TV versus Prayer

So how many of you just came to read this blog because of its title?

Even if it was just the title that got you here, I hope you read on...


I've spent some time in the last few days, rereading some of my previous posts, and found myself focusing on my post entitled DVD Players versus Bibles.

While that post was all about how many DVD players we have in relation to the number of bibles we possess, I got thinking about how much time we spend in prayer.

So, on average, how long do you spend watching the television each day? Now be honest, as I think if you are like me, you might be embarassed about how much time you spend watching the TV!

Have you done your calculations? Are you surprised how much time you send watching the television? I certainly was! I then wondered how many of programmes that are on when you're TV is on, that you actually watch! I know in our house, the TV is often on, but niether of us are actually watching it - it's just there as a noise in the corner!

So where am I going with this? Given the amount of time we spend watching the television, I wonder how that compares with the amount of time we spend in prayer.


So, some questions for you to consider:

Do you spend time praying each day?
How much time do you spend praying each day?
Do you watch the TV more regularly than you pray?
How often do you listen to what God is saying to you?

Now I've thrown a number of questions at you, what's your reaction to your answers? I was quite shocked by my answers to the above questions. We spend a lot of time these days watching tv, dvds, playing computer games, using pcs/laptops, but do we spend enough of our time reading our bible and praying?

Because of my own answers to the above questions, I'm re-evaluating how I spend my time, do you need to do that too?


Enjoy the music but also acknowledge the message presented in the following video: "Pray" by Rebecca St James

Pray

(by Rebecca St James)

Jesus I am broken now

Before you I fall I lay me down

All I want is you, my all

I cry out from the ashes

Burned with sin and shame

I ask you Lord to make me whole again

For you say if I will come and will

Pray to you

There's forgiveness when I

Turn from me and pray

For you say if I will come and will

Pray to you

You hear me and heal me when I pray

Your ways are not my own

But I long for them to be

So this what I pray

One with you you'll make me

Melt me away 'til only you remain

For you say if I will come and will

Pray to you

There's forgiveness when I

Turn to you and pray

For you say if I will come and will

Pray to you

You hear me and heal me when I pray

Jesus I am broken now before you

Take me I am yours

DVD Players versus Bibles

So how many of you just came to read this blog because of its title?

Even if it was just the title that got you here, I hope you read on...

This whole post was instigated by a discussion that started at work today, when somehow or other the conversation got round to how many DVD players we each had in our houses. So we each got counting and came up with a number...compared our results, wondered how some had got so many, only to find we'd forgotten about some types of DVD player we had ourselves!

So how many DVD player do you have in your house?

Here's some of those you need to remember to count:

• DVD player
• DVD recorder
• pcs
• laptops
• games consoles

Well did you get them all? Are you surprised how many you have? I certainly was - the other guys at work were also surprised.

Well when I realised just how many DVD players we all have, I wondered how many of them we actually use on a regular basis. For us we certainly do not use all our DVD players on a regular basis, some we do, others I couldn't tell you the last time we used them!

So where am I going with this? Given the number of DVD players I'm sure we all possess but don't use very often, I wondered, is the same thing true of the Bibles we possess!

So, some questions for you to consider:

• How many bibles do you have in your home?
• How many of your Bibles do you use regularly?
• Do you use your DVD players more regularly than your Bibles?
• How often do you read your Bible?
• How long do you spend reading/studying your Bible?
  

Now I've thrown a number of questions at you, what's your reaction to your answers? I was quite shocked by my answers to the above questions. We spend a lot of time these days watch tv, dvds, playing computer games, using pcs/laptops, but do we spend enough of our time reading our bible and praying?

Because of my own answers to the above questions, I'm reevaluating how I spend my time, do you need to do that too?

We only grow spiritually when we read and understand God's Word, and spend time praying and listening to God speaking to us.

Enjoy the music but also acknowledge the message presented in the following video: "Thy Word" by Michael W Smith