Who Are You Following?: Pursuing Jesus in a Social-Media Obsessed World

We don’t have a lack of time. It is a matter of who we’re obsessed with and who we worship. Who are you really following?

Wait until your story becomes a testimony to share online.

And sometimes, if social media is bringing negativity into your life, remember the importance of intentionality around what you seek. Simply remove yourself from it for a minute to get healthy again.

The tongue has the power of life and death” (Proverbs 18:21).

Your relationship with Jesus needs to be a commitment, not a convenience.

My dad did not want to act so right that he treated someone wrong. We have to remember that agreeing is not a requirement for love, but respect is.

Have you taken the time to get to know the heart of Jesus through His Word? You might know of Him, but do you actually know Him?

We’re waiting on people who struggle with their own insecurity, jealousy, and self-worth to affirm us in our lives instead of letting the words of our Creator be enough.

Think of how roots start unseen, in a hidden space, and once they’re healthy enough, they can create something beautiful for people to see.

Jeremiah 17:8 says, “He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit” (ESV).

It is amazing how fear begins to go away the less you think about yourself. Fear left when I realized I did not have to be confident in myself or my ability. I can be confident in the Lord and what He is doing through me, and that’s all I need.

All you have is all you need.

No amount of fame, money, or success can satisfy what the soul craves; we will only get what our soul craves by following Jesus Christ.

You could have love and not experience love because of the insecurity in your heart. You could have beauty and never feel beautiful because of the insecurity in your heart.

You can get all the things that you thought would provide the confidence you’re looking for and still be insecure, because security will never come from temporary things or having what someone else has.

Just don’t base success on the number of people following behind; base it on the amount of purpose you are fulfilling in your heart.

If you know why you are on the planet, you are going to be happier.

you can't live in the fullness of her. You can only live in the fullness of you.

Just because everyone else chooses to live a certain way does not mean you have to. You can be the role model for someone else.

Because the thing is, no matter how famous a person is, it doesn’t mean they are any more important than you are.

IF WE ARE TOO SCARED OF MAKING A MISTAKE TO TALK, TO ASK QUESTIONS, EVEN TO BE WRONG EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, HOW WILL WE EVER GROW?

If you want to bring about a change in your life, start investing more in your relationship with God. Take out the things in your life that are stealing from the things that truly matter. Make your time with God the priority of your life. Then let Him lead you from there. Invite His love to strengthen you and His Word to give you confidence and peace.

Whatever life you think would be amazing on earth is only the tiniest glimpse of what heaven will be.

In the Bible, Jesus' disciples knew exactly who they were looking for, and when they found Him, they stopped 'searching' and dropped everything to follow Him. That seems like a wild concept; to just drop your plans in life and follow someone you have never met. But many of us do that all the time without even realizing it. We follow people on social media that we have never met and most likely will never meet, an we begin to change things about ourselves without even realizing we are doing it.

Whatever you seek, you're going to find. So the question of "what are you seeking?" might be the most important one to answer.

Even if a song is very popular or a video has gone viral, if I know it is something I do not want to be stuck in my head, I just do not listen. I guard my heart.

The irony of the double tap is that while the like button has trained us to be likable, it has prevented us from feeling truly loved.

Being seen is the cheapest version of being known; visibility will not fill your heart or nourish your spirit. People want so badly to be seen when their true desire is to be known.

Comparison is never pretty and can easily lead to criticism. We're so in tune with our own flaws and insecurities, and then we fixate on others' flaws in order to feel better about ourselves.

You will always feel inferior when you compare yourself to someone else because you are not them.