I struggle with doom scrolling, it’s such a bad addiction. I should be reading the Bible versus looking at tons of videos on YT. I don’t even remember 99% of what I’ve watched later on!
Literally me and I always laughed at people like that and I became one Atleast I don’t wake up and scroll right away I get sunlight first but damn I’m struggling
I usually watch apologetics, and then spend the next half hour debating Muslims in the comment section. Being able to willing disconnect from UA-cam, ie. reading a book instead, going for a walk, watching regular tv, listening to music, is a very important ability for daily life, for anyone. For some people, it might be screen time limits, for others it will be deleting UA-cam.
Good morning friend. I listen to "bible in a year" in chronological order. There are a few I've listened to; BIYA w/ Mike Schmitz (he's a Catholic priest so some people might not listen due to that) and The Bible Recap (you can use Tara Leigh or the current one I'm doing now is with Kanoe Gibson, who uses the same plan but she reads it and discusses it as she goes... the Tara Leigh version, you read or listen to the Bible on your own and she talks about it for 7-10 mins.) Anyway, I know this vid is about leaving YT, but these are the main reasons I'm on YT and, once you start liking these and watching these, your YT feed will morph into more of this and less doom suggestions. I have to be careful too bc I do like to click some of those things too and it will mess up my feed.
Gotta agree with you here. I already dropped most other forms of entertainment recently, but i know through experience that until UA-cam goes then its only a half measure. For those that think or are being told that UA-cam, other social media, or really any created thing is necessary for ministry... That is straight up false. All that is necessary is God, if something is in the way then removing it as always the better call, no matter how humanly useful it may be. Ministry is effective through the power of the Spirit, not our own means.
Going to be logging off UA-cam for a week to see how I fare. UA-cam has kept me from being a productive work-from-home employee for a while. Thanks for this spark!
"If it causes you to stumble, get rid of it." That's great advice! I have a lot of anxiety and perfectionistic tendencies as my biggest sins I'm struggling to get rid of, how can I get rid of my brain? 🙃
I think the best advice I can give is to find things to do that will set your mind off those things, whether it's by volunteering at your church or doing things in your community. Also, find somebody who you trust and can be open with. My issues are different(see below) but I tried doing it alone and it simply doesn't work, especially with the nature of these things. The author of Hebrews was right to say in 10:24-25 that we should not neglect to meet and encourage one another. I'll use myself as an example, I have a lot of darkness in my own past, not limited to but largely due to people who I thought I could trust stabbing me in the back. I was never really social as a kid and was essentially turned into an outcast when I was in elementary and middle school because I'm autistic and thus, social interaction has never come easy for me. This caused me to badically close myself off from everybody except close family until my sophomore year of high school. When I was 17, I had someone who I thought was my friend(I missed a lot of red flags in hindsight like the fact he openly admitted he had a crush on me despite being a good 7 or 8 years older than me at least.) pretend to shoot himself for attention. I firmly believe my mom being able to see the inconsistencies in his story was the only thing that saved my innocence, if not my life, that day. In my first few semesters of college, I had really started to let a lot of bad theology take hold because I was really only a cultural Christian, I was going to the church on campus, but I was trying to have it both ways. Later on in 2015, and this is a minor issue compared to the other stuff because in hindsight, we were not good for each other and I was super clingy and immature, my girlfriend at the time ended up ghosting me for 3 months when she broke off our year-long relationship. This really did not set me up well for the storms for my first 2 years of 5 in college. In 2018, my grandma, who had always been my best friend, passed away unexpectedly of, what we think(I never got a conclusive answer) was a heart issue. Later on that year, in either May or December(it was the end of the semester since my dad waited for me to get done with finals to tell me so I wasn't trying to process this and focus on school), my little brother who was always a troublemaker and a narcissist was caught red handed through text messages of sexually assaulting a girl that he had known through school. In that investigation or whatever it was, they had found out that for years, he had been grooming and sexually assaulting my little sister right under our noses. None of us really talked about it(I didn't, even with the therapist that was set up for us, I think by the investigators) but I know for a fact that this news tore my entire family to pieces, even if my parents and my little sister herself were much quicker to forgive than I was. This was 6 years ago and I've only very recently started to acknowledge and unpack the emotional baggage caused by that pain: guilt for not being able to do my job as a big brother and protect her, anger at my brother, anger at myself for the level of hatred I had started to have for my brother because of what he did, sadness that I had lost my little brother and to a lesser extent, my little sister. All of this was also happening while my grandpa was slowly losing a long battle with Alzheimer's(he passed away in 2020 from a combination of it and COVID.) The biggest thing all of this caused though was to give me a lot of deep-seated trust issues, both in a relationship with God sense and a human sense. It's really only been after I moved for the job I have now and started going back to church and this time, it's a church that's smaller than my old church and thus actually is a true family environment where everyone knows everybody, that I started to really get better. I had completely missed the fact before the last 10 months or so that I had a deep need to belong and to have community and friendship who weren't going to just burn me again. I had subconsciously built all of these walls to protect my heart and all it had done was made my emotional, mental, and spiritual(it also caused me to get to the point where I was even mentally fighting to maintain my belief that God even existed) pain worse. I guess my point from ranting about my own past is that I legitimately thought I was perfectly fine but it's only once I actually able to heal that I realized what I was missing and the damage that my past was doing in my life. So sorry for ranting but I guess what I'm trying to get at is that, even if it's hard to admit struggles, especially mental ones, having community is one of the best things you can do for that.
We can never get rid of anxiety forever, because our Earthly flesh is cursed by original sin, but we can get rid of things that make anxiety worse, like doomscrolling or caffeine, and we can receive God's gifts of therapy and medicine. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. - Philippians 4:6 (ESV).
