I never know what to write for these things so bare with me haha. Soo I'm predicting that this year's media fast is going be a good one. I'm excited to be doing it with everyone. I'm hoping to grow even more this year in my relationship with God and really work to try and listen to God's voice and look to Him, especially when the making the big decisions that are coming up in regards to colleges and what I want to do with my life in the near future. I hope everyone reaches their goals for this years media fast and has just a lot of fun with it. :)

Here we go!!!!!

So we started!!! I'm excited for this to start because I know my relationship with God is going to grow. and I can take time that I normally wouldn't take to just listen To Him talk through his word. When God shows Himself to people in the bible He isn't in the wind the fire or the storm, He was the still small voice after it all. I've realized that media is like the fire and the storms and this month is the time we can step back and listen for the still small powerful impacting and life changing voice of God. Lets get started  :)

4 Years?!

This being my 4th year doing the media fast, it's funny how it feels just as challenging as the first time I did it. But with each new year, I've learned, come new challenges and triumphs. I'm so excited for what this month has to bring in regards to my relationship with God and I feel so blessed to have the oppurtunity to do this again! Bring it on year four!

This Year

My goal this year for media fast is to grow in my relationship with God. Last year was an awesome first experience and i know that this year will be great too! It's such an amazing opportunity we have to take the month of march and to just exclude all secular media from our lives. Our lives become so busy and hectic and we waste so much time with this media that doesn't do us any good. This media fast is a reminder, to always have our focus on God, the most important thing in our life. When we take the time to focus on God, we will draw near to him & grow spiritually in our walk with him, which is my goal <3 #excited #goodlucktoyouall

Taking the Opportunity

This is my first year to ever do the media fast. To be honest, I don't think that I have quite grasped the fact that for 31 days I won't be able to watch, listen, or go on anything non secular. Just for fun, I looked back at some previous blogs all the way to the very beginning. I think that with my friend's, but most importantly, God's help, I can achieve my goal. One of the blogs I read was about how someone's friend questioned why they were doing the media fast. Why don't they just not do it, but say they did? I think this fast is an excellent opportunity to not only devote yourself to spend more time with God, but also to share my faith. As Matt says, the reason you have friends is to point them to Christ. Not taking this opportunity would make my friendships meaningless. Already, I have talked to a few of my friends about this media fast. A lot of them said that they wouldn't be able to do it because they go on the internet, watch TV, or listen to music everyday. I admit that not a day has gone by that I can remember where I have gone without those things. Despite that, I think by succeeding in this fast, I can prove that through Christ you can do anything.

The first time

Although my brother did the media fast many times before, I never attempted it with him.  I am very excited to be doing it this year, and I think it will help me focus my energy on God and on things of heaven, not of earth.  I am expecting it to be a challenge, and I will miss my music, but hopefully, I can do it.  My main goal that I want to reach by the end of March is to be in a closer relationship with my Maker, and explore and experience His agappe (unconditional) love.  I'm ready, let's do it.  At least, I think ready...

HE > I

I spent the entire day yesterday soaking up sun rays outside and reading through the gospel of John, mostly to catch up with the rest of the church. It is so. Freaking. Good. I don't think I had ever taken the time to read the whole entire thing before. Read it. Like, right now. Jesus is so bomb! I especially like the verse that Logan pointed out a few Sundays ago, John 3:30, "He must increase, but I must decrease".  It's kind of a punch in the gut, but it shows what our attitudes & actions should be like if we are in Christ.

Then today I went to the ocean and waded through the water and just watched the tide roll in and out. Like, who says God isn't real?! The ocean is like proof that we have a Maker. It gets me so pumped! He deserves praise for it.

I'd encourage you guys not to wait until next year to fast from media again if this month has grown your relationship with God. God is way more important than media or anything of the world.

The End... Or the Beginning???

hey so this it, the last day of the media fast.*WHEW* while i`m glad it`s over i kinda don`t want it to be! like i wanted to listen to more Christ-centered music other than Air1 or my Red CDs. i was thinking that this thing, the whole point is to spend more time on God and on no one else (or nothing else).
 i thought of a song by Kutless called 'To Know that You`re Alive' and there`s this one line in the song that goes 'will the moment get the best of you or will the situation bring you around? *heavy guitar* when it`s said and done *more guitar*  will it bring you around? what will you become???'(look up this song it`s good) so are we gonna let this be a "this was cool, i`m gonna do it again after i update my Facebook" kinda thing? or will it "Bring you around"? i hope that you guys will have a good spring break (unless it ends today then that sucks =P) and just... y`know be cool?

that last part about staying cool sounded really lame (LOL)!
i think what i`m gonna do is that i`m gonna be more attentive to what media i`m watching/listening/playing/reading etc... see you guys and gals all sunday!

DJ F.
Coram Deo. haven`t looked it up yet? it means For God (think like 2Cornthians 5:9)!

Last Day?

Over the last week I have seen God in so many amazing ways. I was able to meet many people with great stories, was present as the quietest kid in the room stepped up to speak, and witnessed three people rededicate their lives to Christ. All in one week in San Francisco for the Jr. High Mission trip.
   One thing I must say-- it was harder to stay commited to the media fast on this trip. In SF, the amount of secular media is overwhelming, even from my own group. I just so happened to be the only one in the car on the media fast at one point, and it took strength to stand up and say I couldn't listen to what they wanted to listen to on the radio. But I'm so glad I did, and I'm glad I wasn't the only one of my friends who was doing this.
   Before I started this fast and even while I was doing it, I didn't catch the whole point of it. I thought all I had to do was avoid secular media and I'd be good. Until one Sunday morning in church, when I was singing along with Pastor Jasen in worship. He started a song I had heard a million times, but I had never really thought about before:
   "Oh, I'm running to your arms, I'm running to your arms, the riches of your love will always be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace, light of the world, forever reign."
   Before I even knew what was happening, tears were streaming down my face, no matter how hard I tried to stop them. A whole new meaning to the song arose inside me as I lifted my arms and closed my eyes in surrender. A thousand thoughts burned through my mind at once:
   I don't need to thirst for the applause of others. I shouldn't strive to please my peers or the people around me, as I had been doing. The only thing that matters is God, and He's the only one that can and will love me and has loved me eternally, extremely, with no limitations or boundaries. He has given me life, so I will use this life to honor God, which is the least I could ever do.
   At that moment while Pastor Jasen was singing, I ran into God's arms, and He covered me in His love. It's one moment I'm going to remember for the rest of my life.
   Thank you, everyone who has been here for me. Thank you Matt for giving me the opportunity to participate in this amazing fast. It's been a wonderful experience, and I'm not going to stop fasting just because the month is over and everyone says I can go back to secular. I can't wait for next year. :)

                                                                                                       ~Luke 9:23~

Last Few Days

Well, so this month  has been really long, but we only have a few more days! My weeks have been filled with Ted Dekker books and christian music on replay. So this month doing the media fast I was looking for something more than just avoiding secular media (that's pretty much how it was last year for me). Normally, I am terrible at reading my bible because I get really distracted, but this month I have actually read the bible and got something from it. My favorite thing that I've read so far this month is Colossians 3:1-4, "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears then you also will appear with him in glory." I'm praying that we can have a successful last few days of the media fast!