WEBVTT - Values - What Values?

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning. Welcome to Morning Devotions. This is Chris Witz.

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<v Speaker 1>Watching TV, very, very popular pastime in our country. And

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<v Speaker 1>some companies have done some research on this topic and

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<v Speaker 1>they've asked this question, how many hours do Australians on

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<v Speaker 1>average spend watching television? Now, you've probably thought about this,

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<v Speaker 1>the results are actually quite astounding. Let me tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>Australian kids as young as 3 are watching 9 hours

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<v Speaker 1>per week. A typical teenager watches about 4 hours a day.

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<v Speaker 1>And many of us adults, uh, we sit down to

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<v Speaker 1>watch round about 3 hours of television every day. When

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<v Speaker 1>you think about it, um, I don't know how you feel,

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<v Speaker 1>some people are very concerned about these statistics because it

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<v Speaker 1>prompts another question, uh, what else could you be doing

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<v Speaker 1>with your life? I mean, it's fair enough comment, sitting

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<v Speaker 1>down watching TV.

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<v Speaker 1>Is television and movies teaching something to us that we're

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<v Speaker 1>not aware of, and uh I guess also what about

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<v Speaker 1>our children, what effect is too much television having?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, sometimes violence is portrayed in movies and TV and

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<v Speaker 1>there's a child psychologist by the name of Deborah Kolosky

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<v Speaker 1>in the States has written that if your child is

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<v Speaker 1>watching television and you see something inappropriate that's coming around

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<v Speaker 1>the bend and that you interfere with that and stop it, you've,

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<v Speaker 1>you've given your child a very important message. You've taught

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<v Speaker 1>them that it's not appropriate for them to watch it.

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<v Speaker 1>If a parent goes with a child to a theatre,

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<v Speaker 1>there's something inappropriate that's going on on the screen and,

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<v Speaker 1>and the parent says,

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<v Speaker 1>This isn't for you to see, let's go and takes

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<v Speaker 1>the child out of the cinema, that's a profound message

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<v Speaker 1>to the child, and I think that's true, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>fair enough comment.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to introduce today this topic of values.

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<v Speaker 1>The parent, in doing that in perhaps protecting the child

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<v Speaker 1>from certain things, is introducing a very strong value.

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<v Speaker 1>Where do we get our values from, do they come

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<v Speaker 1>from the media, TV screens or the magazines we read?

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<v Speaker 1>This is not something that we always talk about until

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<v Speaker 1>something goes wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>We talk about childhood and the first thing, uh, when

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<v Speaker 1>a baby is born, I guess, the first thing the

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<v Speaker 1>baby remembers is his or her mother, the heartbeat of

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<v Speaker 1>her of the mother, the voice, and so she becomes

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<v Speaker 1>that child's window to the world, and so the experts

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<v Speaker 1>say it's crucial for a baby's 1st 12 months to

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<v Speaker 1>have that very close bond to mother. So look at

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<v Speaker 1>your own life for a moment and where do you

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<v Speaker 1>learn or where have you learned your values? Have you

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<v Speaker 1>learned them from,

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<v Speaker 1>Loving parents and a supportive family or from school or

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<v Speaker 1>from some somewhere else, and there's an old saying that

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<v Speaker 1>says tell me who your friend is and I'll tell

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<v Speaker 1>you who you are. Now I don't think that's totally accurate,

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<v Speaker 1>but there is some truth in that, we become actually

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<v Speaker 1>like the people we mix with, and we absorb, we

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<v Speaker 1>take in the values and make them our own. And so,

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<v Speaker 1>it's crucial, I think that we guard our thoughts. The

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<v Speaker 1>psychologists say that your way of thinking makes the person

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<v Speaker 1>that you are, you can,

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<v Speaker 1>Change your values. You can relearn old habits, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>they're not very helpful habits.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you automatically follow the values that uh your parents

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<v Speaker 1>have given you or did you just have to find

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<v Speaker 1>them yourself?

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<v Speaker 1>It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who made that famous statement,

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<v Speaker 1>sow a thought and you reap an action, sow an

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<v Speaker 1>act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and

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<v Speaker 1>you reap a character.

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<v Speaker 1>Sow a character and you reap a destiny. That's quite correct,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe that's why the Bible says in Proverbs 4:23,

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<v Speaker 1>carefully guard your thoughts, because they are the source of

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<v Speaker 1>true life and there's certainly,

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<v Speaker 1>A tremendous amount of truth in that from Proverbs 4:23.

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<v Speaker 1>Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of

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<v Speaker 1>true life. And Paul, the apostle Paul wrote to young

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<v Speaker 1>Timothy in 1 Timothy 4, Keep a close watch on

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<v Speaker 1>all you do and think. Why? Because it means discovering

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<v Speaker 1>what's valuable. What's valuable in life, and many people don't

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<v Speaker 1>really know what it is that's of value. Uh, you

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<v Speaker 1>have a hard time working out how you spend your,

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<v Speaker 1>your time or your money, your energy. Who am I?

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<v Speaker 1>So beliefs in action, values are beliefs in action, so

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<v Speaker 1>the question I'd like to leave with you today, what

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<v Speaker 1>do I really believe is the most important thing in

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<v Speaker 1>my life? Heavenly Father, thank you that this is a

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<v Speaker 1>big question. It needs us to give time and serious thought.

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<v Speaker 1>So Lord, give us the answer so that we understand

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<v Speaker 1>true values, I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.