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It causes depression and 
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Is responsible for low 
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disorders. 
It's responsible responsible for

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bullying and severe trauma. 
It rewires the brain of the 

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young causing serious mutations.
In neurological Pathways. 

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It's responsible for people not 
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jobs and it keeps people from 
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It's responsible for the loss of
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Enlarges the relational gap 
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children and is a primary driver
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isolation since its introduction
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increased drastically. 
If I were to ask you to stop it,

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you'd call me old-fashioned. 
You get defensive and upset. 

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But if I were to promote it and 
push it, you would call me 

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Reckless and uncaring. 
Welcome all of you guys join in 

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our different locations online 
and inside, I want to thank you 

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so much for being a part of our 
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Special shout-out to our Keokuk 
location celebrating their 

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nine-year anniversary. 
We're incredibly proud of you 

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super thankful to AJ firm and 
you really are a dear friend one

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of the best passengers. 
I know very thankful for Jason 

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and for Ashton and all the team 
that is assembled there in Lee 

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County, the county that I grew 
up in and I'm thankful that you 

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guys. 
Eyes are trying hard to make 

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that the hardest place on planet
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I'm very thankful for our 
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I also want to welcome those of 
you who are joining us for the 

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first time or the first time in 
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We are in a sermon series called
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and fixing, what is broken. 
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that can hear my voice right 
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Once a better life, better 
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family, however our desires and 
our Tensions, if not followed by

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actions in those directions, 
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between our experiences and our 
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When God was establishing his 
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He had just brought them out of 
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He was moving them into the 
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He issued this decree through 
Moses, but what he says, Hear o 

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Israel. 
The Lord Our God. 

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The Lord is one. 
Love the Lord, your God with all

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your heart, with all your soul, 
with all your strength. 

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These Commandments that I give 
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heart. 
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would look like. 
Impress them on your children, 

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talk about them. 
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you walk along the road, when 
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up, tie them as symbols on your 
hands buying them on Your 

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foreheads write them on the 
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on your Gates, this is what an 
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with Jesus Christ. 
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the Old Testament. 
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get up and when we lie down, 
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table. 
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the road with our kids, the word
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our minds, and coming out of our
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we have done this. 
Just not with God, we have done 

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it with our technology and we 
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media. 
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beginning of the message. 
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social media. 
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living rooms are now centered 
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binge, we used to have to watch 
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week to catch the next episode, 
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And it's several seasons of a 
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when we sit at the table, our 
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when we get in the car, there is
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is a charged tablet. 
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forbid, we have to spend time 
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driving when we get up in the 
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The first thing we check The 
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to bed, we have tied our 
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is the thing that dominates our 
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How many of you have seen this? 
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you might ever see. 
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before we get all judgy, if 
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in your house yesterday, Or last
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look that far before you could 
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picture. 
How many of us throw are pods in

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while we're driving around town?
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interact with the people that 
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I find it incredibly ironic that
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attention specialists. 
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keep you and I scrolling while 
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sending their kids are, they're 
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media and sending them to 
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technology. 
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are saying that in the future, 
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ruling class and the working 
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off of social media limited 
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will have developed 
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thinking skills because they 
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relational skills. 
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those who were on social media 
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They have shorter attention, 
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There might be some of you right
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validity of our problem. 
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is a problem for other people, 
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Midwest communities. so we spent
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own kids I want you to see what 
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Yes, yes. 
Yes, yeah. 

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Yes. 
I have a time limit on my 

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phones. 
Yeah, we do yep. 

