Rhythm Before Results series, Part 2 of 5

You didn’t stop loving God. Your calendar just got loud. The inbox fills up, the client needs something, your family needs you, your team needs you, and somewhere in the middle of it all, your time with God gets squeezed into whatever is left.

In Episode 2, April Nova Scipio unpacks what to do when the work gets full. Through the story of Mary and Martha and the way Jesus withdrew to pray in His fullest seasons, she shows how to stay anchored in a busy life and build a rhythm that fits your real season.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why busyness isn’t the enemy, but distraction is
• What Jesus’ words to Martha reveal about worry, work, and peace
• Three practices from how Jesus withdrew to pray: He went early, He went somewhere quiet, and He did it often
• Why your rhythm can change size with your season, and why ten minutes with God still counts

This week’s action steps:

1. Look at your week. Where does time with God get squeezed first?
2. Decide your minimum rhythm for full weeks.
3. Protect one hour with Him this week like it’s a meeting you can’t miss.

Scriptures (NLT): Luke 10:38–42 · Psalm 46:10 · Mark 1:35 · Luke 5:15–16 · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Lamentations 3:22–23

Join the Rhythm Before Results live session
Tuesday, December 1, 2026 · 6:30–8:00 PM CST · Virtual
A 90-minute live session for Christian women who lead and want God at the center of it all. Learn how to hear God in your decisions, build rhythms that hold in your busiest seasons, and walk into 2027 clear on what He’s asking you to build. $47, credited in full toward novaCompass.
Register: https://www.thenovacompany.org/livesession

Connect with April:
Instagram: @aprilnovascipio
Website: https://www.thenovacompany.org

Faith First. Rhythm Always.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb

Rhythm Before Results series, Part 1 of 5

Most of us were taught to chase the outcome first and rest later. Hit the goal, grow the numbers, launch the thing, and then we’ll slow down and spend real time with God. But that order wears us out, and slowly, it moves God from the foundation of our lives to the finish line.

In this first episode of the Rhythm Before Results series, April Nova Scipio unpacks why results were never designed to carry the weight of your life, and why lasting fruit comes from abiding in Christ, not striving.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why work built without God at the foundation doesn’t hold, no matter how hard you push
• The difference between striving and abiding, and how to tell which one you’re living from
• Why roots grow before fruit shows, and what that means for the season you’re in
• How “rhythm is the how, hearing God is the why” changes the way you lead

This week’s action steps:

1. Name one result you’ve been chasing in your own strength.
2. Choose one daily anchor time with God this week.
3. Before you plan anything, ask Him: “What are You building?”

Scriptures (NLT): Psalm 127:1 · Matthew 7:24–25 · John 15:4–5 · Psalm 1:1–3 · Matthew 6:33 · Isaiah 30:21

Join the Rhythm Before Results live session
Tuesday, December 1, 2026 · 6:30–8:00 PM CST · Virtual
A 90-minute live session for Christian women who lead and want God at the center of it all. Learn how to hear God in your decisions, build rhythms that hold in your busiest seasons, and walk into 2027 clear on what He’s asking you to build. $47, credited in full toward novaCompass.
Register: https://www.thenovacompany.org/livesession

Connect with April:
Instagram: @aprilnovascipio
Website: https://www.thenovacompany.org

Faith First. Rhythm Always.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb

You know God placed something in you. So what is the next step? In this final episode of the Planted to Grow series on The novaCo Podcast, Christian mentor April Nova Scipio teaches on walking in your calling and growing in your God-given assignment, one faithful step at a time.

If you are a Christian woman discerning your purpose, starting something small, or wondering whether you heard God right, this episode will steady you and send you forward.

In this episode:
- Why God rejoices over small beginnings
- How to trust that God finishes what He starts
- Why your calling grows best in Christian community
- Three steps to move forward in your assignment this week

Scriptures (NLT): Zechariah 4:10, Luke 16:10, Philippians 1:6, Ephesians 2:10, John 15:16, Ecclesiastes 4:9–10, 2 Peter 3:18

Walk out your assignment with us in novaCircle, weekly live group mentoring for Christian women: www.thenovacompany.org

Shop novaShop for faith-first favorites for your everyday rhythms: www.thenovacompany.org/novashop

Connect with Nova on Instagram: @aprilnovascipio

Faith First. Rhythm Always.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb

Spiritual growth doesn't happen in a moment. It happens in a rhythm. In this episode of The novaCo Podcast, Christian mentor April Nova Scipio shares how to build daily faith rhythms, from morning prayer to time in the Word, that fit your real life and keep you growing long after the inspiration wears off.

If you are a busy Christian woman who wants a consistent quiet time, a steady prayer life, and spiritual habits without the guilt, this episode will help you start.

