5 Ways to Elevate Your Night Routine.

It's no secret that planning the night before allows for a more productive day. Here are 5 ways you can improve your night routine for a more productive day.

1. Set a consistent bed time. Go to bed and wake up at the same time everyday to regulate your body's internal alarm clock. The earlier you wake up the better. The more time you have to get things done. The more productive you are with your time the bigger the harvest you'll reap.

2. Create a relaxing environment. When it's time to wine down take a relaxing bath put on your favorite pajama set light a candle to set the tone. The less noise the better. It's in your stillness and quiet moments you can clearly hear the voice of God. Grab your pajama set and candle here

3. Write down task. Write down your top three priorities that need to be completed the following day. When you write your task down the night before you are clearly setting your intentions for the next day which leads to a more productive time.

4. Limit screen time. Avoid television, phones, ipads, at least one hour before bed time. Limiting screen time can help calm the mind, bring stillness, as you transition into rest as well as limit the amount of unnecessary dreams and images that are not from God.

5. Establish a pre-sleep routine. Engage in calming activities before bed like reading a book or listening to a podcast. Faithbox has great monthly selection of Christian devotionals, books, and goodies that help you grow your faith. Perfect addition to add to your night routine. 

To Whom Much is Given Much is Required

As we continue to grow and evolve, and as God continues to elevate us spiritually and physically it's important that we understand the responsibility that comes with God expanding your territory. The bible says in Luke 12:48: But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.

The more God increases you in knowledge and wisdom the more adjustments you will have to make to your lifestyle to align with the knowledge that God has given you. You are held to a different standard than someone who lacks the wisdom and knowledge. That's why Jesus said forgive them for they know not what they do.... God is asking more of you. You can no longer live the way you used to live when you were in the dark.

When God sends the blessings and expands your territory it's going to require you to become a different version of yourself to maintain the blessings. Creating new habits, environments, and relationships that will allow you to continue to thrive in the things of God.

Here are three tips to help you maintain the blessings:
1. Start your day off with God asking for the guidance and wisdom for the day.
2. Remember it was never about you but what God wanted to do through you.
3. Create new habits and boundaries that align with were God is taking you. 

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God Loves you so much, And so do I,

Jordan Thorpe

1. God Makes something out of nothing. That is when he uses us best. He has to break us down so he can build us back up.  
2. Remove distractions. The very things that you think you need can actually be distracting you from moving forward  
3. Continue to seek God. Read your word and be familiar with the promises he has on your life  
4. Pray. Ask God to lead, guide, and give you strategy for your next move. After all your next move has to be your best move. 

Blessings,

Jordan Thorpe
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On the journey to finding self and purpose you realize that importance of not only growing your own faith but  your children’s and partners faith as well. Finding activities that help grow the faith of your entire family can be challenging. So I decided to give you 5 things you can do  to help grow the faith of the entire family.

1. Take a day of rest. or Sabbath 

Exodus 20:8-11 ESV
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Isaiah 58:13-14 ESV
“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

As you can see taking a day of rest is biblical and it’s a great opportunity to take a day to be intentional about spending time with God as a family.

2. Start your day with reading a scripture together as family,
 and then follow up with a discussion on what you just read. This helps to apply the scripture to your day to day  lives. The bible I like to use is the NIV study bible  you can find it on Amazon HERE. The new international version is a great bible for beginners because it gives you the biblical context without all the “thy’s”  and “thous.”

If you would like to spice things up with your bible you can also get a custom bible that fits your personality. This a great way to get your children to gain an interest in bible reading. A company that does great custom bibles is Kingfolk Co. you can find them HERE.

3. Play a game as a family that helps to grow your faith.
A good faith based game is Word Teasers: Faith based conversation starters. It's a great way to have those hard conversations with the family and adding biblical context to it. You can find Word Teasers on amazon HERE.

4. Read devotionals that are related to a specific topic or challenge your family is currently facing.
Pick someone in the family each week to read the devotional to keep everyone involved. Devotionals offer scripture with real life synopsis as explanations. Some devotionals I love come from Faith box. Faith box helps to grow your faith by delivering spiritually enriched christian devotional and exclusive do-good products right to your front door every month. So even when you don’t know what to say or where to start with bible reading and spending time with God has a family Faith box has you covered. You can check out Faith box HERE.

5. Lastly end your night with a good family movie that helps to grow your faith.
Finding good clean entertainment with good messaging behind it, that was entertaining enough that captured the attention of the entire family was a challenge. But then I came across Crossflix. Crossflix offers unlimited faith based entertainment for the entire family. You can check Crossflix out HERE. 

I hope you are blessed and encouraged by these resources. Let me know in the comments if you implemented any of these practices with your family. For more resources and daily inspiration download Jordan's Journey app today. Available in the app store and google play.

Thats all for now.

