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 orthodox 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 is the world plays non-biblical 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 catalogues,
   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.
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