Life.Church with Craig Groeschel - Guarding Your Family From Digital Danger | The Connected Life: Part 2

Episode Date: November 2, 2025

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I want to make a confession to you when it's one that I'm not proud of. We didn't mean to do it. On behalf of parents, we didn't plan it. No mom and dad ever held their newborn and thought, one day I'm going to hand you a device that seems normal and necessary. I can know where you are. You can stay connected. You can be entertained.

I'll give you Bluey to watch whenever I'm busy. We had no idea that one day you'd be scrolling on this device late at night, your mind racing and your heart anxious, that you would compare with others and feel left out, depressed and alone. We never dreamed that you might click on pornography and be trapped and feel like you had no one to talk to. We didn't take into account the algorithms that were designed

to trap you, lie to you, and addict you. And honestly, somehow we became addicted to. We didn't mean to, but we did. We're in a message series called The Connected Life, and I just kind of want to acknowledge the tension as we talk about how do we navigate and manage wisely these devices because they actually seem incredibly necessary. Would you agree?

Like almost how do you live without one? There's so much good in it. We have to acknowledge it. Like, you can FaceTime Grandma, which my grandkids do every single day. day, FaceTime Gigi. You got the U-Versian Bible app. You can connect with God's Word, his living word, this active powerful, right on your device at any time, anywhere. You can order groceries to your house, to the glory of God. That's an amazing thing. You can watch sermons on YouTube. You can

know where your kids are every moment of the day. Those of you who are parents now, that wasn't a thing. Back in the day, we didn't have fine friends. If you wanted to find your kids, you had to find their bike at someone's front yard. That's how you found your kids. We would tell our mom and dad, I'm going to Timmy's house. Timmy would say, I'm going to Craig's house. We'd go to Cancun with no passport and be back in my bednight. They had no idea. I mean, we could go anywhere.

And so you look at these things, and there are so many great advantages and blessings with them. And then there's the downside. The most obvious might be that you can waste literally years of your life scrolling, looking at people that you'll never, ever meet. And so when I talk about this with pastor, I'm going to tell you right now, like, I know I am on this thing too much. And I've tried to kind of tweak it a little bit, but I've realized that tweaking's not really working, that we need to be a little bit more drastic if we want to find freedom. And so if you do feel trapped, or if you look around you and your loved ones appear to be trapped, I want to tell you right now, the truth is we can find freedom in Christ. We can find freedom in Christ.

In fact, it was Jesus who said this. He said, so if the sun sets you free, you will be free indeed. If you find yourself frustrated that so much of your life is wasted looking at a screen, there is a better way, and we're going to ask God to help us find that Holy Spirit, would you speak to us, your church? God, would you give us wisdom to say no to that which harms us and the wisdom to say yes to whatever could help us? Holy Spirit, do a work in our hearts and in our lives

that we could be wise, innocent and wise. God, help us be free from anything that takes it from you and others. We pray this in Jesus' name, and everybody said, amen, amen, amen. Okay, let me talk to the parents first. Parents, raise your hands. If you're a mom or dad, raise your hand. Parents, I want you to know this. Your spiritual enemy is attacking your kids.

He's coming for your kids. He wants to lie to your kids. He wants to steal their joy. He wants to kill their innocence. He wants to destroy their lives. He's coming for your kids. I want to tell you right now, he's also coming for you.

Every single one of you. The Prince of Darkness, the father of lies, is coming for you, seeking whom he may devour. Every single one of you. Gen Z, you're searching for something real. He's coming for you. Every millennia.

You're trying to build your life and pay off student loans. I get it. He's coming for you. Every boomer. Shout on to the boomers. You're still crushed it on Facebook. He's coming for you. Somebody like, hey, Craig, aren't you a boomer?

No, I'm not a boomer. I'm Gen X. I'm from the generation. We made mixed tapes like it was an Olympic sport. Double boom box, press play, and record at the same time right in the moment that the DJ played your song. It was an art form. I'm telling you right now.

I made the best mixtape for Amy on our first stage. It was unbelievable. It was anointed by God. She got in the car. I pressed play Christian song, then Christian song, then love song, then love song, then love song, love song, love song, love song, love song, love song. And here we are married, 35 years later by the glory of God from Gen X mixed tapes. So we acknowledge there's so much good.