@@RedPandaHaileywith peace and humility, Jesus can 100% set you free from the kind of poor mental health anxiety. We will always experience fear of some form like God won’t get rid of the kind of fear that protects us (like fear of touching a hot stove or running away from a predator etc). The biggest thing for me was asking God to uproot any lies I believed about my life or the faith, especially the ones that cause fear. Hope this helps may the Lord bless you and keep you in Jesus’ name❤️✝️
I guess there are more Red Panda fans struggling with anxiety and perfectionism than I thought! Hope you get peace in your life, I know it's hard, but it isn't impossible
When I started dealing with my sin, deleting social media (i still use UA-cam but delete it when i start feeling triggered) was a no-brainer. I don't miss it, and it has made a huge difference in finding freedom from my struggles.
Yes, getting rid of my social media was a breath of fresh air. Not to mention those sites do not work to protect children from predators, that was another reason I left as a boycott.
I deleted the apps off my phone for a time to break the habits. Now I have them for convenience if someone links me something, but I don't open these apps randomly anymore. If not deleting the apps, another thing to do is stop notifications and stop the little number counter included in that. That number begs to be cleared!
For me I’ve realized no matter what I do even when I don’t have a phone I still have bad habits & it’s literally impossible as a single guy by himself 24/7 to do it alone. It’s so important we replace these bad habits with good ones like reading our bible, working out, playing a video game but not staying up too late for 0 reason, playing an instrument, etc. It’s also helped a whole bunch to use the built in background sounds in iOS by adding them to control center & listening to those to help you sleep. These are just some things that have helped me. Self-control is real. It’s just hard. I’m not dogging on anyone who’d rather control their habits on their phone. Prayers for you guys honestly. 🙏🏻
When you have really nothing else, or no one else to hang out with...and you already left all other social media...it's hard. But, THERE is a nice little tool youtube has, that little 3 dot button by a video you can press and select "Do Not Recommend this Video". I've done it and it helps the algorithim.
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It’s true, there are temptations everywhere. Twitter is a platform I also try to stay off of, except for uploading my brands content to it. Taking a break from the internet or just staying off of social media entirely I think would be beneficial altogether for humanity to be honest. The internet has done more harm to society than good.
Try hiding the app. I did that because then it'll take like six steps going into your settings to open it again so at least you have time to consider the notion rather than just clicking it.
I have UA-cam recommendations off, and sub to people who’s content is beneficial. When I go on YT, there is a blank page where recommendations are supposed to be, including those dumb Temu ads. I click on subscriptions and find content from people who strengthen my belief in God, keep me updated on politics, and hobbies. I deleted Instagram entirely because it had no beneficial aspect to it
Steps: 1. Click “You” in bottom right 2. Click Settings in top right 3. Click “Manage all history” 4. Click “Saving your UA-cam history” 5. Click “Turn off” 6. Click “Pause” 7. Click “Got it” Side note: you will no longer have videos in your history so if you watch part of a video but don’t finish it, you will have to find your spot later. This is easily fixable by screenshotting where you are in the video for later. Also, if you want to take it a step further and limit yourself, on iPhone you can go into your settings and add a time limit to any app you use too much. Hope this helps
such a hard problem! I know the first place to go is the Bible! Always! but there are so many helpful people/videos on youtube. I have struggled with lust for years, but there are a lot of helpful videos about the topic that the bible does not explain in modern day (not saying the Bible is not the FIRST place to go)
In my opinion I didnt ever see UA-cam as a temptation as I just didnt really get that type of stuff in my recommendations however Instagram I have to delete that it‘s really bad about that stuff
I lasted a week off of youtube. when I wanted to listen to something, I would find the spotify version or I would have it on youtube but I had to link it to my radio and not look at the screen. I wasn't tormented as much. But then I found myself justifying watching christian channels too like yours or bible study videos because they help me a lot. But eventually I find a show or something that I want to watch (I only watch old shows since they are cleaner) but I fall into the same loop. I have been trying to get off of it and delete it (but it's hard since I am trying to grow a youtube channel too) I can't seem to find a middle ground, but it is seriously causing me to sin by just becoming lazy, unmotivated and procrastinating. I am going to delete it from my phone officially because that has been scaring me. But I wish there was a way that the others doing this could all come together online (like discord or something) and support each other while doing it. Thanks for the video though, I really needed to hear this from a brother in Christ and not another secular dopamine detox.
I leave certain channels when I don't think they are right for me or are unorthodox, or if they upload good and bad videos, I don't watch the bad ones and don't remember them. I left TikTok because i didn't have any control over inappropriate stuff. I left Reddit and Quora for the same reason. Unless I'm looking for info about the cosy cottage talking tea set which there is literally no information on anywhere. I only post a little on Facebook and only to my friends. I don't use Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram. And if there are any inappropriate songs on my playlist, they get deleted as well. I will not let myself stumble. I had some videos with bad words but the mom wasn't happy about it, but it doesn't feel fun to watch anymore, so they're gone as well. I also don't listen to a lot of rap anymore, including Christian rap.
Isaac please reply! I love your videos and I use UA-cam only as a platform to watch your videos and listen to scripture. I feel in my personal struggle that I don’t need to delete UA-cam but I did delete my instagram ACCOUNT I had people on there I’ll never be able to reach again and pictures I can never recover. Thanks for how you inspire others and show them that you walk the walk and talk the talk. Never seen a legit UA-cam actually caring about his fellow brothers and sister. You are amazing, I pray blessing over you and your life. Thanks Ise!
I’ve been free from lust and corn for about a year however social media and Espically UA-cam has just become a way to distract me from having time for God. So I have realised I may need to take a step away for a while.
