What's the most dangerous object you own? A knife? A gun? A chainsaw? It's your phone. What is the most likely thing to distract you from God? To keep you from paying attention to your wife and kids? Of luring you into porn? Of making you superficial and unable to focus your mind? It's your phone.
We all carry a dangerous item in our pocket, and none of us feels the danger.
Men who are training in spiritual fitness cannot ignore the downward pull of their phone. You can choose to be different. You can be a Digital Jedi - training to use your phone for good. How? Start by adopting new rules for your phone use.
5 Rules for Becoming a Jedi with your phone:
Rule 1: Figure out what a phone is good for and limit it's use accordingly
Rule 2: When possible, get your phone off of your body
Rule 3: Don't start and end your day with your phone
Rule 4: Limit texting to the most basic communication needs
Rule 5: Be a digital minimalist - make this part of your identity