It's a tool that can be a blessing. Or it can be a vessel that distracts you from the most important things and can't. and even be a vessel that destroys your testimony in your life. And God's word warns us in 1. Peter 5.8, his word tells us this. Be alert. Church, be alert. Be awake, be aware, and be of sober mind. Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion,

looking, seeking someone to devour. resist him standing firm in the faith be alert be of sober mind resist the devil because if you look at it objectively you might agree he's gaining ground on our children he's gaining ground on us you look at this generation today the most depressed most anxious most lonely most suicidal generation of any recent generation sucked into a life of distraction and despair. The statistics are incredibly alarming. I'll show you three. Teams who spend four or more hours on screens daily. This does not include schoolwork. Then the average teams spend seven hours. Teams who spend four or more hours daily are twice as likely to experience anxiety and depression. They are depressed right now. They are

lonely, they are hurting, and they're feeding into it by looking at a screen as the devil just takes away their joy. On average, children are exposed to porn by age 12. You give them a device early, you increase the odds, they're going to look at something that's going to distort their mind and rob them of the intimacy they crave so desperately. At age 13, over half, 53% of girls report being unhappy with their bodies. By age 17, it jumps to 70, 8%. as they compare and feel less than and left out. Be alert. Be sober-minded. The devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for so. And every generation is going to use whatever tools he can to get to the people of God. And this, with all the good, is still a tool that the enemy is

using to distract you from people, take you away from God and into things that will destroy your very soul. So what do we do? what do I do when I'm on it too much? How do we protect our kids? How do we protect ourselves? What I want to do is I want to show you a biblical metaphor that I hope will both inspire you and equip you. To introduce the biblical metaphor, let me ask you a question.

Everybody participate, all of our churches. You can type in the comment section as well. How many of you lock the door to your house or apartment before you go to bed at night? Raise your hands. type in the comment section, yeah, I lock the door, baby. Why do you do that? Why do you lock the door? Why do you lock the door to protect who you care about and what you care about, right?

I want you to think about this. You lock the doors to protect those you love and what you value. Someone comes in your house. You may not be very tough at all. You get out in your tidy whiteies. You get a lamp and you're going to whack someone's head off. Don't come in after the people that I love. So you try to lock out in the physical world, everything that's dangerous.

And yet you give your kids a device. wide open into the digital world. And so the metaphor I want to talk to you about is found in the Old Testament is what they call the gatekeeper. In every major city, they would build walls and gates, and the gatekeeper's job was to guard the gate.

The gatekeeper would try to control what comes in and what goes out. We want to keep what's good in and we want to keep what's dangerous and a threat out. today your home still has gates or they still has entry points but the entry points have changed I would argue that the front door is not the main entrance the main entrance is now in your hands it's in your pockets it's under the kids pillows at night and the devil doesn't need to kick in your front door he just needs to get access to your device and let me tell you right now Satan the

father of lives who hates everything God loves and God loves you. The enemy doesn't care how good your intentions are. If you leave the gate open, the devil will walk right in. So your job, mom, your job, dad, your job's 17-year-old, your job 57, almost 58 in a month. Your job is to protect the gates. And I'm going to show you a story in the Bible that you may know in the 5th century BC when Jerusalem was vulnerable. The walls were destroyed and the gates were burned. And so God called Nehemiah, an ordinary man, to rebuild the walls and protect the gates. Scripture says this. I want you to see just how serious he was about protecting the vulnerable spots. Neumai said this. He said, okay, there's some vulnerable spots. He said, therefore, I stationed Nehemiah

chapter four, I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places. Wherever the walls were most vulnerable to outside attack, I stationed some of the people. How did he post them? He posted them by families with their swords, spears, and bows. The wall is vulnerable right here. Smith family, grab your weapons, get your nunchucks, get your brass knuckles, and stand guard, don't let the enemy in. The wall is vulnerable over here, Marin family. Can you guys stand over here? Get your weapons, don't let someone come in,

