We jolt awake, grab our phone, silence the alarm, and there, laying in bed, phone in hand.

We face our first decision of the new day.

Do we shut off the screen?

Or do we start scrolling?

I wanted to know how common this dilemma was among Christians.

So back in April of 2015, I conducted an online survey of 8,000 readers of DesiringGod.org.

My survey focused on smartphones and social media habits.

I asked a bunch of questions and received a lot of revealing results in return, a few

of which made it into my smartphone book.

But here were three stats that immediately stood out to me.

Of the 8,000 respondents, half admitted to scrolling through their phones within the

first minutes of waking up in the morning.

And this figure rose over 60% among those aged 18 to 29.

And when asked whether they were more likely to scroll through texts and email and social

media before or after their morning devotions, a staggering 73% admitted to me that they

normally did so before spending time with God in the morning.

73%.

And while scrolling social media may seem like a harmless indulgence, I think we all know

it's an unhealthy way to start the day.

It's like eating chocolate for breakfast.

So I want to ask you, Pastor John, in light of these stats, what's a better approach in

these moments just after we wake up in the morning?

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