Quotes about Distraction

Amy Carmichael's great longing was to have a single eye for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate.

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.

Marketing is a contest for people's attention.

It is a pity that many Christians have the TV schedule better memorized than a single chapter for God's precious Word.

The result of information overload is usually distraction, and it dilutes your focus and takes you off your game.

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.

A daydream is an evasion.

Few killer viruses are more difficult to discern than this one. On the surface all appears to be healthy and working, but it's not. All those hours and hours spent lost in one Christian book after another . . . all those many Christian responsibilities outside the home or going from one seminar to another . . . all that extra time in prayer and Bible study. . . . At times we use these Christian activities as an unconscious attempt to escape from pain. In

Martha's problems, however, go beyond her busyness. I suspect that if Martha were to sit at the feet of Jesus, she would still be distracted by everything on her mind.

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.

The guy who sits in front of the television is unengaged. That man is a bad man.

In fact, the Devil is delighted when we spend our time and energy defending the Bible, as long as we do not get around to actually reading the Bible.