and you're going to protect those that you love. Wherever they were vulnerable to attack, the families stood guard with whatever weapon they had to protect their loved ones. Nehemiah went on to say this. He said, after I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles and the officials and the rest of the people,

don't be afraid of our enemies. remember the Lord who is great and awesome and fight for your families your sons your daughters your wives and your home remember the Lord our God who is good is powerful and is awesome and stand guard at the most vulnerable points of the wall and fight for your families in today's culture we probably say it this way stand guard over what they see stand guard stand guard over what they hear. Stand guard over the voices that will shape what they believe about themselves, about God and about life. Stand guard against the algorithms which will conform them to the image of this dark and broken world instead of the image of Jesus. How do we do this? If you're the

gatekeeper, how do we stand guard? I'm going to give you a lot of practical. things, and so I hope you're ready, take some good notes. The first thing we're going to do is let's assess the gates. Assess the gates. We're going to identify what's coming in. I'm going to give you three assignments. The first thing is this, you're going to ask yourself, what devices are in your home? What devices are in your home? You need to know, mom and dad. You're going to say, well, I got a phone, and I got an iPad and a laptop. Chances are you've got several other sources of external influence. You've got tablet, perhaps, a smart TV. You've got an Xbox, the PlayStation, the Nintendo, smart home devices, VR headsets, all sorts of different ways that you may not even have an idea

that your eight-year-old can get into. You need to ask what different devices do you have in your home. Then you also want to ask what apps are on your child's devices? What apps are on there? For example, I'm not going to tell you which one of my six kids, but Sam, he came to me after I was talking about how, yeah, we don't let our kids have Snapchat. And he said, Dad, I got Snapchat. And he was like 15 years. Like, what do you mean you got Snapchat? We had a meeting and said, we're not going to have Snapchat. And you know, I think I wasn't at that meeting or I wasn't paying attention.

I've been snapping for over a year. And so I was very interested. and talking about all their devices and what was on their phones. And right there, a kid was right in my household, snapping away, and I had no idea. And a lot of you parents, you don't have a clue right now. You don't have a clue. There are apps on your kids' devices that look harmless, that hide private chats, and there's messages that disappear.

They can be chatting with strangers. There's hidden browsers with secret folders, and they can access anything with no real trace. there are games that look innocent that push sexual themes and they're allowed to chat with strangers and they can get on an explore page that shows unfiltered content with no regard for age or maturity at all and so you want to look on there what are they looking at and understand you may have to do some homework third question you're going to ask is what passwords do you have access to? Many of you don't even have a four-digit code to open up the phones that your kids use and I'm going to tell you right now that is a mistake if you can't answer these questions, your first assignment is to assess the gates. And chances are,

even if you're pretty involved, I was very involved, there were things I didn't know, there are things you probably don't know. And so as a church, we're creating resources to help you assess the gates. As a parent, you've got to be aware. You've got to educate yourself. You have to, why? Because you can't protect what you haven't identified. You can't defend what you don't understand. You've got to know where the walls are vulnerable and then you stand guard against letting evil into the lives of your children and yourself. The first thing is you're going to assess the gates, identify what you let in. The second thing you're going to do is you're going to strengthen the gates. You're going to determine what do you keep out. And I'm like five very practical

suggestions to you about how you strengthen the gates. The first thing is, and I apologize to the kids who are going to hate your pastor for now, you will forgive me because you have to. It's in the Bible. But I'm going to tell you, the first thing is you may want to delay the device. You may not want to give them a phone or an iPad or a tablet when they're 8 years old or 10 years old or 12-year-olds. And you're going to say, okay, Craig, how old. Before we talk about determining the age, let's first start with determining the ownership. If you don't hate me yet, kids, you're really going to hate me now. Here's what I would suggest. You're going to give your kid a device to use. Let's just ask who. paid for it. If the kid didn't pay for it, it's not your kid's phone. If you paid for it, it's

your phone. And what you're doing is you are letting your child borrow your phone. And since it's your phone, you set the rules. You can have my phone during these hours. Then I get my phone back. You can have my phone. I get all apps, passwords, and I control it all. It's my phone. Determine ownership. Now, what age do you give it to them? Well, the Bible says they should not, this is what we have to be wise, right? The Bible doesn't say. Experts now are basically raising the age almost by the year. Some are saying, hey, don't let them have a phone before 14. Some are now saying 16. I can't tell you what age, but here's what I can tell you is they're not going to like it. And they're going to say, you're going to make me weird. And I'm going to tell you right now, I hope you do.

