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Is it possible to break free from the constant pull of our phones and social media? Author and founder of the online 40-Day Sugar Fast helps you exchange your distracted, screen-addicted life for the life of power, purpose, and real connection God has for you today.Book Synopsis
Are you addicted to your phone? Do you find yourself engaging online but unengaged at home with the people right in front of you? Do you spend hours scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, newsfeeds, and YouTube videos? Have your devices become divisive--dividing you from family and friends and, most importantly, God? What would happen if you took some time to fast from social media in order to get social with God and others once more?In the pattern of her popular 40-Day Sugar Fast, Wendy Speake offers you The 40-Day Social Media Fast. This "screen sabbatical" is designed to help you become fully conscious of your dependence on social media so you can purposefully unplug from screens and plug into real life with the help of a very real God. Take a break from everyone and everything you follow online. Disconnect in order to reconnect with the only One who said "follow me."
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Disconnect to reconnect with the One who matters mostAre you addicted to your phone? Do you find yourself engaging online but unengaged with the people right in front of you? Do you spend hours scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube videos? Have your devices become divisive--dividing you from family and friends and, most importantly, God?
Perhaps you need a screen sabbatical! The 40-Day Social Media Fast will help you unplug from screens in order to plug into your real life--with the help of a very real God.
Imagine forty days not hunched over your phone. Imagine forty days with your eyes lifted up. Imagine forty days with empty hands. Imagine forty days without seeing or hearing all those little notifications. Imagine taking a much-needed break from social media in order to get social with God and your loved ones again.
It's going to be #amazing. What are you waiting for?
"As you set aside this sacred time, get ready to hear from God and replenish your soul. You won't lose much by ignoring social media posts, but you have much to gain when you seek God!"--Arlene Pellicane, author of Screen Kids and Calm, Cool, and Connected
Wendy Speake is a trained actress, Bible teacher, speaker, and writer based in California. Author of The 40-Day Sugar Fast and coauthor of the popular parenting book Triggers, Wendy hosts her annual 40-Day Sugar Fast online at www.40daysugarfast.com. Learn more about Wendy and her books at www.wendyspeake.com.
About The Author
Wendy Speake is a trained actress and heartfelt Bible teacher who ministers to hearts through storytelling and biblical life application. During her career in Hollywood, on shows such as JAG, Melrose Place, and Star Trek Voyager, Wendy found herself longing to tell stories that edify, encourage, and point audiences to Jesus Christ. Today she does just that: writing books, speaking to groups across the nation, and leading multiple online fasts and Bible studies each year. Author of The 40-Day Sugar Fast and coauthor of Triggers: Exchanging Parents' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses, Wendy hosts her annual 40-Day Sugar Fast every January. She lives in Escondido, California. Learn more at www.wendyspeake.com.Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inch (W) x .7 Inch (D)
Weight: .4 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Sub-Genre: Christian Life
Publisher: Baker Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Wendy Speake
Book theme: Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Street Date: November 2, 2020
TCIN: 81546717
UPC: 9780801094583
Item Number (DPCI): 059-04-0317
Origin: Made in the USA
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5.0 out of 5 stars with 26 reviews
100% would recommend
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Go offline & get present w/ God & those around you
5 out of 5 stars
Patti P - 4 years ago
Having read Wendy Speake's The Forty Days Sugar Fast book, I wanted to read this book and am glad I took the time to read this book. The devotionals are perfect and scope. Wendy Speake reaches the heart of her reader. She emphasizes the importance of being present with those around us rather than getting caught up in the world online. It shows the importance of focusing on God rather than idolizing social media. So check out this book for yourself.
Much needed in this day!
5 out of 5 stars
K Gilbert - 4 years ago
First off...everyone could benefit from setting down our phones and picking up books to read like this one. Wendy gives you encouragement and leads you through the fast back to God with each day. I love her writing style because it is so personal and it really feels like I am sitting there having a conversation with a friend. Each chapter is easily digestible in our daily lives but having this book helped me pause and spend time away from the constant barrage of negativity, comparison and anxiety caused by my near constant relationship with social media. It helped me use that pause and redirect my attention where it matters—time with God, tune with my kids, and time forging real relationships with real friends in real life. I came off my 40 days feeling more alive. Now I can set limits to my social media time because Wendy has shown me all that can come from living life IRL! Thank you Wendy for following God’s whispers in your life and sharing your own journey with us so that we too can have that renewed relationship with God and leave behind the stresses and distractions that come with being glued to our devices. I can’t wait to share this with my friends.
BIG BLESSING
5 out of 5 stars
Andrea - 4 years ago
This Book was/is a good guide to “Exchange my Online Distraction for Real-Life Devotion”. Just a few days in to the fast, I realized what was really going on in front of me. I enjoyed my kids in a new way. And the best of all was, I was more sensitive to the voice of God (no more online voices to distract me). Don’t you miss out on the BIG BLESSING by “Exchanging your Online Distraction for Real-Life Devotion”.
