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The Screwtape Letters @ Faith Promise

  • "Whatever you do, don't let him think ..."

  • Yeah, bedtime and my phone is a problem for me. I need to not be reaching for my phone before I turn to God in the mornings. Similarly, it should stop being the last thing I look at before I roll over and sleep at night.

  • Distraction from God is a powerful tactic of the enemy.

Attention / Distraction

  • My attention is fractured through most of each day. The roaming of the mind.

  • "It's time for lunch" can be all the distraction we need from time focused on meditation with God.

  • When was theast time I was fully in a moment, with God or anyone, without reaching for my phone?

  • Silence and solitude are absolutely things I need to practice more regularly.

  • 1 Peter 5:8

  • 2 Corinthians 10:5

  • Winning The War Within - book recommendation

  • "Can the devil put a thought in your head?" - yes

    • I can't stop a bird from landing in my hair, but I can stop it fr building a nest.

  • "The best move of all is to prevent a person from ever intending to pray in the first place." - Screwtape

  • The enemy can't have your soul, so he's after your attention.

  • Romans 8:9-11

  • Luke 10:38-42 - Martha is distracted from Jesus, by serving Jesus.

  • John 8:44

  • Revelation 12:9

  • Psalm 46:10 - "Be still, and know that I am God."

  • Colossians 3:1-3