Never ending

Well, the first week is almost done. I have to say I have not missed media as much as I thought I would. I have been reading in the book of John this last week and I realized how never ending God’s love really is, all of the stuff that Jesus went though he could have just stopped it all with a word but he didn’t, his love never ended. At the start of this month I expected to learn more about the Bible and come closer to God, this one week that has gone by has proven that that is possible, over the span of these last seven days I have understood more of the Bible than what I had understood in the last two months. I hope that my progress with understanding God and the Bible will advance as much as it has in the last week over the rest of this media fast. Praying for everyone who is doing the fast and hopping they are learning more about God.

-Jordan

It means no worries

Ok guys so I just realized what God is for me. He's Hakuna Matata which as you know,  means no worries for the rest of my days, and that's exactly what Jesus is once you accept him as your Lord and Savior. Oh and I also really like Disney. 😄

Matthew 6:25 Therefore I tell do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body or what you will wear.💖

My First Time!!!!

I am Lily Bone I am a 6th grader at Caleb Greenwood. I am a little frustrated and excited about the media fast. Now that I'm off media I'm starting to realize that I'm on media a lot more than I knew I was. I come home and all I want to do is watch the Flash, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, or read a book. But I cant. So I do my homework to get my mind off things. But that doesn't work.So then I go Netflix to see if I can watch something and then I find a movie called "I'm In Love With A Church Girl" I was a little confused because all I could think of at the time was that song "I'm In Love With A Church Girl''. And then I go on Vudu to see if I could rent some movie like the prince of Egypt but I had already watched it and then I remembered the movie "God's Not Dead" so on Sunday  me and my family watched "Gods Not Dead" and then I said to my self after watching the movie I think Ill be able survive this media fast a little longer.


                                                                             --Lily Bone

There's a first time for everything...

         

There's a first time for everything...

          Hi everyone, I'm Lana Storm! This is my first time doing the media fast. I am a seventh-grader at California Middle School. My media fast has been Ok so far. Sorry that I haven't been able to post sooner, I've been having technical difficulties. But not now! But back to the Fast. The past five days have been pretty good in my opinion. But what can I say... I have 25 more to go! I feel slightly closer to God already.  Please continue to pray for me. While surviving these 31 days is hard, with God all things are possible!😃

❤ "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." ❤

 - Matthew 19:26

Third Times the Charm

This is my third time on doing the media fast, and will be my third time on the mission trip...

So I’m basically an expert when it come time ever March, ehh? Nope, not even close.

 I still find myself thinking about media, not in the sense of, “oh my, I wonder about all of the stuff I’m missing” but more in the sense of, I’m not used to it not being there. At the same time I have found myself more joyful and happy the past few days and I don’t think it would take Einstein to figure out why, I guess we just don’t realize how much time and energy our media takes from our lives, even in a passive way.

I’m excited to see what God will do in our lives this month, See y’all around

Erik W. Washburn

My First Year

Hi, this is Abi McLean.  This is my first year doing the media fast at Arcade.  Today is day 4 and my biggest challenge so far has been giving up listening to music.  However, Since giving up all media I do feel like I have had more free time to focus on God.  This month is defiantly going to be a challenge for me, but I think it is going to help me break habits of turning to an electronic device when I am bored.  I am hoping by the end of the fast I will have gotten into a routine of reading out of my Bible, if even for just a few minutes, each day.   I think that overall this month will be a very positive experience for me. 

It's official

Hi this is Hudson Jones. I am in 7th grade at Victory Christian School. This is my first official media fast, but I have done it for the past several years along with my older sisters. It is hard to give out a letter to someone asking them to sponsor me. But I have seen that people have responded generously and graciously. One of my teachers at school even told me that sometimes he takes a break from media and being free from a screen seems a lot better. For me, it has been hard to give up watching TV shows. I have seen in years past that in the end having a break from media always helps me calm down and helps me be more interactive in my daily activities. Although the other years that I’ve done this it didn’t seem too hard, this year it seems more official and there is a purpose at the end of it.

There is Good news

There is so much bad news in the world right now

but no matter what we have good news and that good news 

has a name and that name is Jesus Christ

There is good news for the captive

Good news for the shame

There is good news for the one who walked away

There is good news for the doubter

The one religion failed

For the good Lord has come to seek and save

He's our rescuer

He's our rescuer 

We are free from sin forever more

Love this song by rend collective!

Media Fast

Hello, I am Jake Ward and I am a 7th Grader at St.Micheal School.So far I have been doing the Media Fast for four days, and it has been surprisingly easy. Video games are a big part of my life, on uneventful weeks I play sometimes around 30 hours! So when I first heard we would have to do a Media Fast, if we wanted to do Stay2Serve, I tried to think of some excuse to myself of why I couldn't do it.But, So far I have found substitutes to my media, like instead of video games and non-christian music I listen to Christian music, read the bible, or play basketball.So that's my post, please read my next one. 

LAST YEAR

So this is my last year doing the media fast (at least while in high school). This has already been pretty difficult for me. For the past few months I’ve been been really struggling with my faith. As many of you may know, one of my closer friends passed away a little over three months ago which really lead me to struggle with my faith. I started to go down the wrong path. What I don’t think many people realize is how much music affects your mood and your actions. I definitely didn’t realize this, which really lead to some trouble. I started getting lower grades in my classes, started a relationship that was not Christ centered, and just started to hang out with an overall bad crowd. Even though this media fast has just started, I have already seen a change in my life. I have brought up my grades slightly (as it only has really been 3 days), ended my relationship, and am trying to hang out with a different group. All of this from only three days of more positive music and devotional. I’m very excited to see what god can do with me and what he can do through me. I’m grateful to have so many of you to hold each other accountable.