Most goal-setting starts with "what should I do differently?" But there's a better question: what is God already doing in your life, and how can you practically cooperate with that work? In this episode, I walk you through a step-by-step discernment process for resetting your spiritual rhythms using journal prompts, scripture, and prayer to set spiritual goals rooted in an honest look at your heart, not in copying what everyone else is doing.

In this episode, you'll learn how to:

• Recognize how God has already been speaking to you this season
• Use journal prompts to brain dump your schedule and your heart
• Practice discernment by looking for heart patterns and spiritual fruit through scripture
• Use a simple filter (based on Mark 4) to find what's blocking spiritual growth
• Build a doable plan rooted in trust in God and hearing His voice this season

Whether you need biblical encouragement to get started or a fresh way to practice discernment in this season, this episode offers a practical, faith-rooted process for setting spiritual goals that actually last.

This reset is part of what I walk through every month in my Name Your Year journal: a guided tool for spiritual discernment and word-of-the-year goal setting for Christian women.

Links mentioned:

• Watch My September Reset: laurentpaperco.substack.com/p/resetting-spiritual-rhythms-in-september
• Book a 1:1 Spiritual Discernment Coaching Call: laurentpaperco.com/coaching
• Name Your Year Journal: laurentpaperco.com/journal

Hi, I'm Jenny Fulford! I love Jesus and I'm a guided journal creator. I'm here to help Christians cultivate a continuous, interactive relationship with God through journaling. Let's connect!

Your Next Steps:

• Step 1: Join a supportive community at the free Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1AphQRnhiU/
• Step 2: Sign up for our weekly newsletter and get weekly journaling inspiration and prompts at laurentpaperco.com/newsletter
• Email me: hello@laurentpaperco.com

• Instagram (DM me!): @jennyfulford @laurentpaperco

• Book your spiritual discernment coaching call: laurentpaperco.com/coaching
• Get a Journal: https://laurentpaperco.com/products/name-your-year-a-prayerful-word-of-the-year-companion-journal

Hearing God, sensing His leading, and feeling His presence look different for each of us, and that is good and glorious. In this episode, we explore what Scripture teaches about how God communicates with His people, and why discernment means learning to recognize His voice in your unique wiring, not someone else's. We walk through the many ways He speaks: through His Word, a still small voice, dreams and visions, community, nature, and the circumstances of our lives, and talk honestly about what it takes to grow in trust in God as you learn to hear Him in your own way. Whether you're wired for deep study or gut-level intuition, an artist or an encourager, this episode offers biblical encouragement for trusting that your walk with Him doesn't have to mirror anyone else's. This conversation is for anyone growing in faith and wanting practical, Scripture-rooted language for how God speaks. As always, journal prompts can be found in this week's newsletter or on our Substack to help you apply it to your life today! Mentioned in the Episode:

• Streetlights

Special Announcements:

• Follow The Heart that Hears God on Substack!
• Get the Name Your Year Journal for 20% off with code MIDYEAR

Hi, I'm Jenny Fulford! I love Jesus and I'm a guided journal creator. I'm here to help Christians cultivate a continuous, interactive relationship with God through journaling. Let's connect!

Your Next Steps:

• Step 1: Join a supportive community at the free Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1AphQRnhiU/
• Step 2: Sign up for our weekly newsletter and get weekly journaling inspiration and prompts at laurentpaperco.com/newsletter
• Email me: hello@laurentpaperco.com

• Instagram (DM me!): @jennyfulford @laurentpaperco

• Book your spiritual discernment coaching call: laurentpaperco.com/coaching
• Get a Journal: https://laurentpaperco.com/products/name-your-year-a-prayerful-word-of-the-year-companion-journal

God speaks today, but hearing His voice often comes down to the condition of our hearts, not just our ears. In this episode, we explore what Scripture reveals about hearing God's voice, from Jesus's parables to the moment God's voice thundered from heaven and was heard differently by everyone standing there.

Together we'll look at what discernment actually requires, why faith is the starting point for trust in God's desire to speak into our lives, and how grace, not spiritual performance, opens the door to friendship with Him. This episode offers biblical encouragement for anyone in a season of doubt or spiritual dryness, plus journal prompts when you subscribe to our newsletter or Substack to help you reflect on where you've missed God's voice in the past and where you can turn toward Him today.

Whether you're new to this question or you've been on this journey a while, this conversation will help you build the kind of heart, through faith, scripture, and quiet, that's ready to hear Him.

Special Announcements:

• Follow The Heart that Hears God on Substack!
• Get the Name Your Year Journal for 20% off with code MIDYEAR

Hi, I'm Jenny Fulford! I love Jesus and I'm a guided journal creator. I'm here to help Christians cultivate a continuous, interactive relationship with God through journaling. Let's connect!

Your Next Steps:

• Step 1: Join a supportive community at the free Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1AphQRnhiU/
• Step 2: Sign up for our weekly newsletter and get weekly journaling inspiration and prompts at laurentpaperco.com/newsletter
• Email me: hello@laurentpaperco.com

• Instagram (DM me!): @jennyfulford @laurentpaperco

• Book your spiritual discernment coaching call: laurentpaperco.com/coaching
• Get a Journal: https://laurentpaperco.com/products/name-your-year-a-prayerful-word-of-the-year-companion-journal