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What Do My Entertainment Habits Reveal About My Soul?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

If we cope with stress by watching movies, posting on social media, or consuming other forms of entertainment, what does that say about our souls?

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0:00.0

Today's question is about quarantine habits.

0:07.8

We've all had a lot of time at home this year, and this is a searching question from a young

0:13.3

woman who wants to know what her quarantine entertainment habits revealed about the state

0:19.4

of her own soul.

0:21.3

Here's for email.

0:22.3

Hello, Pastor John.

0:23.3

It has taken this period of total pandemic locked down for me to realize that I don't read

0:27.7

the Bible and pray when I'm stressed out.

0:30.8

I had never noticed that all I do is eat, sleep, and watch movies in my most stressful times.

0:38.0

This is exactly what I did in the first two weeks of quarantine.

0:41.5

I thought it would change, but after months, I still have found little time to commune with

0:47.4

God.

0:48.4

It's more scary, sad, and I'm really unhappy and tired.

0:53.7

My question is this.

0:55.3

If I went so long without communion with God in this season of anxiousness, does this

1:01.3

mean I don't really love or trust God to begin with?

1:06.4

I'm going to break that into two questions.

1:10.2

One is, I think the least we can say is that your experience in the last two months has

1:17.6

shown that you do not love and trust God the way you should.

1:23.8

My question is, why would I say that?

1:27.6

Why is there a correlation between eating and sleeping and movie watching and saying,

1:32.1

you haven't trusted and loved God the way you should?

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