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IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS HE SAID…
”WE CAN’T KEEP CHRISTIANS FROM GOING TO CHURCH.
WE CAN’T KEEP THEM FROM READING THE 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 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 THE VITAL CONNECTION THROUGHOUT THEIR DAY.
“HOW SHALL WE DO THIS”? HIS DEMONS SHOUTED!!
“KEEP THEM BUSY IN THE NON-ESSENTIALS OF LIFE AND INVENT INNUMBERABLE 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 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 SIMULATE THEIR MINDS SO THAT THEY CANNOT HEAR….
ENTICE THEM TO PLAY THE RADIO OR C.D. PLAYER WHENEVER THEY DRIVE. TO KEEP THE T.V, VCR, DVD AND THEIR PC’S GOING 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 MAIL BOXES WITH JUNK MAIL, MAIL ORDER CATALOGS, SWEEPSTAKES, AND EVERY KIND OF NEWSLETTER AND PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS, FREE PRODUCTS, SERVICES, FALSE HOPES, KEEP SKINNY BEAUTIFUL MODELS ON THE MAGAZINE AND T.V., SO THEIR HUSBANDS WILL BELIEVE THAT OUTWARD BEAUTY IS WHATS 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 CLAUSE 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 HIS POWER OVER SIN AND DEATH”
EVEN IN THEIR RECREATION, LET THEM BE EXCESSIVE. HAVE THEM RETURN FROM THEIR RECREATION EXHAUSTED.
KEEP THEM BUSY TO GO OUT IN THE 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 THEIR OWN STRENGTH, SACRIFICING THEIR HEALTH AND FAMILY FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE…
“IT WILL WORK ! IT WILL WORK !
“IT’S QUITE A PLAN”!
THE DEMONS WENT EAGERLY TO THEIR ASSIGNMENTS CAUSING CHRISTIANS EVERYWHERE TO GET BUSIER 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 IN HIS SCHEMES.
YOU BE THE JUDGE.
DOES “BUSY” MEAN:
B-EING?
U-NDER?
S-ATANS?
Y-OKE?
EVERYDAYS A NEW DAY TO BEGIN OR STRENGTHEN