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depending on the on the day, 
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I'll an hour of straight, it's 
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and then, that's Done it says 
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I'll get it from like 8:00 in 
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night. 
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mini 06 minutes. 
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Oh, that's a lot of minutes. 
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If we had some beer sometime 
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should follow these rules 
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lost. 
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most of the time like after work
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and you still get Facebook, sir,
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No they don't, but they should 
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like the whole day. 
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emergency calls and look and see
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They're always on the phone for 
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My dad, all the time, playing 
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but my dad tornado a lot, but 
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Probably like Facebook, her tank
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actually, a lot of times 
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Games, by Dan games. 
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Just go on Facebook and look at 
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At what what people post To get 
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I don't know, but dictated to 
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It's the only thing they do, you
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They're bored or they just 
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they don't get to it. 
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all of us, and probably take a 
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a game because they watch the 
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No judging. 
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kinds of kids, we all get it. 
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survey and we had you guys fill 
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your kids fill out a survey and 
I just want you to know what our

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people us this is us but we're 
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20, they're averaging five hours
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Every single day, parents think 
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hours and 22 minutes. 
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spending too much time on it, 
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from parents and collectively. 
We think we're spending three 

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hours and 22 minutes and 
actuality go spend 5 hours and 

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14 minutes. 
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olds for hours and 47 minutes. 
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for hours and five minutes. 
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get older more mature, when 
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dang it, some of you right now. 
Are employers and going, hold on

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a second. 
I think I might be paying for 

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some of that Facebook time. 
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60, 3 hours and 34 minutes. 
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gets, you know what about the 60
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Olds in our church, three hours 
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So I mean they've got the Fox 
News app which is awesome. 

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They're they're surviving. 
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Two hours and 49 minutes. 
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just fell asleep a little bit 
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that fell asleep. 
Mid scroll. 

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We ask God bless you. 
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and 16 were asked, if they think
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time on their phone, fifty 
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me, let me speak to that for 
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I think it's hard for your kids 
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Question and I think there's a 
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We know this, right? 
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the four to five hours a day. 
We know it's too much, right? 

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Let me, let me show you this 
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We had asked kids, would you 
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or play on a device? 
83% of them chose you? 

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17% of like, nope. 
Not not going to do it and 

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listen to me, not all of you are
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Which means I know you're going,
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I want to spend more time with 
my kid, just so, you know, your 

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kid actually wants to spend more
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With you, check out this 
statistic 96, percent of your 

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kids, said they like doing fun 
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I don't know who this 4% is, but
there are tough boot of their, a

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tough group. 
Here's what I hear. 

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I hear parents saying my kids 
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I want to say two things to you 
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You are still the parent. 
God has ordained you to be the 

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head of your homes. 
And you can make decisions and 

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change the culture of your home.
You have that Authority. 

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If you don't like it, you can 
change it. 

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They want to spend time with 
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memory with you then play on a 
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saying. 
Second thing before you get too 

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upset at the amount of time that
your kids are spending on their 

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device, realize that they are 
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How much time you are spending 
on your device. 

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So we asked these younger 
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Are we asked you in the survey 
to write a letter to your 

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younger younger, self about what
you would tell your younger self

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about technology and social 
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Look what they had to say. 
Dear younger self, don't get 

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social media. 
You will get attached and 

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compare yourself to others in 
your everyday life. 

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Love you this from a 
seventeen-year-old female. 

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How about this one? 
It's a terrible addiction. 

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That I wish I would have limited
from the beginning. 

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You miss out on so much time 
with friends and family when 

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your nose is constantly in your 
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Nineteen-year-old female in our 
church. 

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How about this one? 
From a 22 year old female. 

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I would warn my younger self 
about strangers on the internet.

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Trying to contact you, that 
sounds like it's written from a 

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place of pain and experience. 
How about this one? 

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I have never wished. 
I spent more time on my phone. 

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I believe that one day I will 
wish I had all the time. 

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I spent looking at a screen back
real relationships, real 

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interactions. 
And real experiences are the 

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things I treasure the most 40 
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How about this one? 
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You don't get a refund on time. 
Wasted time is precious and 

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valuable use it wisely. maybe 
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down the road and they are on 
their device and you're like, 

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that is so incredibly dangerous 
or how many of you if you're 

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getting ready for your heart 
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You would call that malpractice.
You won't know it's the more 

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dangerous. 
Distracted parents addicted to 

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their phone instead of parenting
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their kids. 
That kind of neglect causes way 

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more harm to way more kids and 
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You might be thinking that I'm 
getting ready to call for a 

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boycott. 
Nope, I'm not calling for that. 

