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Friday, July 15, 2005]
. Satan's devious plan]
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 saviour." "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 relationship with Jesus Christ.."
> >>> >
> >>> > "This is what I want you to do," said the devil:
> >>> >
> >>> > "Distract them from gaining hold of their Saviour and maintaining that
> >>> > vital connection throughout their day!"
> >>> >
> >>> > "How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.
> >>> >
> >>> > "Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and
> >>> > invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds," he answered.
> >>> >
> >>> > "Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow,
> >>> > borrow, borrow."
> >>> >
> >>> > "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."
> >>> >
> >>> > "Keep them from spending time with their children."
> >>> >
> >>> > "As their families fragment, soon, their homes will
> >>> > offer no escape from the pressures of work!"
> >>> >
> >>> > "Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear
> >>> > that still, small voice."
> >>> >
> >>> > "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."
> >>> >
> >>> > "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.."
> >>> >
> >>> > "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. "
> >>> >
> >>> > "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!"
> >>> >
> >>> > "Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching
> >>> > their children the real meaning of Christmas."
> >>> >
> >>> > "Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about
> >>> > his resurrection and power over sin and death."
> >>> >
> >>> > "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."
> >>> >
> >>> > "Keep them busy, busy, busy!"
> >>> >
> >>> > "And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve
> >>> > them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled
> >>> > consciences."
> >>> >
> >>> > "Crowd their lives with so many good causes 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 get busier and more rushed, going here and there.
> >>> >
> >>> > Having little time for their God or their families.
> >>> >
> >>> > Having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus
> >>> > to change lives.
> >>> >
> >>> > I guess the question is, has the devil been successful
> >>> > in his schemes?
> >>> >
> >>> > You be the judge!!!!!
> >>> >
> >>> > Does "BUSY" mean: B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke?
running after you at 12:10 AM
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