Take the bible with you.....EVERYWHERE!

I spend everyday in front of the computer not because I have to but because I want to. I spend a great deal of time in front of the computer not because I have to but because I want to.

The question is: Am I wasting my time while sitting in front of the computer?

As many of you know, I spend alot of my time on this website www.davidphelps.com . Many of you do not know, however, that I simply don't read the bible because I have always had comprehension problems and a short attention span. It isn't because I don't want to know what God has to say, it's just that there is something that is keeping me from doing the very thing that I know I should be doing.

Since October 2005, I have been a member of the David Phelps message board. I spend long periods of time there because of the amazing people I have come to know and love. It has nothing at all to do with David himself. I am quite helplessly addicted to being with other Christian people on this website. When I need prayer, they are there to pray. When I need to be silly, they are there to deal with my silliness and join in. When I need to talk about the concert that I just attented with David, they beg to hear all the details that everyone else in my life doesn't want to hear. One of these members has even sent a great deal of money to Tim and I to help with the adoption even though we have never met one another. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, there are people on this message board. There are members and there are also those who come and read what's going on without joining.

There is a section called "fan discussions" where we talk about all kinds of stuff.

There is a section that we fans asked to be added called the "prayer room" where we can ask for prayer about specific things and pray for one another.

There is a section called "Solomon's Porch" that I asked for after getting many people interested in doing a group bible study each day. It's fantastic if I do say so myself. Most definately my favorite part of logging on the website every morning!


Recently, there was a woman who joined David's website. Her first post was not in the "fan discussion" section. It was not in "Solomon's Porch". It was in the "prayer room" section of the website. This is where I get emotionally charged when telling people about this place.

This woman said:

I find myself here because there are a lot of kind christians here and I need prayer! I am struggling so badly right now and I don't know how long I can fight. My husband is an alcoholic and I am so drained physically, emotionally and spiritually right now, the devil is is all his "glory." I also suffer from severe depression and bipolar disorder. I am afraid and alone, please pray that I will make it through yet another storm.

Remember this was her very first post. She didn't come to the website to talk about David Phelps and his amazing voice and talent. She didn't come to the website because she wanted to act silly and talk about all kinds of stuff. She came to us to ask us for help! She wanted us...a bunch of D.P. "phans" to talk to God about her and her husband!

The issue is, you just don't know who is watching you and who is reading what you say on the internet and elsewhere. Do you?

There was a time back in the fall of 2005 that I had actually decided that I wasn't going to join David's new fan website. I thought it was dumb to do something like that. The last thing I wanted to do was go to a website where people talked about "the best singer alive" all day, everyday.

Well, look what happened! Hahaha!

I became addicted to the internet. At least I thought it was the internet. I then figured it was an addiction to David's website in general. That wasn't it either. Until just recently, I thought I was addicted to all the "phans" (as we call ourselves sometimes). But now I know that it's not them either. I had been feeling really guilty about never reading my bible. All of my extra time was spent on DP's website talking with people from all over the world.

Was it addiction? .....or......Was it God working in my life and moving toward a ministry He wanted me to work in/with?

I was talking to one of my friends on the message board about my situation and how I always seem to make time to be on DP's website but never seem to make time to read the bible like I should. I thought to myself "If only I spent as much time reading the word of God as I do talking to all these people on this website, how much better I would be as a Christian!" I wondered what I was going to do. I really, really hated the thoughts of giving up being with all of the tremendous people and yet if I was to call myself a follower of Jesus Christ, I needed to put God first and do what was right......read the bible first, then spend time with people.

Then it occured to me, why not bring the bible to the website?! So my friend and I started to posting daily scriptures on the website and people seemed to really enjoy having that done because they too were hopelessly addicted to the website and people.

This has been going on for about a year now....everyday. As you read earlier, we now have a brand new section just for our bible studies on the website! What a gift! Thank you God and thank you (Administrator) Mark Proctor!


The point of writing all of this is to get the word out about taking the bible with you.

I was thinking about something. What if a person was addicted to porn sites on the internet and really struggled with this. What if this same person was to take the bible with them to these websites? What would happen?

What if a person was addicted to online gambling? What if this same person was to take the bible with them to these websites? What would happen?


Wherever you go, take the word of God with you and apply it. Spread the seeds and watch God make it grow!