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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

Distinguishing Good and Bad Distractions, Part 2

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever have FOMO? The fear of missing out? It can even become like a drug—needing a hit of entertainment or distraction to find satisfaction and enjoyment. Sometimes in order to be focused on what we need to be focused on, we have to say “no” to something else. Pastor J.D. shows us that distraction and the feeling of being overwhelmed and hurried often comes from being terribly out of fellowship with Jesus. He even gives us a list of super helpful and practical things we can do today, so make sure you listen to the end.

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0:00.0

today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

0:02.2

It is hard to overestimate the unimportance

0:04.6

of practically everything in your life.

0:07.2

Many of us are asking, how can I do more?

0:10.3

You ought to be asking, am I doing the right things?

0:13.4

So change your question, not how do I do more,

0:15.4

but am I doing the things I'm supposed to be doing.

0:33.5

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor, author, and apologist J.D. Greer. As always,

0:39.1

I'm your host, Molly Vitovich. Does anyone out there suffer from FOMO that stands for fear of missing out? I know I sometimes do, but the reality is that often in order to be

0:44.9

focused on what's most important, we have to say no to something else that we might want to do.

0:51.0

Pastor J.D. shows us today that distraction and the feeling of being overwhelmed and

0:55.5

hurried often comes from being out of fellowship with Jesus and his priorities. Today we conclude

1:01.7

our short teaching series titled Rest and Distraction. And make sure you listen all the way to the

1:06.8

end where Pastor J.D. tells us more about a new resource meant to help us rest well.

1:11.9

So let's return to our message titled Distinguishing Good and Bad Distractions.

1:16.5

Here's Pastor J.D.

1:20.6

Distraction with the good is one of our enemy's primary tools in keeping you from considering

1:27.4

the eternal.

1:28.3

Jesus' parable, the seeds.

1:30.3

It was good things that the enemy used to take away the seed that the soul were had just put in the heart.

1:35.3

It doesn't mean that when I'm up here preaching, all of a sudden you get distracted by

1:38.3

images of porn and thoughts of violence.

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