Wednesday, October 10, 2007

SATAN'S STRATEGY




(A Collection)                                      


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 Jesus, 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 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 that vital connection throughout their day!"

"How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.

"Keep them busy in the nonessentials of life and invent innumerable 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 the 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-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice." "Entice them to play the rock music on their radio or CDs whenever they drive."

"To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 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-atan's Y-oke?

A COLLECTION OF QUOTES - PART I

                                                                          
                                                                           


                                                                               



• Study the Bible to be wise, Believe it to be safe, Practice it to be holy

• It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against the conscience.

• Discipline yourself so others won’t need to.

• What you are is God’s gift to you. What you make of yourself is your gift to God.

• Little is much when God is in it.

• Character is made by many acts. It may be lost by a single act.

• It is the motive alone that gives character to the actions of men.

• Character is what you are in the dark.

• It is human to stand with the crowd; it is divine to stand alone.

• A danger foreseen is half avoided.

• It is not always what you say, but the way you say it.

• Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be strong men.

• Be aware of the barrenness of the busy life.

• God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change and courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

• God never calls an idle man.

• If you brood over your troubles, you will have a perfect hatch.

• Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others.

• Man’s idea of eternity may be known by the use he makes of time.

• Where God guides, He provides.

• My Lord knows the way through the wilderness. All I have to do is follow Him.

• An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

• Great trails prepare for great service.

• Be bold in what you stand for; be careful in what you fall for.

• A Fool tells what he will do. A Boaster tells what he has done. A Wiseman does it and says nothing.

• The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it gets.