Satan's Meeting >> >> >> (Read it, even if you're busy, especially if you're too busy) >> >> Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In his opening address he >> said, "We can't keep Christians from going to church. We can't keep them >> from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth. We can't even keep them >> from forming an intimate relationship with their savior. Once they gain >> that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken. So let them go >> to >> their churches; let them have their covered Dish dinners, but steal their >> time, so they don't have time to develop a real relationship with Jesus >> Christ." >> >> "This is what I want you to do", said the devil. "Distract them from >> gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that vital connection >> throughout their day! >> >> "How shall we do this?" his demons shouted. >> >> "Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent innumerable >> schemes to occupy their minds," he answered: >> >> a.. Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow. >> >> b.. Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to >> work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their >> empty >> lifestyles. >> >> c.. Keep them from spending time with their children. As their families >> fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of >> work! >> >> d.. Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that 'still, >> small voice.' >> >> e.. Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they >> drive...to keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their >> home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays >> non-biblical music constantly. This will jam their minds and break that >> union with Christ. >> >> f.. Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers. Pound their >> minds with the news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with >> billboards. Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, >> sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free >> products, services and false hopes. >> >> g.. Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their >> husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and >> they'll >> become dissatisfied with their wives. >> >> h.. Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night. Give them >> headaches too! If they don't give their husbands the love they need, they >> will begin to look elsewhere. That will fragment their families quickly! >> >> i.. Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children >> the real meaning of Christmas. >> >> j.. Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection >> and power over sin and death. >> >> k.. Even in their recreation, let them be excessive...have them return >> from their recreation exhausted. Keep them too busy to go out in nature >> and >> reflect on God's creation. Send them to amusement parks!, sporting >> events, >> plays, concerts, and movies instead. >> >> l.. Keep them busy, busy, busy! And when they meet for spiritual >> fellowship, they will leave with troubled consciences. >> >> m.. Crowd their lives with so many good causes that they have no time to >> seek power from Jesus. Soon they will be working in their own strength, >> sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause. >> >> 'It will work! It will work!!" >> >> >> It was quite a plan! The demons went eagerly to their assignments >> causing Christians everywhere to have little time for their God or their >> families, and to have little or no time to tell others about the power of >> Jesus to change lives. I guess the question is, has the devil been >> successful at his scheme? >> >> You be the judge! Does "busy" mean: >> >> >> >> B-eing >> >> U-nder >> >> S-atan's >> >> Y-oke? >> >> >> have a blessed day! P.S. May our friendships continue to grow as we pray for one another!
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