Congratulations! You are on the last week and the last full day of the Internet fast. As you experience life, it is a good practice to take time and reflect. It is helpful in the process of spiritual growth. Reflection allows us to look back and think about what we have experienced. Through each of these weeks you had a couple of different tasks. These tasks led to opportunities to invite God the Spirit to be a part of our in-person relationships, and opportunity for God the Spirit to grow our hearts towards these relationships. Reflect on these questions:
- What new relationships have happened since starting this fasting discipline?
- How has your heart changed towards the relationships that you have been praying about?
- What was the response of the two friends who have received the notes of encouragement?
- How have you felt more connected as you have focused on in-person relationships?
- What was difficult about fasting from the internet for an entire day once a week?
- What does that tell you about your relationship with the internet?
- How have you seen God the Spirit working in the past month?
Take time to answer each of these questions thoughtfully. Do not answer these questions with the heart of completing a task, answer with the heart of wanting to grow spiritually and learn about yourself.
Congratulations once more! You have completed the entire Internet fast! We are so proud of you for taking this step towards better mental health, and growing in your faith! Now here is the cool thing. This isn’t designed to be done once and then forgotten about. With disciplines like this, it is important to do them consistently! What if you went through these four steps every month, and inviting a friend to do it along with you? We think amazing fruit would be the result!
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