MAIN IDEA
Scripture before phone
KEY QUOTE
"The moments of waking are powerful moments of formation. My head was asking my phone a very practical question: What do I need to do today? But in the same moments, under the radar, my heart was asking my phone a much more profound question: Who do I need to become today?"
-Justin Whitmel Early
KEY VERSES
Psalm 5:3 ESV
3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch
Psalm 90:14
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalm 139:17-18 ESV
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
Psalm 143:8
8 Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
J HIGH DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How was your first week of school?
On average, how much time do you think you spend on technology in a day? (phone, computer, video games, ect)
Matt said in the message, “What we pay attention to doesn't just inform us, it forms us.” How have you seen this play out in your own life?
Read Psalm 143:8. How could your day look different if this was the first thing you saw and thought about in the morning?
How do you plan to start practicing the habit of scripture, or Bible App, before phone this week? (paper bible, verse of the day, a specific book of the Bible, ect.)
HIGH SCHOOL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
How was your first week of school?
On average, how much time do you think you spend on technology in a day? (phone, computer, video games, ect)
Read the quote from Justin Whitmel Earley at the top of the page. How do you think your current phone usage has been answering the question, “who do I need to become today?”
Read Psalm 143:8. How could your day look different if this was the first thing you saw and thought about in the morning?
How do you plan to start practicing the habit of scripture, or Bible App, before phone this week? (paper bible, verse of the day, a specific book of the Bible, ect.)