Wow I just started to unsubscribe to so many channels today and then I see this. Thabk you Holy Spirit. Truely the Orthodox Church is saving my life. Psalm 135 by wonder worker. Anima Christi. History will set you free. Jesus saves . Thabk you for this video this is amazing timing. Going to delete UA-cam and try to go a week without UA-cam shorts. Wish me luck. ♥️
I’m going through a break up and instagram was something that was tempting me to stalk my ex or watch lustful reels so I deleted it. 1 week in and I feel peace and just been praying and reading my Bible or working outs instead
I've been thinking a lot about the amount of time I spend on UA-cam and Facebook. I noticed it so much so that I refuse to ever open another social media account! I never did IG, tick tock or twitter. There are some really good youtubers though, so my ultimate goal is to use it less, or at specified times, or only certain channels. Face book I only keep because my family is on there. Some people that is our main way to communicate.
For me I got rid of Instagram about a year ago, I still struggle with it but it was a first major step for God I took. I need to sacrifice other things to but for me I need prayer for what else I did to get rid of please. Maybe my Safire I don’t know
I have been feeling so lead by the spirit to fast from UA-cam and eventually cut the amount of time I spend on here. It is a source of entertainment for me and a place I find connection when I'm all alone. But it's only a temporary fix. I feel God has been calling me to turn to him for joy and satisfaction, to reach out to other people and be with them in person or in conversation. I even set out to fast from it last week but then I made stipulations like oh I can watch while I eat but no other time, and I basically didn't fast from it at all. Today is gonna be the start if my new week of fasting, thank you for sharing this!!
Yeah you're not shaming me out of using UA-cam. Your algorithm is curated by you, yourself and nothing I watch is wrong. I watch gaming videos, personal finance videos, political videos, and other informative or entertaining content.
I’m a big fan of a certain content creator that has no Comparison to Sexual content, he does dinosaur content I I know we must make sacrifices, I will try it for a week
I suppose we could become Mennonite or Hasidic Jews and have no modern technology. Perhaps for some the stoic, cloistered life is an answer. But if you have an addicted personality like me and millions of others, denying me something only intensifies the perceived need for it. Here's a thought. What's wrong with asking God our Father to "help and direct me in all my words, deeds, actions and thoughts this day?" I don't want to discourage anyone from following what the Holy Spirit is leading you towards. Just another perspective, I guess. God bless and protect all who follow the Daily Disciple.
Hi Daily Disciple what Equipment do i need to make a UA-cam channel because i want to make videos like you do like what equipment do i need to show my face please tell me.i want to make videos about God.
For the last few years, when my church corporately did 21 days of prayer and fasting in the beginning of the year, I would fast UA-cam. It was hard, and it's something I have do a few times per year because I know it interrupts everything in my life, especially time I should be spending time with God.
Just deleted X. I don’t struggle with pornography, but social media kind of rots my brain and makes it hard for me to focus. I want to delete UA-cam as well, but I also use this channel as a ministry. I’m thinking maybe I’ll have UA-cam downloaded long enough to schedule some videos and then delete it? Any suggestions?
Turning off notifications to your device or setting up notifications to go to "summary" only and not show you the number of notifications waiting. These drastically turned down that desire for me to open an app.
DUDE FR! I have been trying to kick lust for a while and it would always route back to me feeding the flesh. I was feeding the flesh with large amount of time on UA-cam, it is something you don't realize is affecting you until you try to stop.
This is sound advice but I hardly see anything lustful on UA-cam. Maybe that's just me. There was a time I had to limit my screen time on Facebook because I was wasting a lot of time with it and there's something the Bible says about redeeming the time.
We have the right to view UA-cam and similar - but ANYTHING that causes OTHERS (or myself) to stumble and to be destroyed (1 Cor 8), must go. We must learn to say 'no' to ourselves, to lay down our rights and filter our knowledge through love for God and others. 1 Corinthians 8 is explained here - ua-cam.com/video/z3gdo4dmLRs/v-deo.htmlsi=fq6ifRdORxsi3xMC
This is why I would love for you to put your content on Odysee It's similar to UA-cam but different at the same time because it has a different way of searching for content than UA-cam. And if you're like myself, you'd mostly be using it just to still be able to watch the Christian videos that you watch on UA-cam and everything so you still have access to those specific videos. And then if you're like me and you use something like lead me not then it'll be able to block keywords and you won't be able to search for those things. So trying to find anything inappropriate on there which is I don't know how much there is. I doubt there's the lot but it'd be more difficult So I encourage that you put your content on there so that people can find it and still be able to watch your videos but be able to remove themselves from UA-cam and go to another platform that has a different algorithm that's not going to recommend them garbage
Who is stronger? The person who continues to lift heavier and heavier weights, or the person who avoids weights? The person who practices restraint or the person who avoids having to choose? The person who stands and fights for what he wants, or the person who runs away? I am not here to tell you how to live your life, you have Jesus for that. I am here to warn you that you might be helping to create weaker minds. In some cases, you might be right to take away or remove things from your life that actually cause you to sin. If, for instance, you know chocolate is bad for you, don't allow it to be left in front of you; remove it from your desk, your room, your shelves, even your house if you must. If it's in front of you, that doesn't help. The first temptation you have will cause you to sin. But in many cases, as with a platform like youtube and X, where you can reach more people who need to be reached, you can manage your feeds to optimize what the algorithms show you. These are testing grounds for faith, and the best way to beat temptation is to face it and learn how to control yourself with it around you. You should want this kind of strength, so that, even though there is chocolate in the house, you aren't going and looking for it. The only way to truly overcome temptation is to be able to turn away from it no matter how many times you face it. That strength can be yours, it can be a gift from God, but it will take much effort. It will require a lot of determination---a lot of testing. It doesn't happen overnight. If you are weak in spirit, then please do, get rid of as many temptations as you can. But if you want to be stronger, you must learn to control your impulses. And the only way to do that is through conditioning. So while that chocolate is sitting in the cupboard, you eventually forget it's there. When you get that far, you can bring it out and leave it in the room, and practice walking by it, and turning away from it. If you have a sudden lapse in judgement, it's not the end of the story; you get back up, dust yourself off, pray for forgiveness (and more strength to face and overcome temptation) and keep trying. Eventually, you're going to get to the point that you'll find someone has left their chocolate bar on your desk, and you'll be asking whose it is, and putting it to the side will be enough for you to move on with your day, even though that temptation is still there within range. Lust is an impulse, one that we need to learn to control. If we run from every temptation, we will never conquer it. Self Control is a fruit of the Spirit, and it manifests when we continue to face and overcome temptations. We can pray for it, and God wants to bless us, and we should pray for more strength any chance we get, especially when we know we might falter, or see a temptation that we must overcome. But God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 And we can do all things through Him who strengthens us. Philippians 4:13 But, you need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. Hebrews 10:36 So, I would encourage you not to run for the hills, but to take some time to pray about where God wants you, how you can be a better person, and for strength. I pray He gives you strength to face whatever comes. Be bold, be strong, for the Lord your God is with you. Deuteronomy 31:6, 2nd Timothy 1:7 Ask, Seek, Knock, (Matthew 7:7) because God wants to bless you. And while you pray, be still and listen for the answers, and He will provide.