God Loves you and So do I,

Jordan Thorpe

On the journey to finding self and purpose it’s important to understand the signs along the journey. Many people are praying and asking God to send them signs about their next step when God is always sending us signs through the universe, you just may not not how to read the signs.
The text tells us that we are assigned guardian angels. In Psalm 9:11 It states:  “He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”
Another scripture states "the angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and delivers them.” Psalm 34:7. On countless occasions in the bible God always sent his angels to deliver a message to his people.
You see as a believer you are not just out in the world by yourself doing things on your own. There are angels assigned to your life helping you, leading you, and guiding you along the way. So how do the angels of God communicate with us? Well it can be through a number of ways, God will use anything and anybody in the universe to get your attention, weather it’s through circumstances, through people, but most importantly numbers.
Numbers are the universal language. Everything that we use and see today on daily basis are created by a formula or by numbers. There is a whole book in the bible called “Numbers” The ancients and people today study numerology which is the study of numbers and their meaning pertaining to life. Everything that God creates has meaning or a purpose nothing is just random or a coincidence. If Jesus had 12 disciples the number 12 means something. If God created for six days and rested on the seventh the number seven is just as important as the message. It is all meaningful. So my question to you is what numbers are you seeing in your life? Don’t ignore the signs your guardian angels are communicating with you.
 
How to know your guardian angels are communicating with you through numbers:
 

1. If you keep seeing the same number repeatedly. Some popular angel’s numbers include: 444, 1111, 333……. It can be on the highway while your driving or every time you look at the clock it says 8:19. That’s not a coincidence.
2. Synchronicity……For example if you were singing a song in your head and then all of a sudden that song comes on the radio. That’s not a coincidence or random, It’s your guardian angels trying to get your attention.
3. The day you were born and the time you were born is all significant to who you are and your life’s purpose. Moral of the story: Men lie woman lie the numbers don’t lie…loll

 
God loves you and so do I,
 
Jordan Thorpe
 
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I remember when I lost my job, my long term relationship, and my home all in the same week. I cried like a baby and asked God why? Lord what is this? What is happening? I felt lost and empty. My then boyfriend and I at the time where going to counseling and had a session scheduled for the following Saturday. I planed to go to the session alone to let the counselor know that we were no longer together and that this would be our last session. When I arrived I told the counselor everything that happened earlier in the week.
And he said to me it’s ironic how last week’s session I asked what did you desire in life? And you responded and said “an intimate relationship with God.” And now this week it’s you and God alone. The very things that I thought I needed where only distractions from me deepening my relationship with God. I could no longer depend on my boyfriend, my job, or anything else to be my provider. I had to fully surrender to God and trust him fully. During this time my faith increased and my relationship with God matured. I no longer knew God as this God who was so unreachable but as my father who loves, cares, provides, and protects me.
For the first time in my life I felt like I could finally hear his voice clearly. And in return he was able to lead me into the next dimension of my life. The ironic thing was that I was receiving a check in the mail that month and I was going to use it to furnish my new place. But since I lost my job I moved from the place and didn’t buy any furniture instead invested in my ministry. You see if I never lost my job I would have not started to work on my calling. So when your down to nothing rejoice because God is about to elevate you to the next level. Each level he requires a more disciplined you with full surrender. Here are some things to remember when you feel as though you have nothing:

1. God Makes something out of nothing. That is when he uses us best. He has to break us down so he can build us back up.
2. Remove distractions. The very things that you think you need can actually be distracting you from moving forward
3. Continue to seek God. Read your word and be familiar with the promises he has on your life
4. Pray. Ask God to lead, guide, and give you strategy for your next move. After all your next move has to be your best move.

God Loves you and so do I,
 
Jordan Thorpe
 
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I know growing up in the church my idea of being a Christian and follower of Christ was totally misconstrued. I thought being a follower of Christ was about long skirts, no makeup, going to church Monday through Sunday, boring, no-fun, and covering up all the issues in your heart that you’re not really dealing with because people are looking up to you or putting you on this petal stool because you’re a leader in the church or connected to the leader in the church.

But boy was I wrong, it was actually the complete opposite. My life actually started to excel once I developed my own relationship with Christ. I found purpose, had vision, gained wisdom, knowledge, more peace, joy, happiness, contentment, and love. Here’s the thing, living a life as a believer has everything to do with your relationship with Jesus and the renewing of your heart and mind. That fact that you are able to see people as Christ see’s people. I’ve found that going to Church Monday through Sunday does not make you a believer. It means nothing if you have not developed your own relationship with Christ. Church is good for fellowship and should help to confirm everything that you’re already doing in your day to day life.

Jesus gave us two commandments. (1) To love the Lord God with all your heart, with all your soul, with your whole mind and with all your strength. (2) To love your neighbor as thy self. When you love Christ you’ll be able to love people as Christ loves people. So I encourage you not to let the man made rules of the church or religion define your relationship with God. Everyone’s relationship is not going to look the same. And that is ok. He’s our father and desires everyone to have a relationship with him. We are his children. If you need tips to help you develop your own relationship with Christ here are a few that helped me.

1. READ YOUR WORD.
2. Start with a scripture a day and be intentional about it.
   
3. God will meet us where we are. It’s amazing how he will lead us to the exact scripture that we are looking for and didn’t even know we were looking for it.
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Thank You God For Progression,
Jordan Thorpe
 
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