Fast from the media: no TV, no newspaper, no Internet via computer or home. Take this time to listen for God in the silence of your heart. He is there, wanting to speak to you. Will you turn down the noise of the world and listen?
We live in a world where media is 24/7, where there are hundreds of channels to with airtime to fill, with stories from across the globe available at our keyboards and sent to the phones in our pockets. It becomes very over whelming and causes you to tune out everything. It also allows society to micro-focus on people and events that really don't need to be stories. Really...,.if the world spent half the time praying that it did reading/reporting/talking about Charlie Sheen the last few weeks, how better off would the world be?
Satan wants the noise to interrupt your time with God. He knows that the more he distracts you and keeps you from hearing God's voice the farther he can pull you away from God. Today, don't give him the pleasure. Take those moments in the car that you would be listening to the radio, to pray. Give up that lunch hour surfing the Internet to ask God to show you his plan in your life. Instead of watching the evening news, get on your knees and thank God for giving you this day and reflect on how that day went. Did you serve God? Ask God for forgiveness for all the times you failed to be his disciple.
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