Every morning we have the opportunity to build and strengthen our foundation in Christ and our eternal identity. In this episode, I share 3 key principles that have helped me create a heaven-connecting morning routine. This has become a time to connect with God and myself. Filling ourselves with God's love and feeling grounded allows us to show up for the people in our lives with greater love, patience, and presence. Let's fill our cups with God's love so we can share it with the people in our lives for the rest of the day!

Visit https://www.restandabide.com/ to find out all the details of our May 18 Provo Christian Yoga and Meditation Retreat. It will be a beautiful day of gathering, learning of Christ, and creating holy habits of connection (including your morning routine!). I'd love to connect with you there!

The scriptures teach us that God speaks to us in our own language, according to our own understanding.  I think that when we understand the significance that God speaks so individually to us, according to how we will best understand and hear him, it can help us see how personal and intimate our relationship with God can be.  God knows you that perfectly.  God speaks your language.

In this episode, I share how I have come to better hear how God speaks to me through prayer journaling.  This was originally recorded as a bonus class in the 40-day Journey with Christ meditation course I created.  I wanted to share it with you during this busy season when we are celebrating Christ, but it can feel hard to sometimes make enough room for Him in all the hustle.  This will hopefully help you see ways to increase your ability and capacity to hear Him.

I also share about a favorite family tradition of ours, the Bethlehem Dinner.   I created a guide you can download as a free PDF that will walk you through creating a meaningful Christ-centered evening of your own.  It includes ideas for the food, setting, costumes, and most importantly the discussion.  I share the list of scriptures and nativity figures our family uses along with questions for each person participating to ponder beforehand.  You can find it at www.restandabide.com/BethlehemDinner.  

In this conversation with Amy Lamborn, we explore what it looks like in life to receive the Savior's rest.  Things like purposeful prayer and seeking truth from many God-inspired sources are two ways our souls can find and receive rest.

If you're desiring to truly find rest this upcoming year, we will be hosting a Christian yoga and meditation retreat February 6-10 in Hawaii.  We discuss the theme in this episode, Finding Diving Rest, and share a little more of what we'll be learning and practicing together.  For all the details, you can go to www.restandabide.com.  Thanks for joining us!