Satan's meeting

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Submitted by burabud on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 8:29am

Read even if you’re busy!

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 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 mail boxes 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 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?

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SATAN'S MEETING

Submitted by Sweet Bikolana on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 5:00pm.

It is very true that there are many distractions in life. As I read the above post I found myself identifying with many of the examples in the text.
However to live a life without many of these elements would lead to a very dull existence and I don't believe God wants that for us at all. So I think there is a balance to be made.
I was put in mind of the teaching of Jesus when he said that we should 'give unto Caesar what is Caesar's and give unto God what is God's'. I am convinced that this should be the right approach.
May be the demons are distracting us. If so, they have done a pretty good job. Life should still be fun, but we need to remember the Lord and give him the time and devotion he deserves.

True

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Submitted by Yellowbell on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 12:15pm.

True., maski ako gusto ko pirming busy, yung may pinagkakaabalahan para maforget ang mga something something. i talk to God kapag nagsuccess ako sa isang bagay, or may pinangambahan ako tapos hindi naman pala. Like, pag nasa travel tatay ko, then may kaba na baka may NPA something oh ano na humarang sa kanila dun sa north. but sobrang happy pag nakauwi siya ng safe and sound. Or pag umuuwi akong walang problema sa bahay. Or kapag may gusto akong gawin na kailangan ko ng help from Him.

But true, maraming distractions, like pag nagtetext mga tintasyon kong barkada, kris, jaming jaming sa ano, ganito ganyan uwi ng madaling araw. there was once na they were waiting for me kase pigsugo ako na pag uwi bumili ng gamot ng nanay. but i went home late, ng hindi sya nadadalhan ng meds. barkada, for me, as one of distractions in life ay dapat isa lugar.

But we, as Christians, at sa mga Pilipinong nagpalit ng religion, we all believe in only one God, the creator himself. Like me, kahit hindi lagi nag aattend ng mass (dahil busy din, haizt satan,) still manage to talk to Him during spare time. It's because i can never find a bestfriend who understands me the way He could.

Unawain natin?

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Submitted by arnold on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 9:42am.

"Sinubok Uli ni satanas si Job" Muling humarap kay Yahweh ang mga angel, kasama si satanas. Tinanong ito ni Yahweh, saan ka nanggaling?. Sumagot si Satanas, Nagparoo't parito sa daigdig". Nasubok mo na ba ang lingkod kong si Job? Tanong ni Yahweh. Walang tutulad sa kanya sa daigdig: malinis ang pamumuhay, mabuting tao, may takot sa akin, at di gumagawang masama. Ipinapinsala ko sa siya sa iyo ng walang dahilan, gayunma'y nanatiling tapat sa akin , sabi pa. Sumagot si Satanas, "Anumang bagay ay ibibigay ng tao, huwag lamang siyang mamatay. Subukin mong galawin ang kanyang katawan kung di ka niya sumpain". Sinabi ni Yahweh, "Kung gayon ikaw na ang bahala sa kanya, huwag mo lamang siyang papatayin." Umalis si Satanas sa harapan ni Yahweh. Pinuntahan niya si Job at pinagsugat niya ang buong katawan nito mula ulo hanggang talampakan. Nang magkagayon, si Job ay naupo sa tabi ng basurahan at kinukuskos niya ng bibinga ng palayok ang kanyang mga sugat. Sinabi ng kanyang asawa, "Hindi ka pa ba magbabago? Sumpain mo na ang iyong Diyos ng mamatay ka na!" Ang sagot ni Job, "Hindi mo nalalaman ang iyong sinasabi. Kaginhawaan lang ba ang tatanggapin mo sa Diyos at hindi kahirapan?" Sa kabila ng nangyari sa kanya, hindi rin nagkasala si Job, kahit sa salita. (Job 2:1-10). ---- Humanda kayo at magbantay. Ang diyablo ng kaaway ninyo ay parang leong umaatungal at aali-aligid na humahanap ng masisila. Labanan ninyo siya at magpakatatag kayo sa inyong pananalig sa Diyos. Tulad ng alam ninyo, hindi lamang kayo ang nagtitiis ng ganitong kahirapan. kundi pati ang inyong mga kapatid sa buong daigdig.(1Pet. 5:8-9).---- Kaya nga, mag-ingat ang sinumang nag-aakalang siya'y nakatayo, Baka siya mabuwal. Wala pang pagsubok na dumating sa inyo na di dinanas ng lahat ng tao. Tapat ang Diyos at hindi niya ipahihintulot na kayo'y subukin ng higit sa inyong makakaya. Sa halip pagdating ng pagsubok, bibigyan niya kayo ng lakas upang mapagtagumpayan iyon. (1Cor.10:12-13)....