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I'm calling for wisdom. 
Look what it says in Ephesians 

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chapter 5, be very careful then 
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as wise making the most of every
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evil. 
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We need what? 
Andy Crouch calls, a tech rule 

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of life. 
He actually wrote a book, it's 

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called tech-wise. 
Family are ready. 

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It a couple of years ago, it's a
great read. 

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You can download it on your 
device. 

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So at least you can be redeemed,
some of your device time. 

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Okay. 
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encourage you to read it. 
You're going to go on Clayton. 

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I don't have enough time. 
Listen, just take one day off of

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screen time and you'll have 
plenty of time to read this book

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but he has six main points that 
he pushes forward. 

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He's a Christian Author and I 
just want to take you through 

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five of them. 
This is what he says. 

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We use Tech to build our closest
relationships. 

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His Tech rule of life or one of 
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its proper place when it helps 
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have that we have been given to 
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It is out of its proper place. 
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people at a distance like 
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meet He says, we are suffering 
from being over stimulated over 

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informed and under engaged when 
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And I know more things about 
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world and less about what's 
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neighborhood, or in our homes, 
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when I'm giving the most of my 
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little investment and little 
power to control. 

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And neglecting the areas where 
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maximum influence. 
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connected to people, who've 
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people over FaceTime and zoom. 
We can use it to keep up on 

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Milestone moments and celebrate 
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But if it gets in the way of the
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to it is out of bounds. 
He says, this, another rule, we 

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use technology to have healthy 
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Technology is in its proper 
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When it starts great 
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proper place when it prevents us
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another when it gets in the way 
of us listening to what other 

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people are saying. 
Tech distracts us from being 

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good, conversational, partners 
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On social media are almost 
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People are either raging on 
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engaging in self promotion. 
It is our own little stage where

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we worship ourselves and ask 
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sometimes to the pity of others.
Have you ever noticed if you're 

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going to stay on social media 
for a while, I just want you to 

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take a look at this. 
Have you noticed that often 

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times on social media people 
fall into like three categories,

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the either position themselves 
as the hero The sage or the 

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victim. 
Look at my accomplishment. 

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Look at my suffering. 
Look at how awesome of a mom. 

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I am. 
Look at how cool I am as a dad. 

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Hashtag, dad life. 
Look at my brilliant political 

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take, look at how smart I am. 
How sophisticated even though 

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nobody would have liked you to a
school board. 

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Look at my duck face. 
Look at how glamorous my life 

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is. 
Look at how sophisticated I am. 

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Look at how brilliant Look at 
how bad my life is. 

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I've been so good, but my 
ex-husband's been so bad. 

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You know, we do, we frame 
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Center Stage, we make ourselves 
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And we hop up on the altar. 
Waiting for everybody else to 

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Applause. 
But that God doesn't save. 

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We end up becoming more about 
pushing egotism and outrage to 

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all the people around us. 
However, what gets cut off is 

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the chance to engage and learn, 
and listen, and that can be 

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powerful. 
It's a great jumping-off point 

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to begin and Implement online 
learnings, and to implement them

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in everyday life and 
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But how many of you have been 
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You care about only for them. 
Not to hear what you said 

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because they were sucked into 
their device. 

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He says this, here's another 
rule will use Tech while 

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remaining mindful of our 
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Ecology is in its proper place. 
When it helps us take care of 

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the fragile bodies that we 
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It is out of its proper place 
when it when it promises to help

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us escape the limits and 
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All together. 
When Tech is causing us to lose 

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sleep, stay up late when it's 
turning our lives sedentary. 

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When it's making us constantly 
available to work, even on 

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weekends weeknights vacations, 
maybe some of you are working 

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now, it's not healthy. 
Statistics are in. 

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You should be trying to get 
eight hours of sleep. 

