Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Overcome for podcast. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Jennica Lopez. Thank you guys so much for choosing to
Speaker 1: listen to this episode today, on this beautiful Tuesday, or
Speaker 1: whatever day you guys are taking the chance to listen.
Speaker 1: I am so grateful that you are here. This episode,
Speaker 1: we're going to be talking about setting.
Speaker 2: Your intention in the morning.
Speaker 1: How you wake up in the morning, how you start
Speaker 1: your morning, how you start your day will set the
Speaker 1: intention for the rest of the day.
Speaker 2: And I'm a huge.
Speaker 1: Believer in that, and I want to give personal aspect
Speaker 1: on what I do. I personally wake up and the
Speaker 1: moment I wake up, I obviously turn off my alarm
Speaker 1: and I do my best. I'm not gonna lie I
Speaker 1: fail at times. I'm not gonna act like I'm perfect,
Speaker 1: but I do my best to not go through my
Speaker 1: messages or my phone. I just turn off my alarm
Speaker 1: and turn on my worship music. I start my music
Speaker 1: with God my music. I start my morning with God
Speaker 1: workship music. I have this playlist that my best friend
Speaker 1: created and it's just sets the intention for me. It
Speaker 1: kind of just invites God into my day.
Speaker 2: I proceed to pray. If I have the time to read,
Speaker 2: I will read. I will always try.
Speaker 1: To read my Bible or some type of spiritual book
Speaker 1: that i'm i'm on. If I don't, I come back
Speaker 1: home after I'm doing what I'm doing, or I read
Speaker 1: it at night. But I always find the time of
Speaker 1: day to read it. Because the more we get to
Speaker 1: know or read about God is the more we get
Speaker 1: to understand ourselves. But that's where I want to talk
Speaker 1: about in today's episode, starting our days with purpose, peace,
Speaker 1: and God's presence. And I'm so glad you're here to
Speaker 1: be able to listen and learn from me today. I
Speaker 1: want to talk about how it can transform your day.
Speaker 1: Setting your intention with God first, before the text messages,
Speaker 1: before the to do.
Speaker 2: List, the emails, the rush.
Speaker 1: Take a moment to pause, because once you start heading
Speaker 1: into that, you're already having a chaotic morning, you're already
Speaker 1: inviting anxiety, and you're already entering with like a negative mindset.
Speaker 1: And that's not what we want to do. We want
Speaker 1: to start our days with gratitude, peace, and purpose and
Speaker 1: have a sacred moment to invite God into our day
Speaker 1: and align our hearts with His purpose and his intention
Speaker 1: for our lives and his plan. So wherever you guys are,
Speaker 1: whether you guys are still in bed having your coffee,
Speaker 1: you're at work, or you're in the car, let's center ourselves.
Speaker 2: Let's take a deep breath.
Speaker 1: And step into God's grace together the power of starting
Speaker 1: with God. It's like stepping into peace immediately rather than
Speaker 1: rushing in with stress.
Speaker 2: When we make.
Speaker 1: God our first priority, everything else flows from a place
Speaker 1: of trust rather than fear. When you put your trust
Speaker 1: into God and you leave the day in his hands,
Speaker 1: like you know what, God, I'm leaving this in your
Speaker 1: hands today.
Speaker 2: Take control Jesus.
Speaker 1: Literally, Jesus take the wheel and it matters. Probabs three
Speaker 1: to six says, in all your ways, acknowledge Him and
Speaker 1: he will make your path straight. When we start our
Speaker 1: mourning by acknowledging God, seeking his wisdom, his guidance, his love,
Speaker 1: we set the tone for a day led by faith
Speaker 1: rather than anxiety.
Speaker 2: We hate anxiety. We are done. I'm done with my anxiety.
Speaker 1: I'm done claiming it over my life and my body,
Speaker 1: and I would want the same for you guys too.
Speaker 2: Pause and reflect.
Speaker 1: What are you bringing in to your today? What are
Speaker 1: you bringing in to this moment? Right now take a
Speaker 1: moment and ask yourself, what's the first thing that you
Speaker 1: usually do in the morning, And it's okay, it's okay
Speaker 1: if you immediately jump to your phone, answer those emails
Speaker 1: and those texts. The purpose of this episode and listening
Speaker 1: to it today is doing something different, doing something better
Speaker 1: for yourself and for your lives. Okay, do I let worries, distractions,
Speaker 1: are busy and take over before I even breathe.
Speaker 2: Into the new day.
Speaker 1: You're allowing those things to take over, to take control
Speaker 1: of your life.
Speaker 2: Versus if you start.