Points to God
4 out of 5 stars
- 4 years ago
I am a huge fan of Wendy's Sugar Fast book, so I was happy to pick this one up during the launch. Each day (plus one before and one after) consists of a Scripture focus and a challenge to consider for the day. This book wasn't quite as good as the Sugar Fast one, but it pointed me to God throughout the fast - and that's the entire goal.
Look up and dig in!
5 out of 5 stars
smiliejen - 4 years ago
In a very social media driven society, we are missing out on the most important relationships in our lives that are right in front of us by reaching for our screens and mindlessly scrolling our newsfeeds. Speake reminds us that we need to tune in to truth by spending time daily in God's Word, that His word should be the first thing we reach for each day, and where we seek His truth. We need to apply what we learn from Him to our relationships and real lives in order to create more meaningful, joy filled lives. In a world so filled with constant noise, especially now with everyone voicing their strong opinions of what's happening in our country and our world, we can all benefit from fasting from social media. Speake constantly points us back to scripture and reminds us of what is most important.
Lift up your head from digital distractions
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
JimMur2 - 4 years ago
I’ve been part of several of Wendy’s fasts and this book is a fantastic resource! In the short, 5 minute daily devotions, Wendy helps you through the process of lifting your head from your phone to see a broader scope. I’ve seen though any fast, that as I look more intently at what God is doing, I have eyes to see and ears to hear more clearly. One thing I struggle with during the social media fasts is that I do consider social media to be an avenue for ministry and an opportunity to use the platform to encourage others and to share my testimony. Especially over the past two years it has been difficult to step away since it was a way to post for prayer, encouragement, and to share praises for medical needs. But each of the three times I’ve stepped away God has done something new and more impactful than what I could do on my own. The one thing I am concerned about over the social media fast was wanting to be faithful to God to give testimony and glory to him and encouragement to others, and that’s just what He accomplished by me releasing control. It was such a freeing experience to give up social media for 40 days and go deep with God! As Wendy states in this wonderful devotional book, “ My phone and laptop and social media sites mean more to me than they should. While they started out as tools that I own, they ended up owning me. What was intended for me to master eventually mastered me. Fasting from these digital demi-gods allows me to lay down these little masters in order to focus my life upon the Master.”
The book I really needed this year!!!
5 out of 5 stars
Sarah - 4 years ago
I personally spend way too much time on social media and my phone. It has consumed my time more than I want on countless occasions. It is a bad habit that I’ve been working on breaking. Then this amazing book came across my path. It convicted me yet it also was transformative because it pointed me to God. Wendy does amazing job of not just saying yes take a 40 day break from social media because it’s bad, but instead she encourages you to connect with God during that time. Yes disconnecting from social media means you have more time with people around you in person, which is good, but she takes it one step further to encourage you to really connect with God during your time. Each devotion is full of truth backed with scriptures to reenforce how important it is to have God as #1 in our lives because even if it’s not social media other things will try to vive for our attention and can become idols. Each day’s devotion is only a few pages long and always ends with a prayer to tie together the focus of the devotion. This book is worth checking out!!
I’m different now
5 out of 5 stars
Ginny - 4 years ago
I was blessed to participate in the launch team of 40 Day Social Media Fast. Being back on social media is different because I am different. If you are feeling the nudge to step away or you don’t like the effect social media is having on you get this book and let God work in your life. I love connecting with people on social media. I love reading what authors and leaders share. I love hearing about things as they happen. This happens on social media but it doesn’t consume my thoughts now. It’s good.
Best Book I’ve Read this Year!
5 out of 5 stars
HurstHerder - 4 years ago
The 40-Day Social Media Fast is such a solid resource for anyone feeling the pull to unplug. Wendy Speake gives sound, practical, and humble guidance for those desiring to fast from social media.
Stop looking down and start looking up!
5 out of 5 stars
Jenny - 4 years ago
2 months ago, I felt like a prisoner to my phone. Constantly checking it, worried I might miss something "important". I WAS missing something important! Time with the ones most important to me, my family and God! I jumped at the chance to read 40 Day Media Fast, to get my mind turned around. I LOVED the book and the opportunities that I found by setting my phone down!
Wonderful Book and Fast
5 out of 5 stars
- 4 years ago
In this book, and through the fast, Wendy challenges you to really rethink the intention behind your habits. To help you refocus who and what your time is spent on. To build good habits with how we spend our time on our screens. The end result is feeling much more connected to the truly important things in life!
Freedom from the chains of social media!
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Mmom - 4 years ago
If you've ever considered taking a break from social media, this book will certainly help you be successful in doing that. In addition, you'll benefit from the encouragement within these pages. It has helped me reprioritize and refocus. So grateful for the freedom from the attachment to social media.
Wendy's Done It Again!
