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Big Brother Naija: The devil’s game plan of a reality TV show

2017-05-04T19:35:00.000-07:00

It’s a reality TV show. It’s big brother. It’s not just a Nigerian show. It wasn’t even conceived in Nigeria. It started years back in ...and has spread across countries and continents.

What a nice idea! The show would bring youths of different states and background together. Initially I thought they were meant to compete until I read closely and discovered they were meant to have fun but not at the expense of other housemate.

But how will this– the big brother reality TV show - happen? A certain number of contestants will have to live with each other for twelve weeks – about three months. The rule says no electronics, no writing materials and so on.One day when I had to see things for myself and I saw a woman playing guitar. The rule allows that too.

The organisers of the show and the sponsors promise to give the winner a huge amount of money. The runners up would also go home with something big.

25 million! What a way to cover up destruction

Let’s face it now.

You put young people in a room and deprive them of everything they need to have fun yet you want them to have fun, my brother, what sort of fun do you want them to have? They stay together, and even strip down to p*nties (both male and female).

They also undress on cam and also sleep together. What sort of fun could they possibly have outside orgies? Depriving them of certain tools means majority of them will be operating with idle minds and everyone knows what that can produce. Yeah they do certain things. Things they don’t enjoy is as good as keeping them idle. It will produce the same effect.

They play games. What sort of games? A game where the other person dares you. According to the rules of the game, if the lot falls on you, you will have to do what the other person tells you to do. What do they say most of the time? They ask a fellow housemate to kiss the other passionately. Yes they want to watch something because they are bored ( with smiling faces).

And the worst part is that it is a game that certain group of youths watching the show will pick up that game. Imagine the impact of that in a small room with three to five loose Nigerian youths.

We cannot deny the fact that those that watch and enjoy football have something for football, the same goes for news, and other TV programs. We have seen the impact in our environment. Now what would we say of those who enjoy watching the immorality and lameness of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show? Forget how you feel now and face the facts.

Its bad enough when you know the bad effects of what you are signing up for. You could do it but secretly because you don’t want others to join in the destruction. (It’s the truth!) It’s then worse when you have no idea the impact of something you have accepted into your life.

Nigerian youths are simply being destroyed bit by bit and they don’t even know about it. The program is rated +18. Firstly, we don’t even know how much that can help Nigerians. Those ratings were made by developed countries. Their youths would have developed mature minds. How many Nigerians attain that by 18?

We can’t just continue being so careless. The reason we are able to have a country, state, town, even the streets we walk on day and night is because there are people in some places who are being careful. According to wikipedia, Efe is 23. That’s probably what was used to sign up for the “reality” TV show.

Why should a group of people cover up massive, countrywide abuse and destruction of youths with 25 million, a scholarship and 500,000. They had sponsors. The TV channels were not free. The votes were not free. The adverts were not free. Look around the walls of the house they lived, there where adverts on those walls. A certain amount of votes was published halfway into the program. You and I sincerely know that it was higher than that and moreover, the show was just half done. Imagine the total at the end of the program!

The abuse is heart-breaking. You technically forcing young people to engage in thing they wouldn’t do normally and at the end, you give them a token out of your fortune.

Does a father have to abuse his daughter simply because he brought her into the world and is the one feeding her? Should a husband be raping the wife simply because she paid her bride price? It’s not just one youth getting destroyed. It’s like almost every youth watching TV shows.

There are people who occasionally come up to say the program is fun, educating and so on. Who knows the sort of background they have? And the benefits are too small compared to the damage done. How do you justify killing almost all the crops on a plot of land simply because you want to plant guava?

We have the truth. Let’s face it. Before terrorism became full blown and difficult to curb in this country, it was “Christians fighting Muslims.” Another one has started – reality TV show.

God help Nigeria!

Imagine how many young people would get inspired by watching their mates invent or do something productive live on TV. We say we are fighting corruption and encouraging production but the real threat to production and invention is on TV and nobody is doing anything about is.

