SATAN'S MEETING: (Read even if you're busy)

(From Mark Curtis)

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 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?

Please pass this on, if you aren't too BUSY!

I think I know 10 people who would admit they love Jesus.

Do You Love Him?

IF YOU LOVE JESUS, PASS THIS ON!!!!!!!<

Moses _ We Serve a Big God!

(Sent by Mark Curtis)

Moses and the people were in the desert, but what was he going to do with them?

>They had to be fed, and feeding 2 or 3 million people requires a lot of food.

>According to the Quartermaster General in the Army, it is reported that Moses would have to have had 1500 tons of food each day. Do you know that to bring that much food each day, two freight trains, each at least a mile long, would be required!

>Besides you must remember, they were out in the desert, so they would have to have firewood to use in cooking the food. This would take 4000 tons of wood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long, just for one day.

>And just think, they were forty years in transit.

>And Oh yes! They would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take 11,000,000 gallons each day and a freight train with tank cars, 1800 miles long, just to bring water!

>And then another thing!

>They had to get across the Red Sea at night. Now, if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So there had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5000 abreast to get over in one night.

>But then, there is another problem...............each time they camped at the end of the day, a campground two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island was required, or a total of 750 square miles long........ think of it!

>This much space for camping.

>Do you think Moses figured all this out before he left Egypt? I think not!

>You see, Moses believed in God. God took care of these things for him.

>Now do you think God has any problem taking care of all your needs?

>I asked the Lord to bless you As I prayed for you today. To guide you and protect you as you go along your way.......... His love is always with you, His promises are true, And when we give Him all our cares, You know He will see us through.

>Our God is an Awesome God!!

>So when the road you're traveling on seems difficult at best, just remember I'm praying and God will do the rest.

The Seven Ups:

(Sent by Shawn Parkes)

The 7 Ups

>1. Wake Up !!

>Decide to have a good day.

>"This is the day the Lord hath made;

>let us rejoice and be glad in it."

>Psalms 118:24

>2. Dress Up !!

>The best way to dress up is to put on a smile.

>A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

>"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.

>Man looks at outward appearance,

>but the Lord looks at the heart."

>I Samuel 16:7

>3. Shut Up!!

>Say nice things and learn to listen.

>God gave us two ears and one mouth,

>so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking..

>"He who guards his lips guards his soul."

>Proverbs 13:3

>4 . Stand Up!!

>. . . for what you believe in.

>Stand for something or you will fall for anything.

>"Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time,

>we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

>Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good..."

>Galatians 6:9-10

>5. Look Up !!

>. . . to the Lord.

>"I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me".

>Philippians 4:13

>6. Reach Up !!

>. . . for something higher.

>"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

>and lean not unto your own understanding.

>In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path."

>Proverbs 3:5-6

>7. Lift Up !!

>. . . your Prayers.

>"Do not worry about anything; instead

>PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING."

>Philippians 4:6

>A POSITIVE THOUGHT

>If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

>If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.

>He sends you flowers every spring, and a sunrise every morning.

>Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.

>He could live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.

>What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem;

>not to mention that Friday at Calvary.

>Face it, He's crazy about you.

>Send this to the people you care about.

>I thought this was mighty special, just like you.

>Pass this on and brighten someone's day, and remember . . .

>God answers Knee-Mail!

The U in Jesus

Subject: " The U in Jesus "

I really liked this one and thought you might enjoy it as well.

>

>The U in JesUs

>Before U were thought of or time had begun,

>God even stuck U in the name of His Son.

>And each time U pray, you'll see it's true

>You can't spell out JesUs and not include U.

>You're a pretty big part of His wonderful name,

>For U, He was born; that's why He came.

>And His great love for U is the reason He died.

>It even takes U to spell crUcified.

>Isn't it thrilling and splendidly grand

>He rose from the dead, with U in His plan?

>The stones split away, the gold trUmpet blew,

>and this word resUrrection is spelled with a U.

>When JesUs left earth at His upward ascension,

>He felt there was one thing He just had to mention.

>Go into the world and tell them it's true

>That I love them all - Just like I love U."

>So many great people are spelled with a U,

>Don't they have a right to know JesUs too?

>It all depends now on what U will do,

>He'd like them to know,

>But it all starts with U.

The Tomato Company

An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test.

The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day."

Taken back, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor a e-mail address. To this the manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without a e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm. Good day."

Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling 25lb crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it! to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of groceries for his family.

During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly. Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.

At the end of a year he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him with the! tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community college so she can keep books for him.

By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed people, all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard.

Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company's payroll has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the

business grossed a million dollars.

Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically.

When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e- mail address, the insurance man is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be today if you'd had all of that five years ago!"

" Ha!" snorts the man. "If I'd had e-mail five years ago I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.15 an hour."

Which brings us to the moral: .

Since you got this story by e-mail, you're probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire.

Sadly, I received it also.

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