Entertainment now-a-days has gone crazy. “A nationally representative study found that the average American 8-to-18 years old [plays] video games for 13.2 hours per week.”1 An “average American worker spends nearly $1,100/year on coffee.”2 This is just two of the many statistics that show how much entertainment we as Americans enjoy. We can also find places in the Bible were they had times of entertainment. In Mark 6:21, we find Herod celebrating his birthday. “And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.” We also see that there were times of Marriage celebrations. Jesus was part of one of these when he made the water into wine. This is just a few
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He decided to take his life. When he did, he left a note saying “I did this because I 'm tired of seeking devices for getting through twenty-four hours a day.”7 We must learn to use our time wisely and not wastefully if we want satisfaction. In Haggai chapter 1 we read about the Israelite people who were living lives of pleasure. God was not pleased them. They were living in real nice houses, but they were letting His house lay in waste. We should take this as an example that we need to care for the things of God and not just spend our money on things for ourselves. From looking at this side of entertainment, one might come up with the conclusion that entertainment is not good. The point here is not to prove it as bad, but to show that it needs kept in balance. Proverbs 25:28 says “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.” Also in Proverbs 27:7 we find that “The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet”. When someone has an over abundance of something they can come to the place where they look at it with disgust, but one who doesn’t have as much enjoys it and is thankful for it. 8 Larry Burkett 's comment on this verse is that “too much is bad”.9 Let 's keep our entertainment at a good
He decided to take his life. When he did, he left a note saying “I did this because I 'm tired of seeking devices for getting through twenty-four hours a day.”7 We must learn to use our time wisely and not wastefully if we want satisfaction. In Haggai chapter 1 we read about the Israelite people who were living lives of pleasure. God was not pleased them. They were living in real nice houses, but they were letting His house lay in waste. We should take this as an example that we need to care for the things of God and not just spend our money on things for ourselves. From looking at this side of entertainment, one might come up with the conclusion that entertainment is not good. The point here is not to prove it as bad, but to show that it needs kept in balance. Proverbs 25:28 says “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.” Also in Proverbs 27:7 we find that “The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet”. When someone has an over abundance of something they can come to the place where they look at it with disgust, but one who doesn’t have as much enjoys it and is thankful for it. 8 Larry Burkett 's comment on this verse is that “too much is bad”.9 Let 's keep our entertainment at a good