DECEPTION ALWAYS PRECEDES DESTRUCTION.
It has always been this way.
The enemy doesn’t start with fire.
He starts with smoke.
He clouds the mind.
He blurs the lines.
He makes the truth feel too sharp, too narrow, too unkind.
And before long, the flame is burning—
And what once stood as holy is reduced to ash.
I think of Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu.
They offered strange fire—smoke that God had not ordained.
And they were consumed by it.
Not because they were evil men,
But because they presumed upon the sacred.
They treated the holy as casual.
And God said, “Enough.”
Beloved, I write this not to scold but to awaken.
To plead with the Bride of Christ:
Do not breathe the smoke.
Do not entertain what God has called unclean.
Do not make peace with deception because it comes with a smile.
Return to the fire of His holiness.
Return to the flame of His Word.
Let your heart burn with what burns in Him.
And I say this gently, but boldly:
Some churches, some ministries, some believers have allowed the smoke to settle.
They’ve silenced the voice of conviction.
They’ve substituted emotional highs for spiritual transformation.
They’ve traded the fire of God for fog machines.
But oh, dear one—
God is raising up a remnant.
A people who still see clearly.
Who still discern between holy and profane.
Who still know the scent of smoke… and run.
He’s calling His Bride to sound the alarm.
Not in fear.
Not in self-righteousness.
But in love.
A love that says, “We must return.”
We must return to the altar.
We must return to tears of repentance.
We must return to the narrow road, where few walk but many are called.
So, if you sense that haze…
If you feel the pressure to compromise…
If your heart aches for what you see happening in the Body—
Let that ache become intercession.
Let it drive you to your knees, not into bitterness.
Cry out for fire—not strange fire, but holy fire.
The fire that refines.
That purifies.
That makes ready the Bride.
And remember this:
The smoke is not the end—
It’s the warning.
The Lord, in His mercy, allows us to smell the smoke
so we don’t have to perish in the fire.
Oh, may we heed the warning.
May we wake up.
May we weep again for what grieves the Spirit.
May we stand, even if we must stand alone, and say,
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Let the winds of the Spirit blow the smoke away.
Let the fire fall again—pure, holy, consuming.
And may the Bride be ready… unclouded… burning bright.
With Love,
Steve Porter
www.morningglorydevo.com
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