You have to get better at creating your thumbnails This leads a reasonable person to believe you yourself are deleting your UA-cam channel YT algorithm generates suggested content based on search and view history. If you are searching for inappropriate things it will show you inappropriate things.
Not to diminish your point in any way, X is a different place in recent years. I've not seen any pornography in years, and the toxicity is nothing like it was. If an issue remains it's that it's a place for blasphemy, propaganda, and gossip. When put that way you might say those are all good reasons to still stay away, although I'd argue the same is essentially true for your average street corner and public park right now, but I wouldn't tell you to not go outside. At this point a lot of it has to do with who you follow, so follow those people who are healthy and I think most people will be ok there.
Going to pray about what I need to get off of. Literally been saying something has to change so I can truly pick up my cross and follow Jesus as Lord like He deserves! Thanks for posting this!!
UA-cam has gotten so bad , I stay away from short form content and then they brought it here the most evil thing they could do. What I do to help is delete UA-cam of my phone and keep it only on my iPad but I’m at the point where UA-cam will only be in tv and I’ll Treat it like I’m watching tv , I don’t seem to to watch it as much when I do it
It could be an issue for others with bot accounts. There are a lot of inappropriate pictures on bot account that say explicit stuff. Even on normal non explicit videos.
Aw, I thought you were deleting your channel. And isn't that app you're hocking the weird one that one Republican politician uses with his son where they monitor each other's porn viewing? Extremely weird stuff.
I would have to give up every hobby and every informational video towards my field of work if I deleted UA-cam. I’d have to stop playing piano, learning how to operate software for my job, never view videos like this again and on top of that cut out my nightly scripture videos that explain what each verse means. I deleted Instagram and tik tok already. Idk if this is an excuse
Hi Daily Disciple what Equipment do i need to make a UA-cam channel because i want to make videos like you do like what equipment do i need to show my face please tell me.i want to make videos about God.
Righteousness > Social Media
Eternal Reward > Finite Fun
Be careful everyone.
I struggle with doom scrolling, it’s such a bad addiction. I should be reading the Bible versus looking at tons of videos on YT. I don’t even remember 99% of what I’ve watched later on!
Literally me and I always laughed at people like that and I became one Atleast I don’t wake up and scroll right away I get sunlight first but damn I’m struggling
I also don’t read my
Bible as much as I’m on UA-cam I check my notifications more than my actual bible
I usually watch apologetics, and then spend the next half hour debating Muslims in the comment section. Being able to willing disconnect from UA-cam, ie. reading a book instead, going for a walk, watching regular tv, listening to music, is a very important ability for daily life, for anyone. For some people, it might be screen time limits, for others it will be deleting UA-cam.
Good morning friend. I listen to "bible in a year" in chronological order. There are a few I've listened to; BIYA w/ Mike Schmitz (he's a Catholic priest so some people might not listen due to that) and The Bible Recap (you can use Tara Leigh or the current one I'm doing now is with Kanoe Gibson, who uses the same plan but she reads it and discusses it as she goes... the Tara Leigh version, you read or listen to the Bible on your own and she talks about it for 7-10 mins.) Anyway, I know this vid is about leaving YT, but these are the main reasons I'm on YT and, once you start liking these and watching these, your YT feed will morph into more of this and less doom suggestions. I have to be careful too bc I do like to click some of those things too and it will mess up my feed.
Gotta agree with you here. I already dropped most other forms of entertainment recently, but i know through experience that until UA-cam goes then its only a half measure.
For those that think or are being told that UA-cam, other social media, or really any created thing is necessary for ministry... That is straight up false. All that is necessary is God, if something is in the way then removing it as always the better call, no matter how humanly useful it may be. Ministry is effective through the power of the Spirit, not our own means.
Sometimes I think we were better off w/o social media ❤
Going to be logging off UA-cam for a week to see how I fare. UA-cam has kept me from being a productive work-from-home employee for a while. Thanks for this spark!
Im becoming addicted to UA-cam too I need help !!!!! Idk if I can do this but your comment motivated me to do the same thing as u
Hey how do you actually DELETE UA-cam on Iphone
"If it causes you to stumble, get rid of it."
