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Satan called a worldwide convention. In his opening
address to his evil angels, he said, "We can't keep
the 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,
abiding relationship experience in Christ. If they
gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them
is broken.
So let them go to their churches, let them have their
conservative lifestyles, but steal their time, so they
can't gain that relationship with Jesus Christ. This
is what I want you to do, angels. Distract them from
gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that
vital connection throughout their day!"
"How shall we do this?" shouted his angels. "Keep
them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent
enumerable 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 a week, 10-12 hours
a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles. Keep
them from spending time with their children. As their
family fragments, soon, their home 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 homes.
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 table 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 catalogues,
sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and
promotional offering free products, services, and
false hopes. Keep skinny, beautiful models on the
magazines so the husbands will believe that external
beauty is what's important, and they'll become
dissatisfied with their wives. Ha! That will fragment
those families quickly!"
"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have
them return from their recreation exhausted, disquieted,
and unprepared for the coming week.
Don't let them go out in nature to reflect on God's
wonders. Send them to amusement parks, sporting
events, 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 and
unsettled emotion."
"Go ahead, let them be involved in soul winning. But
crowd their lives with so many good causes they have
no time to seek power from Christ. 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 convention. And the evil angels went
eagerly to their assignments causing Christians
everywhere to get busy, busy, busy and to rush here
and there.
I guess the question is: has the devil been successful
at his scheme? You be the judge! Friends, this
message was sent to me by someone who cares and I
thought I could share it with you. Please take heed of the
message it brings:
B - Being
U - Under
S - Satan's
Y - Yoke
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