Re: The Devil's Convention (from Ursula): sobering!!!

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: : The Devil's 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 with 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 form : : that relationship with Jesus Christ. This is what I want you to do, : : comrades. : : Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that : : vital connection throughout their day!" : : "How shall we do this?", shouted the demons. : : "Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent unending : : 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 distracting music constantly. : : This will clog their minds and break that union with Christ. : : "Fill their coffee tables with magazines and newspapers. Bombard 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. : : "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.

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