Social Media Break

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I am doing awesome, thanks be to God! So over the past month, I've been on a social media break. So what does this mean? Well, I deactivated my Facebook account, and signed out and deleted these apps off my phone; these apps include Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. In the past, I've done social media breaks for a week or less; also in 2010, I had deactivated my Facebook account for a few months. But this time around, this social media break was a move from God. It was around 2 a.m. while I was prayerfully meditating and laying in bed, in between being awake and falling asleep, and the Lord put it on my heart to get off social media. Of course my flesh was hesitant initially and I tried to ignore the voice of God, but then I became tormented in bed and couldn't fall asleep. The enemy started speaking the opposite on me and telling me to disobey this word from God. But to God be the glory, my spirit man took charge and I obeyed. After finally saying yes, God put on my heart this scripture: Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2.

The Lord told me that He needs me to take this time off from social media. I was taking in a lot of junk from social media and He needed my mind to be clear from it. He needed me to take some time to focus on Him. In the beginning of the social media break, I started to realize how addicted I was. For instance, I'd wake up and immediately search for my phone; rather than reading my Bible, praying, or just going into a place of worship, I'd check my Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. Hours would pass by and that will be time completely wasted. Also, I realized how much I held on so tight to my phone just because I'd feel the need to check my accounts every hour or frequently than that. As time goes by, I've seen the amazing things God is doing in me; in the past months God has been teaching me discipline and this social media break is one of them. I have been seeing the difference God is doing in my life, and the Lord has been giving me amazing resources for the renewal of my mind. A couple weeks ago, I watched a fantastic series on Youtube that blessed me called "Mindworld" by Pastor Ron Carpenter. I have also been getting into the habit of praying when I wake up, lay in bed to read my daily devotional, and the only time I reach for my phone is to read one of the daily plans in the Bible App. All I can say is, to God be the glory.
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. Titus 2:11-14

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,
Ruby B. Johnson.

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