In The Way series | Week 8 | "Technology"
Adam Barnett preaches on "Technology" for Week 8 of In The Way.
MESSAGE NOTES
In The Way
"Techonology" • October 27, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett
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Poison #1: My phone controls me.
“We are formed in the image of what we habitually gaze at.” – Justin Earley, Habits of the Household
Antidote: 1 Corinthians 6:12. “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.
True freedom comes not from permission to do everything, but from not being enslaved to anything.
Action Step: Delete a time-consuming, unnecessary app (right now).
Poison #2: My phone defines my worth.
Other people’s words (positive or negative) don’t define my worth.
Antidote: 1 Peter 2:9 and Ephesians 2:10. You are God’s special possession … God’s handiwork.
Action Step: Memorize 1 Peter 2:9 and Ephesians 2:10.
Poison #3: My phone is a weapon.
Antidote: James 1:19-20. Let every person be … slow to speak.
Action Step: Be nice and say you’re sorry.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. - Deuteronomy 6:4-7