Have you seen normal? You mean, if you're afraid of your kid being a little bit weird, you're afraid of the wrong thing. Be afraid of them being normal. Normal is not knowing who they are. Normal's not knowing who they should be attracted to. Normal's not being able to define where they came from. Normal's not knowing who their God is. Normal's not being able to stand up for themselves

and saying this is who God made me to be and this is who I'm going to. You don't want normal. You want it to be a little bit different. Set apart. That's what the Bible says. We're to be set apart means we're a little bit different. And one of the reasons why we talk about being in a life group

in a community is because then you got a bunch of people that are weird together. And it gives them a little power when they're weird together. People say, like, how did you do it with six kids faithfully serving Jesus? The answer is we didn't. We had a community helping us. I was helping their kids. They were helping my kids. And so a community of 10 like-minded families, we literally raised our kids together.

And so if we all had a weird standard, at least we were all weird. All of our parents are weird. Well, at least they have some friends going by the same weird thing. You don't just want to raise them alone. Do you want to raise them in a Christ-centered community? When your standards are different, at least we're all different together. So delay the device. Second thing I suggest is that you use parental controls and filter adult content.

Most of your, why would you give a kid an unfiltered device anyway? Get on there, control it. Most phones, you can limit adult content. And then they can't delete their search history. So if they're searching for hot, tamales or whatever, it'll show that and it can't go away. And you can keep them from downloading apps or keep them from being able to delete apps or whatever. But you want to be in control of what they're able to do and use parental controls. You're also going to want to have

ongoing conversations, not one-time lectures. And this is really important because what here's what many are you going to do and it's dumb. Don't be dumb. That's in the Bible. Don't be dumb. And it's in there. It says be wise. Okay. So don't be dumb. It's my The new Craig version. If you don't like that, there's an email address. You can send it to. Craig, I don't give a rip.com. Don't be dumb.

So what you want to do is you want to have ongoing conversations. Don't go blow them up and go, Pastor Craig said this. And from now on, we're going to do this, blah, blah, blah. They're going to sit back. When you come in like that and they go, give mom and dad three days, and this whole thing will blow over.

What you want is you want to have a normal, ongoing conversation that we are involved, talking about the details of your life. We're talking about digital temptations and real world consequences, and it's not just a one-time thing. This is something that we talk about, just like your friends and just like faithfulness to God, and just like being a bold witness,

and just like being in the word. This is a normal part of our conversation. Another suggestion I'm going to make is this, that you set time limits and boundaries for when and where devices are allowed, right? How long you want to scroll on TikTok? We'll put a time limit on there. How long you want them playing Roblox?

Do you even want them playing Roblox? Maybe you don't let them do that. How long do you want to be looking at the gram? You might set a time a little bit on your own phone. You might set some rules at your household, like no phones at dinner. When we come to the dinner, phones are down, or phones are somewhere else. Or since it's your phone and they're just using it, you may say, you can't use my phone in your bedroom after 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock or whatever.

You be prayerful, you be wise. And again, if your whole community is doing it, you're all weird together. Most important thing probably is this. you want to model healthy tech habits yourself. They will often become what they see. And a lot of them are going to tell you, you actually have a problem with this as well. As I said last week,

we didn't just hand them the problem, we actually modeled it. And so if you're a parent, you're going to model healthy habits yourself. Some of you say, well, I'm not a parent. What I want to do is just look real honestly and ask yourself, what challenges do you have?

Does this impact you negatively in any way? Is it causing you to compare, to be angry, to be lustful, to waste time, to be judgmental, and then be really, really honest about where you might be vulnerable? Are you looking at social media and finding yourself left out and jealous? Be honest. Are you looking at news apps and just find yourself angry? You've got the spiritual gift of ticked off. That's not a fruit of the spirit.

