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John 15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.

Which of the 5 drives does the internet usually hook you with? Has God ever met that need? Have you tried turning to prayer to meet it?

Practical Ideas

Set intentional prayer reminders. Use your phone's actual notification system, but repurpose it. Set alarms or reminders throughout the day. Maybe you could label them, "breathe with God," "invite Jesus to partner," or "ask God for guidance." Don’t let your phone interrupt you with ads, surveys, or even urgent texts. Silence those things. Let your phone interrupt you to remind you to simplify your heart and make it present to God.
Put prayer Apps Front and Center. Move your Bible and a prayer app to the front page of your homescreen. I especially love Pray as you Go a prayer podcast made by Jesuits in Britain. Each episode begins with a short piece of music, includes a Scripture reading, and then offers reflective questions with space for meditation. The British accents are a real bonus.
End your day with Examen instead of scrolling. In the prayer of Examen, you review your day with God—thanking Him for moments of grace, noticing where you felt His presence, and asking forgiveness for the ways you wandered from it. Instead of the bedtime scroll, spend five quiet minutes asking: Where did I notice God today? Where did I miss Him? What am I grateful for?
Don’t sleep with your phone. Put your phone to bed in another room and charge it there. Most of us sleep better when we’re not lying next to a device that makes us constantly available to everyone we’ve ever known.
Pray before you touch your phone. Set a simple rule: don’t touch your phone in the morning until you have come into contact with God’s love. Even a few minutes can re-center your heart before the stress comes at you.
Stick a Cross in your pocket. I know I offered this idea earlier, but I think its worth repeating here in the final few pages. If you’ve got a cross in your pocket or purse, every time you reach in to grab your phone you’ll have to touch an even more transcendent object. Hopefully it will, at least sometimes, remind you where true contentment comes from.

He gives us all his love

He gives us all his love

He's smiling down on us from up above

And he's giving us all his love

He knows how hard we're trying

He hears the babies crying

He sees the old folks dying

From up above, he gives us all his love

Now if you need someone to talk to

You can always talk to him

And if you need someone to lean on

You can lean on him

Give me Jesus

In the morning when I rise (3x)

Give me Jesus

Give me Jesus, Give me Jesus

You can have all this world but give me Jesus

And when I’m doing work (3x)

Give me Jesus

And when I go to bed (3x)

Give me Jesus

And when I go to bed (3x)

Give me Jesus

Burden Down

Glory glory hallelujah since I've laid my burden down

No more sickness no more sorrow since I've laid my burden down

I ain’t gonna treat you like I used to since I’ve laid my burden down

I ain't gonna treat you like I used to since I’ve laid my burden down

I'm going home to live with Jesus since I've laid my burden down