"THE DEVIL'S CONVENTION"

UNKOWN AUTHOR

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 keep them from conservative values.
But we can do something
else. "We can 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 church, let them have their conservative
lifestyles, but steal their time, so they can't
gain that experience in 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 un-numbered
schemes to occupy their minds," he answered.

"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, then borrow, borrow, borrow.
Convince the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to
work 6 or 7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their
lifestyles. "Keep them from spending time with their children.

As their family fragments, 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 homes. And see to it that every store and restaurant in the
world plays non-biblical, contradicting music constantly.

This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ." "Fill
their 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, sweepstakes, mail
order catalogs, and every kind of newsletter and promotional
offering free products,
services, and false hopes."

"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. "And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them
in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled
consciences and unsettled emotion."

"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 was quite a convention in the end. And the evil angels went
eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get
busy, busy, busy and rush here and there.

Has the devil been successful at his scheme? You be the judge. How
about this definition of Busy:

B-- being
U-- under
S-- Satan's
Y-- yoke

Wow huh, makes one think.....
Satan's goal is to take our minds and hearts off Christ then steer
us toward the cares of the world. God wants us to enjoy life but He
must be first.

If we are too busy for God, then we are too busy.
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