You really have to be careful about what you listen to and watch and what you allow your children to listen to and watch. Satan uses entertainment, including movies, tv shows, music, social media, and all other forms of media to keep us away from God. He uses it to keep our minds on sinful activities, fear, and to just take up our time. What we allow for our eyes to see and our ears to hear gets into the heart of our souls and shapes our thinking and beliefs. Some things we consider entertainment are just plain toxic and demonic, but they are so socially acceptable, no one really notices. That’s why you need to stay reading the Word of God, the Holy Bible, spending time with God, and allowing His Holy Spirit to guide you.
The wages of sin are death. You become spiritually what you feed on, meaning what you watch and listen to. People think it’s just entertainment, but its influence is powerful because it gets into your subconscious mind and soul and becomes a part of you. In history, world leaders and people of influence have used media to influence people’s beliefs and to brainwash them. It’s still being done today. You can see how media and entertainment are being used to indoctrinate young and old to accept the new social norms that are obviously unbiblical and are an abomination to God. It’s in children’s programming and in tv shows and movies created for adults to watch.
I encourage you to be more selective and prayerful about how you spend your time. Pay attention to the messages they are trying to convey. Screen what your kids watch and teach them what’s right and wrong about what you allow them to watch. Start teaching them early about the Word according to their age. God has given us His Word so we won’t be deceived by the world and the world’s ways. Take time to study it and pray to God for understanding and revelation of how to apply it in your life. God’s Word is life. Choose life.
Scripture References
Proverbs 4:20-23 NKJV
[20] My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. [21] Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; [22] For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. [23] Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Psalm 119:11 NKJV
Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
Romans 12:1-2 NKJV
[1] I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. [2] And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Philippians 4:6-8 NKJV
[6] Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; [7] and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. [8] Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things.
Proverbs 22:6 NKJV
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Deuteronomy 11:19 NKJV
You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Deborah K. Givens, Admin
