2. GIVE IT UP!
A LENTEN JOURNEY of
RELEASE and GAIN!

3. GIVE IT UP!
46 Day Window of
DOING SOMETHING
to EXPERIENCE BEING
UNCOMFORTABLE

4. ENTERTAINMENT
BY THE
SCREEN
Isaiah 40:
Matthew 11: 28

6. Are we “Screen Trapped”? TVs, Laptops, Tablets, Smartphones—
viewing our favorite
programs, movies, sports

7. 11 hours a day in screen time
CNN REPORT July 2016
New Nielsen Report:
—Adults devote almost
11 hours a day in screen time
—Teens 9 hours a day
—94% have HD TVs:
4.5 hours a day

8. spent in front of a screen changing us… impacting us negatively…
Is the amount of time
spent in front of a screen
changing us…
impacting us negatively…
very least draining our energy?

9. How many of us today feel:
Important Question—
How many of us today feel:
—beaten down
—bone-tired
—energy depleted
—soul-weary ?

10. Good Company!
Israel in exile—
Captivity in Babylon;
Sacred religious
practices difficult;
“Has God forgotten us?”

11. Hear Comforting Words: —God does not get exhausted!
—HE provides strength and rest!
—Wait, trust, in the Lord!

12. Hear Comforting Words:
—God is sufficient!
—Come to me…
REFUEL…
REST…
—HOW?

13. This Week TRY:
SCREEN OFF…
FACE UP!

14. This Week TRY:
SCREEN OFF…
REST!

15. This Week TRY:
SCREEN OFF…
INTERACT!

16. LET’S START NOW!
FIVE MINUTES of
MEDITATIVE SILENCE