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And how many of you are not 
getting eight hours, because you

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spent three hours. 
Then you wake up, less rested, 

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emotionally, you're not as 
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You're not as in shape which 
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bring a reduced version of 
yourself into your marriage, 

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into your parenting, or reduced 
version of yourself as a 

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co-worker friend. 
Boss manager leader, Was it 

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worth the sacrifice for you to 
scroll? 

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He says this another tech rule, 
we use tech for cultivation, not

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consumption. 
Technology is in his proper 

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place when it helps us acquire 
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that are for the glory of human 
culture. 

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But when we let technology 
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with passive consumption, 
something has gone wrong. 

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This is a weird takeaway for me 
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encourage you to this week watch
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Are called Wally. 
They escape this planet over 

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time. 
People become more, and more 

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dependent on technology, more 
and more obese, and less and 

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less happy. 
And I think when that movie came

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out, we like yeah, that's a 
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I think if we watch it now, it 
will feel very much like we're 

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watching ourselves Far to 
summarize. 

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The point of that movie would be
this Comfort doesn't build 

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character. 
Passivity doesn't build. 

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Courage luxury doesn't build 
wisdom. 

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And in the world ahead, our kids
are going to need character and 

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courage and wisdom. 
Parents. 

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You and I are going to need 
character courage and wisdom. 

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What makes this era of 
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So different is that our Tech is
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For all of human history 
Technologies, were things like 

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Farming, tools, and weapons, 
things that required our 

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engagement. 
Now, our house gets swept by 

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roombas while we sleep, our cars
drive themselves or at least 

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some of them do. 
And now the algorithm is 

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designed to trap us. 
How about this one? 

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We use Tech to cherish the 
created World technology is in 

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its proper place when it helps 
us, cultivate all for the 

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created world around us and we 
are responsible to Steward. 

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It is out of its proper place 
when it keeps us from engaging 

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in the wild and wonderful 
natural world. 

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With all of our senses, this 
one's self explanatory, go for a

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walk. 
Leave your phone, every 

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experience doesn't have to be 
documented shared, an experience

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secondhand through a screen. 
Let me prove it to you. 

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This is how weird we've become 
if I were to meet up with you in

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the lobby after service and 
start walking you through my 

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phone of all of my pictures. 
Look at this one. 

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Look at this one. 
Look at this one. 

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Look at this one. 
You would be bored that fast. 

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I take those same pictures. 
Put them on your phone for you 

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to scroll through and you'll 
stay There for hours. 

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You remember, a couple of years 
ago, everything was hashtag, my 

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perfect wedding. 
Every person who got married had

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their own hashtag. 
Now, you know what people are 

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doing, leave your phone in the 
car and be in the moment with 

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us. 
If we're going to do this you 

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and I we need a plan, we need a 
filter. 

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This is the filter on want us to
use First Corinthians chapter 

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10. 
This one, it says, I've 

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highlighted your part. 
I have the right to do anything 

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you say, but not everything is. 
Yeah, you guys got it. 

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I have the right to do anything 
but not everything is no one 

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should seek their own good but 
the When you're getting ready to

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leverage your technology, this 
is your filter. 

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Is it beneficial? 
Is it constructive? 

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Is it for the good of others? 
when you think about technology,

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And you think about your 
marriage? 

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It's beneficial. it's a 
constructive but the good of 

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others when you think about your
parenting, One of the most 

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precious responsibilities you 
have. 

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This afternoon me being on my 
phone for four hours as a 

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father. 
Is that beneficial to my boys? 

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Is it constructive for their 
character? 

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Is it for their good? 
Some of you your marriage and 

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you're struggling with intimacy.
Maybe. 

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Your social media isn't 
beneficial. 

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To your sex life. 
It's not constructive for you 

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building intimacy. 
It's not for the good of them. 

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I think about you being a 
friend. 

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Beneficial constructive. 
Good of others. 

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I want you to run your 
technology usage through this 

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filter. 
First Corinthians 10, get it 

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tattooed right here. 
So when you get ready to scroll,

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it's just always looking at you 
being weird tattoo, but, you 

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know, if you get it and does not
cost more than like 30 bucks, 

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I'll pay for it. 
Okay, this week. 

