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Karen Carter <[log in to unmask]>
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Your welcome I sent it to everyone on all my lists. 

--
Can you imagine what a scarcity of news there would be If everybody obeyed
> the Ten Commandments?

I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is

IN GOD WE TRUST
Karen Carter  '74
-KC- Ministries


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Amy Gordon <[log in to unmask]>
> Thanks for this e-mail.  I sent it on to people in my address book.
> 
> Amy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:37 PM
> Subject: He has succeeded
> 
> 
> > SATAN'S MEETING: (Read even if you're busy) t
> > 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 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 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?
> >
> >
> > Does "BUSY" mean:B-eing U-nderS-atan's Y-oke?
> >
> > Please pass this on, if you aren't too BUSY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Can you imagine what a scarcity of news there would be If everybody obeyed
> > > the Ten Commandments?
> >
> > I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out
> there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there
> is
> >
> > IN GOD WE TRUST
> > Karen Carter  '74
> > -KC- Ministries

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