Death to Distractions
15The Lord, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple. 16But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done. (2 Chronicles 36:15-16)
Greetings family. I wish you a safe and joyful week as we march into the celebration of the birth of our King, Jesus Christ. We are just one week away from Christmas Eve! I am very excited about it here in Poland because I have become a big part of the small Church community we have on our base. I will hopefully have more time to post throughout this week and share all our great moments with y’all here.
I took some time out of my day to get caught up and then try to get ahead in my 9-month reading plan of the Holy Bible. Right now, as it sits, I am on schedule with the plan, but I really need to get ahead so when we ramp back up after the holidays with military exercises, I can absorb some of these busier training days and still stay on course to finish on time. I could easily be much further ahead, but I find myself constantly under attack by the enemy and allowing distractions to divulge my time away from God.
Last night was a perfect example. When I could have easily spent an hour or so soaking in the Word, I opened YouTube up and found myself watching upcoming trailers for all the movies coming out in 2024. There I was, thinking in my head how Hollywood has become a horrible distraction to America. And while I was going to touch on the increasingly violent and graphic nature movies are presenting, I realized today how I became trapped in my own indignation. I wasted an hour of my time watching flashy movie trailers, complaining to myself how astray entertainment is and void of anything positive. What I should have done was never open that YouTube app and finished my evening reading the Word, or writing to y’all, or working on the final version of Common Sense REBORN Daily Devotional.
So yes, Christmas is just one week away. And after that, we are one week away from the start of 2024. Let’s make 2024 the year we destroy our pagan idols (anything that distracts us from spending time with God). This gives you two weeks to ween off those bad habits. I am praying for a bold movement of revival in 2024! Stay tuned for more messages pushing y’all to go all in for Christ in the New Year. I wish you a blessed week and I will be back as soon as possible!
Until then, enjoy this beautiful remake of one if my favorite songs. This young lady, Jada Facer, did a “Christmas” remix to the classic “Hallelujah” and it is incredible. Now the song finally makes sense to sing during Christmas time! Enjoy and be blessed!
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