A 2016 study of more than 1,000 participants found that people who took a one-week break from Facebook had greater life satisfaction.
“If you stop logging into Facebook, you’re not going to get the shakes and start vomiting and going into physical withdrawals.”
Taking social media breaks, or quitting altogether, isn’t a great option for everyone.
https://onezero.medium.com/what-do-social-media-breaks-accomplish-95471d34130c
Heather Fulbright knew she wanted to be a teacher like her dad, David Moser.
The Moser family has influenced thousands of Catawba County students.
When veteran teacher David Moser leaves the classroom this June, he’ll take with him memories of math-themed songs and contests to name family pets. He’ll leave behind standardized tests and new methods of discipline that his daughter, first-year teacher Heather Fulbright, will have to face.
BY RICK WARREN — FEBRUARY 25, 20191.7K
“Protect me, God, because I trust in you. I said to the LORD, ‘You are my Lord. Every good thing I have comes from you’” (Psalm 16:1-2 NCV).Although it’s true not everything that happens in your life is good, that doesn’t mean God is not good, and it doesn’t mean God is not pouring his goodness into your life. God can take the bad and bring good out of it. Even in the worst times, God has a good purpose, a good plan, and a good reason.
Psalm 16:1-2 says, “Protect me, God, because I trust in you. I said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord. Every good thing I have comes from you’” (NCV).
Would you pray and talk to God about his goodness? Say, “God, you are so good. I could never deserve your goodness. I’m sorry that I have often forgotten or doubted your goodness. Forgive me for ungratefulness and prideful self-centeredness. I am nothing without you. Like David, I would despair if I didn’t know your goodness. Open my eyes to see how good you really are, and let it transform my life.
“God, my soul needs restoring. I don’t always think right. I don’t always choose right. I don’t always feel right. I need you to restore my damaged soul, my mind, my will, and my emotions. As I continue learning about your goodness, I trust that my sins have been forgiven because I’ve come to you and said I need a Savior. I’m going to release the people who have hurt me and pray a prayer of blessing over them. I’m going to team up with you and ask you to help me with the load I’m carrying.”
If you don’t know Jesus as Savior, you can pray this right now: “Jesus Christ, I want to get to know you. I want to learn to love you and trust you. I humbly ask you to accept me into your family, not because I deserve it but because on the cross, it was finished. You paid it all! Thank you. I pray this in your name. Amen.”
If you just prayed to accept Jesus, please email me at Rick@PastorRick.com and let me know about it. I’d like to send you some free materials to help you start your journey with Jesus.PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor RickTalk It Over
Meditation for the Day
I should strive for a friendliness and helpfulness that will affect all who come near to me. I should try to see something to love in them. I should welcome them, bestow little courtesies and understandings on them, and help them if they ask for help. I must send no one away without a word of cheer, a feeling that I really care about them. God may have put the impulse in some despairing one’s mind to come to me. I must not fail God by repulsing that person. They may not want to communicate with me unless they are sure of a warm welcome.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may warmly welcome all who come to me for help. I pray that I may make them feel that I really care.
Freedom
Many of us were oppressed and victimized as children. As adults, we may continue to keep ourselves oppressed.
Some of us don’t recognize that caretaking and not setting boundaries will leave us feeling victimized.
Some of us don’t understand that thinking of ourselves as victims will leave us feeling oppressed.
Some of us don’t know that we hold the key to our own freedom. That key is honoring ourselves, and taking care of ourselves.
We can say what we mean, and mean what we say.
We can stop waiting for others to give us what we need and take responsibility for ourselves. When we do, the gates to freedom will swing wide.
Walk through.
Today, I will understand that I hold the key to my freedom. I will stop participating in my oppression and victimization. I will take responsibility for myself, and let others do as they may.
“What manifests in front of us at any given moment is actually something truly extraordinary– it is the end result of all the forces that have been interacting together for billions of years.
We are not responsible for even the tiniest fraction of what is manifesting around us.
Nonetheless, we walk around constantly trying to control and determine what will happen next in our lives.
No wonder there’s so much tension, anxiety, and fear.
Each of us actually believes that things should be the way we want them, instead of being the natural result of all the forces of creation. ”
Michael A. Singer
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