Morning B.R.E.W.: A Divine Power Drink for Your Soul

by Kirk Byron Jones

Book Overview

Unlike other morning devotions, in which you digest thewords of others, this book teaches you how to create yourown devotional experiences through silence and prayerfulvisualization.

B.R.E.W. stands for:

Be still

Receive God's LoveEmbrace personhoodWelcome the day

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806651385
• ISBN13: 9780806651385
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great Way to Start Your Day

Morning is the heralding time of day. This is our first opportunity to set the tone for the day before us, pro-claiming the positive possibilities inherent in waking fully, (after the second waking), preparing the Self we want to present to the day. In Morning B.R.E.W., Dr. Jones presents a spirit-filled guideline that spells out powerful techniques for self-assessment and tuning. This book teaches how to tweak our attitudes and dispositions by tuning in to our God parts. In his book Dr. Jones reminds me of God's pervasive presence and presents a thoroughly adaptable routine showing how I can receive God's grace each and every day, all day, any time I need to be rejuvenated. And then I am able to welcome what will come my way knowing I have the 'stuff' to walk through it. The steps are clearly laid out and captured in B.R.E.W.: Be Still; Receive God's Love; Embrace Self; Welcome the Day. This book has managed to take me to a much deeper way of living. It has opened to me a world that I have to this point only skimmed, only I didn't know I was skimming. It helped me to get inside of my living and touch it bravely, understanding that I have the power to make each day extraordinary. This was a thrilling revelation for me. No one should miss the experience of Morning B.R.E.W.: A Divine Power Drink for Your Soul.

A unique devotional!

Morning B.R.E.W. is a unique devotional. In most devotionals we read the thoughts of others and incorporate them into our own life. In Jones' devotional we create our own daily devotional experience and incorporate them into our lives. Through personal stories, scripture and exercises, Jones helps us kick-start our day by celebrating that "I waked up." He uses this expression because every morning, his child always woke up and said, "I waked up." He challenges us to think about how we wake up in the morning. What are our thoughts, feelings and actions? Further, he says, "we all wake up twice." What he means is, our first wake up is physical and our second is our thoughts and feelings. And we all have the individual power to make a choice, ("a good waking") and we can rejoice in the fact that we can take sips of the powerful brew all day. The process is B.R.E.W. (Being still, Receiving God's love, Embracing my personhood, and Welcoming the day.) Jones suggests we spend a few minutes of our daily devotionals around each of these elements and shows us how we can do this effectively. Armchair Interviews says: Dr. Jones' B.R.E.W. is a wonderful way we can begin each day with a good wake-up and content rich experience with our God.