We wrestle everyday with spiritual issues. As any person on this earth who wants to follow the Father, I pray that He will guide me on the path of righteousness. (I Timothy 4, Colossians 1:21-23, Philippians 4:6-8, I Corinthians 12:6-14) The sad reality is that HaSatan has used the things of this world to cloud even the believers' minds. We as men, husbands, and daddy's need to be extra aware what is being let into our doors. What seems to be a OK thing in our minds, may not be what Our Heavenly Father wants us to be allowing in.....
Satan and his dominion have the ability to come into our houses and wreak havoc in our lives with just the slightest opening. Case in point - children's videos. The cartoons that show magic, witchcraft, demons, fantasy, and the list goes on and on. These videos can open doors into your home, and work against the peace in it. The child views such things and then often becomes desensitized to the truth, making 'make believe' better than real life. For years I lived in a paganistic realm that desensitized me to things that are good.
Recently I watched a christian comedy and realized how sad it is - that if put Jesus and the name of YHVH in a couple times it is then called Christian. These comedians were making people laugh by cutting people(brothers and sisters) up with their tongues. In James we are told how the tongue can be used to bless and curse.
In Hebrew the "Lashon Ha Ra" the evil tongue is a major instrument of destruction, and if this was what it means to be a Christian, then I don't want to be 'called' one. We have been given gifts through the Spirit of Elohim, and one of them is to know how to 'discern spirits'. This discernment is necessary today for all believers and it is so easy to be side tracked and taken down a wrong path,
Please.... for all those reading my blog, seek the Father in all matters - even the most minute ones.
He will guide us and protect us - even from our selves.
Shalom,
Steve
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Back before we got REALLY serious with our walk, but JUST after we started prescreening ALL of our media before sharing it with the kids, we rented a BBC docudrama about the life of Paul. There were two annoying characters (one male and one female) added to act as Paul's friends who opposed his transition to following the Messiah. Just as I was about to turn it off simply because of the amount of non-scriptural sub-plot, these two characters suddenly wound up naked (in a "romantic way" for all of us to see).
Last night, we were at the library, and Hailey quickly (somehow) found 3 novels, about Sarah, Zipporah, and Mary. I was about to give the OK, just based on the subject, when I remembered the Paul movie, and opened to a random page in the Sarah book. Yep. You guessed it. A graphic sex scene. At least Mary was a vigin, maybe that one is safe.
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