Do you remember the Verizon guy who switched to Sprint , who was always asking the person on the other end of the phone, “Can you hear me now?”, our motives can create a bad connection with God and others. Until we ‘switch carriers’—trading in our flesh for the Spirit—and repent of the way we foster and feed those desires and ill motives, we will be enslaved to the way they influence all we do, even when we don’t realize it. This is why it is important to meditate on God’s Word and to take time to listen to him as he reveals the motives of our hearts.