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Coffee with Jesus

The heart and logic behind the original experience and how you can have your own moments with the King of the Universe.

From the desk of Jean Paul Joseph

Not a ritual. A meeting.

If you have read my story you know that coffee with Jesus is incredibly dear to me. It's not just a sentiment — it actually happened — and my life was never the same again.

And as Peter once said, "He is no respecter of persons" — so I want you to have your own Coffee with Jesus experience too. That's why this was created here.

But I'm writing to make the heart behind it clearer, because it's not my intention to create another religious ritual. I don't believe in "do this, then that, and this is guaranteed" approaches to the deeply personal Holy One.

He relates personally to His children — but sometimes a starting point helps us practise the presence, as Brother Lawrence spoke of. Make your own space with Him, in mercies new every morning (Lamentations 3:22–23).

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The Sanctuary Environment

Make the space yours

First: choose your background video. Presets exist, but try Custom — any YouTube link, video, or image. This becomes your sanctuary across Café experiences.

In Step 3, Worship, you'll find pure Scripture set to song — my own setting of the Lord's Prayer, imagining Jesus revealing it as melody to His disciples. I love the line:

'From whisper to proclamation — Father let your Kingdom come!'

I imagine Jesus shouting it with all His passion. But make it yours — say the prayer, or use a song you love.

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Step by Step

Twelve invitations to communion

Each step at its core — an invitation for conversation and communion with God.

01Step 1: Prepare your Heart

Grab that cuppa, find the best spot in your house, headphones on if your background video has sound — and treat it like you're actually about to meet with Him. Build expectation, clear distraction, slow your breathing. If you prioritise Him, He will meet you in some shape or form.

02Step 2: Thanksgiving

As David said, thanksgiving is how we enter His courts. Begin with just one thing, however small, and watch it open an avalanche of gratitude — back over past graces, forward to future ones.

03Step 3: Worship

Now we move up a level: worship. The very first line Jesus taught us is "Our Father — hallowed be Your Name!" Ponder that this incredible God — who speaks, and galaxies spring into being — is our Father, and you get to spend time with Him now because of Jesus.

Sing it, recite it, or listen to a version you love. You'll also see the invitation to communion here — "give thanks for His body and blood" — pausing to remember what that body and blood cost.

04Step 4: Breathe

The Hebrew for Spirit is Ruach — wind, breath. Consciously welcome Him here, imagining yourself breathing Him in as Jesus breathes Him out to us (John 20:22), filling every fibre of your being, exhaling anything not of Him.

05Step 5: Invite Holy Spirit

Welcome our Friend and Counsellor — the Revealer of heavenly truths (John 16:13–15; 1 Corinthians 2:10–11). Not an ethereal force, but the very essence of our Father burning within our own spirit.

06Step 6: Choose Your Manna

Choose your verse — search for one, or press Surprise for a heavenly surprise from your bookmarks (70%) or a featured verse. Bookmark what you love and you'll see it again.

Tip: in the Bible Reader, click a verse number then the bookmark icon — customise with text or emoji.

07Step 7: Your Verse

Read your primary version slowly, word by word, mindful that Holy Spirit hovers to reveal something new. Often one word will jump off the page — that's where the conversation begins.

08Step 8: Another Version

See the same verse in your secondary version — plus your physical Bible makes three. Holy Spirit so often speaks simply through another version; that's why this step exists.

09Step 9: Memorize

A proven process for embedding Scripture in long-term memory. Give it a go — skip any time by swiping or clicking next.

10Step 10: Be Still

My dad's favourite scripture was Psalm 46:10. Thirty seconds of stillness after all the cerebral work — a muscle you train, resting in Him.

Be still and know that I AM God.

11Step 11: Journal

Put it in your own words — privately (lock icon) or publicly (globe, the default). Your entry lives on that verse in the Reader, building a personal history with the Word. Optional — "Skip & Finish" any day.

12Step 12: Completion

See the finish screen, close, and — if you're on the leaderboard with friends — refresh and watch your XP climb.

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XP Points

325 XP on offer

  • Coffee with Jesus: 150 XP
  • Memorizing a verse: 25 XP
  • Journalling here: 150 XP (usually 25 — bumped up)

Yahweh is good to those who wait for Him;
to the one who earnestly seeks Him. — Lamentations 3:25

Even off leaderboards, XP climbs your rank — see the Club Stats card in your Café Club dashboard.

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Tips

Make it yours

  • Choose a custom background or video that makes Coffee with Jesus your own.
  • Use a physical Bible alongside your digital version — powerful.
  • Change primary / secondary versions anytime via the pen icon → Settings → Translations.
  • Click the lock icon when journaling to keep an entry private.
  • Surprise verse not the one? Go back to Choose Your Manna and pick another — or search Old / New Testament.
  • Familiar verse feeling too familiar? Try a version further from your usual — Message or Amplified can jolt something loose.
  • Thirty seconds of stillness feels long at first. Normal — it gets easier.
  • Designed for daily: a badge for showing up, and 555 XP for all six experiences in a day — Coffee, chapter, memory, crossword, quiz, word study.
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