That's great advice! I have a lot of anxiety and perfectionistic tendencies as my biggest sins I'm struggling to get rid of, how can I get rid of my brain? 🙃
I think the best advice I can give is to find things to do that will set your mind off those things, whether it's by volunteering at your church or doing things in your community. Also, find somebody who you trust and can be open with. My issues are different(see below) but I tried doing it alone and it simply doesn't work, especially with the nature of these things. The author of Hebrews was right to say in 10:24-25 that we should not neglect to meet and encourage one another.
I'll use myself as an example, I have a lot of darkness in my own past, not limited to but largely due to people who I thought I could trust stabbing me in the back. I was never really social as a kid and was essentially turned into an outcast when I was in elementary and middle school because I'm autistic and thus, social interaction has never come easy for me. This caused me to badically close myself off from everybody except close family until my sophomore year of high school. When I was 17, I had someone who I thought was my friend(I missed a lot of red flags in hindsight like the fact he openly admitted he had a crush on me despite being a good 7 or 8 years older than me at least.) pretend to shoot himself for attention. I firmly believe my mom being able to see the inconsistencies in his story was the only thing that saved my innocence, if not my life, that day. In my first few semesters of college, I had really started to let a lot of bad theology take hold because I was really only a cultural Christian, I was going to the church on campus, but I was trying to have it both ways. Later on in 2015, and this is a minor issue compared to the other stuff because in hindsight, we were not good for each other and I was super clingy and immature, my girlfriend at the time ended up ghosting me for 3 months when she broke off our year-long relationship.
This really did not set me up well for the storms for my first 2 years of 5 in college. In 2018, my grandma, who had always been my best friend, passed away unexpectedly of, what we think(I never got a conclusive answer) was a heart issue. Later on that year, in either May or December(it was the end of the semester since my dad waited for me to get done with finals to tell me so I wasn't trying to process this and focus on school), my little brother who was always a troublemaker and a narcissist was caught red handed through text messages of sexually assaulting a girl that he had known through school. In that investigation or whatever it was, they had found out that for years, he had been grooming and sexually assaulting my little sister right under our noses. None of us really talked about it(I didn't, even with the therapist that was set up for us, I think by the investigators) but I know for a fact that this news tore my entire family to pieces, even if my parents and my little sister herself were much quicker to forgive than I was. This was 6 years ago and I've only very recently started to acknowledge and unpack the emotional baggage caused by that pain: guilt for not being able to do my job as a big brother and protect her, anger at my brother, anger at myself for the level of hatred I had started to have for my brother because of what he did, sadness that I had lost my little brother and to a lesser extent, my little sister. All of this was also happening while my grandpa was slowly losing a long battle with Alzheimer's(he passed away in 2020 from a combination of it and COVID.)
The biggest thing all of this caused though was to give me a lot of deep-seated trust issues, both in a relationship with God sense and a human sense. It's really only been after I moved for the job I have now and started going back to church and this time, it's a church that's smaller than my old church and thus actually is a true family environment where everyone knows everybody, that I started to really get better. I had completely missed the fact before the last 10 months or so that I had a deep need to belong and to have community and friendship who weren't going to just burn me again. I had subconsciously built all of these walls to protect my heart and all it had done was made my emotional, mental, and spiritual(it also caused me to get to the point where I was even mentally fighting to maintain my belief that God even existed) pain worse.
I guess my point from ranting about my own past is that I legitimately thought I was perfectly fine but it's only once I actually able to heal that I realized what I was missing and the damage that my past was doing in my life.
So sorry for ranting but I guess what I'm trying to get at is that, even if it's hard to admit struggles, especially mental ones, having community is one of the best things you can do for that.
We can never get rid of anxiety forever, because our Earthly flesh is cursed by original sin, but we can get rid of things that make anxiety worse, like doomscrolling or caffeine, and we can receive God's gifts of therapy and medicine.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
- Philippians 4:6 (ESV).
@@rclark777 thank you, brother! I appreciate your words of encouragement! :)
@@RedPandaHaileywith peace and humility, Jesus can 100% set you free from the kind of poor mental health anxiety. We will always experience fear of some form like God won’t get rid of the kind of fear that protects us (like fear of touching a hot stove or running away from a predator etc). The biggest thing for me was asking God to uproot any lies I believed about my life or the faith, especially the ones that cause fear. Hope this helps may the Lord bless you and keep you in Jesus’ name❤️✝️
I guess there are more Red Panda fans struggling with anxiety and perfectionism than I thought!
Hope you get peace in your life, I know it's hard, but it isn't impossible
When I started dealing with my sin, deleting social media (i still use UA-cam but delete it when i start feeling triggered) was a no-brainer. I don't miss it, and it has made a huge difference in finding freedom from my struggles.
Yes, getting rid of my social media was a breath of fresh air. Not to mention those sites do not work to protect children from predators, that was another reason I left as a boycott.
Study your King James Bible and stop going to church buildings. John 8:31-32 kjv.
@@TR-qr9hs how is that relevant?
@@JW-tg1nn your not of Jesus sheep's
@@JW-tg1nn 1 john 3 if we are wilful sinner we child of the devil.
The timing of this video is absolutely crazy whewwww
Yess!!
Same for me 🤯
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same
Get off our phones. It can be toxic therapy at times. We need to honestly. Prayers. 🙏🏻
I deleted the apps off my phone for a time to break the habits. Now I have them for convenience if someone links me something, but I don't open these apps randomly anymore. If not deleting the apps, another thing to do is stop notifications and stop the little number counter included in that. That number begs to be cleared!
