The Digital Fast

28 Days of Attention, Presence, and Peace

The Digital Fast is a guided, 28-day invitation to step back from the digital habits that keep us distracted and make room for a more attentive life with Jesus. You’ll choose practical boundaries around things like social media, entertainment, news, or constant checking while keeping the technology you need for everyday responsibilities.

Through Scripture, reflection, and one simple daily response, you’ll explore what draws your attention, release habits that crowd your life, and practice receiving God’s presence, meaningful relationships, rest, and ordinary moments. The aim is greater freedom to give your attention to what matters and to carry those changes into life after the fast.

Make room for what you hope to receive

Before you decide what to give up, pause and ask what you hope to receive. In Ephesians 4:22–24, Paul invites us to put off the old self, be renewed in our thinking, and put on the new self. As you release a digital habit, choose what you will welcome in its place: prayer, Scripture, conversation, rest, creativity, or attentive presence.

Our Frame

At Living Waters, Be, Belong, and Become are ingredients woven through the whole fast:

• Be: receive God’s presence without performing.
• Belong: practice attention with people and make room for shared life.
• Become: allow Jesus to reshape our habits, desires, and witness.

The fast also draws on intimacy, identity, and inheritance: becoming available to the Holy Spirit, receiving who we are in Jesus, and giving our presence and care to the people around us.

A simple daily rhythm

Read. Reflect. Respond. Begin with the weekly overview, then follow one daily entry. Use a journal or printed pages when available, and take the practice into your everyday life. Each week includes an optional group conversation and Keep Growing resources.

Keep the connections you need for work, health, caregiving, accessibility, and emergencies. Choose a fast that fits your life and creates meaningful room for love.

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language. Used by permission. All rights reserved.