Getting Help Along The Way
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The Information Age
The Information Age
Globally a staggering 269 billion emails are sent each day and there are currently just over 3.7 billion email users worldwide.
The findings revealed in Radicati Group’s February 2017 study, mark a continual growth in the number of emails sent per day; from 2015’s figure of 205 billion emails. For scale, if 205 billion emails is the daily mail count, this means almost 2.4 million emails are sent every second and a mind blowing 74 trillion emails per year.
With an annual growth rate of 4.4% forecast over the next four years, it’s estimated that by the end of 2021 over 316 billion emails will be sent each day and there will be 4.1 billion email users – that’s over half the entire world’s population.
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Representative of the connected nature of today’s email consumers, some reports claim up to 54% of all emails are opened on a smartphone, with iPhones topping the device chart with a 33% share of this figure. When almost half the online population are reading emails online, the need for mobile responsive emails is now more of a necessity than ever.
Appboy report that from 2015 to 2016 the use of emojis in emails increased by 775% and showed a steady 20% growth month on month throughout 2016. Visual trends in emails can also be seen with the percentage of emails containing GIFs increasing from 5.4% in 2015 to 10.3% in 2016.
19. 91% of teens with cell phones actively text. (Pew Research Center) (Tweet this!)
20. About 50% of adults 18-24 say text conversations as just as meaningful as a phone call. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
21. Adults under 45 send and receive 85+ texts every day, on average. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
22. (2017 Update) The average consumer sends 3 messages per hour (including app-to-app messaging). (Twilio) (Tweet this!)
23. (2017 Update) The average consumer sends 72 messages per day (including app-to-app messaging). (Twilio) (Tweet this!)
24. 77% of students want relevant information from colleges via text. (Cappex) (Tweet this!)
25. 59% of students say a college can text them first. (Cappex) (Tweet this!)
26. Adults 18-24 y.o. send and receive over 128 texts every day. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
27. Adults 18-24 y.o. send and receive 3,853 texts a month. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
28. Adults 25-34 send and receive over 75 texts a day. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
29. Adults 25-34 send and receive 2,240 texts a month. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
30. Adults 35-44 send and receive about 52 texts a day. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
31. Adults 35-44 send and receive 1,557 texts a month. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
32. Adults 45-54 send and receive 33 texts a day. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
33. Adults 45-54 send and receive 998 texts a month. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
34. Adults 55+ send and receive 16 texts a day. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
35. Adults 55+ send and receive 491 texts a month. (Experian Marketing Services) (Tweet this!)
Texting is 10X quicker than phone calls. (Text Request) (Tweet this!)
37. Texts have a 99% open rate. (SinglePoint) (Tweet this!)
38. 95% of texts will be read within 3 minutes of being sent. (Forbes) (Tweet this!)
39. Average response time for a text is 90 seconds. (CTIA) (Tweet this!)
40. Texts have a 45% average response rate. (Velocify) (Tweet this!)
41. College students spend 94 minutes a day texting, on average. (Journal of Behavioral Addictions) (Tweet this!)
42. Texting takes up 33% of Millennials' mobile usage. (RealityMine) (Tweet this!)
43. Text messages are read in under 5 seconds, on average. (SlickText) (Tweet this!)
44. 96% of smartphone owners text. (Pew Research Center) (Tweet this!)
45. The average adult spends 23 hours a week texting. (USA Today) (Tweet this!)
Mark Twain - “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
What Are We Looking For?
What Are We Looking For?
Relational connections
Personal validation
Sense of belonging
Approval
Guidance
On the Journey
On the Journey
One of the most difficult things in life is to know what you don’t know
Direction determines destination
Life is a series of mid-course corrections - see danger and avoid getting in trouble
(Ship on the rocks image)
Prudent take action to avoid dangerous circumstances
(Forks)
Our hearts often lie to us - Mind, will and emotions. Feels good do it! “My Heart Will Go On” Celine Dion
How do I get through this test in my life?
Solomon Says
Solomon Says
Without counsel plans fail,
but with many advisers they succeed.
Why We Don’t Seek Advice
Why We Don’t Seek Advice
1. We think we already know what we need to know. (Ignorance)
1. We think we already know what we need to know. (Ignorance)
2. It feels better to have people think we know where we’re going than to let them know we don’t have a clue. (Pride)
(Pascagoula Concrete Story)
3. It’s too much work to figure out how to get advice. (Laziness)
Why We Don’t Seek Advice From Wise Counselors
Why We Don’t Seek Advice From Wise Counselors
1. It’s easier to get advice from our friends.
2. It’s easier to follow the herd.
3. It’s easier to copy what our parents did.
Getting Good Counsel
Getting Good Counsel
let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance—
Knowing that you will always need good counsel
Ask more than one person’s advice
Positive mature people can give good counsel
Counsel must be grounded on God’s Word, not what you want to hear
For lack of guidance a nation falls,
but victory is won through many advisers.
Proverbs 11:14
Many advisers make victory sure
3. Don’t let pride keep you from admitting what you don’t know
Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord,
but wise men and women listen to each other’s counsel.
Proverbs
Fools are headstrong and do what they like;
wise people take advice.
See what he’s saying? “The way” of a fool. Another way to say that would be, “The Path” of a fool seems right to him.
So a friend comes and says, “I’m worried about the direction you’re headed.”
And the fool says, “You don’t need to worry about me.”
What does the wise man say when a friend says, “I’m worried about you?”
He says, “Really? I’m so grateful you care. Tell me what you’re seeing.”
A dad comes to his son and says, “I’m worried about some of the habits you’re developing.”
- The foolish son says, “Leave me, alone, Dad.”
- The wise son says, “Tell me what you’re seeing.”
A mom comes to her daughter and says, “Honey, I think your behavior could get you into trouble someday.”
- The foolish daughter says, “Mom, you are so old-fashioned.”
- The wise daughter says, “Tell me what you’re seeing.”
A supervisor comes to an employee and says, “I know this is none of my business, but can I give you some advice?”
A supervisor comes to an employee and says, “I know this is none of my business, but can I give you some advice?”
- The foolish employee says, “If it’s none of your business, then mind your own business.”
- The wise employee says, “I need all the advice and counsel I can get.”
The Bible’s most gripping example of this is the story of a young king named Rehoboam. His story is found in .
4. Take counsel from those who have been where you want to go.
The Ultimate Source
The Ultimate Source
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.