iNSTAMACY
Merging Faith and Technology
#REST
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.
I Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)
“Like money, social media is a great servant but a terrible master.” Carey Nieuwhof, Pastor
· 58% of people don’t go one waking hour without checking their phone.
· 59% of people check email as it comes in and 89% check it daily on vacation.
· 80% of teenagers sleep with their phones.
· 84% of people believe they couldn’t go one day without their phones.
1 You have searched me,Lord, and you knowme.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughtsfrom afar… 4 Before a word is on my tongue
you,Lord, know it completely… 8 If I go up to the heavens,you are there; if I make my bedin the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,110 even there your hand will guide me, your right handwill hold me fast.
Psalm 139:1,2,4,8-10 (NIV)
“God, You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our soul is restless until it finds rest in You.” St. Augustine
How can we find rest?
1. Be ______.
Be still, and know that I am God… Psalm 46:10
2. Be ______.
A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t … Proverbs 13:16 (TLB)
22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put offyour old self,which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;23to be made new in the attitude of your minds;24and to put onthe new self,created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:22-24 (NIV)
“PUT ON” “PUT OFF”
1,______1.______
2.______2.______
3.______3.______
TheLordsaid to his people: “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” Jeremiah 6:16 (NET)