Your Phone Is Stealing Your Soul.. Here’s How to Take It Back | Ps Packia Raj

Is your phone receiving more of your attention than God, your family, or your calling? In this challenging message from the San Antonio Bible Conference, Pastor Packia Raj exposes how social media can quietly influence our attention, identity, relationships, and spiritual direction. Using 1 Samuel 15:22–23, he shows how repeated distraction can become control—and why obedience, discernment, and the lordship of Jesus are essential in a screen-saturated world. This message will challenge you to examine: \- What receives your first attention each day \- How comparison creates discontentment \- Whether your feed is shaping your faith \- The influence of online voices and algorithms \- Practical boundaries that can protect your calling \- How to put your focus back on Jesus “Views are not validation. Followers are not your fruit. Virality is not the truth.” Chapters 00:00 Opening and Scripture reading 01:30 The “emergency” that was a social media post 03:18 When social media competes with God’s voice 04:19 “To obey is better than sacrifice” 05:30 The screen as a new battlefield 07:27 “When the Screen Steals Your Soul” 10:43 The battle for your attention 11:39 Attention, affection, and phone habits 13:09 Putting God first in the day 15:03 Is social media controlling you? 17:25 The comparison trap 18:53 Looks maxing and image pressure 22:22 Body image and suicidal thoughts 23:39 Doomscrolling and exposure to harmful content 25:38 Screen time and relationships 27:11 When feeds and algorithms shape faith 28:22 Rebellion finds a microphone 31:16 Why followers and views don’t prove truth 34:19 Guarding what enters through your eyes and ears 35:31 When online content weighs down your faith 36:59 Setting boundaries and closing harmful doors 39:50 Algorithms versus spiritual direction 40:48 Hearing the voice of Jesus 42:22 The central question: who is Lord of your life? 43:19 “Heaven still has the pulpit” 45:20 A challenge to check your heart and set boundaries 46:27 Call to repentance and salvation 48:25 Choosing eternity over a six-inch screen 49:22 Invitation to return to God 50:48 Altar call to break unhealthy screen habits 52:16 Prayer for surrender and refocusing \## CONNECT Find a CFM Church near you: https://cfmmap.org Enjoying Taking the Land? Leave a five-star review: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3vy1s5b Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/taking-the-land-cfm-sermon-pod-43369v \## SUPPORT WORLD EVANGELISMGet the \*\*Taking the Land Premium Subscription\*\*:✓ No ads ✓ Early releases ✓ Full-length Testimony Tuesdays \*\*Supercast | $3/month\** https://taking-the-land.supercast.com/\*\*Spotify | $3.99/month\** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taking-the-land/subscribe\*\*Apple Podcasts | $4.99/month\** https://apple.co/4owjo5Z\*\*All proceeds go to world evangelism.\**