I Tried Jesus's Morning Routine

0:00 Jesus Christ is the most influential man in all of human history. One of the secrets to his incredible life was his morning routine. Now you might be thinking, what in the world was Jesus' morning routine? How do you know? If you look in the Bible in the New Testament in Mark chapter 1 verse 35 it says, For the next seven days I'm going to try Jesus's morning routine in hopes that the simple yet consistent routine that he had can help me become a godly man and grow closer to God. It is... It is 5.02 a.m. It's

0:49 Monday. It's the first day of this challenge. So let's get up. Let's start off this day strong. Here we go. You might be like, Jacob, why are you getting up so early at like 5 a.m.? Well, Mark chapter 1 verse 35 says, very early in the morning, While it was still dark a few hours before sunrise, Jesus got up and went away to a secluded place to pray. Something that I struggle with all the time is waking up early, spending time in prayer, in time with the word and holding myself accountable to like work out and do the things that make my body feel the best. So we're going to spend the next seven days waking up early, spending time in prayer, reading our Bible and worshiping the Lord and doing workout every single morning to do Jesus's morning routine

1:39 and see if it brings us any closer to the Lord. Also throughout the next seven days, we're going to try and read the entire book of Luke so that we can read the entire Christmas story by the time Christmas is here. So let's get started. Let's crush this workout. Let's do this thing. Here we go. The sun ain't even up yet. That's crazy. I made this cross the other day and it was so much fun to make. Perfect Christmas decoration. But y'all, we're about to go on a run. So here we go. Let's finish this off strong. I'll see y'all when I'm done.

2:55 It's day two. Honestly, I'm a little tired, but I can push through. Today's going to be a good day. I'm excited for the day. Let's crush it. Here we go. 5.08 a.m. Got my libel. And we're going to go ahead and start reading Luke chapter four through chapter eight and go on a run. We're going to crush day two. So let's do this thing. It is 35 degrees out. This is going to be terrible, but let's just get it over with. Let's go.

3:59 Day number two. We'll see you guys tomorrow morning. Let's go. So you might be asking, why do I even want to try this Jesus' morning routine? You know, you can go look up online all kinds of different morning routines, whether it's The Rock or Andrew Huberman. So many people that want to live up to someone's example. And for me, I want to be the example of a godly man. And so the perfect way to do that is to do the morning routine of the only person who is perfect, and that's Jesus, and he is God in the flesh. Currently, my morning routine is terrible. Sometimes I'm getting up at 8.30 or 9 o'clock each and every single day, and I feel so unproductive and like the day is half over. My wife and I recently found out that we're pregnant, and we're beyond excited to welcome our son into the world. But this news was honestly a wake-up call for

4:45 me. Our son will be here in the middle of February. I've asked myself the question, am I going to be a good dad? What are some things I can do better to prepare to be a good father? And the list goes on and on. But one thing that really stuck out to me is I want to be the best example of a godly man and a godly father and the best influence I could ever be for my son. And when I looked at my lifestyle now, I realized that there's a lot that I could be doing different. And I realized the only way to truly become a godly man is to imitate Christ. In Ephesians 5 verses 1 through 2, it says, Therefore be imitators of Christ as beloved children, Right there, as children of God, we are called to imitate Christ. And so if as

5:33 children of God, we're called to imitate Christ, we need to do exactly that for our children as well. That is why I'm doing this challenge. I want to be the best godly influence that my son can look up to. It might seem silly, but expecting our first child has got me to question my life a lot. And honestly, I'm glad I did. Last night I went to bed so much earlier than I had been going to bed. I've been going to bed at like 11.30, 12 o'clock-ish. And last night I went to bed at like 10. So I got seven hours of sleep. I feel pretty good. Let's get up. Let's get some coffee. And let's start reading my Bible. It is... 509, just made a cup of coffee. Honestly, I'm feeling