Are you just looking at shopping apps and you're broke all the time? Or you're gaming and you're wasting your life doing stuff that, yeah, a little bit's okay, but it's not a little bit for you. Or have you been sucked into a lustful addiction that you simply can't break? I'm going to say right now, you are only as strong as you are honest. You start with honesty. If you're like, poke yourself in the eye every day, oh, that hurts. Oh, that hurts. What are you going to do if you're poking yourself in the eye and it hurts?

What are you going to do? Stop poking yourself in the eye. If there's something that's poking you in the eye on this thing, eliminate it. Remove it. Get it out of your ability to use it. I'll tell you right now, very publicly, and I've modeled this for my kids, I have for years. I block adult content. I don't have the ability to download apps.

To the best of my technological ability, I don't have any way to get into something that I wouldn't want to look at. Say, Pastor Craig, are you that vulnerable? Not really at this age. But I'm going to tell you what right now. If I'm ever weak or vulnerable, I don't want to have access to it.

The way I say it is this. Why would I resist a temptation in the future if I have the power to eliminate it today? Don't poke yourself in the eye. Get wise enough to remove anything that's going to make you vulnerable. So what are you going to do? You might set time limits on your devices.

You might share passwords with your spouse, so you're not DM in somebody you shouldn't do. You might delete certain apps that take up too much time or cause you to compare or lust or feel left down or whatever. I know more and more people that are just getting dumb phones. Like they're literally going, I'm not going to waste more life on this thing. I'm going to figure a way around it.

We lived, believe it or not, for several thousand years without them, we could probably manage today. Bottom line is this. I've said a lot of different practical things. You're the gatekeeper. You're the gatekeeper. You're going to protect those that you love from the enemy getting in.

Paul told the Ephesian elders this. He said, keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Keep watch over those that you love. I want to keep watch over you. Why would I talk about the technology because it's incredibly relevant today

to manage wisely and to keep the enemy from leveraging it against God's people? You're called to watch your flock. Those that are under your care. Starts with you. It's your family. If you have a family, it's your friendships. And the good news is you are the gatekeeper. And as a gatekeeper, you are not alone.

The one who guards the gates of heaven and earth. Guard's your home as well. And if he's with you, no enemy will get through. And the good news is, I've been saying it, and I'm not exaggerating. I have not seen a spiritual hunger like we're seeing right now in our nation, in our younger generation. I'm telling you, like, our switch ministry, our students are so on fire. It's unbelievable.

They don't want to be entertained. They want to be on their faces, worshiping, and they want to be praising God. They're getting early to seek God. Why, I'm going to tell you right now, I think the enemy's plan is about to backfire, because these devices have promised more. More friends and more connection and more fun, but what they've delivered is more comparison, more distraction, more sin, and more pain. And I'm telling you right now, there is a younger generation that's tired of fake,

tired of fake connection. And they're done with shallow hope, and they're moving from despair to desperation. And in the middle of their desperation, they're saying, give me something real. I want face to face. And I want to love and be loved. And I want to know and be known. And I want to be able to be my self. And I want to be free from anxiety and worry and depression.

And in a world where you used to be able to say, well, I saw it with my eyes, therefore I know it's true. You can't say that at all today. You can see it with your eyes and it can be the fakes thing ever. And when all of a sudden everything seems like it could be untrue, somebody needs something that is absolutely true. And the truth will not be found in this world. The truth is a person and his name is Jesus. And that's why people are crying out.

Jesus, help me if you're there, if you're real. I need you. Would you save me? And there's a generation that's finding hope. in Jesus and healing in Jesus and life in Jesus. And there's a different kind of boldness in them. It's like, I don't want to play around anymore and I don't want to be told what to do. And I don't want to be told how to think. I want to know what God's word says and I want to be who he wants me to be. And so if there's any part of you that recognizes, yeah, I've just been sucked into

what is normal. Do you want normal? I'm sick of it. It makes me, my own addiction makes me sick. So I'm deleting and I'm blocking and I'm barely going to have access to use this because the most valuable parts of my life don't happen person to scream. They happen face to face. an obedience to God and showing his love. God sent his son, the incarnation, to reveal who he was.

