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Midway Church
of the Brethren
13 Evergreen Road, Lebanon, PA 17042-7422
Phone: (717)273-4832, Fax: (717)273-0132
E-mail: midway_cob@verizon.net, Web site: www.midwaycob.net
Senior Pastor: Rev. Charles L. Ilyes, Associate Pastor: Rev.
Kevin S. Zintak
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from
our Senior Pastor
B-U-S-Y
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I
have very little knowledge about military tactics but what I have heard
is that it is very important to know as much as you can about the
enemy. I also know that there is a spiritual battle taking place
continually and it rages all around us but few realize it. Today have
you thought about Satan’s desire to weaken your faith or to have
you love something or someone more than the Lord? Scripture tells us in
I Peter 5:8: Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring
lion, seeking someone to devour. In verse 9, Peter goes on to tell us
to resist him.
In Dr. David Jeremiah book I Never Thought I’d See the Day he
shared from a devotional that I thought was great of a possible
discussion that Satan would have with his demons as to how they can
have the victory over believers if they do the following:
1. Keep them busy with nonessentials
2. Tempt them to overspend and go into debt
3. Make them work long hours to maintain empty
lifestyles
4. Discourage them from spending family time, for
when homes disintegrate there’s no refuge from work
5. Over stimulate their minds with television and
computers so that they can’t hear God speaking to them
6. Fill their coffee tables and nightstands with
newspapers and magazines so they’ve no time for Bible reading
7. Flood their mailboxes with sweepstakes, promotions
and get-rich-quick schemes; keep them chasing material things
8. Put glamorous models on TV and on magazine covers
to keep them focused on outward appearances; that way they’ll be
dissatisfied with themselves and their mates
9. Make sure couples are too exhausted for physical
intimacy; that way they’ll be tempted to look elsewhere
10. Emphasize Santa and the Easter bunny; that way
you’ll divert them from the real meaning of the holidays
11. Involve them in “good” causes so they
won’t have time for “eternal” ones
12. Make them self-sufficient. Keep them so busy
working in their own strength that they’ll never know the joy of
God’s power working through them
The devotion ends “Have you figured out the difference between
being busy and being successful in what God’s called you to do?
Sometimes being B-U-S-Y just means “Being Under Satan’s
Yoke.” Think about it and take a closer look at this list again
and let God speak to your heart. Who is winning in your life? Our Lord
or Satan?
- Pastor Charlie
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