A CELL PHONE IS WHAT???
How would you describe a cell phone? Necessity…necessary evil…lifeline…convenient…
What happens when you leave home without it or lose it? Many are lost and some panicked until they have it back in their possession.
It is indeed a necessity for some and a necessary evil for others. There are those that are addicted to it so in a way it is their lifeline. It is definitely a convenience, well, most of the time.
The cell phone can also be used as a spiritual growth tool! Here are several ways to grow spiritually using the cell phone! I love the last one!
Download the whole Bible on your cell phone. Some Bible apps have many different versions of the Bible within one app. There are also daily, weekly, yearly, or topical devotionals in these apps. Verses can be highlighted and notes can be made for future reference. Your Bible is always in the palm of your hand!
Download a Bible verse memory app. You put in whatever verses you want and study them with the flash card method or listen to them. They can also be heard by connecting your phone to the car or home stereo.
If you are on Facebook, sign up to have daily devotional and news articles sent from your favorite authors. I have Chuck Swindoll, Max Lucado and Franklin Graham sent to mine. Having daily devotionals sent to your email is another option. In Touch magazine with Charles Stanley’s devotional is in my email every morning. Keep prayer needs current with email. Our Pastor sends emails with the latest prayer requests and other information concerning the church and events through the email. Connecting with International and Home Missionaries through email and Facebook is another great way to keep their prayer needs before you.
My latest most exciting endeavor with the cell phone is to set an alarm every hour on the hour (of course not during church or other meetings and family times.) This alarm is to remind me to talk to God for at least a couple of minutes every hour. When the alarm goes off my 4 year old granddaughter says, “Mammie, it’s time to talk to God.” It has become a wonderful series of mini talks with God throughout the day!
Where am I when that alarm goes off? Maybe I am in God’s beautiful outdoors or in a storm (a life storm or a weather storm). Sometimes I am shopping and there is a mom close by who is struggling with little ones. Sometimes I am driving and hear sirens or I am in traffic. Sometimes I am just at peace and thanking God for the blessing of the last hour or asking for help for myself or someone else for the next hour.
There is always something to talk to God about for a minute or two. But, I find often it goes well beyond a minute or two. Sometimes I listen for God to talk to me. No matter what the point of conversation is at the top of the hour it definitely keeps me aware of the Presence of God in my life!
So what is a cell phone? A great spiritual growth tool!
Jeremiah 33:3 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3 Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
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