Speaker 1: Your morning the way that you know that feels right
Speaker 1: and giving it to God, You're in control.
Speaker 2: God is in control of what the day leads to.
Speaker 2: What would it look like.
Speaker 1: To invite God into my morning before anything else? To acknowledge,
Speaker 1: to start with gratitude, Thank you God, I'm awake today.
Speaker 1: A lot of people don't have that opportunity to wake up.
Speaker 1: They sleep, and you know, some people pass or something.
Speaker 2: Happens and etc.
Speaker 1: Like Thank you God for my health, Thank you for
Speaker 1: my body, Thank you for my fingers, for my eyeballs,
Speaker 1: for every part of my body that I have an
Speaker 1: honor to have and to still.
Speaker 2: Be able to use.
Speaker 1: The way we start our day affects everything our mood,
Speaker 1: our mindset, our interactions.
Speaker 2: And the beautiful thing is is that we have the
Speaker 2: power to choose how we begin.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about a simple practice to set our
Speaker 1: intention for the day and let God lead. Start with gratitude. Obviously,
Speaker 1: before reaching your phone or rushing into the day again,
Speaker 1: I say pause and thank God, thank Him for waking
Speaker 1: you up, for breathing, for the breath in your lungs,
Speaker 1: for another day of life. Again, it is a simple
Speaker 1: opportunity to just reflect and just be like, Wow.
Speaker 2: Thank you God for my cup of coffee today.
Speaker 1: I know everybody, I know that there's coffee drinkers. I'm
Speaker 1: a Mantra drinker, you guys, I have switched over. I
Speaker 1: mean occasionally I create a coffee, but.
Speaker 2: I'm all about Mantra and it just it's amazing.
Speaker 1: I literally wake up and I go downstairs and I
Speaker 1: make it, and then I have my Bible with me,
Speaker 1: and it's just it's probably just one of the.
Speaker 2: Best parts of my day.
Speaker 1: But thank you Lord for this day. It can shift everything.
Speaker 1: I promise gratitude and it's scientifically proven when you start
Speaker 1: your day with gratitude.
Speaker 2: You allow so.
Speaker 1: Much dopamine, oxytocin and all that good stuff to just
Speaker 1: flow into your brain and automatically sets a positive mindset
Speaker 1: and change. Two surrendering your day to him. I choose
Speaker 1: to say this, Lord, this day is yours, guide to
Speaker 1: my steps, guide to my thoughts, my words.
Speaker 2: Let me be a vessel of your love. Today.
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean you're going to be perfect, no, but you
Speaker 1: are an example of love and grace. And when we
Speaker 1: surrender our plans to him, we walk in divine alignment.
Speaker 1: We are not going by our own selfish ways. We're
Speaker 1: choosing to let him handle and align ourselves to his plan.
Speaker 1: And another thing is to set one faith filled intention.
Speaker 1: Choose one word or intention to carry.
Speaker 2: Through your day.
Speaker 1: Maybe for example, today's word is peace, and your intention
Speaker 1: is to stay rooted in God's peace no matter what
Speaker 1: comes your way. Or maybe it's trust and you commit
Speaker 1: to learning and leaning on God rather than your own understanding.
Speaker 1: I know that it's difficult. I have had trust issues.
Speaker 1: I have even had trust issues with God, Like obviously
Speaker 1: when my mom passed away, It's like, how can I
Speaker 1: trust something that did this to me? When realistically it
Speaker 1: wasn't God that did this to me. We forget that
Speaker 1: there's free will, and there's nature, there's things that happen,
Speaker 1: and it just we have no control over. But God
Speaker 1: again will make our perfect mistakes or certain circumstances for
Speaker 1: his perfect will and turn it into good and peace.
Speaker 1: Obviously I have battled with anxiety and depression, and now
Speaker 1: that I'm in this walk or trying to understand, you know,
Speaker 1: certain things, I'm always going to choose peace and may peace.
Speaker 2: Even in the way that I speak.
Speaker 1: I want to be able to speak in peace and
Speaker 1: speak in love if I'm going to say something, for example,
Speaker 1: if I'm correcting somebody, or if I'm speaking to a friend,
Speaker 1: and I just want to speak peace and speak love
Speaker 1: and to come with grace so that it can come
Speaker 1: so our message comes off and our delivery comes off
Speaker 1: better Versus when you're speaking and you start your morning
Speaker 1: with anxiety and you're just you know, upset and frustrated,
Speaker 1: you automatically speak anger and you speak frustration, and your
Speaker 1: message will never get across because your delivery was so wrong.
