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You're Being Discipled. Just Not by the Bible.

Jimmy Fortunato 1 min read
You're Being Discipled. Just Not by the Bible.
Open Bible, hot coffee. Romans 13:14 starts before the day does.

If you want to pray more, keep your Bible open on the kitchen table before the coffee brews.

If you want to be on your phone less, put it in another room at night and stop carrying it into every quiet moment God gives you. Stop making it easy. Then stop acting surprised when God feels distant.

Romans 13:14 says, "make not provision for the flesh." Most people treat that verse like a theology problem. It's actually a furniture problem. It's phone placement. It's what you keep on the nightstand. The flesh doesn't need opportunity; it needs to be inconvenienced.

Your environment is discipling you whether you like it or not. The phone companies know this. The question is whether your Bible does.

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