How many of you watch movies?
Have you seen?
Marry Poppins 2 hrs. 19 min
Star Wars 2 hrs. 22 min
The sound of Music 2 hrs. 54 min
Pearl Harbor 3 hrs. 4 min
King Kong 3 hrs. 7 min
Titanic 3 hrs. 14 min
Ben Hur 3 hrs. 32 min
Lawrence of Arabia 3 hrs. 36 min
Gone With the Wind 3 hrs. 41 min
The Ten Commandments 3 hrs. 42 min
The Lord of the Rings 3 hrs. 48 min
Hamlet 4 hrs. 3 min
Of these12 movies;
2 are over 2 hours
7 are over 3 hours
And one runs over 4 hours
Average length of a football game just over 3 hours Average
baseball game runs just over 3 hours
An Average concert runs around 3 hours
And the average Sunday morning church sermon is 45 min. the average worship services is 15 minutes.
Why is it we can set and watch a movie or a game for two or more hours but can’t spend more than 30 to 45 minutes listening to the word of God?
i have known Christians who walked seven blocks to get to a concert hall and then stood in a line four blocks long for six hours to attend the concert for 2 ½ hours, but two Sundays later drove out of the church parking lot because they could not find a parking spot close enough to the door.
Do you get irritated when the church service goes over the allotted time you have allowed to be there? Or have you gotten upset because the worship leader sang an extra song or the same songs more than once?
Average amount of time each week researching football on the internet = 8.3 hours
And another 3.4 hours watching football on TV
The average total time each week spent for football = 11.6 hours
And over the last 12 months 34% of fans have also paid to watch football on TV.
44% of them watched two games on separate screens at the same time.
53% men and 47% women
57% of fans spend an average of $114.00 per year to read about the game they just watched.
The average person who plays football on line last year spent $556.00
a total of 59,300,000 players An increase of over 2,000,000 a year over the last three years And each player spends an average of $46.00 a year on fantasy sports materials.
At the time i wrote this:
Adult population in America = 242,000,000
Adult football fans in America = 117,000,000
According to Religious demographics 70% of Americans say they are Christians that’s 169,400,000
And 71% of those say they believe in God that’s 120,274,000
And 39% of those say they attend church that’s 67,000,000
But studies show that around only 50,000,000 actually attend more than once a month
And that only 3-5% actually tithes
Studies have also shown that the typical football fan is in debt 27% to 280% more than their yearly income, 64% are short tempered, 72% are egotistical, 81% are egotistical, and 54% have a tendency of being violent.
In another study 8 out of 10 people who tithe have zero credit card debt and 28% are completely debt free.
(I got a kick out of the study they said that well I will quote “that certainly doesn’t suggest too much in terms of prosperity, but it may be a telling sign for responsible finances altogether.”) ( I guess that depends on what you consider to be prosperity, a lot of stuff and things - debt, or the freedom to serve God)
This study also showed that people who tithe on a regular basses are 82% less apt to be short tempered, 91% are more compassionate, 68% are less apt to get in to verbal confutations, and 72% are have less illness.
One study shows that in February of 2016 there were over 300,000 churches, the average church in America offer 350 seats the largest seating composite in a church I could find was 7,200
Between the NCAA, NFL, and high school legs there are well over 300,000 football stadium witch seat from 200 to 1,650 in school yards and 30,000 to 111,407 in national stadiums, with 18 more being built by 2020 with seating from 4,000 to 70,200
When asked are you more apt to attend a football game on Sunday or attend a church service out of the 2,750 adults who claimed to be Christians and said they believed in God 57% said yes, they would attend a football game rather than attend a church service.
Witch goes along with one study that says 62% of all Christians would rather take part in a social activity on Sunday morning rather than to attend their local church. And 54% of the 38% that do go don’t tithe.
So what is going on in the Christian community?
1. Lack of gratitude for Christ and what He has done for us?
2. Self is too important?
3. The word of God not important anymore?
4. Can’t tithe because no monetary gain?
i think it is that because the word of God has been so watered down by the world influence in the church that most people see the church as a thing from the past that is restrictive and by what is seen and heard now of even the church going Christian is that they are no different then the worldly people. They speak the same foul language, they attend the same unmoral activities as the world, and they invest in the world more than in the church or the Christian community.
Typical Christian today; has no problem being lude crude and rude when not in church or around Christians they know they are: me first, self-centered, selfish, inconsiderate and unfaithful to God and Christ Jesus.
Christ said “narrow is the path and small is the gate that leads to salvation, and few are there who find it”.
If you fall into the worldly way of being a Christian wake up get on the narrow path, and get rid of all the baggage so you can make it through the small gate. Time is running out and Christ is returning and you nor anyone ells knows when …… It could be today.
Repent of your ways that are not of God turn and follow after Christ and His teachings. Sports, entertainers, knowledge, stuff and things (money) have become gods in this country, but remember thi,s the one true God the creator, said” I am a jealous God, you are to have NO other gods before Me.”
Try showing up at church this Sunday and bring your tithe, give God the opportunity to speak to your heart and mind, if you go with the purpose of knowing Christ and more about His love for you, you might just walk out surprised at the peace and gentle love you have experienced. Christ is waiting for you, He will not over power your will but He is waits for you to come to Him.
Take the chance, step away from this world and its ways and see what Christ can do in your life.