Let Hollywood Become Holy Wood?

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John  8:44

Years ago my maternal grandma gave me a poem called ‘The Bible and TV Guide’ and it went something like this “on the table side by side, the Holy Bible and TV guide. One is well worn and cherished with pride. No it’s not the Bible but the Tv Guide.”

Those under 40 probably are clueless as to what TV Guide is but it was a small magazine that listed all the shows on TV for the week and included some stories on celebrities as well. Households bought them at the grocery store normally. This catchy poem had more to it than those two lines but it drove home the point even back then when there were only 4 channels to choose from not hundreds, that our devotion should not be to Hollywood and what it puts out which back then was mild and family oriented, but instead Jesus and the word should take first place.

Perhaps all of us need to be praying for more godly men and women to rise up in film and TV making such as David White and PureFlix and The Kendrick Brothers, to change the course of what Hollywood is like. Pray for men and women of conviction to impact Hollywood and for we believers on the other hand to not make the TV guide more important  than the guide for our lives The Holy Bible. Believers need to be vigilant in prayers for the men and women who produce or act in what many are addicted to. Also realize Satan tries desperately to control everything and he has done a dandy job with Hollywood. But the end of the story has not happened so keep praying for revival in the hearts and minds of those creative people to have Jesus in their hearts.

PRAYER: I thank you Lord for the miracle of the television set and for motion pictures. Help my heart be drawn more to you Lord than the media that tries to distract and manipulate  me. Bring conviction on all believers that you should take first place before that big black screen in their living room. Draw Hollywood hearts to you as well. In Jesus’ name. Amen.