6:23 pretty good this morning. The only thing is it's absolutely freezing outside. It is currently 38 degrees. I'm not really looking forward to that amount of cold. But anyways, I'm gonna go ahead, read five chapters in my Bible. I'm gonna do my devotional, pray, do some worship, and after that, I'm gonna go on a run. So let's get started. So I'm bundled up. We're getting ready to go on a two mile run. Let's go ahead and take care of our temple, go on a run. And we're almost halfway through this challenge of doing Jesus's morning routine every single day. So let's

7:10 keep crushing it. Here we go. Just got back, ran about 1.75 miles, almost two miles. That's the loop around my neighborhood. Feel pretty good. Sun hasn't even rose yet. Guys, we're crushing this challenge. Time to move on to day four. Here we go. I do not want to get out of bed. It is hard to get up this morning. I went to bed way too late

8:01 last night. I only got like four hours of sleep. All right, let's get up. I'm not gonna lie, today's kind of hard. It's tough to get out of bed. I'm really tired. I wanna go back to bed. I gotta remember why I'm doing this challenge. I know all of me wants to go back to bed. but I'm trying to discipline myself. I'm trying to be like Jesus. I know the exact thing that the enemy wants me to do is to go back to sleep and to miss out on my time in the word. Knowing that, I'm going to open up my Bible and we're going to read and we're going to crush the rest of the day. So let's do this.

9:23 You guys, all right, it's 5 a.m. It's time to get up. Feeling a little bit better than yesterday, so let's do this thing. Something I am learning about this challenge is the more and more that I get up early, the more and more that I get in my word, more desire I have to. It's almost like I don't want to break the streak, which is a really interesting way to put it. Not only am I disciplined and determined to get up and read my Bible because I want to spend time with the Lord, but it's also like one of those things that I don't want to miss because I've held myself accountable for too long. And I think that's how you form really, really good habits. Y'all today is day five. We're going to do our Bible reading, spend time in prayer, do worship and go on a run. Let's do this thing. It's like,

10:12 28 degrees this morning, so it's absolutely freezing. Let's just get this over with. Time to run, here we go. 28 degrees. But we out here. Beautiful sunrise, let's go. All right, y'all. Moving on to day six. All right, you guys, good morning. We are on day six of this challenge. Last

10:59 night, I also went to bed pretty late, so definitely feeling the effects of that, only getting a couple hours of sleep, but I'm ready to take on the rest of the challenge. Waking up early has helped me feel so disciplined. I don't have any distractions. Nobody's really up. And I just get to spend a good time with the Lord. It's like so refreshing. When I start the day right, I feel like I'm able to finish the rest of the day right. Sometimes when I wake up and I don't get anything done, it's just kind of how the rest of my day goes and I don't really make the most of the day. And so doing this has helped me make the most of each and every single day, which has been really good because I'm not wasting time and I feel like I'm walking in the purpose that God has for me every single day. So we're gonna read our Bible, we're gonna do our devotional, we're gonna pray, we're gonna worship, we're gonna go

11:45 on a run, and we're gonna finish off day six strong. Here we go.

12:31 6 is done. Moving on to day 7. Alright you guys. It is 5.02. It's day 7. We are almost done with this challenge. Honestly, this challenge has been so beneficial. I think today I'm going to just stay in my bed. and finish reading my Bible. I'm not running today because it's Sunday and it's a rest day and I'm gonna let my body recuperate. So let's just sit in our bed, read our Bible, and finish this challenge off strong. And so that's what I did. I sat in my bed, I read my Bible, and I finished the challenge off strong. I went from

13:18 barely being able to get out of bed at 8.30 to consistently getting up at 5 a.m. and looking forward to starting the day right with Jesus and taking care of my body. You see, what I learned is that to become a godly man, it's going to take discipline. But it is up to you to make the decision to imitate Christ, to spend time with him, and to take care of your body. Your simple decisions to stop making excuses, to discipline yourself, and to be the best godly man or woman that you could ever possibly be.