The dangers of secular music to the Christian Mind

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light” – 1 Peter 2:9.

As a Christian, seek only amusements that would strengthen your love of sacred things and increase your joy in service to God.

In the book Testimonies for the Church volume 4 page 652, It is written "If you study a lot, you should find some way to relax. Don’t study really hard all the time. Both your body and mind must have exercise. But think very carefully about the amusements that you choose. You should ask yourself: What influence will these amusements have on physical, mental, and moral health? Will I become so obsessed with my amusement that I forget God? One of the most dangerous places for entertainment is the movie theater. Instead of teaching right and wrong, good triumphing over evil, as is so often claimed, movies are the very hotbed of sin and breaking God’s law. If you habitually watch movies* you will be corrupted."

Satan has managed to crawl his way into the minds of today's Christian by filling it with so many vain thing that there is very little space and time left for God's word. The more we allow our minds to indulge in the movies and music we listen to today, the more the Holy Spirit moves farther from us. As a true follower of Christ, you have to make sacrifices. You will choose to stay away from places of worldly amusement because you won’t find Jesus there—there is nothing there that will help you focus on heaven and grow in grace.

Turn away from worldly pleasures that have a tendency to corrupt and mislead. Instead, choose innocent fun that will take you down pleasant paths where there is no danger. As a child of God, you never need to have a sad or mournful experience.The Adventist Home, p. 499.

If you want to honor God, it is dangerous for you to hang out with friends who don’t honor Jesus. If you seek out unchristian friends, and enjoy their dirty jokes and nasty stories and stupid talk, the pure and holy angels remove their protection and leave you to the darkness you have chosen. Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 222.

Any amusement in which you can ask the blessing of God upon it in faith will not be dangerous. But any amusement which makes you less interested in your prayer time, in your personal devotions, and in attending prayer services is not safe, but dangerous. The Adventist Home, p. 513

Personally I have found these statements to be true. The more I indulged in music, movies, parties etc, I was left with very little or no time to study my Bible or even pray. Sometimes I would even go for days without prayer because I would forget or be too tired and just decide to go to sleep. But I want to thank God today, He showed me the errors of my ways and I have had the chance to look back and reflect and make changes that needed to be made for the good of my life.

I pray that you who is reading this will be blessed for taking your time to do so, and let us all continue to keep the faith.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!