1. Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:22-23
The eye is the lamp of your body. If your eyes are good, your whole body is full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body is full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

2. How to Outsmart Your TV

3. I. IF YOU DON’T CONTROL YOUR TV, IT WILL CONTROL YOU
Our vision determines our values
What we watch becomes what
we are
What we see shapes our spirit
There is a connection between our cornea and our
character.
“Don’t be misled. Bad company corrupts good character”
I Corinthians 15:33

4. Television can: shape my values cause unrealistic expectations
numb my sensitivity to suffering
reduce my resistance to sin
replace my relationships
make me passive
waste my time

5. Select what you watch BEFORE turning it on
II. THE “S.M.A.R.T.” WAY TO WATCH TV
Select what you watch BEFORE turning it on
manage your TV--You are in control
Actively Evaluate what you see and hear
Regulate how many hours you watch
Turn the channel when offended!

6. (Who do you want deciding what
WINNING OVER YOUR TV:
(Who do you want deciding what
values are taught in your home—
liberal immoral TV Executives or
you?)
1. Copy Psalm 101:3 in large letters and place it on
the TV set. (“I will before my eyes no vile thing.”)
2. Sit down ahead of time and go over this week’s TV
schedule, mark the ones you really want to see
and think are appropriate. Then watch them only!