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Here's what we're asking you to 
do. 

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I want you to do a family 
challenge. 

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We've got a challenge for those 
of you who have kids in the 

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early childhood area, we're 
going to put on a fun night for 

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you. 
At our locations, we will take 

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the pictures. 
You put your phone down and make

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memories if you're in the 
elementary age and fuse age for 

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Junior High kids. 
We're going to have you do a 

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family meal night, you're going 
to go to the store. 

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You're going to purchase the 
stuff, we've even got a menu for

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you and then you're going to 
make the meal together. 

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You're going to keep your phones
down and hang out. 

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You'll remember a couple of 
years ago. 

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Even last year, we did like no 
technology nights. 

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I need you to hear me say this. 
It is the most requested thing 

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in my house. 
My kids love no technology 

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nights. 
You know why? 

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Because they get a dad. 
And they get a mom. 

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Who are doing things that are 
beneficial constructive and for 

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their good high school kids, we 
want you to go out for a meal 

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and leave your phone in the car.
No one cares. 

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What you ate. 
We don't. 

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Okay listen parents high school 
kids, can I give you extra 

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credit? 
Consider doing a digital detox, 

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30 days, off social media. 
I will do it with you. 

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I finished preaching my sermon 
on Thursday and while everyone 

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was at the steps of praying, I 
deleted all of my social media 

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and YouTube apps off of my 
phone, crazy things happened. 

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I was a guy who was a power user
on my phone so I had to charge 

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it every day. 
I charged it on Friday, I'm 

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still at like 40% like I'm you 
know, I'm going green okay. 

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I'm saving the world. 
One iPhone charge at a time, you

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know price God for me. 
Okay, when you get done with the

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30 day detox, One hour a day, 
one day a week, one week a year,

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peel off social media put limits
on yourself. 

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I'm not saying this stuff isn't 
good. 

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I'm saying it's just gotten out 
of bounds if you're a parent. 

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Hear me, you need to have 
greater app, awareness. 

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You need to look at life 360. 
You need to think through the 

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parental control settings, on 
your kids. 

456
00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:09,600
Phones set up restrictions and 
scream time limits, get 

457
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,900
permission to download apps on 
the settings. 

458
00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:14,200
If you have questions about 
that, talk to one of the 

459
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,700
pastor's here at our church and 
so you might be going. 

460
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,800
But Clayton like if I go off 
social media for 30 days, how 

461
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,600
will I know what's happening in 
the world and how I know what's 

462
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,500
happening at church? 
Church, let me tell you 

463
00:29:25,500 --> 00:29:29,500
something. 
If it's really bad news, you'll 

464
00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:33,300
hear about it. 
But most of the news you get 

465
00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:36,700
shoved, doesn't matter. 24 hours
from now. 

466
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,400
I have no clue what's happening 
in the world right now. 

467
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,400
I know that my wife loves me. 
I know that I've got milk at 

468
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,100
home, you guys are at church and
the food I ate last night does 

469
00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:49,200
not agree with my stomach and 
I'm praying with my way through 

470
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,300
this sermon, okay? 
That's what I know. 

471
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,100
They'll Vita scotchies and meet 
no bueno. 

472
00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:57,100
Never having that again. 
That's what I know right now. 

473
00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:00,100
And just so you know I'm happy 
as can be, I'm on the edge but 

474
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:01,300
I'm happy. 
Okay. 

475
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,400
I'm I'm telling you. 
You will be okay. 

476
00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:07,400
You are getting. 
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, 

477
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,500
but you are getting crammed news
as entertainment. 

478
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:15,600
If something really bad happens,
you'll find out. 

479
00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:21,000
Tornadoes have sirens. 
Like you'll be okay. 

480
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,800
What about for church? 
How are you how are you going to

481
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,800
know what's happening? 
Just so, you know, we send you 

482
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,100
emails semi-regularly, check 
your junk folder. 

483
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,500
You'll find out all the things 
we've been trying to do for you.

