Message Notes

READY PLAYER ONE
November 17th, 2024

Technology can lead you to KNOW God or to NO God

Live Guarded

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.
John 10:10

Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack. But you must resist… 1
Peter 5:8-9

Be on your guard so that you are not led astray by the error of the lawless and lose your sure footing.
2 Peter 3:17

Only, guard yourself, and guard your life diligently…
Deuteronomy 4:9

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13

Be on Guard.  We must Live Guarded.

Be on Guard.

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse…
Train up a child in the way he should go…
Proverbs 22:5-6

#1: Minors should never have electronics of any kind in bedrooms or bathrooms EVER.

#2: No social media accounts, until at least 14, preferably 16.

#3: Monitoring software and screen time limits are a MUST until 18 years of age.

Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack. But you must resist…
1 Peter 5:8-9

#1: Pray first, and often.

I pray that they may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
2 Peter 3:18

#2: Read and initiate contracts with your kids. 

#3: Model good behavior yourself.

#4: Point to what is good.

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children; 

and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 

Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9

… where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son…
Deuteronomy 1:31