Believers Should Strongly Consider Family Television Viewing Habits

A 2007 study on children's television viewing concluded that more than two hours of television viewing can be detrimental to both the physical, mental and emotional health of a child. This secular study has been cited a lot recently and if this is the conclusion drawn by secular experts, how much more should Believers monitor and limit their children's access to television viewing of all kinds. As Believers, I cannot stress enough how important it is for US to groom, disciple, and minister to our children. In fact, as Believers our first ministry is to our immediate families which includes spouses and children before anyone else. This is primarily the case because when we minister and disciple the people closest to us and to whom we have the greatest influence, it holds us to a higher level of accountability and transparency. As parents we must keep in mind that we will be held accountable for how we raise the children that God has given us on loan. We are simply stewards, we are not our children's owners. That's an important factor to keep in the forefront of our minds because if we are allowing media, pop culture and other influences to mold, shape and influence our children away from Yeshua, then we are going to answer to God for failing to allow His Word to be the prominent influence in our lives and in the lives of our children.  It's not "just television", "just a movie", "just a song" when it's subversive to the Biblical values that you claim to have submitted yourself to when you gave your life to Messiah. Many of today's movies, music, and television shows (even books!) are thick with occult and esoteric symbolism and themes. The intent is to indoctrinate your children with ideologies that are counterproductive to the lifestyle of a Believer. I have covered this same subject matter in several previous posts and I don't feel as if I can reiterate it enough because your children are going to try you, they're going to challenge you, they're going to rebel a little but when you allow this filthy, ungodly culture to subvert the Holy Spirit's authority in your home then you are in jeopardy of losing your precious children to this world. You are setting up your children to be deceived by the pending government and religion of the Anti-christ and you will have to answer for all of those things! Believers should not allow Disney, Nickolodeon, PBS, BET, MTV, VH1 or any other media entity to babysit your children. In the coming months, I will be posting tips on how Believers should disciple and minister to their children. It forces you to be a REAL parent and not a parent on auto-pilot who leaves the difficult aspects of your children's rearing to someone or something else. But be encouraged, as a Believer you are not alone, you have the Holy Spirit to grant you vision and knowledge on behalf of your children so that you can "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)

Below is a video that reveals the media's agenda to subvert Biblical principles and replace them with wicked occult and satanic influences. I strongly suggest that you view the entire series and then do your own research regarding PBS, Disney, Viacom media (Nick, MTV, BET, VH1 networks) and the occult. Be abundantly blessed!

Remember, mediocrity hates greatness...so be great and let the haters hate!
Mocha Brown aka Koretta L. Allen is available for public speaking engagements especially pertaining to subjects of single parenthood, being single, women's empowerment through the word of God and much more. Mochababybrown@gmail.com

Sexiness vs. Holiness Part I

Lately I've been very skiddish about what I watch and what I allow my children to watch on television. I am a child of the '70's so I grew up watching Little House on the Prairie every Monday night. When I watch reruns of that show now and get a glimpse of what women were like from that time period and read my Bible and get a glimpse of what women were like during biblical times, I see that women were able to define what a godly and virtuous woman was from a carnal or more (ummm hmmm...) shall I say, worldly woman. These days with the onslaught of lingerie commercials, fragrance commercials with scantily clad celebrities in enticing and suggestive positions, to television shows and motion pictures that show parts of a woman's body that only her husband should see, not to mention the epidemic of porn addiction (print, video, and internet), some female Believers have been deceived into thinking that they have to compete somehow or join in with these images while male Believers are having their masculinity and sexuality challenged if they are not attracted to these unrealistic and fallacious standards of beauty. So the question is, what is more important for Believers? Being sexy or being holy?

Loose women have always been apart of every culture and every society and every socio-economic level. Prostitution has not been deemed "the world's oldest profession" for nothing! But with the current climate of pseudo-Christian, "carnal" Christian, celebrity worship, etc. Christian women are defining themselves by the sexual standards, both in terms of image and conduct, of movie starlets, songstresses (particularly secular), supermodels and even porn stars. Women who identify themselves as Believers, especially single female Believers, are allowing the carnal influence of celebrities, etc. to define who they are, how they should look and how they behave. What exactly are you saying when you sing, "If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it..." A ring on what? Are we perpetuating the fallacy of fornication to get a husband? This entire climate of people thinking that to be virtuous, holy and practical is to be "so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good" has created a fallacious environment based on worldly illusions that will ultimately end with a lot of female Believers going to hell because they feel the need to compete with or emulate and even imitate the likes of Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, or some random Victoria's Secret model or random porn star! Would you believe women, supposedly, Believers are busting up in the church revealing just a little too much leg and thigh, too much cleavage, made-up in the image of Nicki Minaj or some porn starlet, wearing thongs and then wearing clothes that tell the world that they are wearing a thong! It's chuckle-worthy on one hand but on the other it's ever so sad! Funny and yet so sad, because it's obvious that these women are trying too hard, so hard in fact that they have allowed society or the warped perception of pseudo-Christian men who seem attracted to such garbage, to influence them away from modesty, holiness (that's right, I said it!) and humility. Don't get me wrong, I, too like to get glammed up from time to time but (please understand that this is what makes the difference between a true Christian and a pseudo-Christian is that...) the Holy Spirit convicts me and shows me when my dress and skirt are too short, pants are too tight or when my top is just a little too low or when my make up and hair has the potential to give an incorrect general representation of who I am and who God has called me to be. Please trust me when I tell you that I dare not defy the conviction of the Holy Spirit as I have been there and done that with regard to other matters and it did not bode well for me to say the least! Women who pander and who clamor to emulate these contrived and artificial, Hollywood-produced images are attracting the wrong kind of man and they are doing so at the expense of their own souls. And silly men, who call themselves Believers put themselves in the precarious and horrible position of being ensnared by the wrong woman just because she had a certain look. (More on this in the another entry.)

I attended and was the member of a very large, mega-church and there were quite a few women there who were humble and modest in their dress and then there were others who looked as if they were leaving the church to shoot porn! Bloated lips, tight clothes, too much make-up, talon nails, "the works"! I attended another church and saw young females revealing thongs under low cut jeans. I've attended many church functions where women's bosoms were "spilling" out of their blouses and they couldn't cross their legs or bend over without flashing the person standing behind them in the offering line or sitting beside them in the pew. Now, in defense of some of these women, especially those whose weight fluctuates or who were just recently saved, perhaps they didn't have anything more modest to wear when they attended the services where I saw them dressed provocatively but some of these faux pas' are easily remedied with a safety pin or sweater.  

Before you allow yourself to be taken in by the diabolical influence of Hollywood, please do your research and understand that the far reaching influence of celebrities and society's climate of celebrity worship are subversive to our identity and reality in Christ. Women who aren't Believers shouldn't allow themselves to be influenced by such nonsense, how much more should Believers refrain from allowing the film, television, fashion and music industries to influence and control how we perceive ourselves and how we live and behave and what the standard of beauty should be. Christ is to be the filter for every true Believer's perception and perspective. As believers we are called to be holy not sexy! If in your private moments with your spouse, he finds you sexy then that's fine but the goal of a godly woman is holiness, as she is most beautiful in holiness and when she reflects the image of God.


To be continued...


Mocha Brown aka Koretta L. Allen is available for public speaking engagements especially pertaining to subjects of single parenthood, being single, women's empowerment through the word of God and much more. Mochababybrown@gmail.com