#1. Coffee Ritual: Establishing a Summer Rhythm

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8

As Summer kicks, off I wanted to share a few morning rituals I have woven into the fabric of my daily routine. These practices aren’t rocket science, nor am I implying you should add these to your own wake time rhythm to have a more fruitful spiritual life! But I do however want to encourage you… God has uniquely created you!! And within you there are ways you just NATURALLY gravitate towards the things of God!

Maybe you LOVE a deep dive in Scripture… sifting through original Greek meanings and flipping the thin scritta papers of your bible to your hearts content! Or maybe you love to sit and soak in silence, inhaling and exhaling the air of this new day that the Lord has made. Maybe you are drawn to intercession… prayer is your love language with the Father and the two of you could sit for an hour or more on behalf of the saints.

All of this to say… I am confident that your Father has a specific way that lights your soul on fire and keeps you coming back each morning with anticipation.

This summer, I am starting my morning coffee ritual in a fresh way. First thing is to find my air pods, pop them in and listen to Scripture while preparing my first cup of Joe. Coffee is a process, as many of you know… filling the Keurig with water, discarding yesterday’s final pod, placing the new one, grabbing the creamer, getting the spoon… and I do it every.single.day. So! What a PERFECT time to add the practice of hearing God’s Word to something I am ALREADY doing!

Here are 3 Listening Options I LOVE:

1. I love David Platt’s podcast, Pray The Word with David Platt. If you have never listened to him then you simply must!! Right now actually. LOL! Go and come back. They are each 5 minutes MAX! I could listen to the man for hours. So some mornings, I begin with him!

2. The Bible App. Within each bible app there is a listening option. I am a YouVersion girl. And my preference is the NLT version. I choose the “Courage For Life: Female-Voiced NLT”. I can do a video on my Instagram showing you how to find this. (There is one lady who reads Romans …. y’all. You just wait. YOU MUST LISTEN TO HER! She is the best. I WILL find this woman in Heaven. I will thank her for her reading of Scripture. She will get you PUMPED UP. You are welcome.)

3. There is also an App called Lectio 365. It offers a daily morning/evening listening option for prayer. I really love it, too! It is a little longer and more of a devotional. Download and see what you think!

Ok friends. That is how it begins every morning! As Paul encourages us to do…Let us “fix our thoughts on what is true…” RIGHT FROM THE START! Amen!?

I pray this encourages you! Come back… I will share what follows coffee!! Love to you all!