Jamon Mayes

“Fortunately, some people eat a lot or drink only on special occasions. Unfortunately, they see every—or almost every—day of their lives as a special occasion.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Opening my phone closes me off to others, but closing my phone opens me up to those around me.”
― Wendy Speake, The 40-Day Social Media Fast: Exchange Your Online Distractions for Real-Life Devotion – Devotional Book for Lent 2026

“If you habitually look for love and companionship online, when the love of God is found in the companionship of Christ, then social media isn’t good for you. Perhaps you need a short forty-day break to connect with God. Disconnecting from that which is less good frees you up to connect with the One who is most good. With His help, when this fast is over you might be able to set boundaries around your online relationships that allow you to enjoy those good gifts in light of the good Gift-Giver. But if you can’t, then don’t reengage online. All things may be allowed, but if they don’t allow you to stay focused on the satisfying goodness of God, then they aren’t good for you.”
― Wendy Speake, The 40-Day Social Media Fast: Exchange Your Online Distractions for Real-Life Devotion – Devotional Book for Lent 2026

“A life spent in fellowship with God isn’t just a good life, it’s the best life—and that best life segues into
a forever life of eternal fellowship. How wonderful! Fast from that which feels good temporarily in order to experience the only One who is good eternally, who holds your best life in the palm of His gracious hand. Is that thing you hold in your hand separating you from the One who holds you in His?
Is social media bad? No, maybe not, but for the next forty days, let’s set it down under the lamplight of Jesus’s words: “Only God is truly good.”
― Wendy Speake, The 40-Day Social Media Fast: Exchange Your Online Distractions for Real-Life Devotion – Devotional Book for Lent 2026