{"id":6524,"date":"2021-11-28T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T00:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2021-12-05T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T23:08:52","slug":"self-control-on-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/self-control-on-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Control on Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes we always see people pulling out their phones and ignoring others around them. When you hang out at hope fellowship, you hurry and take out your phone and start to scroll around the screen.\u00a0 Sometimes when you are in a hurry you even drop your phone and crack your screen!! We pull out our phone because some people think our phone can distract us from having an awkward feeling, because they are tempted to see the \u201cinteresting things there\u201d or because they have nothing to do in their life. Today’s Bible study was about addiction which some of us have that problem with our phones.\u00a0 For me, when I always get addicted to the phone, it’s mindless scrolling. When I started scrolling I couldn’t stop myself. I have a lack of self control.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why, but whenever I started touching the phone it was always dinner time, when I had to leave everything down and eat. But when I\u2019m on the phone I can\u2019t stop until someone tells me to, and I sometimes even find excuses like \u201cI need to post pictures for Hope Fellowship.\u201d\u00a0 Which I could do later or the next day.\u00a0 And then all my family were downstairs waiting for me to eat with them but I was still on the phone.\u00a0 This was hard for me because I thought I was doing things that are related to God that I have to do first, but it was not, because I was also scrolling the \u201cinteresting stuff\u201d. It\u2019s not double tasking at this point but a waste of time?\u00a0 So now what I have to do is to pray to God and ask Him for help.<\/span><\/p>\n

So is it you who is using your cell phone \u2013 or is your cell phone using you?\u00a0 The phone is no longer just a communication device \u2013 but for many people it has become more like a \u201cfriend\u201d, a \u201ccompanion\u201d and a \u201cpartner\u201d. In fact, cell phone use has become addictive for many phone users around the world. In 1 Corinthians 10:23 says \u201cI have the right to do anything,\u201d you say\u2014but not everything is beneficial. \u201cI have the right to do anything\u201d\u2014but not everything is constructive.\u00a0 Cell phone addiction can also affect people’s work or study because a person may want to be connected to his\/her phone at all times. But the most negative thing is that we are having a poor relationship with others and with God.\u00a0 Therefore excessive cell phone use draws us away from the very things that we should value the most. Such as face-to-face relationships; spending quality time with loved ones or even the amount of time we spend with God. \u00a0 Even if using the phone is not a sin \u2013 it is important for one to discern if the cell phone has become an addiction in your life rather than a tool that you control.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides this, we need to learn discipline and have self control over our actions. Some things you can do to stay away from your electronics are shutting them off or shut off the notification, don\u2019t sleep with your phone or electronic beside your bed or under your pillow, have productive habits in your life such as reading the Bible(but not on phone though,) and set goals to focus like not touching your phone for a week. You can set that goal maybe during the Christmas season and you can help with the church and community. Lastly, you can also pray to God. In Colossians 3:1-2 says \u201cIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.\u201d After all, our minds should be focused on the heavenly things that bring joy and meaning to our life. Our minds should be focused on God and be consumed by heavenly things because without Christ or the mind of Christ, we cannot overcome the sin on this earth. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes we always see people pulling out their phones and ignoring others around them. When you hang out at hope fellowship, you hurry and take out your phone and start to scroll around the screen.\u00a0 Sometimes when you are in a hurry you even drop your phone and crack your screen!! We pull out our…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[962],"tags":[605,966],"class_list":["post-6524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotional","tag-addiction","tag-smartphone","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6524"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6540,"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6524\/revisions\/6540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecbchurch.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}