What we want to do in this devotional is provide a few ways we can approach social media from a spiritual lens.
The question is not whether we have a sense of divine purpose, but how we’re trying to satisfy it.
When we get our happiness from God, we want to share that happiness with others.
This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
But how do we become a light that shines brightly before others? The first step is making sure we choose not to live in darkness ourselves.
One of the defining crises of midlife is refusing to admit the truth to ourselves that we’re getting older.”
Building self-discipline is what gives us the ability to bridge the gap between aspiration and victory.
God uses what we are going through to give us the opportunity to build relationships and it is up to us to accept that lesson. We need to believe that God puts us right where we need to be.
God wants us to have friends we can be completely ourselves with, but this can only happen if we let go of control.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.
When we experience testing, pain and failure in our lives, it is easy to give into fear and doubt. “Flipping the Switch” is about learning to let God use our personal passion, ambition, dreams, pain, and setbacks for his greater purpose of saving lives.
The key to turning our emotion into action is trusting God.