484
00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:34,500
Okay, just go. 
Hey this isn't junk anymore and 

485
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:37,100
you'll have information. 
You need to hear me say this. 

486
00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:41,600
We have decided as a church, our
strategy going forward is we 

487
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:46,900
will continue to maintain a 
strong vibrant, social media 

488
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,500
presence. 
Why? 

489
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,000
Because that is where the people
we are trying to reach are at 

490
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:58,200
The people we are trying to 
minister to the people that are 

491
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,300
looking for a little bit of help
and a little bit of hope. 

492
00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:03,200
We want to make sure that we are
a part of that conversation. 

493
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,000
If you see something posted on 
my account over the next couple 

494
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000
weeks, you didn't do the 30 day 
detox. 

495
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,500
Gotcha. 
Second thing is, it wasn't me? 

496
00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:13,900
It was somebody on our team, 
leveraging. 

497
00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:15,700
It, I'm out for the next 30 
days. 

498
00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:17,900
I'm doing it with you because I 
don't want you to feel like you 

499
00:31:17,908 --> 00:31:21,400
have to do it alone. 
We believe that there is a 

500
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,900
better way for you to live your 
life parents and grandparents 

501
00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:30,500
only to hear me have Grace here.
There are going to be real with 

502
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:34,100
drawers with our kids if they go
through a detox or you start. 

503
00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:39,400
Limit their screen time because 
they are actually addicted. 

504
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,600
There are chemical issues at 
play. 

505
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,200
You need to be intentional with 
the time. 

506
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,000
You have with them put a game 
plan together. 

507
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:54,000
Go buy some board games do 
chores together so you can stir 

508
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:58,900
up conversations. 
Couple years ago, I showed you a

509
00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:01,500
photo that I'm going to show you
in just a second, someone was 

510
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:05,100
commissioned to come up with a 
art installation that was 

511
00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:09,500
indicative of Our Generation. 
And this is what he came up 

512
00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:13,400
with. 
The art installation is in 

513
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,600
Amsterdam. 
It's called absorbed by light. 

514
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:24,900
the artist was saying This Is Us
and people go ironically and 

515
00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:28,600
they sit in between them and 
they take a picture for them to 

516
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:35,000
post for other people to do this
with And while we could easily 

517
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,000
point the finger at them, I 
think probably the thing we 

518
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,800
should do is go. 
Isn't this us? 

519
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,200
Was this your last night? 
Was this your last week? 

520
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,600
It stinks to be a part of second
service because if you have an 

521
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,300
iPhone, you got your screen 
report. 

522
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,100
Tim Cook is already told you 
over, I'm right. 

523
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,800
It should convict us. 
All, why are we saying all this?

524
00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:01,300
Because we want to be in your 
corner. 

525
00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:07,900
We want to be in this with you 
deep down inside. 

526
00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:12,000
I think, you know, that we are 
right and deep down inside. 

527
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,400
I think you want something 
better. 

528
00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,900
Look what it says in Hebrews 
chapter 12. 

529
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,200
Therefore, since we are 
surrounded by such a great, 

530
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,900
cloud of witnesses, let us throw
off everything that hinders and 

531
00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:27,100
the sin that so easily 
entangles, and let us run with 

532
00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:30,400
perseverance, the race marked 
out for us. 

533
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:37,500
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the 
Pioneer and Perfecter of faith 

534
00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:40,200
for the joy set, before him, he 
endured the cross. 

535
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,600
Scorning its shame and sat down 
at the right hand of the Throne 

536
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:48,900
of God you and I have been 
called to a glorious Life. 

537
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:52,900
By God our creator. 
We have been purchased ransomed 

538
00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:56,700
and Redeemed by his son Jesus 
Christ and we have the 

539
00:33:56,700 --> 00:34:00,400
indwelling power of the Holy 
Spirit to accomplish his 

540
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:03,700
mission. 
We were meant, and made and 

541
00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:08,100
saved for so much more than 
scrolling. 

