#1. The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Proverbs 27:7
Do you hunger and thirst after righteousness (Matthew 5:6) or are you filling your self with the things and spirit of this world (1 Corinthians 2:12)?
#2. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. Proverbs 27:8
Be careful how much time you spend wandering around on the internet, for you may get caught in a trap. Stay close to the Lord Jesus Christ and his word and don't wander away from the counsels of God.
#3. Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored. Proverbs 27:18
Are we waiting on the master or are we demanding and wanting the master to wait on us? To many of so called "Christians" today demand of God, though they would never say this, and expect God to move at their every whim. God help us to be a yielded vessel fit for the masters use.
2 Timothy 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
#4. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like unto whited sepluchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleaness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Matthew 23:27-28
Are you a hypocrite? Do you look all beautiful and nice on the outside, yet are filled with dead men's bones on the inside. Do you hide your iniquities behind your nice christian appearance? Repent and turn from you wicked ways and be washed in the blood of the Lamb of God.
Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
What Is Your Desire?
What are you desiring today? Is it the things of God or the world?
The bible says in Matthew 4:4:
"It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
How important then is God's word? How much time are you spending in your bible? The devil tried to get the Lord to satisfy his flesh by tempting him to turn the stones into bread. What is the devil trying to get you to be satisfied with today? Trying to be satisfied with anything but the word of God and salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ will leave you empty, lost and hopeless!
Don't fall prey to the enemies tactics! You can never be satisfied with anything this world has to offer to you.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The world is always putting out a new movie, T.V. show, website, music, beautiful woman or handsome man, magazine, car, and house to try and make you think that you can be satisfied with these things, but it is not so my friend!
Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
No matter how much money you have or will make, it will never satisfy!
Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Our desire should be towards God's word and His righteousness!
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
The bible says in Matthew 4:4:
"It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
How important then is God's word? How much time are you spending in your bible? The devil tried to get the Lord to satisfy his flesh by tempting him to turn the stones into bread. What is the devil trying to get you to be satisfied with today? Trying to be satisfied with anything but the word of God and salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ will leave you empty, lost and hopeless!
Don't fall prey to the enemies tactics! You can never be satisfied with anything this world has to offer to you.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The world is always putting out a new movie, T.V. show, website, music, beautiful woman or handsome man, magazine, car, and house to try and make you think that you can be satisfied with these things, but it is not so my friend!
Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
No matter how much money you have or will make, it will never satisfy!
Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Our desire should be towards God's word and His righteousness!
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Lords Benefits Towards Us
Psalms 116:12-13 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
Have you taken of the cup of salvation and called upon the Lord to save you from your sins and I'm not talking about the Catholic mass? All that the mass and Catholic system will do for you is damn your soul to hell. What I'm talking about is being truly born again through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Can you truly say that you once were lost, but now your found? Does the Holy Ghost of God live within you and bears witness to the truth contained in the King James Bible (AV1611)? Does He teach you and bear witness with your spirit that you are a child of God?
John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
What we can render to the Lord for all his benefits towards us is a holy and righteous life. To soak our heart, soul, and mind in the word of God and prayer. The sad thing though is that most of us only find a little time to spend in the reading of God's word and prayer. This world has us so busy, that we so often miss God to make the next appointment or to gain an extra 1/2 hour of sleep. May the Lord help me this coming week to have a closer walk with him!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Are You A Liar?
I know that it has been a few weeks since I have lasted posted, but a lot has been going on. I wanted to write about somethings that the Lord has put upon my heart this morning.
I was reading in Proverbs and these verses jumped out at me and I believe they are a picture of where we are at as a nation (United States of America).
Proverbs 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Our Independent Baptist Churches are in a mess and we think the answer is more preacher boys coming out of our Baptist Colleges, more contemporary music to draw the younger crowd, larger and prettier church buildings to attract the lost, and more programs to appease those who are just trying to clean up their lives a little, but don't want anything to do with the truth of God's word. We run our churches like the world and expect the world to be changed, God help us!
As this verse in Proverbs says "that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good" and this is where we are at as a church and nation. We are lacking true bible knowledge. I'm not talking about the facts, dates, or people of the bible, but true Holy Ghost taught knowledge from God's Holy word.
Our churches and nation are quick to hasten with our feet and sin, as the later part of the verse states. We care more about what is on T.V., the newest fashions, movies and the next big sporting event, then we do about drawing closer to the Lord in these last few days.
Proverbs 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Our churches and nation are also filled with liars! We love to lie and love to be lied too, yet we would never admit this to anyone, sooooo we continue to live a lie! Yes, we are liars and do not want to know the truth about who we truly are in the light of God's word. We want the preacher, church, T.V., movies and our leaders to lie to us, so we don't have to FACE the mess that we are in as an individual, home, city, state, and nation! The word of God says that those who lie will not escape and will shall perish, may the Lord help us get back to what really counts and matters in this life.