5 out of 5 stars
LColumbus - 4 years ago
I learned of Wendy Speake at the start of the year through a timely post on my social media feed advertising the annual 40 Day Sugar Fast. Walking with Wendy through those 40 days was powerful and eye-opening. At the end of that Fast, she announced her second book would be coming out later in the year focusing on the second most popular thing distracting and distancing us from God - social media! I was intrigued to see how the books would differ and if this second book would be as thought provoking and insightful. It is! The 40 Day Social Media Fast is a refreshing read. Instead of bashing the World Wide Web and casting it off as the bane of our 21st century existence, Wendy challenges readers to take back the power we've placed into the devices that fill our palms and bestow it to to the rightful place, in Jesus' arms. The 40 Day Social Media Fast is a guide that will help you find your way in this digitalized, often lonely and isolating world by encouraging you with short thoughtful but hard hitting daily readings, scriptures and questions to dig deep into. Deleting an app or setting time limits on social media platforms are great starting points, but don't actually get to the root of why we depend or spend so much time scrolling. Wendy's relational way of writing and expertise on fasting makes it easy to say "yes" to joining her in "..denying [one's]self [of] something temporal and ordinary in order to experience the One who is eternally extraordinary." It is only time with Jesus that can truly reveal the state of our hearts and the changes that need to be made.
Life Changing
5 out of 5 stars
Pamela - 4 years ago
This book is life changing by challenging you to lay down your distractions to spend more time getting close to God. Wendy gives you scripture and real life testimonies daily to help you see what is coming before God in your life. I absolutely love this book, and I want to read it again. I'm no longer attracted to social media - "It's nearly impossible for us to follow the Shepherd while following other sheep."
I love this book.
5 out of 5 stars
Anonymous - 4 years ago
It feels so good to disconnect. I did not realize how attached to my phone I had become. Lift up your head, Open your eyes and Experience freedom. And get this book!
Screens Down, Eyes Up! :)
5 out of 5 stars
skomoto - 4 years ago
When I received an email from one of my favorite authors Wendy Speake at the beginning of September about joining the launch team for her newest book #40DaySocialMediaFast, I didn't hesitate to respond a single second. Not. One. Second. I already knew how worn and weary the influence of social media had made me and the influence it had on my family, regardless of the valuable benefits it held for us, as well. I was tired of being constantly fed information that didn't align with my heart. I knew I needed better fuel and that better fuel was ready and waiting for me. I just had to reset my habits to turn to that first. So, I dug in on Day 1 and didn't look back. What a blessing it has been for me and my family! Honestly, it wasn't as hard for me as it was for others, and I realized how dependent we are as a culture on using social media as our go to resource for E V E R Y T H I N G. I was constantly having to tell friends and family I couldn't pull up links (by choice) they had shared on one thing or another. And I did have to retrain myself on where to find quick answers to whatever daily homeschool fire I had to put out. Just being honest. But here I am well on the other side of the #40DaySocialMediaFast and I'm eager to dig in for a second time with my physical copy of my book which arrives, today. My social media apps will remain off of my phone, unnecessary distractions from 100+ notifications have been eliminated from my daily life, I'm intentional about what resources I use for everything from my heart and soul to marriage and parenting and homeschooling to current affairs and politics, I'm intentional about how much time I spend on social media and online in general (not to mention I'm keenly aware of how many heads are buried in screens instead of face to to face)... and the list goes on and on and on. I'm renewed. I'm refreshed. I have more clarity. I feel more connected to those in my daily life. And I'm eager to keep going. If this sounds like something your soul needs... won't you join me? 40daysocialmediafast.com
Wonderful support
5 out of 5 stars
Lisa - 4 years ago
Wendy Speake's book The 40 Day Social Media Fast provides daily support to refocus your life by removing the online distractions and putting your focus onto God.
Best book I could of ever read
5 out of 5 stars
Peggy - 4 years ago
I have done this 40 day social media fast and read the book along the way. I received an early digital copy and was excited to begin. I have to say it was the best thing I have done to really clear my mind, stress and to draw closer to God. The book is well written with each chapter a few pages that guide you along the process of the importance of not only doing social media fast but also other things that we get caught up with. I highly recommend this book and it would make a great gift to family and friends.
Great and Inspirational Read
5 out of 5 stars
MCarroll - 4 years ago
I’m a huge fan of Wendy Speake’s writing! Her writing style is an easy and quick read. The content of her books is very relatable to my life. I glean so much useful and inspirational insight from every book and blog of hers that I’ve read. This book, the 40-Day Social Media Fast, helped me to stay focused on Jesus and draw in closer to God as I fasted from social media. I had been feeling weighed down and glum from all the Facebook posts I’d been reading for a long time. I had made the decision to l delete my Facebook account right before I started Wendy’s group fast. Having Wendy’s book and encouraging emails as a resource helped me to not just fast from social media, but also gave me direction as to what scriptures and prayers I could focus on.
Amazing Book
5 out of 5 stars
Casey L - 4 years ago
This book is life altering! I started it thinking I would be off social media for 40 days but it is so much more. I don't have any desire to return to social media! Each day there is a small reading that really challenges your heart and where you want to set your intentions. I highly recommend this book for every one in today's world. We are faced with so much draws for our attention. We really need to be intentional about where we choose to spend our time.