Prayer for Hollywood
It’s not like I know them. But at time, it does seem like I do. I have always thought Heath Ledger was an amazing actor. When he passed, I was messed up. It’s not like I worshiped him, or like he was even one of my top five favorite actors. Here’s my theory, I believe as we sit and watch actors in films and on TV, we sort of feel like we sometime get to know them in a more intimate way…why is that? It is weird. Maybe I am alone on this, I dunno. But here is my point. When Heath Ledger died, my heart weeped for his family, and his child. I prayed for them. I prayed a lot. I prayed that God would have mercy on his family, and somehow God would send a believer across their paths and they would come to know God. And I prayed that if they already knew the true God, that through Heaths death they would evangelize His glory. And when the Brittany Murphy died, I prayed the same.
Why can’t we pray for Hollywood more? The influence it has on society is amazing. The influence it has on the church is astounding. As kreatives, we too are influenced.
If we truly believed that God could change Hollywood for His glory…would you pray for it….for them? Stop complaining about the bad movies. Stop complaining about the nudity, the themes, etc…. Pray. God is bigger than the Spielberg, bigger than Jerry Bruckheimer. Join me in praying for Hollywood.
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Matt Coleman is the video producer at One:TwentyOne Community Church in Grapevine, Texas. Matt is the founder of Unblind Productions, a full service video production company. And in late 2005, he co-founded Filmosaic, Inc., a independent film company.
