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 saviour."

"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 Saviour 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," 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
radio or cassette player 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
catalogues, 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, 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 more busy 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 at his scheme? You be the judge!


Does "busy" mean:

B-eing
U-nder
S-atan's
Y-oke?