Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a Five Day a Week, Daily Devotional where we share

the word, prayers in our heart. I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me,

which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent. It's Friday, already one week into October,

and we've landed on our Friday five, five random things to break up the week of inspiration.

This is our no-holds-barred social media

strategy week during our growing up, moving on month on the five-word prayers daily. And sometimes

we just need a few questions to get us kick started in a practical way with things, I think.

I call it, take my own inventory. And never is this so needed than our social media life, right? If you're

wanting to take the steps I've talked about this week or just listening for the first time and

haven't even heard those shows, this show is good in any case because these questions help us get

real with where we are right now with our social media life. You ready? So five questions to help us vet our own social media,

and let's dive right in. Number one, does it help or hinder me? This is a great question to ask

ourselves in general about social media, I think. But even beyond that, I think it pertains well to

what we're looking at and who we

find ourselves following. If what we're spending our time reading or who we're following helps us,

that's a win and probably a good reason to keep following or reading. If they hinder,

it's a no-brainer to shut it down and walk away. Help or hinder is the litmus test here and you have to

choose one. A neutral thing goes in the hinder column simply because what doesn't help hinders because

it takes us time away from the helpful stuff. Hope that makes sense. Number two, does it help someone else?

This mainly applies to what we are posting. Is what you're about to post helpful to someone else? Not you're mad and you're about

to say something out of anger, but you can manipulate it, turn it around, justify it to say it helps

them because you're speaking truth to them and they really need it. But truly, is it going to

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