I don't think you realize how insane Jesus's morning routine really is. Apparently, just doing it for one week can completely change your life. I'm really hoping that's true. So, for the next 7 days, I'm trying his routine and hoping it helps me prioritize God again. It's currently 4:23 in the morning. And if you're wondering why I'm up at 4:30 in the morning, it's because Mark makes it very clear in Jesus's morning routine that Jesus first woke up very early in the morning. It was so early that when he got up, it was dark outside. The next thing he did, he physically left the house and went out to a place where he was completely and totally alone. He had nothing to draw his attention away from the purpose of which he was there, which was to pray. Here, here's the part that is crazy to me because I've never once thought about doing this. Jesus prayed for 1 to 3 hours in the morning. Yeah. You know, I'm weirdly excited for it to be 4:30 in the morning because I I truly do think that this morning routine is going to help me. And I'm just honestly excited to set a time to actually pursue and prioritize God because I've been I've been lacking that so much lately. I have not prayed like genuinely in a long it's been a long time and it it kind of makes me kind of makes me a little nervous to get back to praying, but I guess the only way is through. I don't even know what to pray about. This is so hard. Just hurts, man. Heavenly Father, Lord, I'm sorry. I confess to you that I've held hatred in my heart, that I have gossip, that I have talked bad about people. I've not glorified you, Lord, in a long, long time. Father, I just pray for your forgiveness. And I want to thank you, Lord, for your forgiveness. I want to thank you for your grace, your mercy. You are the alpha and the omega, the beginning and end. Why do we get the ability to be with you. [Music] So, it is currently 6:21 in the morning, which means that I have been praying for almost 2 hours. I feel more focused on God already and proud of myself that I did this. So, I am definitely looking forward to the next seven days. I failed again today with Sent. I I don't know. Today was the first day in a long time where I felt focused on God. So to be tempted and fall, I don't know. It's just disappointing, man. So, we got a little bit of a later start than yesterday. I'm going to be completely honest with you right now. I almost made the choice to purposely sleep in. I just don't know if I don't know if this is worth it. But I I woke up obviously. I'm going to go ahead and get started on the routine today. Instead of praying, the way I'm going to spend my time with the Lord is doing a deep, detailed Bible [Music] study. I don't even I don't know what that means. What does that mean? What does that mean in the beginning? That is I don't even I guess that's the point of Bible study to really get in the weed to understand what this stuff means. What a waste of a morning. I have spent the last almost two hours just trying to get past the first part of verse one. I haven't even got past in the beginning was the word. I can't even comprehend what that's saying. Dude, that is terrible. I should have just slept in today if I'm being completely honest with you. I just wasted my time. I feel so bad saying that because it's like I'm spending time with God, but I don't know, man. It just I couldn't comprehend anything today just don't. I was drained spiritually, mentally. I didn't want to read, didn't want to pray. I felt like a failure. And honestly, I kind of believed it, too. I didn't quit, but I definitely wasn't fighting anymore. [Music] Oh my gosh. Oh my goodness. Okay, so it is currently day five of the challenge and it is 5:27 a.m. And let's just say some things changed. I was in my living room yesterday doing my typical daily [Music] routine when it hit me. A thought that said, "You don't have to be perfect. All you need is to show up and have a willing heart. I'm sorry. [Music] Oh my gosh. I'd say that was a pretty successful worst obsession. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I didn't wake up this morning. And you know what? That's okay. I made a mistake. I'll get back to it tomorrow. It is the final day of the challenge. I cannot believe I'm even saying that. Doing this has been such just a net positive for my life. It took me out of a place I I don't ever want to go back to again. I don't see how I could ever stop doing this. Maybe not waking up at 4:30 in the morning, maybe completing this like 8:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. But I figured why not end the challenge doing the work that caused me the problems in the first place. You ready for this? That was pretty cool, wasn't it? Yeah. So, for the second time, what does this verse [Music] mean? Not only was he there, not only was he with God, Jesus was God's agent in creating [Music] [Applause] everything. I'm done. I didn't feel strong enough for this challenge when I started and honestly I wasn't. But I kept going. I showed up when it was hard. And now on the other side, I'm glad I did. Not because I got everything right, but because God was in it the whole time. If you're struggling to get back to God, this is your sign to try