I just got back from our Church's High School Winter Camp and wanted to pass this along...
"HOW TO BE CONTENT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD" By Sarah Denham
POSITIVES:
1. You are able to communicate with people without being in their presence.
2. You are given a window into the lives of others with pictures and video.
3. You are able to communicate with anyone in the world who has access to the Internet.
4. You are able to rally people under common interests and causes (e.g. The Arab Spring utilized Facebook in helping rally people politically and around just causes.).
5. The church can use Facebook as a tool for Kingdom growth.
6. You are able to find people you once cared for and were close with and reconnect--(modern day phonebook).
NEGATIVES:
1. Fuels the "comparing game" that breeds insecurity and depression.
2. By nature it is exaggerative and self promoting.
3. Cultivates a pre-occupation with trivialities.
4. Expends energy on "cyberspace" not "physical space" (which is essential to genuine companionship on a human level).
5. Fuels the anxiety called F.O.M.O. = Fear.Of.Missing.Out!
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES:
1. I want you to know that you are not alone in experiencing unhealthy feelings associated with "Social Networking". It's common that jealousy, depression and anxiety result from activity on "Social Networks."
2. I want you to understand that there is an addictive and serious downside to being on Social Networks.
3. I want you to understand that we all have a need for companionship, friendship, communication and community --and that our deepest needs in these areas will not be fulfilled in "Cyberspace!"
4. I want you to understand that as popular as Social Networks are, there is good reason to unplug and replace!
5. I want you to learn to be content in Christ!
The key to contentment is two-fold: it's based on who you know (the Lord Jesus) and how you think.
"God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about faith. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."
(C.S. Lewis)
"Learning to be content requires putting gratitude in your attitude, not comparing yourself with others, but being thankful for what God has given you and doing something with what God has given you!"
"HOW TO BE CONTENT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD" By Sarah Denham
POSITIVES:
1. You are able to communicate with people without being in their presence.
2. You are given a window into the lives of others with pictures and video.
3. You are able to communicate with anyone in the world who has access to the Internet.
4. You are able to rally people under common interests and causes (e.g. The Arab Spring utilized Facebook in helping rally people politically and around just causes.).
5. The church can use Facebook as a tool for Kingdom growth.
6. You are able to find people you once cared for and were close with and reconnect--(modern day phonebook).
NEGATIVES:
1. Fuels the "comparing game" that breeds insecurity and depression.
2. By nature it is exaggerative and self promoting.
3. Cultivates a pre-occupation with trivialities.
4. Expends energy on "cyberspace" not "physical space" (which is essential to genuine companionship on a human level).
5. Fuels the anxiety called F.O.M.O. = Fear.Of.Missing.Out!
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES:
1. I want you to know that you are not alone in experiencing unhealthy feelings associated with "Social Networking". It's common that jealousy, depression and anxiety result from activity on "Social Networks."
2. I want you to understand that there is an addictive and serious downside to being on Social Networks.
3. I want you to understand that we all have a need for companionship, friendship, communication and community --and that our deepest needs in these areas will not be fulfilled in "Cyberspace!"
4. I want you to understand that as popular as Social Networks are, there is good reason to unplug and replace!
5. I want you to learn to be content in Christ!
The key to contentment is two-fold: it's based on who you know (the Lord Jesus) and how you think.
"God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about faith. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."
(C.S. Lewis)
"Learning to be content requires putting gratitude in your attitude, not comparing yourself with others, but being thankful for what God has given you and doing something with what God has given you!"
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