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DMA, if you ask me, yes, this sounds silly. I mean, I can just imagine. Putting myself in the shoes of an un-believer/seeker who is attending your church and hears that. It's like, do we really put a juvenile type pep cheer on the face of serious things like that ? (ie.: "making the devil mad", etc...). Quite frankly, I highly doubt the devil cares one iota about this mantra/cheer thing. He's already "mad" and "already" an enemy of God. So this seems to accomplish little (ie.: we're not going to "make him mad", as if this is one giant cartoon or something).
However, I'm not sure that you can do anything about it.
Because, as silly as it may be, put yourself in a pastor's shoes: If every time we congregation members came to our pastor's with "great ideas" or "constructive criticism", we certainly can't expect them to be at our whims and opinions all the time. Because trust me: Pastors *routinely* hear critiques of their ways, systems, styles, etc.... Not saying that some of it might not be quite wise advice. But just that it becomes easy for pastors to get calloused to criticism, since we all tend to have our opinions at "how things should be done", ha. But in your particular case, I agree with your observation. Seems a silly thing to say/do.
However, I'm not sure that you can do anything about it.
Because, as silly as it may be, put yourself in a pastor's shoes: If every time we congregation members came to our pastor's with "great ideas" or "constructive criticism", we certainly can't expect them to be at our whims and opinions all the time. Because trust me: Pastors *routinely* hear critiques of their ways, systems, styles, etc.... Not saying that some of it might not be quite wise advice. But just that it becomes easy for pastors to get calloused to criticism, since we all tend to have our opinions at "how things should be done", ha. But in your particular case, I agree with your observation. Seems a silly thing to say/do.