Proverbs 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Let us get flee those things that are causing us to err from the words of knowledge and flee to the living God with whom we have to do!
Exodus 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
I found these true pictures of the volcano that erupted in Iceland. I believe that these pictures are what it might have looked like when the Lord meet with the children of Israel on Mt. Sinai.
Are you ready to meet your maker or do you want to continue to believe a lie?
I was reading in Proverbs and these verses jumped out at me and I believe they are a picture of where we are at as a nation (United States of America).
Proverbs 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Our Independent Baptist Churches are in a mess and we think the answer is more preacher boys coming out of our Baptist Colleges, more contemporary music to draw the younger crowd, larger and prettier church buildings to attract the lost, and more programs to appease those who are just trying to clean up their lives a little, but don't want anything to do with the truth of God's word. We run our churches like the world and expect the world to be changed, God help us!
As this verse in Proverbs says "that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good" and this is where we are at as a church and nation. We are lacking true bible knowledge. I'm not talking about the facts, dates, or people of the bible, but true Holy Ghost taught knowledge from God's Holy word.
Our churches and nation are quick to hasten with our feet and sin, as the later part of the verse states. We care more about what is on T.V., the newest fashions, movies and the next big sporting event, then we do about drawing closer to the Lord in these last few days.
Proverbs 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Our churches and nation are also filled with liars! We love to lie and love to be lied too, yet we would never admit this to anyone, sooooo we continue to live a lie! Yes, we are liars and do not want to know the truth about who we truly are in the light of God's word. We want the preacher, church, T.V., movies and our leaders to lie to us, so we don't have to FACE the mess that we are in as an individual, home, city, state, and nation! The word of God says that those who lie will not escape and will shall perish, may the Lord help us get back to what really counts and matters in this life.
Proverbs 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Let us get flee those things that are causing us to err from the words of knowledge and flee to the living God with whom we have to do!
Exodus 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
I found these true pictures of the volcano that erupted in Iceland. I believe that these pictures are what it might have looked like when the Lord meet with the children of Israel on Mt. Sinai.
Are you ready to meet your maker or do you want to continue to believe a lie?
Friday, June 1, 2012
Facebook, Infidelity, and Divorce
FACEBOOK, INFIDELITY, AND DIVORCE
(Friday Church News Notes, May 25, 2012, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)
The following is excerpted from “Making Infidelity Just ‘a Few Clicks Away,’” CBN News, May 24, 2012:
“More than a third of divorce filings last year included the word ‘Facebook,’ according to a British survey by Divorce Online. Some 80 percent of divorce lawyers also say they’ve seen a rise in cases related to social networking. ‘Affairs happen with a lightning speed on Facebook,’ said K. Jason Krafsky, co-author of the book Facebook and Your Marriage. ‘On Facebook, they happen in just a few clicks.’ Experts add that, even when extramarital affairs develop with no help from Facebook, people often turn to the site to let off steam which can cause suspicion among spouses.”
Monday, May 14, 2012
Memorials of Baptist Martyrs
Maria, of Monjou
It has been always true, that they who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. So was it with this eminelty pious woman.
Having, according to the requirement of Scripture, on a profession of faith in Jesus, been baptized, and become a member of the body of Christ, and having for a long time conducted herself with holy consistency in the church and towards society in general, the hatred of the ungodly displayed itself. The magistrate of Monjou had a great dislike to this poor widow, and at length cast her into prison. There she lay confined for more than a year; and though she had to pass through many sufferings, she cheerfully bore them. Constantly did she exhort the pious to walk in love, and abide firmly by the covenant of Jesus Christ. She was herself always diligent to present her body a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, that her soul might be built up as a spiritual house, well adorned inwardly with the word of God.
The magistrate, in every possible way, tempted her for three days, but could not induce her to renounce her faith. She firmly resolved to abide in Christ. The magistrate entreated her to go to what she considered the erroneous church (Catholic Church); he even promised that if she would do so, he would release her, and give her support for a year. However, she would not consent to his proposal, but said that she would abide with Christ, and was willing to resign her life for him. She was therefore condemned to be drowned.
When she went towards the water, she sang with a cheerful heart, and rejoiced that so happy an hour had arrived. Thus, like her Lord, she went as a sheep to the slaughter. She remembered the testimony of Scripture, "They shall kill you, and think they do God service." Going along the road she said, "I have been the bride of an earthly bridegroom, but today I hope to be the bride of Christ, and with him to inherit his kingdom."
