Yesterday, Douwene and I took the first step towards becoming Tech-No. We did this by cutting the worlds umbilical cord into our home. Truth be told, we did this because Financial Peace suggested that we cut the Cable.

Limiting screen time is an opportunity to increase study time. God does not share our passions with anyone or anything else. We are to love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind (Mt.22:37f). Shockingly, however, many Christians have turned their Godly passions towards insatiable & lustful worldly screens.

Jeremiah 2:12–13 (ESV) — 12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the LORD, 13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Are you addicted to the screens in your life? Do they interfere with your daily activities? Are you more with virtual friends than real friends? Is screen time your main source of happiness? Is the quality of your work suffering? Are you uneasy if you cannot find your “dumb phone”? Do those close to you say you are online too much? Does it involve risky behavior and secrets?

So, how do we cut back?
• Cut the cord to your home.
• Turn off notifications.
• Place device in a different room.
• Turn off phone use at the office or school, and church. And set time limits.
• Create no-phone zones (church, bedroom, dining room table, etc.).
• Create intermittent fasting from the phone.
• Install the “Moment” app – a screen time tracker.
• Finally, uninstall addictive apps (games), unhealthy apps (TikTok) and risky behavior apps.

Now, friend, you are ready to return to your patiently waiting and ever-loving heavenly Father. With all the extra time you have,
meditate on the following words: “BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS, I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH” (Ps.46:10 ESV).