Psalm 50

5 Gather My godly ones to Me,

Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

6…God Himself is judge.

9 “I shall take no young bull out of your house

Nor male goats out of your folds.

10 “For every beast of the forest is Mine,

The cattle on a thousand hills.

11 “I know every bird of the mountains,

And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

12 “If I were hungry I would not tell you,

For the world is Mine, and all it contains.

13 “Shall I eat the flesh of bulls

Or drink the blood of male goats?

14 “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving

And pay your vows to the Most High;

15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble;

I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

16But to the wicked God says,

What right have you to tell of My statutes

And to take My covenant in your mouth?

17 “For you hate discipline,

And you cast My words behind you.

18 When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,

And you associate with adulterers.

19 “You let your mouth loose in evil

And your tongue frames deceit.

20 You sit and speak against your brother;

You slander your own mother’s son.
21 “These things you have done and I kept silent;

You thought that I was just like you;

I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

22 Now consider this, you who forget God,

Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

23 He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;

And to him who orders his way aright

I shall show the salvation of God

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Silence: It’s One Simple Thing That Will Spark Your Creativity

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/273999

So, like any muscle, if we are always focused on information input, it becomes even more difficult to force your brain to produce any output.

In other words, it turns out that an idle and wandering mind, once thought to be a detrimental characteristic of the unfocused, is actually one of the traits we need to encourage of one another. (ADHD…)

Science continues to find benefits for people who devote themselves to periodic silence. The challenge these days, however, is re-teaching ourselves how to disconnect completely, especially when we know our LinkedIn app icon just received a new notification.

. Abandon the phone.

Even if you will not admit it, you are probably addicted to your phone. The average American spends 12 hours per day consuming media, so even if you are slightly below average, you are still on your phone most of the time. For this exercise, put your phone in your car, outside or in the mailbox — anywhere where the urge to check it is overcome by the fact that you have to put on shoes to go get it. Just get it out of your space for five minutes. (Find yourself panicking? Well during the times I ACTUALLY FORGOT my phone! I learned to get over it, I did not have to Instagram everything (even though I haven’t used Instagram…it’s becoming a word for me like Google it…meaning pic & post, blog, etc all in one…someone us rolling their eyes! 🙂 yet some STILL do not understand…It is an addiction…utilizing it for Christ helped me notice when I was spending more time posting (ministry), whole not actually spending a lot of time with Christ for myself…a recipe for disaster)