For me I’ve realized no matter what I do even when I don’t have a phone I still have bad habits & it’s literally impossible as a single guy by himself 24/7 to do it alone. It’s so important we replace these bad habits with good ones like reading our bible, working out, playing a video game but not staying up too late for 0 reason, playing an instrument, etc. It’s also helped a whole bunch to use the built in background sounds in iOS by adding them to control center & listening to those to help you sleep. These are just some things that have helped me. Self-control is real. It’s just hard. I’m not dogging on anyone who’d rather control their habits on their phone. Prayers for you guys honestly. 🙏🏻
Amazing video, Isaac! Thanks for sharing with us!
Have a lovely week ahead!
God bless you!
Cheers from Brazil!
This is crazy. God just told me to quit UA-cam too.
Always good to take a break from UA-cam
I realized the harms of Instagram and how it led me into lust. I’ve had it deleted for a year and half now and it’s changed my life.
God bless you 🙏🏾 . I heard you loud and clear
When you have really nothing else, or no one else to hang out with...and you already left all other social media...it's hard. But, THERE is a nice little tool youtube has, that little 3 dot button by a video you can press and select "Do Not Recommend this Video". I've done it and it helps the algorithim.
To achieve greatness, sacrifice is often necessary.
As Lao Tzu wisely noted, 'He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.'
Embrace the discipline of sacrifice to unlock your true potential and transform your path
Dude your hair is looking great!
It’s true, there are temptations everywhere. Twitter is a platform I also try to stay off of, except for uploading my brands content to it. Taking a break from the internet or just staying off of social media entirely I think would be beneficial altogether for humanity to be honest. The internet has done more harm to society than good.
Nah, I'm not going to delete UA-cam.
I recently deleted instagram and taking a 40 day fast for it and my life has gotten so much better. Sadly I cant delete UA-cam cause I have a samsung
Try hiding the app. I did that because then it'll take like six steps going into your settings to open it again so at least you have time to consider the notion rather than just clicking it.
@@ItsNolanRMG you can disable it. Not the same as deleting, but at least it's off your home screen
I think that I will also do this.
This is a great channel thank you
I have UA-cam recommendations off, and sub to people who’s content is beneficial. When I go on YT, there is a blank page where recommendations are supposed to be, including those dumb Temu ads. I click on subscriptions and find content from people who strengthen my belief in God, keep me updated on politics, and hobbies. I deleted Instagram entirely because it had no beneficial aspect to it
How do you turn recommendations off?
How do you do that?
How do you do that?
Steps:
1. Click “You” in bottom right
2. Click Settings in top right
3. Click “Manage all history”
4. Click “Saving your UA-cam history”
5. Click “Turn off”
6. Click “Pause”
7. Click “Got it”
Side note: you will no longer have videos in your history so if you watch part of a video but don’t finish it, you will have to find your spot later. This is easily fixable by screenshotting where you are in the video for later. Also, if you want to take it a step further and limit yourself, on iPhone you can go into your settings and add a time limit to any app you use too much. Hope this helps
@@blakewhitaker773 steps listed above
I just don't watch inappropriate stuff.
such a hard problem! I know the first place to go is the Bible! Always! but there are so many helpful people/videos on youtube. I have struggled with lust for years, but there are a lot of helpful videos about the topic that the bible does not explain in modern day (not saying the Bible is not the FIRST place to go)
I’ve been off of Twitter for two years now. I’m planning on going for three. Next getting rid of Facebook (at some point)
In my opinion I didnt ever see UA-cam as a temptation as I just didnt really get that type of stuff in my recommendations however Instagram I have to delete that it‘s really bad about that stuff
I lasted a week off of youtube. when I wanted to listen to something, I would find the spotify version or I would have it on youtube but I had to link it to my radio and not look at the screen. I wasn't tormented as much. But then I found myself justifying watching christian channels too like yours or bible study videos because they help me a lot. But eventually I find a show or something that I want to watch (I only watch old shows since they are cleaner) but I fall into the same loop. I have been trying to get off of it and delete it (but it's hard since I am trying to grow a youtube channel too) I can't seem to find a middle ground, but it is seriously causing me to sin by just becoming lazy, unmotivated and procrastinating.
I am going to delete it from my phone officially because that has been scaring me. But I wish there was a way that the others doing this could all come together online (like discord or something) and support each other while doing it.
Thanks for the video though, I really needed to hear this from a brother in Christ and not another secular dopamine detox.
Just praying to God about direction about this sin. Thanks for confirmation. Deleting UA-cam right after this video. Thank you.
I leave certain channels when I don't think they are right for me or are unorthodox, or if they upload good and bad videos, I don't watch the bad ones and don't remember them. I left TikTok because i didn't have any control over inappropriate stuff. I left Reddit and Quora for the same reason. Unless I'm looking for info about the cosy cottage talking tea set which there is literally no information on anywhere. I only post a little on Facebook and only to my friends. I don't use Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram. And if there are any inappropriate songs on my playlist, they get deleted as well. I will not let myself stumble. I had some videos with bad words but the mom wasn't happy about it, but it doesn't feel fun to watch anymore, so they're gone as well. I also don't listen to a lot of rap anymore, including Christian rap.
This reminds me of when Joseph had the temptation of Potiphar's wife and he fled. FLED!! 🙂
You should check out a greek orthodox church!
I never knew UA-cam messes people but Telegram is my Achille's heel.
Isaac please reply! I love your videos and I use UA-cam only as a platform to watch your videos and listen to scripture. I feel in my personal struggle that I don’t need to delete UA-cam but I did delete my instagram ACCOUNT I had people on there I’ll never be able to reach again and pictures I can never recover. Thanks for how you inspire others and show them that you walk the walk and talk the talk. Never seen a legit UA-cam actually caring about his fellow brothers and sister. You are amazing, I pray blessing over you and your life. Thanks Ise!