Why don’t I put people in a room to write books or articles? Read and answer questions, write computer programs, draw, use chemicals, create impressive artwork like the London bridge or the tower in Paris live on TV?. Instead of that, I have decided to exploit young people by placing 25 million - money I know I will get back before the show ends - before them.

It baffles me that even young children of God are enjoying such programmes. They spend precious God-given time to talk about it. This is 21^st century. The “devices of the enemy” won’t be the type he used in the time of Noah. He knows that a human being is a product of what he spends time with. This is why The Word says abstain from all appearance of evil.

But some of us want to be professional Christians who feel we can do what we feel like doing even when the word says something different. We stopped watching porn, worldly music, movies with scenes of immorality but then came Big Brother Naija and other similar programmes designed by the enemy to beat our intelligence and get us caught again. Wake up soldier! But this is simply the same thing he said to Jesus – bow to me and I will give you all the riches. It’s no wonder a lot of money comes these days simply doing something stupid like big brother naija, posing naked for a photo or giving into a young man’s’ demands to date you or sleep with you. He wasn’t bluffing. But in return, he steals your soul, happiness, brain, dignity and destiny. Well, as those who were bought by the blood I thought we could be wiser. As for BBN, God help Nigeria. And God help his children all over the world.

Entrepreneurship is born out of finding a need and feeling it. Big Brother is the devil’s game plan.

Life Quotes 3

2017-04-28T06:35:00.000-07:00

Those who know more than you will always rule over you; “...the fool will be servant to the wise.” Proverbs 11:9 (RSV)

A lot of people blame God for the consequences of the decisions they made and actions they took without the help of the Holy Spirit. When you find yourself in an unpleasant situation, humble yourself before God and seek His grace and mercies.

One straight “path” to greatness human beings often ignore is faithful service.

When a person displays a certain characteristic, people take note of it and speak to, work with and approach the person with that characteristic in mind. If the person changes, he will expect people to change how they see him but getting people to see you differently from the way they are used to, will take a long time of consistent persuasion (not by words, but by action).

The fact that everyone is following a certain path does not make it the right path.

You can only believe what (makes sense based on what) you know and what you know comes from the five senses.

You can’t stop thinking about it because you wouldn’t stop looking at it. The images are always fresh upstairs.

People who refuse to do the difficult part (work and education) when they are young end up doing them when they are old because in life, some things are just inevitable.

Don’t ever be too proud of the little thing you know or the little you can do. If you are, you might not recognize the fact that there is still a lot more for you to know. This is the problem some people have.

Related or connected people must always succeed. If not those who are struggling might pull back those who are doing well.

Money should not be the foremost reason for service. Love for service and the desire to solve problems should be the main reason for service.

Life Quotes 2

2017-04-26T20:46:00.001-07:00

I’ll forgive but just can’t forget because I don’t want to let you do the same thing to me again and moreover, that’s just how the mind works - it just can’t forget some things.

If you keep allowing the wrong thing a time will come when it will begin to look and feel like the right thing.

Running away from a problem does not solve the problem. Most of the problems you run away from always have a way of getting back to you.

Successful people work with a plan. You can’t be really productive without a plan. Have a plan for each task, day, week, month and year. Have a plan for your life. Do well to stick to your plan; improvise ONLY WHEN NECESSARY and you will see how high you can go in a little time.

Always strive to be of the highest value to God and man wherever you are in the land of the living. Do not waste your potentials.

“Nine days are for the thief and the tenth day is for the owner of the property” but do you know one thing about the tenth day? From the tenth day onward, the owner remains in control; even till the end of time.

People only walk with you or spend time with you because you either accept what they do or you do the same kind of things they do or both. When you start doing different things you will see that the connection will be cut off on its own. Can two walk together except they agree? Amos 3:3

The teacher will never be able to teach you everything about a particular thing or subject. You will always have to learn more.

