What about the movies and television programs you watch? Does your TV just blare continually all day long, providing a dull background of mindlessness for your life? Is there so much noise from all these things that you wouldn't hear "the still small voice" of God even if He were yelling at you?
In his book How To Have Good Health Dr E Ted Chandler says that people who watch TV more than four hours each day are "more fearful, anxious, and mistrustful than those viewing less than two hours per day."
Research has shown that too much TV reduces a child's ability to think for himself and dulls his mind to such an extent that it affects his work in school. Children who watch more than three hours of TV each day seem to do less well in school than those who watch for a shorter time.
Watching TV too much, or watching poor quality programs, is just as destructive for adults as it is for children. Be specific about what you're watching and why.
Always remember that whatever goes into your mind stays there--you have it filed in your memory forever, and although you may forget it for a time, it is still part of you. So be careful how you feed your mind because that's what will feed your soul, just as what goes into your stomach will feed your body.
If you wouldn't want your kids, spouse or yourself to be doing what you are watching...should you really be watching it?
Phillipians 4: 8
Melissa
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