Communication - MY...How Times Have Changed! Or Have They?

STAT of the day...When it comes to "social networking" online (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn for example...), here's the AGE group "preferred websites" breakdown by "generation." These stats are provided courtesy of www.emarketer.com.

OF THOSE SURVEYED WHO USE ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES...

• Generation Z (13-14 year olds) - 65% use MySpace, 61% use Facebook, 9% use Twitter, 0% use LinkedIn.
• Generation Y (15-29 year olds) - 75% use MySpace, 65% use Facebook, 14% use Twitter, 9% use LinkedIn.
• Generation X (30-44 year olds) - 76% use Facebook, 57% use MySpace, 18% use Twitter, 13% use LinkedIn.
• Baby Boomers (45-65 year olds) - 73% use Facebook, 40% use MySpace, 13% use Twitter, 13% use LinkedIn.
• World War II Generation (66 & older) - 90% use Facebook, 23% use MySpace, 17% use Twitter, 4% use LinkedIn.

INTERESTING stuff! What about YOU? What do YOU use to connect?

On with the Blog...

POLL RESULTS from LAST WEEK - "What is your favorite Weigh Down Seminar?"

• The BREAKTHROUGH Series won the vote, with a 42% response.
• The Legend To The TREASURE Series came in second place, with a 24% response.
• Weigh Down Advanced was third, with an 18% response.

THANK YOU FOR VOTING! ALL of the Seminars are FANTASTIC and LIFE-CHANGING. It's great though to hear from YOU about what your favorites are!

NEW POLL for THIS WEEK - "What is your favorite method of COMMUNICATION?"

CLICK HERE to vote! We'll track the results and post them at the end of NEXT week.

TODAY on WDWB LIVE, 3:30pm CST on WDWB, our Web Radio station, we'll be talking to people in different age groups about their preferred means of communication...and how we've adjusted to the "times" we're living in. It'll be a fun discussion. Don't miss it!

It's fascinating to watch, right before our very eyes, the EXPLOSION of changing technology. King Solomon said that there's "nothing new under the sun." How would his words apply to these incredibly fast-growing, ever-popular communication methods? Basically, GOD put inside the hearts and minds of nearly EVERYONE He ever created the desire to CONNECT with others...ESPECIALLY those who are like-minded with you...those who share your interests. So that desire to COMMUNICATE is not new, of course. It's a means to an end. Whatever technology is developed over time, the END or GOAL has remained the SAME...nothing NEW about it. For a true follower of GOD and Jesus, life should be about following the leading of GOD...wanting to be close to Him...emulating the life of His Son Jesus Christ. What a TIME we are living in! GOD has seen fit to allow technology to make communication nearly INSTANTANEOUS for many parts of the world! WHY? So that we can use our CHANGED LIVES to make HIM KNOWN that much FASTER to a hurting world! Whether it's face-to-face conversations, cell phones, social networking, e-mail, texting, instant messaging, or writing letters, "there is nothing new under the sun." It's all about being a light, being led by GOD'S Spirit, and letting that be known in our words and actions.

SO - whatever "communication methods" we prefer, may we make the END GOAL of ALL of it line up with the words of JESUS CHRIST, in the book of Matthew, Chapter 28 -

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." - NIV