SATAN'S MEETING


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."

"Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout that day."

"How shall we do this? his demons shouted.

1. Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable
schemes to occupy their minds.

2. Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow.

3. Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husband to
work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their
empty lifestyles.

4. Keep them from spending time with their children.

5. As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from
the pressures of work!

6. Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small
voice.

7. Entice them to play the radio or cassette and CD whenever they drive
and in their homes.

8. Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers.

9. Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day.

10. Invade their driving moments with billboards.

11. Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs,
sweepstakes, and every kind of news letter and promotional offering
free products, services and false hopes.

12. Keep 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.

13 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!

14. Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children
the real meaning of Christmas.

15. Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about Jesus' resurrection
and power over sin and death.

16. Keep them involved with recreation activities, and return from their
recreation activities exhausted, and tired so they can't go to church the
next morning.

17. Keep them so busy they can't go out in nature and reflect on God's
creation. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, plays,
concerts, and movies instead.

18. 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.

19. 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 causes.

"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.
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?

-Author Unknown

New Testament Giving

As a Christian it is very important to grasp the importance and reality of giving. Giving is not just a nice gesture toward God and the Church because we have to give or are forced to give. Giving should come because we want to and because we love God. God teaches us through Scriptures that it is part of His character to give, which means we must imitate Him
The most quoted verse of the Bible is a proof that Almighty God is a giving God, "For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God gave His very best to us, Jesus Christ, that we might become His children and have eternal life. It is my belief that we should give to the Lord and His church for the advancement of the Gospel throughout the world. We give because we love the Lord and we believe His message is true. We do not give to have points with God or to have access to God's presence someday, it is impossible to buy our way to heaven. Jesus Christ paid the whole thing for us in full in the cross of Calvary for us to be able to reach Him someday. We cannot earn salvation or pay for it. We give unto the Lord because we are members of His family. We give because in reality it is God who has given us our health, our jobs, and the ability to earn money to be able to give. The Apostle Paul left us in II Corinthians 9:6-15 an outline on giving,

1. God wants us to sow bountifully, we shall reap bountifully - Verse 6.
2. God loves a cheerful giver - Verse 7.
3. God is able to make all grace abound on the givers - Verse 8.
4. God wants us to support the poor - Verse 9.
4. God wants us to support our church - Verse 10.
5. God wants to bless us - Verse 11.
6. God wants us to support the missionaries - Verse 12.
7. God wants us to give to glorify Jesus Christ - Verse 13.
8. God gives us the gift to be able to give - Verse15.

We are to give of ourselves for the cause of Christ. We are to give our all to our Creator and Lord. We should give ourselves also to "prayer and fasting" - I Corinthians 7:5.
Giving is a big part of Christianity for the advancement of the Kingdom of God, but with all our giving we must also remember to give God thanks for all that He has done, for what He is doing and all that He will be doing. Let us pray and fast to ask God what he would have us to give Him this week.