PAY ATTENTION TO EVERY WORD!!!!!!
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 isBroken."
"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 work6- 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 I-Pod whenever they drive."
"ToKeep the TV, DVDs, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see To it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical musicConstantly."
"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 & more rushed, going here & 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 don't think I know 10 people who would admit they love JESUS..
D o You Love HIM?
IF YOU LOVE JESUS, PASS THIS ON!!!!!!!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Overwhelmed? Experiencing stress?
Isaiah 55:1-9
The Lord's Invitation:
If you are thirsty, come and drink water! If you don't have any money, come, eat what you want! Drink wine and milk without paying a cent. Why waste your money on what really isn't food? Why work hard for something that doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will enjoy the very best foods. Pay close attention! Come to me and live. I will promise you the eternal love and loyalty that I promised David. I made him the leader and ruler of the nations; he was my witness to them. You will call out to nations you have never known. And they have never known you, becasue I am the Lord, the holy God of Isreal, and I have honored you.
Turn to the Lord! He can still be found. Call out to God! He is near. Give up your evil thoughts. Return to the Lord our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins. The Lord says: "My thoughts and my ways are not like yours. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, my thoughts and my ways are higher than yours."
Matthew 11:25-30
Come to Me and Rest:
Jesus said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. Yes, Father, tht is what pleased you. My father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too. If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. Take the youe I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest. This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light.
John 4:1-30
Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptising more followers than John was. But Jesus' disciples were really the ones doing the baptizing, and not Jesus himself. Jesus left Judea and started for Galilee again. This time he had to go through Samaria, and on his way he came to the town of Sychar. It was near the field that Jacob had long ago given to his son Joseph. The well that Jacob had dug was still there, and Jesus sat down beside it beause he was tired from traveling. I was noon, and after Jesus' disciples had gone into town to buy some food, a Samaritan woman came to draw water from the well. Jesus asked her, "Would you please give me a drink of water?" "You are a Jew," she replied, "and I am a samaritan woman. How can you ask me fo a drink of water when Jews and Samaritans won't have anything to do with each other?"
Jesus answerd. "You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life" "Sir," the women said, "you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where are you going to get this life-giving water? Out ancestor Jacob dug this well for us, and his family and animals got water from it. Are you greater than Jacob?" Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life." The women replied, " Sir, please give me a drink of that water! Then I won't get thirsty and have to come to this well again."
Jesus told her, "Go and bring your husband." "That's right," Jesus replied, "you're telling the truth. You don't have a husband. You have already been married five times, and the man you are now living with isn't your husband." The women said. "Sir, I can see tat you are a prophet. My ancestors worshiped on this moutain, but you Jews say Jerusalem is the only place to worship." Jesus said to her: Believe me, the time is coming when you won't worship the Father either on this mountian or in Jerusalem. You Samaritans don't really know the one you worship. But we Jews do know the God we worship, and by using us, God will save the world. But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him. God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth. The women said, "I know that the Messiah will come. He is the one we call Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
"I am that one," Jesus told her, "and I am speaking to you now." The disciples returned about this time and were surprised to find Jesus talking with a women. But non of them asked him what the wanted or why he was talking with her. The women left her water jar and ran back into town. She said to the people, "Come and see a man, who told me everything I have ever done! Could he be the Messiah?" Everyone in town went out to see Jesus.
The Lord's Invitation:
If you are thirsty, come and drink water! If you don't have any money, come, eat what you want! Drink wine and milk without paying a cent. Why waste your money on what really isn't food? Why work hard for something that doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will enjoy the very best foods. Pay close attention! Come to me and live. I will promise you the eternal love and loyalty that I promised David. I made him the leader and ruler of the nations; he was my witness to them. You will call out to nations you have never known. And they have never known you, becasue I am the Lord, the holy God of Isreal, and I have honored you.
Turn to the Lord! He can still be found. Call out to God! He is near. Give up your evil thoughts. Return to the Lord our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins. The Lord says: "My thoughts and my ways are not like yours. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, my thoughts and my ways are higher than yours."
Matthew 11:25-30
Come to Me and Rest:
Jesus said: My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. Yes, Father, tht is what pleased you. My father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too. If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. Take the youe I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest. This yoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light.
John 4:1-30
Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptising more followers than John was. But Jesus' disciples were really the ones doing the baptizing, and not Jesus himself. Jesus left Judea and started for Galilee again. This time he had to go through Samaria, and on his way he came to the town of Sychar. It was near the field that Jacob had long ago given to his son Joseph. The well that Jacob had dug was still there, and Jesus sat down beside it beause he was tired from traveling. I was noon, and after Jesus' disciples had gone into town to buy some food, a Samaritan woman came to draw water from the well. Jesus asked her, "Would you please give me a drink of water?" "You are a Jew," she replied, "and I am a samaritan woman. How can you ask me fo a drink of water when Jews and Samaritans won't have anything to do with each other?"
Jesus answerd. "You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life" "Sir," the women said, "you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where are you going to get this life-giving water? Out ancestor Jacob dug this well for us, and his family and animals got water from it. Are you greater than Jacob?" Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again. But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life." The women replied, " Sir, please give me a drink of that water! Then I won't get thirsty and have to come to this well again."
Jesus told her, "Go and bring your husband." "That's right," Jesus replied, "you're telling the truth. You don't have a husband. You have already been married five times, and the man you are now living with isn't your husband." The women said. "Sir, I can see tat you are a prophet. My ancestors worshiped on this moutain, but you Jews say Jerusalem is the only place to worship." Jesus said to her: Believe me, the time is coming when you won't worship the Father either on this mountian or in Jerusalem. You Samaritans don't really know the one you worship. But we Jews do know the God we worship, and by using us, God will save the world. But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshipers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him. God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth. The women said, "I know that the Messiah will come. He is the one we call Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
"I am that one," Jesus told her, "and I am speaking to you now." The disciples returned about this time and were surprised to find Jesus talking with a women. But non of them asked him what the wanted or why he was talking with her. The women left her water jar and ran back into town. She said to the people, "Come and see a man, who told me everything I have ever done! Could he be the Messiah?" Everyone in town went out to see Jesus.
Batter For Strength
Sleep for the mind that worried will never come
The wondering if the inevitable will occur
To love a father cherished, and then to let go
It's hard seeing a strong man diminish before my eyes
It's hard for me to look at him, and he sees that in my face
I work, study, read, anything to keep my mind
From going on the path it tends to go.
Knowing that one day he will no longer be here
To glimpse my future with out him. It seems like nothing is there
What can I do?
Lord please help me
Is it too much to ask for strength Lord?
For this is a time to keep my emotions in check
Give me faith that You will be there
With every hard moment, I can count on You
Lord ease the suffering that has a hold on him
Give me the strength to carry on.
LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH.
For the man that I love so dearly, and call father.
_______________________________________________________
I have written this poem a month before my dad died. This was what I was feeling when he was sick in bed from cancer. I was asking the Lord to give me strength at to ask Him to ease my dad's suffering. The night before he died I pray to the Lord to take my father home with Him. Before my brother can come wake me up to let me know that he had died I have already awaken and knew. I didn't cry right away, but knowing that my pray has been answer made the tears come. It makes me happy that dad is not longer suffering from the pain that the devil has created. Thank you Lord for giving me the strength to carry on in life and to be there for my mom when she was having such a hard time.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