Most of the events that occur in your life are the ones you allow or choose. The situation you are in today is the one you choose years ago or you probably refused to make a decision so the situation choose you. Even the bible confirms it in Romans 6:16.

Life Quotes

2017-04-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

You can’t skip stages in life just like in school. There is time for everything. If you refuse to do what you are supposed to do at the right time of your life, you will still do it later and it will be much harder than it should have been.

The best time to train children is when they are young and flexible. Children will always stick to whatever way of life they grow up with. As the bible says train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. If you don’t want to suffer too much when your child becomes a teenager, do the good work when he is yet very young.

One thing you don’t want to see in your life is watching your children grow up in a
bad marriage. You don’t want to be a single parent because you left a bad marriage. When choosing who to marry it shouldn’t be about money, profession or talent, it should be about character and how the other person complements you. Study shows that children of broken homes are 2 – 3 times more likely to have problems with physical and emotional health, behavior, and performance at school.

If your products and services are excellent, then you would have turned your customers into your marketers.

Do not dwell on the past. 1. Do not let what you’ve experienced in the past to weigh you down. If you don’t give up, sooner or later the challenge you face will (give up). 2. Do not wallow in past glory. Aim higher, revise what you’ve known and even try to know more.

A person is good not because he only knows how to do good or does not know how to do evil but because he choose to do good.

An unchecked problem will reproduce; it will cause another problem. Every fault must be promptly checked and removed.

Inspirational Quotes

2017-04-26T19:46:00.002-07:00

To some people, excellence is by chance and happens few times in a lifetime. But to some others, excellence is a habit and it is the result of diligence.

You cannot keep doing the same minor things some folks do or go through the same practice routine like others and expect to be great. Extraordinary people go through extraordinary learning and practice.

Don’t expect everyone to believe in your dreams and support you because they can’t see them (those dreams). They will only come around to celebrate when it comes to pass. You are the only one who has the blueprints in your mind. It is your commitment that will get others to commit.

If nobody believes you can do it, make them believe by actually doing it.

“I did not know” is not really an excuse. Sometimes it’s nobody’s business if you do not know therefore try as much as possible to know.

I should only be angry when I'm supposed to and feel remorse when I’m actually wrong not when some other person thinks I should.

Panic is not the solution to any problem. You cannot turn back the hands of time with panic. The best option is to get to know what you are really up against, think of the best solution and then work with the plan you have. How do you react when you realize there is a problem, fault or setback. Don’t panic, start thinking. Thinking pays off. No matter how long it may take you to think of a solution, you will always find one if you really think about it. Thinking takes away worry, gives hope and finally presents a solution.

You have to grow up to that point where you are able to do the right thing whether it feels good or not.

Relationship Quotes

2017-04-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

The ultimate gift of love is not sex; it is sacrifice just for the good of the one you

If a person does not find love inside, that person is likely going to accept the love that is given outside irrespective of the source. And humans will always listen to and spend time with the people or the things they love. When your loved ones find love outside, they pay less attention and spend less time inside.

There is no alternative to spending time with loved ones. Don’t allow work or electronics to keep you away from loved ones.

If you want to be considered important, make impact. If your presence is not felt, your absence won’t be felt either. Nobody will remember a name if the person bearing the name did not do something that touched their lives.

I really miss you because now that you are not around, there is nobody here to do what you do the way you do it

THE MOVIE

2016-02-29T19:33:00.000-08:00

The entertainment industry is no doubt one industry that finds its way to every human being every day. Before the day runs out, a person looks at the television, listens to the radio or makes use of a smartphone, computer or looks at a banner while driving or walking through a part of the street.

Let us examine the effects of the movie industry on human beings especially young people and children because they are the ones that really know how to watch movies.

You will eventually become what you spend most of your time with

Every day, one way or the other we consciously or unconsciously take in what the entertainment industry sends out. The truth is that at the end, you will only be able to bring out what you deposited into yourself. Everything you say and do, everything that you send out is what you have inside you. A person ultimately becomes made of what they have passed through.

