{"id":16246,"date":"2017-09-08T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/?p=16246"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T17:30:32","slug":"freed-from-distractions-occupied-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/freed-from-distractions-occupied-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed From Distractions & Occupied with God"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We live in a technology-filled society and I will be the first to say that I enjoy the latest modern technological advances.\u00a0 However, at the same time technology has become a tool to be used by God\u2019s enemy to keep us occupied and distracted from what is really important.<\/p>\n

I see people in their cars, walking down the street or sitting in restaurants totally absorbed by their smart phones.\u00a0 More and more people would rather text than talk.\u00a0 Communication between people is not getting better, but rather is breaking down.\u00a0 People skills are being replaced by APPS!<\/p>\n

I believe distractions including being occupied with our smart phones are leading us away from God.\u00a0 Instead of seeking God for advice and direction, we search the world over for answers.\u00a0 We seek satisfaction from our smart phones.\u00a0 We go to Google for more situations.\u00a0 It\u2019s so easy to text a friend for advice instead of asking the Holy Spirit. God is systematically being replaced by technology.\u00a0 We are drifting further and further away from the source of all goodness.<\/p>\n

What could be more rewarding than direct communication with God, the Source of all things? Who could possibly have more answers than Him?\u00a0 Every morning I wake up and make a conscious decision<\/em> to do two things:\u00a0 Get into the Word of God and pray in the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 Nothing in my life is more satisfying than this activity.\u00a0 It is when I am with God in His Word and praying in the Spirit that I find all the direction I need to navigate through this life in perfect joy and peace.<\/p>\n

When I feel sick, I seek God in His Word to receive my healing.\u00a0 When there is a financial need, I confess God\u2019s Word and pray in the Spirit. I have direct communication with the Creator of the universe, and so can you!<\/p>\n

First, make a decision to put down your phone and pick up your Bible.\u00a0 You may say, \u201cI have the Bible on my phone,\u201d but remember that phone has kept you distracted from fellowship with God!\u00a0 I believe reading the written Word on real paper will help break the bonds of our affair with smart devices.\u00a0 So, until you learn to have dominion over your smart phone, I suggest you lay it down and pick up your Bible!<\/p>\n

Second, make a decision to pursue a relationship with God.\u00a0 There are two ways to communicate with Him:\u00a0 One is to fellowship in your native language and the other is through your prayer language (praying in tongues).\u00a0 You may say, \u201cI don\u2019t have a prayer language\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t believe in tongues.\u201d\u00a0 There was a time in my life when I didn\u2019t believe tongues were for us today.\u00a0 I was taught that praying in tongues was unimportant and for baby Christians.\u00a0 For over 40 years I avoided the subject of tongues like the plague! But, by God\u2019s mercy I was connected to ministries that taught the truth about tongues and our prayer language.\u00a0 After studying and receiving revelation from God I began to seek and desire to know my prayer language and learn to pray in it.\u00a0 Thank God that eventually I did!<\/p>\n

If you are born-again and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, you HAVE been given a prayer language.\u00a0 It is inside of you waiting to be released.\u00a0 It\u2019s YOUR language, specific to you; given by the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 He wants to pray through you to God in a mysterious language that God fully understands and answers 100% of the time.\u00a0 However, this article is not about tongues.\u00a0 If you would like to learn more, there are plenty of excellent resources out there.\u00a0 One of the best resources I have found is by Dave Roberson.\u00a0 His book, THE WALK OF THE SPIRIT, THE WALK OF POWER, is doctrinally sound and will help you to understand and activate the power of God within you.\u00a0 The book is free on Amazon or you can go to his website by clicking here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to take time to get close to God. \u00a0It\u2019s time to DECIDE to set aside the distractions and learn to develop a close and intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 You will be amazed how your life will change and improve once God intrinsically involved in every aspect of your life through a strong relationship with Him.<\/p>\n

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First, make a decision to put down your phone and pick up your Bible.\u00a0 You may say, \u201cI have the Bible on my phone,\u201d but remember that phone has kept you distracted from fellowship with God!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[636,632,634,637,635,633,258,256,581],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendoutyourroots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}