When they approaced the water, one of the dissemblers said, "O Maria, repent, or it will not be well with you." They kept her by the side of the water nearly three hours, hoping they might persuade her to recant, and to follow them; but her only reply was, "I abide by my God; proceed in the business for which you are come here. The corn is in the straw, and it must be threshed. In like manner the word of God has begun to work, and it must be perfected." She then partially uncovered herself, and went cheerfully to death, saying, "O heavenly Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." She was then driven into the water, where she died, witnessing to the truth of the gospel with her last breath, and greatly encouraging the believers in Christ who witnessed the affecting scene.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Are You Staying Pure For The Lord?
Just a quick question this afternoon. Are you staying pure for the Lord? Is your daily walk glorifying God? The bible says in 1 John 3:1-3
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
PURE-
1. Free from moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished; incorrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy.
2. Free from guilt; guiltless; innocent.
The world today would have us to be anything but pure! Is what you are watching, listening to, reading, and thinking on pure? Or do you let your mind and heart meditate on the filthiness of this world. Do you spend more time watching worldly movies or television shows (if we would just get into the pure word of God we would see that 99.99% of shows on televison are ungodly and do not glorify the Lord Jesus Christ), listening to worldly music (Contemporary "Christian" Music and Southern Gospel included), reading articles that make you depressed, mad, or stir up unrighteous thoughts?
I don't write this as one that would come across holier than thou, but to stir up our your minds and hearts to the things contained in the word of God.
2 Peter 1:12-18 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
FABLE-
I think most televison shows fall into the category of a fable and that most don't enforce the truth or precepts of the word of God.
Most of my Independent Baptist brethren would say that we should just throw the television out the window, but I don't totally agree with this type of mindset. The television in and of itself is not wrong, it is a tool that can be used for both evil and good. I know that there are individuals out there who have been convicted and even saved by what they saw and heard from a preacher on televison. I say these things to stir up your minds and hearts and ask is what you are watching pure?
Here are a few statistics on the televison:
http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/facts/mediafacts.asp
These are just a few statistics that I found on televison viewing. We wonder as a country why there is so much violence and why we can't control our children. I think that this country is in trouble, we need to get back to the truth contained in God's holy word. I wasn't planning at the beginning of this post to talk about televison, but I believe this is the direction the Lord wanted me to go, may we all take heed to the truth of the word of God.
Do you hope that the Lord will return today? If the Lord were to come back today, would you be ashamed at his coming or would you be found about the Father's business?
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
PURE-
1. Free from moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished; incorrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy.
2. Free from guilt; guiltless; innocent.
The world today would have us to be anything but pure! Is what you are watching, listening to, reading, and thinking on pure? Or do you let your mind and heart meditate on the filthiness of this world. Do you spend more time watching worldly movies or television shows (if we would just get into the pure word of God we would see that 99.99% of shows on televison are ungodly and do not glorify the Lord Jesus Christ), listening to worldly music (Contemporary "Christian" Music and Southern Gospel included), reading articles that make you depressed, mad, or stir up unrighteous thoughts?
I don't write this as one that would come across holier than thou, but to stir up our your minds and hearts to the things contained in the word of God.
2 Peter 1:12-18 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
FABLE-
1. A feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept.
2. Fiction in general; as, the story is all a fable.
3. An idle story; vicious or vulgar fictions.
I think most televison shows fall into the category of a fable and that most don't enforce the truth or precepts of the word of God.
Most of my Independent Baptist brethren would say that we should just throw the television out the window, but I don't totally agree with this type of mindset. The television in and of itself is not wrong, it is a tool that can be used for both evil and good. I know that there are individuals out there who have been convicted and even saved by what they saw and heard from a preacher on televison. I say these things to stir up your minds and hearts and ask is what you are watching pure?
Here are a few statistics on the televison:
- Estimated number of TV homes: 109.6 million
- In a recent (03.20.05) Time Magazine Poll 53 percent of respondents said that they think the FCC should place stricter controls on broadcast-channel shows depicting sex and violence. 68 percent believe the entertainment industry has lost touch with viewers' moral standards. 66 percent said there is too much violence on open-air TV, 58 percent said too much cursing and 50 percent said there is too much sexual content on TV. 49 percent say FCC regulation should be extended to cover basic cable.
- ABC's Desperate Housewives is the most popular broadcast-network television show with kids aged 9-12 according to Nielsen stats. It airs at 10/9. (Jan. 05)
- According to Nielsen the top TV shows for 12-17 year old girls were: American Idol, The O.C., Will & Grace, and One Tree Hill. The top TV shows for 12-17 year old boys were: The Simpsons, Malcolm, and The O.C.
- On December 10th, 2003, Fox failed to bleep the f-word and the s-word during the Billboard Music Awards.# of 2-11 yr olds Watching = Over 1 million# of 12-17 yr olds Watching = Over 1 MillionThese two groups comprised more than 20% of the total viewing audience.
