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Early Morning Time

It’s not often you meet someone as driven as Jay Fantom. At only 25 years old, he’s already a successful entrepreneur, speaker, and award-winning filmmaker. He’s also the founder of The Story Box, a podcast with over 4 million downloads that dives deep into the stories of high-profile people like Tony Robbins, Matthew McConaughey, Rachel Bilson, Lisa Osteen Comes, and more.

But even more impressive is Jay’s devotion to God and his passion for becoming a better version of himself every day. So join us for an encouraging and fascinating conversation about Jay’s favorite practice for gaining spiritual renewal.

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I’m a very early riser — 4 a.m. is my quiet time. It’s a fundamental and important spiritual practice to wake up at this time and then spend those first minutes of the day in prayer talking with God. I then read a passage of Scripture and meditate on those words. I then send my girlfriend a devotional message. She’s not awake at this time, but I always enjoy receiving a reply to the devotional message from her after my morning workout.

While I’m running, I tend to reflect on what I read earlier or something that is pressing on my mind from the past. Sometimes, I’ll turn off my podcasts and just pray aloud. I mean no one is around or awake to hear me, so I don’t feel bad or guilty for doing it.

Even when I’m driving alone at times, I tend to talk to God. But for me, the spiritual practice I enjoy the most has to be my early morning time with the Lord.

—Jay Fantom, entrepreneur and filmmaker, as told to Rapt Interviews

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