How To Love Your Morning with Jennifer Dukes Lee

✨ ——— ✨ ——— ✨Welcome to the Behold-Her Beauty Podcast, The Identity Series, a special five-episode run with new episodes dropping monthly. From broken to beloved: Seeing ourselves as God’s beautiful daughters.Today, I am welcoming our lovely guest author, Jennifer Dukes Lee, to the chair to discuss her book, How To Love Your Morning: Faith-Filled Habits to Build a Life of Joy and Purpose One Day at a Time (Develop Rituals, Routines, and Prayers to See New Mercies Every Sunrise).A Gift for You: Receive your free resource and carry this truth with you throughout your day. Download your free resource: the “You are Chosen by Your King” Phone Lockscreen/Wallpaper.Join the Conversation: Support Behold-Her Beauty by subscribing, leaving a review, and sharing your thoughts in the comments. We would love it if you would leave a ❤️ to let us know you’re listening!Hi friend,What if being a “morning person” isn’t about when you wake up, but how?So good, right?That’s why I am so excited to share my lovely guest with you, Jennifer Dukes Lee. You may remember she joined us on the podcast for her last book, Stuff I’d Only Tell God. We are celebrating the release of her brand-new book, How to Love Your Mornings, which came out yesterday! This is a wonderful and engaging book. For me, it is revolutionizing my mornings, helping me live each day with God’s perspective and purpose. And as you probably know, I do love morning sunrises.In our latest episode of the Behold-Her Beauty podcast, I sat down with my friend Jennifer. We dove deep into How to Love Your Morning, where she offers a perspective that shifted something in my own soul: everyone is a morning person because God is.From Grudging Routines to Sacred RitualsJennifer makes a beautiful distinction between a “routine” (the Pinterest-Instagramish perfect images that often leave us feeling inadequate) and a “ritual” (a sacred, soul-filling connection with the Creator).We explored the “archetypes” of morning people—whether you’re a Daybreak Doer, a Morning Mover, a Meditative Mind, or a Social Seeker—and how Jesus himself modeled a morning practice rooted in the Shema: loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength.We talk about everything from the more than 200 mornings in the Bible to the simple, three-word prayer that can change your day: “Good morning, Jesus.” 🙏✨I invite you to listen in on our conversation as Jennifer breaks down what it really means to be a morning person, how to love our mornings, and most importantly, how to love the Lord our God with our whole heart, mind, soul, and strength. SO good!Join the ConversationI’d love to hear from you in the comments today: Which part of Jennifer’s story resonated most with you? Is it possible to be a morning person? Which archetype do you think you are?👇📖 Get Jennifer’s book: How to Love Your Morning & How to Love Your Morning Bible StudyDeborah’s Goodreads How to Love Your Morning Book Review🕊️ ——— 🕊️ ——— 🕊️ABOUT JENNIFERJennifer Dukes Lee is a bestselling author, speaker, and morning evangelist from Iowa. She is the author of several books, including Growing Slow, It’s All Under Control, and Stuff I’d Only Tell God. She wants to live her life in such a way that you can’t help but want more of Jesus. Follow Jennifer on social media @JenniferDukesLee.SHOW NOTES:00:00 Meet Jennifer Dukes Lee01:24 Everyone Is a Morning Person03:38 Ritual Not Routine06:29 200 Biblical Mornings11:43 Jesus And The Shema14:28 Four Morning Archetypes17:45 Evening Rituals Matter20:02 When Mornings Feel Impossible23:29 Three Words Good Morning Jesus24:49 Rituals In Dark Seasons30:00 Good Overwhelm And Gratitude34:52 Morning Beauty And Self Care40:09 Closing Thoughts And QuoteMusic by Samuel F. Johanns from PixabayWatch the whole episode on my Youtube Channel and be sure to subscribe and follow.✨ Sponsor Spotlight: Women Like Esther MagazineThis episode is brought to you by our friends at Women Like Esther Magazine.If you resonate with the themes of restoration and identity we discuss here on the podcast, you will find a home in their pages. 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