Movies That Saved My Soul

A picture is worth more than a thousand words and moving pictures particularly stick longer in the memory and that's why movies have been a medium for transferring information and changing lives and culture. Transform a lesson into a story and see how easily the lessons are absorbed. God has used moving pictures in the many years of its existence.

That stated one of the most amazing things about God is that He can use anyone or anything to communicate to us. So if we aren't listening to His voice, the promptings He puts in our hearts or our consciences, He uses circumstances and even goes to the length of using unusual happenings (just like a donkey talking to Balaam). I've said all this to point out that if the children remain, the rocks will cry out instead (Luke 19:40), shouting God's praise and declaring His word.

Even with the level of immorality and propaganda that movies have perpetuated, I'm simply saying that God has used that medium to speak to the earth, and His children (when we have been blind or deaf, just as He told Isaiah). Some movies have clearly impacted my life and I trust that some of us too my enthusiasm. I've made a list of some of them below and some of the lessons I learned.

THE MATRIX

Lessons:

You are the maker of your own destiny under God

Renewing your mind is the key to entering the fullness of God

Your true person is your developed spirit. That portion, connected to God, gives you access to a full life.








SPEEDRACER

Lessons:

God endows every man with a gift, something only he can do excellently

Your gift is your platform of ministry-it's your way of communicating the many-sided, multi-faceted wisdom of God









LIMITLESS

Lessons:
This movie brought 1 Cor 2:8-10 to life for me. Most times all we need is to see what other eyes are not seeing, hear what other ears are not hearing and visualize what other minds are not comprehending and our circumstances would change completely.









KARATE KID

Lessons:Mentoring has a way of helping you resolve your own issues or failures.

There's a need for proper father figures in the lives of children in society. Children are like arrows in the hands of mighty men. An arrow is a neutral entity. It's who's using it that determines its target.









KUNGFU PANDA

Lessons:

I should never write myself off. The most unlikely people can be the most exceptional.

I need to look deeply into people and not just know them after the flesh.