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Hey Forever GodGirl, is your For You page ruining

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your faith? I'm your host, Iz, and today we are

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healing our mental, emotional, and spiritual

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health by unplugging from our phones and instead

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plugging into the word. Because my For You page

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is hurting my feelings. Okay, before we get into

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the rest of the episode I just want to say that

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social media is not inherently bad. but just

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as God can use it for His glory, the devil can

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use it for your demise. Listen, brain rot content

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can be funny, but it's literally brain rot. And

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also, not all trends are good or godly either.

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1 John 4 .1 says, We can start to compromise

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just because our fave creator is doing the same

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thing. But Romans 12:2 says, Don't copy the behavior

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and customs of this world, but let God transform

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you into a new person by changing the way you

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think. Then you will learn to know God's will

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for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

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Another version says do not be conformed to this

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world but be transformed by the renewal of your

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mind. Okay, so those are just some of the damages

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of excess social media. But if you aren't convinced

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that you have a phone addiction just yet, here

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are some red flags. One, you check your notifications

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before you check in with God. Oof, this one is

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pretty bad. Two, you feel anxious, heavy, extra

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bored or FOMO, fear of missing out, when you're

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away from your phone. Three, you can't go through

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10 to 15 minutes of Bible studying without checking

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your phone, even if it's in the name of getting

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an aesthetic photo. And four, when you're feeling

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stressed or just mid, you go on your phone instead

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of pray. An easy example of this is when you

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don't have anyone to talk to, so you pick up

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your phone, but you're just scrolling through

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your app library. Now that we've established

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that some of us may have a phone addiction, let's

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use a weightier word. Phone idol. Is your phone

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an idol? If you got your phone taken away for

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a week, would your relationship with God deepen

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or get emptier? Do you spend more time mindlessly

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scrolling than you do reading your Bible? And

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who has more influence over your feelings, your

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favorite influencer or the Holy Spirit? It's

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time for a digital detox. or in this case, God

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and the phone. This is easier said than done,

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but put your phone on downtime and stick to your

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boundaries. Delete social media for 24 whole

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hours. Take a three -day social media fast, and

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while fasting, Bible journal, take a prayer walk,

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unfollow the creators who don't bring you joy

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and aren't pointing you to Jesus. Instead, follow

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creators who point you to the gospel and not

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their it girl main character lifestyle. Because

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let me tell you, no influencer has the perfect

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skin, the perfect body, or the perfect life.

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Hence, John 7 24, which says, look beneath the

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surface so you can judge correctly. Lastly, listen

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up. We got to take action. Get motivated and

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operate in the fruit of self -control. Because

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the math isn't math -ing when we spend five hours

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doom scrolling, but five minutes in the works.

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Now it's time for our special segment, Hot Takes,

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where I post some hot takes on Instagram and

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y 'all vote for which ones you agree with. The

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first hot take is, can Christians be friends

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with non -Christians? 14 % said sure, 57 % said

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yes, but don't be influenced, and 29 % said no,

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unequally yoked. The second hot take is, is self

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-care the same as being self -centered? 17 %

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said yes, and 83 % said not unless you take it

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too far. Lastly we have can Christians read books

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with inappropriate content in them aka smut 17

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% said yeah, just skip through some pages 0 %

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said it doesn't matter and 83 % said no it can

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fuel lust But I want to know what is your opinion

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on these hot takes if you didn't get a chance

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to vote make sure you're following us on Instagram

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at forever God grow podcast so that you can be

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a part of the polls and Make sure to ask your

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parent or legal guardian for permission first

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That was such a great special segment, but now

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it's time to talk about something even more important

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and even more exciting. Salvation. Here's a word

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from Xi. So, if you have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ, then this message will help

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you. But, if you don't have a personal relationship

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with Jesus Christ, I invite you to give your

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heart to the Lord today. To receive him into

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your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 -10. It says,

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If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus,

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and believe in your heart that God has raised

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him from the dead, you will be saved. For with

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the heart one believes unto righteousness, and

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with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are

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saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You

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are saved from all your sins. Past, present and

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future sins you may commit. This truth is not

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a free pass to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives

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you power over all wrong choices and empowers

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you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved

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forever and your name is written in the Book

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of Life. Did you just give your life to Jesus?

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Because if you did, give yourself a pat on the

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back. I'm so godly proud of you. Thank you so

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much for listening to this podcast episode. I

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trust that it helped you and that you learned

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something. And remember, put your phone down

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right after this episode ends. Your algorithm

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may know what you like, but God knows what you

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need. Your peace is a priority, so don't give

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up the serenity just for a scroll. Hey, Forever

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GodGirl, did you like this episode? If so, please

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