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1 | Husband problems again! | Phil 4:8 | Jehonadab | 155369 | ||
There is evidence that various forms of modern communication may encourage aggressive conduct. Regular exposure to violence depicted on television, in movies, in video games, and on the Internet is said to desensitize the conscience and inspire violent crimes. Dr. Daniel Borenstein, president of the American Psychiatric Association, stated: "At this time there are more than 1,000 studies based on more than 30 years of research demonstrating a causal connection between media violence and aggressive behavior in some children." Before a U.S. Senate committee, Dr. Borenstein testified: "We are convinced that repeated exposure to entertainment violence in all its forms has significant public health implications." Thus, what we take in through our senses can have a dramatic effect on us , as well those we are close to. Hence, the apostle Paul wrote: "Do not be misled. Bad associations spoil useful habits."(1 cor 15:33 ) What we watch, play, in any way socialize with, can therefore have either a good or detrimental effect on us. It is necesary to see the need to follow closely what the apostle Paul said that "whatever things are true, whatever things are of serious concern, whatever things are righteous, whatever things are chaste, whatever things are lovable, whatever things are well spoken of, whatever virtue there is and whatever praiseworthy thing there is, continue considering these things." (Phil 4:8 )Thus, if a husband or wife loves their family, then, they will surely consider their feelings and make time to spend with them, trying to imitate the perfect example of Jesus Christ, for Paul wrote: " Husbands, continue loving your wives, just as the Christ also loved the congregation and delivered up himself for it".(Ephesians 5:25 ) | ||||||
2 | Husband problems again! | Phil 4:8 | Hank | 155383 | ||
Jehonadab: There can be no doubt that exposure to filth breeds bad seed, especially in children whose minds are malleable and their discernment virtually non-existent. But we err grievously when we think that the primary problem with children's behavior is "out there" in the world with all its myraid vices and temptations. The primary problem is in the home, not in the village. It takes godly parents, not a village, to bring up a child in the way he should go. Schools can't do it. Government can't do it. Government can't legislate morality. "Where do wars and fights come from among you?" James asks in the fourth chapter of his book. "Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?" (James 4:1) He continues, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded (James 4:7,8). James obviously was not speaking to little children but to adults, to fathers and mothers. Physical and mental abuse of children is heinous but so is parental lassitude and permissiveness. Parental discipline of children administered firmly but with a loving spirit is not abuse; it is a sacred duty. Parents cannot sit back and expect a U. S. Senate committee to solve the problems of their children that they themselves have been unwilling to grapple with. Problem children usually come from problem homes. Anyone who would deny that raising children isn't difficult and trying doesn't know what he's talking about. My wife and I raised three children, and it demanded from both of us all we could do all the time. It was the most difficult job either of us has ever faced in our lives. And for emphasis, I'd like to say again that it takes godly parents, a father AND a mother, to raise children according to God's plan for the family. And the person who said, "It takes a village" did not, to put it frankly, know what she was talking about. --Hank | ||||||