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B.U.S.Y. - Bound Under Satan's Yoke

3/16/2021

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The following is a part of the Man Cave Mentoring Lesson at the Sunshine Rescue Mission on 3/16/21.

Are You Too Busy For God?

          The devil loves to keep us busy doing the wrong things to keep our minds off of focusing on the God things in our lives. B.U.S.Y is an acronym for "Being Under Satan's Yoke." We're not sure who used it first, but we heard about it from our friend Christos Terzan. For the first part of our class today we read the devil's letter to his demon followers. 

Busy Under Satan’s Yoke

The following was taken from Full Circle Refuge.
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 they cannot hear that still, small voice.”
“Entice them to play the radio or CD 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 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?
If it does, it’s not normal.
In His love and service,
Jeff Myers
A servant of Jesus Christ
          Spend time with God. Spend time with family. Spend time with friends. Don't take any relationship for granted. Life passes too quickly. Don't hold back on revealing your belief in Christ. being too busy for Christ will mean He's too busy for you.
          Plan time to spend with God. Plan time to spend with God. Plan time to spend with God.
​Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody. Jesus loves you and so do we.
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Deseire
1/19/2024 17:48:36

Makes sense in how Satan works and how he uses every day things to disrupt or break our relationship to grow with Christ , making it hard to actually live in unity with Christ. I am a catholic woman growing in my faith and closeness to Christ and test it’s hard but God is waaaay greater than Satan, but not to taunt and lose respect for what the dark forces can do. It makes me happy that God can only allow them to do certain things to certain people, but it all gives Glory to God no matter what tribulations we go through, it’s alll worth it and worthwhile to go through. I’d rather go through hell on earth to avoid purgatory for cleansing. I’m happy I found this article. Helped me to see how he attacks us and be aware and alert when he does come to attack me, I’ll be ready and won’t be blind. :)

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7/31/2024 21:15:24

I prefer the acronym Best Unique Strategies for You. This one empowers us to accomplish everything God assigned to our account, looking to Him for direction, balance and resources. I agree that business can distract us from God, but its opposite is boredom, and I don't see a call to that anywhere in Scripture. A balanced approach to eternally significant activity seems prudent.

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