542
00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:14,699
We Were Made for More. 
And every single one of you, 

543
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:21,000
myself included need to start 
living up to our god ordained 

544
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:24,000
calling. 
He says, throw off everything 

545
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,199
that hinders, you know what that
phrase is? 

546
00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:31,199
It's a weight loss phrase. 
When someone's getting ready to 

547
00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:35,000
run, you've shed the weight. 
It was talking about people who 

548
00:34:35,007 --> 00:34:38,000
are getting ready to compete in 
the games and they're like, look

549
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,800
I got to lose this. 
If I'm going to run as fast as I

550
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,300
want pretty soon, it's going to 
be warm enough where all the 

551
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,500
runners come out. 
And you can tell the difference 

552
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:48,500
between the serious runners in 
the pretend Runners. 

553
00:34:48,699 --> 00:34:51,699
Because the serious Runners are 
basically naked because they 

554
00:34:51,699 --> 00:34:53,900
just don't want, that's why I'm 
not a serious Runner. 

555
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,100
Okay, that's all there is to it 
that and I hate running. 

556
00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:59,700
Those are the two reasons why 
I'm not a runner the clothes. 

557
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,100
and the Running part and people 
will trim down because you don't

558
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:09,500
want to carry excess weight on a
race that matters the most Throw

559
00:35:09,500 --> 00:35:11,900
off. 
Question is your technology 

560
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:20,000
usage await on your walk? 
Is it an unnecessary weight in 

561
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,000
the race of your marriage? 
The race of your parenting, the 

562
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,200
race of God's calling on your 
life. 

563
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:28,700
Maybe we need to throw some of 
it off. 

564
00:35:29,700 --> 00:35:32,600
And I wonder, how many of us are
having a hard time living the 

565
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,700
life that God called us to, 
because we have not fixed our 

566
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:39,700
eyes on the author and Perfecter
of our faith, we have fixed our 

567
00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:45,400
eyes on our phones, And when 
you've sinned and messed up and 

568
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,600
you need grace, and mercy, you 
won't find it in Silicon Valley.

569
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,600
You won't find it in an 
algorithm. 

570
00:35:51,700 --> 00:35:53,900
You will only find it in a 
savior. 

571
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:59,000
When your life is in a tailspin 
and you need direction, you need

572
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000
a North star. 
You will not find that in your 

573
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,600
phone but you can and you will 
find it in Jesus. 

574
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:12,200
And when you find yourself in 
the darkest Valley, You won't 

575
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:16,600
find the Hope or the help that 
you need in your phone but you 

576
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:24,100
will find it in Jesus. 
Fixing our eyes on him. 

577
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,500
And I don't think you'll regret 
it. 

578
00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:36,900
We're moving to a time of 
decision if you are here and you

579
00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:40,700
have never started an intimate 
personal relationship with Jesus

580
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:44,200
Christ. 
You are why this church exists. 

581
00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:48,600
Because we found him and we've 
never gotten over it. 

582
00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:53,000
And I know, for some of you, you
might be going, there's a lot of

583
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,400
challenges in my life. 
There's a lot of things going 

584
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,600
on. 
And there's some Perfect Day in 

585
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:59,700
the future. 
When I'll be able to begin that 

586
00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:02,300
relationship, with Jesus that 
day is just not today. 

587
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:06,000
I just need you to hear me say, 
that is just not how it works. 

588
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:10,400
You don't fix you before you get
to Jesus, you will get to Jesus,

589
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,500
and you allow him to do the 
fixing. 

590
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:15,500
You allow him to the redeeming, 
you allow him to do. 

591
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,800
The saving. 
And maybe you've been here and 

592
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,900
you've watched everybody else, 
start that relationship with 

593
00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:23,800
Jesus Christ and it's just never
been your day. 

594
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,600
I want you to know that today 
can be that day. 

595
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:31,600
That you take your life and you 
surrender it to the saving work 

596
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,000
and the lordship work of Jesus 
Christ. 

