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DEVILS' CONVENTION

 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 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 values and lifestyles, but
 steal their time, so they can't gain that experience in Jesus Christ.
 
 "This is what I want you to do: Distract them from gaining hold of
 their Savior, keep them from maintaining that vital connection
 throughout their day."
 
 "How shall we do this?" shouted his angels.
 
 "Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent unnumbered
 schemes to occupy their minds," he answered. "Tempt them to spend spend
 spend, then borrow borrow borrow. Persuade 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, their homes soon will
 offer no escape from the pressures of work.
 
 "Overstimulate 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 TVs, VCRs, 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 emotions.
 
 "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. And the evil angels went eagerly to their
 assignments of causing Christians to get busy, busy, busy and rush here
 and there.
 
 Has the devil been successful at his scheme? How about this definition
 of Busy:
 
 Being
 Under
 Satan's
 Yoke
 
 Wow, 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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