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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 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 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!
B -
Being
U - Under
S - Satan's
Y - Yoke
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