I’ve been free from lust and corn for about a year however social media and Espically UA-cam has just become a way to distract me from having time for God. So I have realised I may need to take a step away for a while.
I had a vision of hell. It was effective in motivating me to not watch corn. Not even close to worth it. Nothing is worth the despair of hell.
Wow I just started to unsubscribe to so many channels today and then I see this. Thabk you Holy Spirit. Truely the Orthodox Church is saving my life. Psalm 135 by wonder worker. Anima Christi. History will set you free. Jesus saves . Thabk you for this video this is amazing timing. Going to delete UA-cam and try to go a week without UA-cam shorts. Wish me luck. ♥️
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
I’m going through a break up and instagram was something that was tempting me to stalk my ex or watch lustful reels so I deleted it. 1 week in and I feel peace and just been praying and reading my Bible or working outs instead
I've been thinking a lot about the amount of time I spend on UA-cam and Facebook. I noticed it so much so that I refuse to ever open another social media account! I never did IG, tick tock or twitter.
There are some really good youtubers though, so my ultimate goal is to use it less, or at specified times, or only certain channels. Face book I only keep because my family is on there. Some people that is our main way to communicate.
For me I got rid of Instagram about a year ago, I still struggle with it but it was a first major step for God I took. I need to sacrifice other things to but for me I need prayer for what else I did to get rid of please. Maybe my Safire I don’t know
I have been feeling so lead by the spirit to fast from UA-cam and eventually cut the amount of time I spend on here. It is a source of entertainment for me and a place I find connection when I'm all alone. But it's only a temporary fix. I feel God has been calling me to turn to him for joy and satisfaction, to reach out to other people and be with them in person or in conversation. I even set out to fast from it last week but then I made stipulations like oh I can watch while I eat but no other time, and I basically didn't fast from it at all. Today is gonna be the start if my new week of fasting, thank you for sharing this!!
Yeah you're not shaming me out of using UA-cam. Your algorithm is curated by you, yourself and nothing I watch is wrong. I watch gaming videos, personal finance videos, political videos, and other informative or entertaining content.
This video has been very helpful, thank God that I stumbled onto your video 🙏
I am using a software that can block certain websites for a certain period of time. so, to me, I don't have to delete it .
I just want to click on the video just to say you have great hair
I’m a big fan of a certain content creator that has no Comparison to Sexual content, he does dinosaur content I I know we must make sacrifices, I will try it for a week
I am deleting UA-cam. I thought a lot about this and i finally am deleting it.
I am deleting it after watching this video. Will be the last video for me.
I suppose we could become Mennonite or Hasidic Jews and have no modern technology. Perhaps for some the stoic, cloistered life is an answer. But if you have an addicted personality like me and millions of others, denying me something only intensifies the perceived need for it. Here's a thought. What's wrong with asking God our Father to "help and direct me in all my words, deeds, actions and thoughts this day?" I don't want to discourage anyone from following what the Holy Spirit is leading you towards. Just another perspective, I guess. God bless and protect all who follow the Daily Disciple.
hi daily disciple how do i make videos like you do preaching about God because i want to.and do i need a camera if so what camera do you use.
UA-cam is safe for you
Hi Daily Disciple what Equipment do i need to make a UA-cam channel because i want to make videos like you do like what equipment do i need to show my face please tell me.i want to make videos about God.
For the last few years, when my church corporately did 21 days of prayer and fasting in the beginning of the year, I would fast UA-cam. It was hard, and it's something I have do a few times per year because I know it interrupts everything in my life, especially time I should be spending time with God.
interesting video
Just deleted X. I don’t struggle with pornography, but social media kind of rots my brain and makes it hard for me to focus. I want to delete UA-cam as well, but I also use this channel as a ministry. I’m thinking maybe I’ll have UA-cam downloaded long enough to schedule some videos and then delete it? Any suggestions?
Only use it on desktop maybe
Turning off notifications to your device or setting up notifications to go to "summary" only and not show you the number of notifications waiting. These drastically turned down that desire for me to open an app.
@@mom2artists I turned them off completely. I also got a screen time managing app.
I only like to watch good videos. I don't like inappropriate videos.
DUDE FR! I have been trying to kick lust for a while and it would always route back to me feeding the flesh. I was feeding the flesh with large amount of time on UA-cam, it is something you don't realize is affecting you until you try to stop.
I have defeated pornography. And know I know how to defeat any temptation.
This is sound advice but I hardly see anything lustful on UA-cam. Maybe that's just me. There was a time I had to limit my screen time on Facebook because I was wasting a lot of time with it and there's something the Bible says about redeeming the time.
We have the right to view UA-cam and similar - but ANYTHING that causes OTHERS (or myself) to stumble and to be destroyed (1 Cor 8), must go. We must learn to say 'no' to ourselves, to lay down our rights and filter our knowledge through love for God and others. 1 Corinthians 8 is explained here - ua-cam.com/video/z3gdo4dmLRs/v-deo.htmlsi=fq6ifRdORxsi3xMC
This is why I would love for you to put your content on Odysee It's similar to UA-cam but different at the same time because it has a different way of searching for content than UA-cam. And if you're like myself, you'd mostly be using it just to still be able to watch the Christian videos that you watch on UA-cam and everything so you still have access to those specific videos. And then if you're like me and you use something like lead me not then it'll be able to block keywords and you won't be able to search for those things. So trying to find anything inappropriate on there which is I don't know how much there is. I doubt there's the lot but it'd be more difficult
So I encourage that you put your content on there so that people can find it and still be able to watch your videos but be able to remove themselves from UA-cam and go to another platform that has a different algorithm that's not going to recommend them garbage
Who is stronger? The person who continues to lift heavier and heavier weights, or the person who avoids weights? The person who practices restraint or the person who avoids having to choose? The person who stands and fights for what he wants, or the person who runs away?