597
00:37:34,700 --> 00:37:37,000
And the testimony of this 
church, not just here, but in 

598
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,400
all of our different locations 
and all of those watching online

599
00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:43,400
Universal, testimony of our 
church, is that the greatest 

600
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,500
decision we ever made was making
Jesus Christ. 

601
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:48,200
Our Lord and Savior and our 
biggest regret is you we didn't 

602
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,000
do it sooner. 
And we believe that when you 

603
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,300
find, what we found in him that 
you would agree. 

604
00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,400
And so if you have questions 
about what that is or what that 

605
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,900
looks like in just a few 
moments, while the people around

606
00:37:58,900 --> 00:38:00,600
you stand and sing, there's 
gonna be somebody right over 

607
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,000
there by the baptistry. 
Who would love an opportunity to

608
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:07,200
talk with you about it. 
To the rest of you in the room. 

609
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:14,500
The Christians. 
We have been given a glorious 

610
00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:18,400
mission. 
An opportunity to participate 

611
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,700
with God himself in his 
redeeming work. 

612
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:28,800
How many heartbeats do you have 
left? 

613
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,600
How many breaths do you have 
left? 

614
00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:39,300
Because for the crossing, I 
don't know how many beats your 

615
00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:43,000
heart beats and 4 hours and 30 
minutes. 

616
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:46,200
Every day. 
And I don't know how many 

617
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,700
breaths get chewed up in that 
timeframe every single day, but 

618
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,000
that is what we are spending on 
this. 

619
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,200
I heard people say now I just 
want to be a great Christian. 

620
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,300
I just I just don't have time to
read my Bible. 

621
00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:09,900
All right. 
What if he just shaved your 

622
00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:15,900
phone usage down 24 hours. 
Man, I wish I had time to pray 

623
00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:17,700
more. 
I'm just so busy. 

624
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:25,800
So busy you crayon. 
Five hours of scrolling in. what

625
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,000
if there are people who are 
close to you, who need real 

626
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:37,200
Godly answers a real Godly 
example, But the people God has 

627
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,600
placed this in our lives are 
looking to us to be the light. 

628
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,600
Instead we've been distracted by
the Light. 

629
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,500
On our phone. 
I think. 

630
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:56,500
I think we were made for more. 
I think the mission that he's 

631
00:39:56,500 --> 00:40:01,500
called us to is worthy of our 
investment and his cause is 

632
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:07,700
worthy of advancement. 
I think your marriage needs it. 

633
00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:12,800
Your relationships are aching 
for it and your kids require it 

634
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,000
from us. 
So, here's what I'm asking you 

635
00:40:16,008 --> 00:40:19,100
to do. 
Come up here at some point in 

636
00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:21,300
time during the next couple 
songs and we have these that we 

637
00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:24,400
have the challenges up here, 
they're labeled by age group. 

638
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:27,200
Would you just be willing to 
spend a little bit of time on 

639
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,300
your knees going? 
God, I want to surrender this 

640
00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:35,200
area. 
My life to your lordship God, I 

641
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:40,000
want you to help me run my life 
and my technology usage through 

642
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,400
this filter. 
God, I want to be a change agent

643
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,700
in my home. 
I know some of you after talking

644
00:40:46,700 --> 00:40:49,000
to first service, some of you 
were really pumped about the 

645
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:53,100
sermon and your kids were not 
Yeah, well it's going to take 

646
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:56,600
time. 
But let's go on this journey 

647
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,100
together. 
Let's make it count. 

648
00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:01,600
Would you join me in that you 
stand heavenly father. 

649
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,900
Thank you for loving us and 
never giving up on us and God 

650
00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:07,000
thank you for giving us the 
power to make the changes that 

651
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,900
we know we need to make God be 
with this church. 

652
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:15,800
As we try to become a place that
makes you proud help us. 

653
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:20,800
Not to squander Our Lives. 
God, give us the strength and 

654
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,800
courage to live out our 
convictions. 

655
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,400
Because so much is in the 
balance and I pray, amen. 

656
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,400
Because so much is in the 
balance and I pray, amen.