Courageous Psalm 46:10
Put the Phone Down
Adam Mitchell
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Watch this. Three minutes. Then three questions below it.

Courageous Put the Phone Down 2011
“I want to be a better father.”
Adam Mitchell
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How This Connects to Your Life

Adam Mitchell is physically present throughout the film. He shows up. He's in the house. But he is emotionally absent.

The man whose eyes are always somewhere else is not leading his home. He is haunting it.

FOMO is a theological problem. It says the real life is happening somewhere else. The life God called you to is the one in front of you.

Psalm 46:10
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“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Be still. That is not passive. It is the active surrender of everything you're using the noise to avoid.
Three Questions.
No wrong answers. Just honest ones.
1
Do your family members feel like they have your full attention when you're together, or are your eyes always somewhere else?
2
What are you scrolling to avoid?
3
What would the people in your home say about your presence this week?
The History Behind the Film

Courageous is the film at the center of this study. The scene is chosen because it captures something true about the specific challenge this study addresses. The filmmakers may not have intended a theological reading, but the truth they captured is there regardless of intention.

The History Behind the Scripture

Psalm 46:10 sits inside a larger argument Paul or one of the other biblical authors is making about how the renewed life looks in practice. The verse is not a standalone principle. It is part of a sustained argument about what it looks like when a man actually believes what he says he believes on Sunday morning.

How It All Connects

The connection between this film and this Scripture is the same one that runs through every study in this series: what a man sees in the mirror when he watches that clip is exactly the gap this Scripture addresses. The film names the problem. The Scripture names the source and the solution.

This Week
1
Choose one time slot each day to be completely offline. Minimum 30 minutes. Guard it.
2
Put your phone in a different room at dinner every night this week. Notice what changes at the table.
3
Do a 24-hour digital fast at some point this week. Write down what comes up in the silence.
4
Ask your wife: Do you feel like you have my full attention when we are together? Listen without defending.
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