Social Media Fast

If you’re reading this, hopefully its because you too have decided to fast from social media for 21 days in order to grow closer to God.

Here are a couple tips regarding these next 21 days.

First off this is going to be really hard.

Secondly we will only get out of this, what we are willing to put in this.

There will be many temptations that the enemy will try to use to keep us from growing and following Jesus whole-heartedly. I suggest deleting all of the social media apps on your phone, tablet, and whatever you normally use to look at social media. You can also deactivate these accounts to take it a step further if you think the temptation to re-download the apps might be an issue.

The biggest question we need to be aware of and ask ourselves is

What will we do with our time?

It’s great to fast and turn away from things that may be distracting us. 

That is a huge and major essential step. 

This next step is even more crucial: we must follow Jesus.

The enemy will want us to spend and use our time with things that are simply “time fillers”.

An example of some of these time fillers for myself might be watching more television, watching more Netflix, playing video games, etc. So think of what some of those things might be for you over these next 21 days. Instead of spending time or wasting time we must choose to invest our time in things of eternal value.

Examples of  ways to spend time with eternal value.

Reading Gods word- One of the most important parts of our relationship with God is reading and listening to His word. (If you have the bible app it will read it aloud to you if you prefer to listen and follow along)

Prayer- I encourage you to write down your prayers. Get a journal. Type them out on your computer or even phone. Start to write them down so you can look back and see in the future how God is working in your life.

Spend time with God alone and Be still (Outdoors is great too)

Join or start a bible study

Find a church to attend

Listen to sermons

Listen to worship music

Read a book! Find some good books to keep with you or download some to your phone or tablet.

Find an accountability partner- Following Jesus and living a life for God is hard and we were never meant to do it alone. Find someone to help hold you accountable and to grow with.

Start a blog- God pulls us through many hard times for a specific reason; so that we can help others who struggle with the same things. (2 Corinthians 1:4)

Invest in the relationships and people around you

Write letters to your future spouse or kids

These are just some of the ways you can replace the time you were spending on social media and use it to follow Jesus. There are many more, just be open to how God speaks to you! It’s important to plan out how we will spend our time. It’s will be easy to fill our time with other things if we don’t plan it out.

I’m excited to see how God grows us all as men and women after his own heart.

Here are some great promises we have to hold onto going into this time:

But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. 

And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.

Deuteronomy 4:29

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, 

and he will give you everything you need.

Matthew 6:33

Trust in the Lord and do good. 
Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. 

Commit everything you do to the Lord. 
Trust him, and he will help you.

Psalms 37:3-5

See yall July 16^th!