Tuesday, 2^nd December, 2025

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:12

Memory Verse:  You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT)

Digital Prison is when you feel stuck, stressed, or lost because you’re always on your phone or online. It happens when apps like social media, games, or constant messages take over your mind, emotions, and habits, so much that it feels like you can’t live without them. Instead of helping you, your screen starts to control you. Physical prisons are bad enough, but digital prisons are worse!

Practical Steps to Break Free From Digital Prison

1. Practice Digital Sabbath: Commit one full day a week to disconnect from non-essential technology. Use this time for rest, reflection, and real connection.

2. Use Technology with Purpose: Instead of just deleting apps, replace them with purpose. Read a book, go for a walk, journal, or serve someone. Don’t let technology use you. Use it to learn, grow, connect positively, and share God’s light to your friends and family. Matthew 5:16 (NIV) says, “Let your light shine before others…” 

3. Limit Notification Access: Turn off all non-urgent notifications. This reduces dopamine-driven checking and helps reclaim focus. 1 Corinthians 14:40 (NIV), “Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.” 

4. Create “No-Tech” Zones: Designate sacred places e.g. your bed, dining table, prayer altar as phone-free areas. 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV) says, “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.”

5. Get an Accountability Partner: Invite a trusted friend, mentor, or spiritual leader to check in with you weekly about your digital discipline.

6. Track Screen Time & Set Goals: Use built-in features or apps to monitor usage and intentionally cut back.

7. Use Digital for Devotion: If you must use your phone, let it be for kingdom purposes—Bible apps, worship playlists, sermons, or encouraging others online. Matthew 6:33 (ESV), “But seek first the kingdom of God…” 

Conclusion: Be Not Conformed; Be Transformed. The digital world is a tool, not a master. Let’s not let screens shrink our souls. Jesus didn’t die for us to be bound by likes, lusts, and comments. He died to set us free. “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36 (NIV)

Quote: Your phone is a tool; not your master. BE WISE. Use technology to help your purpose and not to distract it.

Prophetic Decree: Be empowered to break free from the grip of the prince of the power of the air, in Jesus name. 

Prayer Focus 

1. Lord, I am sorry for making the digital world compete for your space in my heart.

2. I break free from every form of cryptic addiction be it with the social media, games, entertainment (musicals and videos e.g. season films), in Jesus name. 

3. I receive grace to rule over my world, in Jesus name. 

4. Lord, strengthen my inner man. I receive grace to say no to digital distraction, in Jesus name. 

5. Lord, help me to be disciplined. I receive grace for deep self-control, in Jesus name. 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Corinthians 15-16