Speaker 1: So today we choose peace and trust. And I think
Speaker 1: another one is to listen for God's voice before rushing
Speaker 1: to the noise of the world and everything that it carries,
Speaker 1: you know, social media and all that. Take a few
Speaker 1: moments of silence. Maybe he'll put a verse on your heart,
Speaker 1: a gentle reminder or a quote or a sense of
Speaker 1: direction for the day. Listen to it. Have morning affirmations.
Speaker 1: I am peace, I am love, I am beautiful, I
Speaker 1: am worthy, I am gracious. I speak good things to yourself. Also,
Speaker 1: maybe meditate on a Bible verse. For my example is
Speaker 1: always John thirteen seven. And you may not understand what
Speaker 1: I'm doing, but soon you will. And I take that
Speaker 1: with me every day, like, okay, God, whatever you're doing today,
Speaker 1: maybe I don't get it, but I will understand it
Speaker 1: and I will see later on that it was all
Speaker 1: part of the plan. Another one is pray and release.
Speaker 1: A simple morning prayer can be so powerful, you guys,
Speaker 1: take five minutes. And I did this challenge in church,
Speaker 1: was praying for five people a day. Praying for five people,
Speaker 1: and it's like, oh my gosh, how many you know?
Speaker 1: But I promise you, when you think of somebody, God
Speaker 1: is going to place somebody on your heart to pray for.
Speaker 1: And you may not know exactly what, or maybe you do,
Speaker 1: and you're just like, you know what, God, please take
Speaker 1: care of so and so person.
Speaker 2: You're starting your morning.
Speaker 1: Also not being so selfish. You're taking into account of
Speaker 1: other people and praying for their world being awesome.
Speaker 2: So we're going to pray together really quick, just to
Speaker 2: start our morning, to start our day.
Speaker 1: Wherever you guys are at, just take a moment pause.
Speaker 1: You're in the chaos at work, you're in the car
Speaker 1: on the way to work, or wherever you're headed. Heavenly Father,
Speaker 1: thank you for this day. Thank you for the breath
Speaker 1: and my lungs, the light of the morning, the opportunity
Speaker 1: to walk in.
Speaker 2: Your grace today.
Speaker 1: I invite you in every moment, let my words be kind,
Speaker 1: let my heart be open, and my mind be at peace.
Speaker 1: Help us trust you to follow you and to reflect
Speaker 1: your love in all that you do. And Jesus name, Amen,
Speaker 1: We're going to go on a quick break and we'll
Speaker 1: be right back. Okay, welcome back you guys. Now that
Speaker 1: we've set the tone for the day, let's commit to
Speaker 1: carrying this intention with us. Maybe write down your intention
Speaker 1: on a sticky note, or remind you on your phone,
Speaker 1: or take a moment at lunch to pause and reconnect.
Speaker 1: Remember how we started the day to carry it with us.
Speaker 1: We have that intention, Let's carry it with us. Remember
Speaker 1: that the world is going to try and pull you
Speaker 1: in a hundred different directions, but you have the choice
Speaker 1: to stay anchored in Him. Psalms one eighteen twenty four says,
Speaker 1: this is the day the Lord has made. Let us
Speaker 1: rejoice and be glad. No matter what happens today, God
Speaker 1: is with you. You're walking in His purpose, covered by
Speaker 1: his love and guided by his wisdom. Joy will always
Speaker 1: come in the morning. If if yesterday was a bad day,
Speaker 1: today will be better. Choose to have a better day.
Speaker 2: Get connected no matter what happens.
Speaker 1: You're walking his purpose, covered by his love and guided
Speaker 1: by his wisdom.
Speaker 2: And as we close out the episode.
Speaker 1: I want to encourage you guys to carry this practice
Speaker 1: with you guys in the mornings.
Speaker 2: Trust me.
Speaker 1: It's helped me in my daily journey and help me
Speaker 1: be a better person in general and to.
Speaker 2: View life better. I would hate on my life.
Speaker 1: I would literally hate to wake up and now I
Speaker 1: just can't wait to really just see what God has
Speaker 1: for me. Start your day with God, set your intention,
Speaker 1: and watch how your day transforms.
Speaker 2: Trust me.
Speaker 1: If today's episode bless you, share it with a friend
Speaker 1: who might need a little morning encouragement. And if you
Speaker 1: haven't already, make sure you guys subscribe so that we
Speaker 1: can walk this journey together every day until next time.
Speaker 1: Make sure you guys stay rooted, walk in peace, and remember.
Speaker 2: You are deeply loved.
Speaker 1: This is Jeddika from the Overcomfort podcast and I will
Speaker 1: see you guys next Tuesday. Bye. Overcomfort podcast is a
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