Be Still and Know God: Get Your Life Back - Part 2

Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk

Dr. James Dobson

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Psalm 46 reminds us to “be still and know God,” a concept easily lost in the constant busyness of our culture. On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson continues his conversation with John Eldredge about his book, Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad. John explains the dangers of a distracted, technology-addicted lifestyle, and suggests that we practice the "One Minute Pause,” along with soaking up God’s creation and turning off our phones. As we unplug from the "fight or flight" culture, our stress-triggered cortisol levels go down, and we can begin to learn how to cast our cares upon the Lord.

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0:00.0	Well, welcome to Family Talk, the Broadcast Division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.
0:13.0	I'm Roger Marsh.
0:14.0	Now here's something to think about.
0:16.0	Since the turn of the century, technological innovation and social media have profoundly changed our world.
0:22.0	You can stay connected with loved ones or learn
0:25.0	about current events right from your smartphone anywhere you are. But you know many
0:30.0	of us have become so immersed in our fast-paced digital world that we really don't know
0:34.6	how to unplug and just relax anymore.
0:37.6	Well, on today's edition of Family Talk, we're going to hear from our guest, John Eldridge,
0:42.1	and his response to this increasing issue.
0:45.0	John is a best-selling author, a speaker, a lecturer, and counselor.
0:49.1	He's also president of Wild at Heart Ministries.
0:52.3	And now let's join John Eldridge and our own Dr. James Dobson
0:55.9	on this classic edition of Family Talk.
1:02.4	How in what way has the world gone mad?
1:07.0	We're spending four to nine hours a day on our mobile devices, three hours a day using our apps, we are consuming 10 hours
1:18.3	a day of media, that's enough data in one week to crash a laptop.
1:25.1	It's the pace of life.
1:27.3	It's the tsunami of media coming at us.
1:31.8	And then you, in the midst of that madness you have what was in the New
1:36.6	Testament they go back to lot and they say he was tormented in his righteous
1:41.8	soul by all that he saw happening around him.
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