- Average time kids spend watching TV each day: 4 Hours
- Children spend more time watching television than in any other activity except sleep. - Huston and Wright, University of Kansas. "Television and Socialization of Young Children."
- 54% of kids have a TV in their bedroom. - Ibid
- 44% of kids say they watch something different when they're alone than with their parents (25% choose MTV)
- 66% of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows
- 77% say there is too much sex before marriage on television
- 65% say that shows like The Simpsons and Married… With Children encourage kids to disrespect parents.
- Witnessing repeated violent acts can lead to desensitization and a lack of empathy for human suffering
- Television alone is responsible for 10% of youth violence. - Leonard Eron, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Michigan
- According to the American Psychiatric Association, "The debate is over… For the last three decades, the one predominant finding in research on the mass media is that exposure to media portrayals of violence increases aggressive behavior in children."
- A majority of parents say they are "very" concerned about the amount of sex (60%) and violence (53%) their children are exposed to on TV. After being read arguments on both sides of the issue, nearly two-thirds of parents (63%) say they favor new regulations to limit the amount of sex and violence in TV shows during the early evening hours, when children are most likely to be watching (35% are opposed). - Kaiser Family Foundation, 9/23/04.
- Basically, kids with higher exposure to sex on TV were almost twice as likely than kids with lower exposure to initiate sex. - Study Conducted by RAND and published in the September 2004 issue of Pediatrics.
- "In a recent national survey conducted by Nielsen (4/29/04), 78% of American families who had recently been part of the Nielsen 'People Meter' panel wanted more shows 'without profanity or swear words
- "In a national survey by Public Agenda ("Parents feel they're failing to teach values," USA TODAY, 10/30/02), 'about 90% [of parents] say TV programs are getting worse every year because of bad language and adult themes in shows that air from 8 to 10 p.m.'
- Over 1000 studies - including a Surgeon General's special report in 1972 and a National Institute of Mental Health report 10 years later - attest to a causal connection between media violence and aggressive behavior in some children. Studies show that the more "real-life" the violence portrayed, the greater the likelihood that it will be "learned." - American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement, Volume 95, Number 6 - June 1995
- By age 18, a U.S. youth will have seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence. - American Psychiatric Association
- The average youth living in the U.S. watches television 25 hours a week and plays computer games an additional seven hours. - National Institute on Media and the Family, 1998 study
- "Violence is like the nicotine in cigarettes. The reason why the media has to pump ever more violence into us is because we've built up a tolerance. In order to get the same high, we need ever-higher levels… The television industry has gained its market share through an addictive and toxic ingredient." - Lt. Col. David Grossman quoted in The Arizona Republic, May 27, 1999 by Tim Madigan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, A18
- "Not every child who watches a lot of violence or plays a lot of violent games will grow up to be violent. Other forces must converge, as they did recently in Colorado. But just as every cigarette increases the chance that someday you will get lung cancer, every exposure to violence increases the chances that some day a child will behave more violently than they otherwise would." - Ibid Attributed to L. Rowell Huesmann of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
- Television reaches children at a younger age and for more time than any other socializing institution except the family. - Ibid
- Research has shown that "mindless" television or video games may idle and impoverish the development of the pre-frontal cortex, or that portion of the brain that is responsible for planning, organizing and sequencing behavior for self-control, moral judgment and attention. - American Academy of Pediatrics - Understanding TV's effects on the developing brain, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D. (From May 1998 AAP News)
- Children often behave differently after they've been watching violent programs on television. Children who watched violent shows were more likely to strike out at playmates, argue, disobey authority and were less willing to wait for things that children who watched nonviolent programs. - American Psychological Association, Family and Relationships -Get the Facts: Children and Television Violence
- Television Statistics
- According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hours/week, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube.
- CHILDREN
- Approximate number of studies examining TV's effects on children: 4,000
- Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful
- conversation with their children: 3.5
- Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680
- Percentage of day care centers that use TV during a typical day: 70
- Percentage of parents who would like to limit their children's TV watching: 73
- Percentage of 4-6 year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV
- and spending time with their fathers, preferred television: 54
- Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours
- Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500
62% say that sex on TV shows and movies influences kids to have sex when they are too young
http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/facts/mediafacts.asp
These are just a few statistics that I found on televison viewing. We wonder as a country why there is so much violence and why we can't control our children. I think that this country is in trouble, we need to get back to the truth contained in God's holy word. I wasn't planning at the beginning of this post to talk about televison, but I believe this is the direction the Lord wanted me to go, may we all take heed to the truth of the word of God.
Do you hope that the Lord will return today? If the Lord were to come back today, would you be ashamed at his coming or would you be found about the Father's business?
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