The Bible speaks....

...countless times of abstaining from anything that sets itself up against the knowledge of Christ. God says to abstain from anything that could ever cause temptation because it is not from Him.

     Lord I have failed :( And while I have repented and been forgiven, I do need to speak out loud regarding an area that I need your daily grace in. Tonight, after Law and Order:SUV went off, I decided to watch a show called Chicago Fire. I'd watched it once before and thought it was pretty good, so decided to leave it on! During one of the scenes there was some hidden messages that I began to figure out pretty quick. There were 2 lesbians. Did this make me uncomfortable? I didn't think much about it until my best friend asked me what was going on... and even while explaining it to her it felt a bit weird.
    But I continued to watch and about 10 minutes before the show was off, my accountability friend turned to me and said "Tish, should we be watching this?". I believe I sort of understood the message she was sending, but the other half of me thought it was because she couldn't focus on her homework. She told me to sit down and asked me how i'd done on my 21 day fast of watching anything that had sex or even sexual innuendos in it... and needless to say, I was caught without words.
   Somehow I had strayed away from the Purity passion and had allowed little things to creep in and maybe that's where the dreams have been coming from?
  Lord, please forgive me, for I have compromised and fallen short of your glory. I choose this day to become intentional in my walk with you. Before you. In you! I need your strength Lord, because I am noticing how easy it is to fall back into the complacent state of entertainment! Guard my eyes and Ears!

I love you with ALL of my heart and the sin that comes from compromise is not worth it!
Otisha


12.5.2012
21 Days of Regulated Television