Quote from Forum Archives on November 7, 2005, 12:56 pm

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

"SATAN'S MEETING"

 

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 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. "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!"

 

"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 more busy 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 at his scheme?

 

You be the judge! Does "busy" mean:
B-eing
U-nder
S-atan's
Y-oke?

 

"The Secret"

 

One day, one friend asked another,

"How is it that you are always so happy?

You have so much energy,

and you never seem to get down."

 

 With her eyes smiling, she said,

"I know the Secret!"

 

"What secret is that?"

 

To which she replied,

"I'll tell you all about it, but you have to promise to share the Secret with others."

"The Secret is this:

I have learned there is little I can do  in my life that will make me truly happy.

I must depend on God to make me happy and to meet my needs.

When a need arises in my life, I have to trust God to supply according to HIS riches.

I have learned most of the time I don't need half of what I think I do.

He has never let me down.

Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy."

 

The questioner's first thought was,

"That's too simple!"

But upon reflecting over her own life she recalled how she thought a bigger house would make her happy, but it didn't!

 She thought a better paying job would make her happy, but it hadn't.

 

When did she realize her greatest happiness?

Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren, playing games, eating pizza or reading a story, a simple gift from God.

 

 Now you know it too!

We can't depend on people to make us happy.

Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that.

Trust HIM!

And now I pass the Secret on to you!

So once you get it, what will you do?

 

YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too!

That GOD in His wisdom will take care of YOU!

 But it's not really a secret...

We just have to believe it and do it...

Really trust God!

Have a Blessed Day

Dave and Barbara

 

 

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