What you take in will always come through the five senses. That is why Jesus said that a good tree cannot bring out evil fruit (Luke 6:14, Matthew 7:18). By their fruits, you shall know them. So as a person who cares about who you are. You care about your reputation so you care about what you send out.

Since you care about what you send out, you should really care about what you take in. So the next time someone asks the question “who are you?” you might want to say I am what I have taken in through the five senses and people know me by the ones I have let out in my own way.

When it comes to entertainment, you will only take in using your eyes and your ears, the most important being the eye because it takes in the pictures and the actions. The eye is important because whatever a man thinks will be seen (in the mind) and every picture you conjure will be based on the ones you have already seen.

What do you see?

Anytime you look, you see one of two or three things. (1) You will see exactly what is there. (2) You will see what you think you should see. At times people look at a thing after they had thought of what they should see when they look. You know how the brain works; this can take place within a second. So it is possible that when they look, they are not seeing what is really there but what they want to see.

What you see or how you see a thing could also depend on what you’ve known. What you’ve known (or your state of mind) will also determine how you react to what you see. For instance, if you know that a fight or wrestling is being acted, you will react to it in a way different from the next person who actually thinks that what he is seeing is actually a real expression of anger form both parties.

The subconscious mind

Talking about what you take in; do you know that some of the things you take in go to the subconscious mind? These three points will help you understand what the subconscious mind is:

1. The subconscious mind stores your life experiences, memories, and beliefs

2. The subconscious will store thoughts that have been thought a lot of times or repeatedly

3. The subconscious mind controls your involuntary actions and your emotions.

How does the subconscious mind work?

You might want to know how things get into the subconscious mind and also, how you release these things that find their way into the subconscious mind. From point 1 and 2 above, you will see that the subconscious mind is filled with experiences, beliefs and repeated thoughts.

Making use of something we experience regularly will really help us understand how these things happen. Everyone is involved in some activity or the other. These activities include sports, singing, dancing, and some other group or personal thing not mentioned.

Sometimes you stay with a relative or a friend so much that at some point you behave or act the same way they do.

Have you ever found yourself speaking or laughing like your pastor or a famous personality you love listening to? Maybe you found yourself laughing like your pastor or your close friend and after doing that you pause for a bit and then say to yourself “I was really saying that like my pastor.”

Do you realize that you did that when you did not even plan to do it. It was an involuntary action that was triggered by your subconscious mind. You have listened to this person, you’ve been exposed to his actions so many times that your subconscious mind stores them and since they control your involuntary actions, you act them out without being able to stop it before it happens.

The truth is you cannot tell for sure to what extent how what the subconscious mind stores affects your behavior and judgement. It really goes beyond involuntary actions: These things are really part of you, they become who you are.

Sometimes when we watch an interesting movie, we become so captivated that we become oblivious or unaware of what is happening physically around us because we have gotten to the point where we really believe we are seeing some real life images. When it gets to this stage some things go straight to the subconscious and because the conscious mind is not there to filter or block the bad ones, everything will just become stored and the person you are will be changing when you are not even aware of it.

So what exactly do we see in the movies we watch and what do they want us to see?

Over 99 percent of the movies Christians watch are acted by those who have little or absolutely no regard for the things of God.

Although it is true that some of the actors and actresses are not aware of what they send out, it does not really matter here.

1. Revenge: This might not be affecting you but it’s probably affecting your children or your younger relatives. When we were young, we loved these “bad guy” versus “good guy” movies or stories. In these movies, at first, the ‘bad guy(s)’ beats up the ‘good guy’ but at the end, the ‘good guy’ goes for revenge. The ‘good guy’ beats up and in most cases kills the ‘bad guy(s)’ as pay back for what they did to him. Children love and respect the protagonists.

These movies present him/her as a ‘good guy’ of hero and so they kids want to be like him. They fantasize and think of these things happening to them. I tell you what; there is no strong kid who won’t love revenge or bully. The things they watch have become part of them because they don’t have the ability to consciously filter the bad part of what they are watching. They think about these things over and over again since they have fewer things to worry about at their age and these things really affect their judgement.