His name is Jesus. He came for broken people, lost people, hurting people, sinful people. He came for people like me. He came for people like you. And when you know the truth, the truth will set you free. And when you know the truth, the truth will set you free. And when you know the truth, the truth, the truth will set you free.

So Jesus, we thank you that you are the truth. and we ask God that you would speak to us, God just, can we be open to what you want to say and show us in these areas of our lives? God convict us of any sin, any area that's just unwise, foolish, and lead us into life everlasting. Today at all of our churches and those of you online, here's what I'm going to ask you to do. I'm going to ask you if you would just pray, and I'm not going to give you any specific assignment, but just pray and ask God to ask God to, to speak to you about what's your next step. I have two problems on my device. One is a game that I play when I'm bored

and I get sucked into it. Another is one form of social media and only one that I still look at. I'm deleting the game and I think I'm gonna probably delete the social media. I don't need that. My calling is too great to spend time looking at people that I can't even connect with. I'm praying and I'm gonna take the next step.

I'm gonna ask you, would you just for you, maybe for your family, family. Just pray and ask God to show you. What's your next step? We don't have to revise the whole thing. Just let them show you one thing. We pray and take the next step. If you'll do that today, would you lift up your hands? It's all over the room. Lift them up. Just lift them up. Man, thank God. You're taking this seriously. Online, you can just say, yes, I will pray and ask God to show me my next step. And, Father, we ask that you do. We know that you're a loving God. We know that your conviction isn't to make us feel guilty, but to draw us closer to you and to make us

more like Jesus. So speak to us, God, show us. I pray God that we would have the courage to make whatever decision is necessary to live in the fullness of the life that you have for us. We're going to pray. We're going to pray. And God, whatever you show us, we will take that next step. As you keep praying today, nobody looking around. Here's what I know about a lot of you right now. You are tired of shallow and you're tired of fake and you're tired of the kind of the lies and you might be tired of your own guilt let me tell you about the truth that sets you free his name is jesus it's not just an idea it is a person the truth is a person jesus is the son of god for god so love the world for god so love you that he sent his one and only son jesus who is perfect in every single

way. Jesus did not come for the religious people. He came for the sinners. He didn't come for the people that were healthy. He came for those that were broken and sick. He came to offer life and life more abundantly. He came to bring salvation from the brokenness of this world and from the lives of the devil and to give us life everlasting. Because he was perfect in every way, when he died on the cross as our replacement, he paid the penalty for our own sins and God raised him from the dead So that anyone, listen to me, anyone, and this includes you, it doesn't matter how broken you feel, how lost you feel, how dark your life feels right now, anyone who calls on the name of the Lord, you would be saved, forgiven, made new.

You're not just different, you're new, the old is gone, and the new is come, and there are those of you that you are here and you're watching at this moment because it's you. There's something drawing you to God. What is that? That is the Holy Spirit of God you're not listening by accident. It's because he loves you. ready to set you free. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free today at all of our churches. Those online who say, I'm tired of the lives. I'm tired of the guilt. I'm tired of

my sinfulness. We're stepping away from our sin. We're repenting of our sin. We're stepping into the grace of Jesus. We're calling on him. When we call on him, he hears your prayers. He forgives your sins. He will make you brand new. All of our churches, you say, yes, Jesus, I need you. Save me. Forgive me of my sins. I give my life to you. That's your prayer. Lift your hands high right now. all over the place, lift them up right here. God bless you guys, right here as well. Right over here, others of you. Right there. Oh, come on. Right back over here. Others say, yes, Jesus. Right here, I surrendered you over here in this section. Oh, come on by the glory of God, others today. Jesus, I surrender be the Lord of my life. Online type in the comment section, I'm surrendering my life to Jesus.

Just type it. I'm surrendering my life to Jesus in the presence of a holy God that loves you. Would you join your faith with those around you? Just pray. Heavenly Father, take my life. Jesus saved me. Forgive all my sins. Fill me with your Holy Spirit so I could know you personally and so I could obey you faithfully. Thank you for salvation. Thank you for freedom. Renew my mind, change my life. Thank you for the truth that sets me for I give all my life to you. In Jesus' name, I pray. Could you celebrate church?

Can you worship God?