A friend sent this to me; I thought it was worth posting so that we could all think about it.
Don't neglect the one necessary thing.
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 God, 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 real
relationship with God."
"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 non-essentials of life and invent innumerable
schemes to occupy their minds.
Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow.
Trick them into believing that designer labels and trendy clothes,
upscale houses and luxury vehicles make the person valuable, and
important in all the "right" circles.
Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work
6-7 days each week, 10-12 hrs 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 can't hear that still, small
voice. Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they
drive...to keep the TV, VCR, CD's and their PC's 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 God.
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!!
Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the
real meaning of Christmas.
Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection and
power over sin and death.
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, they will leave with troubled consciences.
Crowd their lives with so many good causes that they have no time to
seek power from God. 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 people everywhere to have little time for God or their families,
and to have little or no time to tell others about the power of God to
change lives. I guess the question is, has the Devil been successful
at his scheme? You be the judge!!!
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 God, 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 real
relationship with God."
"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 non-essentials of life and invent innumerable
schemes to occupy their minds.
Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow.
Trick them into believing that designer labels and trendy clothes,
upscale houses and luxury vehicles make the person valuable, and
important in all the "right" circles.
Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work
6-7 days each week, 10-12 hrs 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 can't hear that still, small
voice. Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they
drive...to keep the TV, VCR, CD's and their PC's 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 God.
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!!
Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the
real meaning of Christmas.
Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection and
power over sin and death.
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, they will leave with troubled consciences.
Crowd their lives with so many good causes that they have no time to
seek power from God. 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 people everywhere to have little time for God or their families,
and to have little or no time to tell others about the power of God to
change lives. I guess the question is, has the Devil been successful
at his scheme? You be the judge!!!
