Morning walk-through — May 3, 2026

A sequenced 60–90 min plan so you don't have to figure out the order while groggy. Adjust as needed.

Full plan (60–90 min)

1. (2 min) Wake. Coffee/water. Bathroom. Don't open your phone yet.

2. (5 min) Sit. Breathe. One sentence aloud: "Lord, do whatever you want with me today. I am here." Don't add anything. Just sit until your body settles.

3. (10 min) Read the three texts aloud, slowly, three times each:

   • Romans 5:10
   • John 12:24
   • 2 Corinthians 5:18-19

   Don't analyze. Read like you're hearing them for the first time. Pause between texts.

4. (10 min) Reread your testimony memo (voice_memos/2026-04-27-testimony). For fuel, not for content. The Joseph thread, the man-without-a-tribe line, the Evan reach. Let it settle in your chest. Don't take notes.

5. (15 min) Open prompts.md and write your answers in your own voice. Beat 1 first. Don't move on until you have a sentence you would actually say. Write it. Read it aloud. Adjust until it sounds like you, not like Claude.

6. (5 min) Pray for Evan by name. Specifically. Without naming the wound; you don't need to. Just pray for him as a brother. Pray that God would meet him today wherever he is. Pray that you would not take back what God has asked you to release while you wait.

7. (15 min) Beats 2, 3, 4. Same process. Write the sentences you would actually say. The verses do most of the work; your job is the connective tissue.

8. (5 min) Decide the optional prayer line. "Lord, you gave a tribe to a man who had none. Don't let me take back what you have asked me to release while I wait." Use, rewrite in your voice, or cut.

9. (5 min) Stand and rehearse aloud. Once through, ~5–8 min. Don't read; speak. Listen for AI-tells in your draft (over-poetic balanced phrases, generic-Christian sentiment). Cut them.

10. (silent) Get in the car. Drive to church. No more rehearsal. The work is done. The Spirit will meet you.

11. (5 min before service) Sit in silence in a room. Let the bread do its work on you first. Pray once more for Evan. Pray for Mark and the band. Pray for the people who will sit at that table and the things they're carrying that you cannot see.

12. (when called) Stand. Speak from where you are, not from where you wish you were. Pray over the bread and cup at the end. Sit. Receive with everyone.

If you only have 30 min

1. (5 min) Three texts aloud, once each
2. (5 min) Reread testimony memo
3. (15 min) Prompts file, all four beats, write the sentences
4. (5 min) Rehearse aloud once

If you only have 10 min

1. Three texts aloud, once each
2. One sentence per beat, written
3. Pray for Evan by name
4. Stand