The next time you watch a movie, watch out for this message of revenge they will be sending to your mind. Just tell yourself “that is wrong, that is not the way it should be done.” Remember the bible really condemns revenge. See Romans 12 : 17 and Matthew 6 : 43 – 48.

2. Love: Today, children believe in love. A word they don’t even understand. It is a word that most grownups don’t understand. Children these days believe that they can fall in love (and start intimate relationships) at 12, 13, or even make love at a younger age. Although these things are not entirely caused by movies, they really gain power through movies.

Today young people believe that they have to fall in love with that intelligent person in school. Movies have twisted the meaning of love. A lot of people lust in the name of love. These things have become part of them; the things they see have gotten into their subconscious mind. These actions they see have become part of their subconscious which controls their emotions.

Today a lot of youths become love sick because they think that they must fall in love with that intelligent, handsome or rich person they are working with not minding what this relationship will do to their goals or how it will affect them in the long run. It is not wrong to love but when you find yourself crying for someone who is helping or helped you fornicate, someone who could take away your virginity; when you find yourself crying for a person simply because he is not around you or has talked to someone else and ignored you that day then something is really wrong with the way you take things.

If you love someone (when you are not supposed to marry), you should only be happy God has created such a person and you will always want to see the person happy. It should not make you leave the important things you should do to think about someone or waste precious time you should use to create a good future for yourself on some temporary and lustful relationship.

3. Swearing and Joking with God’s name: Today we see swearing frequently in movies. If you do not know what God says about swearing, you will accept it and join them in swearing because you respect and love them and you love what they do as well. In Matthew 5:34-37 Jesus Christ warns us against swearing.

You may hear someone exclaim “Jesus Christ” in a movie or use the name in some other situation. These people don’t know how to recognise God in life. They are just there to help you use the name of God the way you are not supposed to. If Jehovah is not used anyhow, don’t you think the name Jesus should also be accorded the necessary respect?

4. Fornication: Movies will always tell you to fall in love and fornicate or have sex when you are not yet married. This is also wrong but most youth buy it and sometimes it can be really difficult to let them know that what they are doing is wrong. They have watched this over and over again to the point that it seems right to do these things.

They did not have the consciousness to resist such beliefs when they started watching these movies. If you know youths very well, you will know that they are very likely to do whatever they think is okay irrespective of what anybody else thinks. They even do the wrongs things they enjoy; how much more the things they think is right.

5. Stealing: You might not notice this but this is what we see in 21^st century movies. Today the so-called heroes steal and do all sorts of things whether good or evil. Please do not be ignorant of the devices of the devil. It is not wrong to watch movies but if you do not have the consciousness to resist or filter these bad actions, they will get into you, (your subconscious mind) and you will start acting them without knowing. A word is enough for the wise.

6. Relationships: Young people no longer know how to ask God for a life partner. They don’t know how to behave in order to get and keep a good partner. They trust in indecent dressing to get a person and playing “games” to keep him/her.

They have formed this belief out of the things they see mostly in movies. Instead of trusting each other, they want to suspect and tempt the other person. This is not the way it should go. These things cannot get anyone a good relationship. They only bring disappointments. One should always try to change the bad things about the other person and behave well so that the other person will not have to look elsewhere for the necessary comfort and love.

The entertainment industry is one good industry though but we must guard against the bad way of doing things they send out. Pride, lying, disrespect and a lot of other things happen in movies. When watching movies, it is advisable to put on a ‘mind filter’ so you don’t end up receiving evil into your life. You should also be careful when choosing movies to watch. Sometimes you can tell from the cover or title that a movie contains scenes of sex or full of bad actions and images.

Parents should find time to watch movies with their children so that they can point out the wrong things and give the kids appropriate advice. If they are not corrected at a tender age, it can be very difficult to alter the belief of a grownup, especially a teenager.