I am not here to tell you how to live your life, you have Jesus for that. I am here to warn you that you might be helping to create weaker minds. In some cases, you might be right to take away or remove things from your life that actually cause you to sin. If, for instance, you know chocolate is bad for you, don't allow it to be left in front of you; remove it from your desk, your room, your shelves, even your house if you must. If it's in front of you, that doesn't help. The first temptation you have will cause you to sin.
But in many cases, as with a platform like youtube and X, where you can reach more people who need to be reached, you can manage your feeds to optimize what the algorithms show you. These are testing grounds for faith, and the best way to beat temptation is to face it and learn how to control yourself with it around you. You should want this kind of strength, so that, even though there is chocolate in the house, you aren't going and looking for it. The only way to truly overcome temptation is to be able to turn away from it no matter how many times you face it. That strength can be yours, it can be a gift from God, but it will take much effort. It will require a lot of determination---a lot of testing. It doesn't happen overnight.
If you are weak in spirit, then please do, get rid of as many temptations as you can. But if you want to be stronger, you must learn to control your impulses. And the only way to do that is through conditioning. So while that chocolate is sitting in the cupboard, you eventually forget it's there. When you get that far, you can bring it out and leave it in the room, and practice walking by it, and turning away from it. If you have a sudden lapse in judgement, it's not the end of the story; you get back up, dust yourself off, pray for forgiveness (and more strength to face and overcome temptation) and keep trying.
Eventually, you're going to get to the point that you'll find someone has left their chocolate bar on your desk, and you'll be asking whose it is, and putting it to the side will be enough for you to move on with your day, even though that temptation is still there within range.
Lust is an impulse, one that we need to learn to control. If we run from every temptation, we will never conquer it. Self Control is a fruit of the Spirit, and it manifests when we continue to face and overcome temptations. We can pray for it, and God wants to bless us, and we should pray for more strength any chance we get, especially when we know we might falter, or see a temptation that we must overcome.
But God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 And we can do all things through Him who strengthens us. Philippians 4:13 But, you need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. Hebrews 10:36
So, I would encourage you not to run for the hills, but to take some time to pray about where God wants you, how you can be a better person, and for strength. I pray He gives you strength to face whatever comes. Be bold, be strong, for the Lord your God is with you. Deuteronomy 31:6, 2nd Timothy 1:7 Ask, Seek, Knock, (Matthew 7:7) because God wants to bless you. And while you pray, be still and listen for the answers, and He will provide.
Starting a social media fast after this video. Hoping I'll be able to focus more on my music without the distraction. Thank you for the push.
You have to get better at creating your thumbnails
This leads a reasonable person to believe you yourself are deleting your UA-cam channel
YT algorithm generates suggested content based on search and view history.
If you are searching for inappropriate things it will show you inappropriate things.
Good day from SE Asia
same, I need to delete that and twitter.
God bless you! Keep doing what you are doing. People this message.
Hey
Not to diminish your point in any way, X is a different place in recent years. I've not seen any pornography in years, and the toxicity is nothing like it was. If an issue remains it's that it's a place for blasphemy, propaganda, and gossip. When put that way you might say those are all good reasons to still stay away, although I'd argue the same is essentially true for your average street corner and public park right now, but I wouldn't tell you to not go outside. At this point a lot of it has to do with who you follow, so follow those people who are healthy and I think most people will be ok there.
Going to pray about what I need to get off of. Literally been saying something has to change so I can truly pick up my cross and follow Jesus as Lord like He deserves! Thanks for posting this!!
UA-cam has gotten so bad , I stay away from short form content and then they brought it here the most evil thing they could do.
What I do to help is delete UA-cam of my phone and keep it only on my iPad but I’m at the point where UA-cam will only be in tv and I’ll Treat it like I’m watching tv , I don’t seem to to watch it as much when I do it
Amen brother
Noooooo dont give uppp
I turned off my watch and search history. I can't doom scroll shorts, and I only get videos from channels I'm subbed to.
wow do you think sonething similar could be done on instagram? i desperately need that
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but my youtube doesnt have anything innapropriate? its all christian videos, worship songs and history documentaries
samee i was so surprised haha i guess we’re not the target audience
@@johanaon Yep. UA-cam usually shows you things that you have watched/searched
It could be an issue for others with bot accounts. There are a lot of inappropriate pictures on bot account that say explicit stuff. Even on normal non explicit videos.
@@raelenekelly8306 that's very true they usually have like some super inapprorpiate picture with no face
I might have to delete some extra social media, not youtube, I don't really see anything bad on youtube, but maybe instagram, or twitter
Aw, I thought you were deleting your channel. And isn't that app you're hocking the weird one that one Republican politician uses with his son where they monitor each other's porn viewing? Extremely weird stuff.
I would have to give up every hobby and every informational video towards my field of work if I deleted UA-cam. I’d have to stop playing piano, learning how to operate software for my job, never view videos like this again and on top of that cut out my nightly scripture videos that explain what each verse means. I deleted Instagram and tik tok already. Idk if this is an excuse
Disgusting.
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hi daily disciple how do i make videos like you do preaching about God because i want to.and do i need a camera if so what camera do you use.
hey! you can use your phone if you want, and post on whatever platform would be best
Hi Daily Disciple what Equipment do i need to make a UA-cam channel because i want to make videos like you do like what equipment do i need to show my face please tell me.i want to make videos about God.