In this episode:
- Why slow growth is real growth
- The rhythms Jesus kept, and what they teach us
- The difference between a rhythm and a rule
- Three steps to build one faithful rhythm this week

Scriptures (NLT): Mark 4:26–28, Galatians 6:9, Mark 1:35, Luke 5:16, Lamentations 3:22–23, Matthew 11:28–30

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide and start building rhythms that fit your life: www.thenovacompany.org

Shop novaShop for faith-first favorites for your everyday rhythms: www.thenovacompany.org/novashop

Connect with Nova on Instagram: @aprilnovascipio

Faith First. Rhythm Always.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb

What you believe shapes how much room you make for God to grow you. In this episode of The novaCo Podcast, Christian mentor April Nova Scipio teaches on renewing your mind and building a biblical mindset, so the thoughts running in the background line up with what God says.

If you are a Christian woman who wants to take your thoughts captive, let go of an old season, and step into the new thing God is doing, this episode is for you.

In this episode:
- How your thoughts are steering your life
- How to catch a thought and replace it with truth
- Why the new thing can't be measured by the old season
- Three steps to renew your mind this week

Scriptures (NLT): Romans 12:2, Proverbs 4:23, 2 Corinthians 10:5, Philippians 4:8, Isaiah 43:18–19, Philippians 3:13–14

Shop novaShop for faith-first favorites for your everyday rhythms: www.thenovacompany.org/novashop

Connect with Nova on Instagram: @aprilnovascipio

Faith First. Rhythm Always.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb

How do you grow in your faith when nothing seems to be moving on the outside? In this episode of The novaCo Podcast, Christian mentor April Nova Scipio opens the Planted to Grow series with a word for the Christian woman who is hungry for more of God: roots come before fruit.

If you want to grow spiritually, build a deeper relationship with God, and stay strong through every season, this conversation will show you where real growth begins.

In this episode:
- Why spiritual growth starts underground, long before anyone sees fruit
- How faith grows by hearing God's Word
- Why God does the growing, and our part is to stay close
- Three simple steps to grow your faith this week

Scriptures (NLT): Colossians 2:6–7, Jeremiah 17:7–8, Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:6, John 15:5, 1 Corinthians 3:6–7

Grow your roots with us at novaMornings, a free 30-minute Bible study for women every Thursday at 6am Central: www.thenovacompany.org

Shop novaShop for faith-first favorites for your everyday rhythms: www.thenovacompany.org/novashop

Connect with Nova on Instagram: @aprilnovascipio

Faith First. Rhythm Always.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb

What if you've been waiting to be invited into something that God is actually calling you to build? In the final episode of the community series, April Nova Scipio closes out September with the most action-oriented episode of the month — what life-giving community actually looks like when you create it, and what it asks of the woman willing to go first.

Drawing from Galatians 6:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, and Hebrews 10:24-25 NLT, April unpacks the three marks of a community worth building — it shares the weight, it builds up rather than tears down, and it shows up with consistency that makes it genuinely safe. She also shares her own story of building novaCo because she was the woman waiting for a room that didn't yet exist.

In this episode you'll learn:

— Why some women are not called to find the right community but to build it

— What burden-sharing actually looks like in practice — and why it requires both honesty and staying

— The difference between encouragement that is general and the kind that actually builds someone up

— Why consistency is the single most important factor in creating community that changes lives

— Three practical steps to take this week toward the community you're called to build or strengthen

This is the episode that sends you into Q4 ready to build something.

🔗 Connect on Instagram: @aprilnovascipio

The novaCo Podcast is hosted by April Nova Scipio — Christian mentor, author, speaker, and YouVersion Devotion Creator. New episodes every Monday.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb

Outgrowing a community doesn't make you disloyal. But for a lot of Christian women — it feels exactly that way. In this episode of the novaCo Podcast, April Nova Scipio addresses one of the most tension-filled and least-talked-about experiences in the life of a growing woman of faith: what do you do when the room that used to feel like home no longer fits?

Drawing from Ecclesiastes 3:1, Philippians 1:6, and Isaiah 43:19 NLT, April walks through what the Bible actually says about seasons, growth, and the new thing God is always doing. She also addresses the practical question every woman in this situation asks — how do I leave well?

In this episode you'll learn:

— Why seasons are real — and why community is not exempt from them

— How to tell the difference between genuine growth and discomfort with accountability

— What God's continued work in the people you're leaving says about how you should go

— How to honor what was real and transition in faith rather than frustration

— What it looks like when God is already doing something new before you've let go of the old

This is the episode for the woman who has been carrying the quiet guilt of a restlessness she didn't ask for.

🔗 Connect on Instagram: @aprilnovascipio

The novaCo Podcast is hosted by April Nova Scipio — Christian mentor, author, speaker, and YouVersion Devotion Creator. New episodes every Monday.

✨ Next Step:

If you’re ready to continue this journey with support and community, join the Nova Community—a faith-filled space for women learning to live with clarity, peace, and faith-first rhythms

👉 Learn more at https://thenovacompany.org

✨ novaCircle: A Private Mentorship Community:

A faith-based mentoring membership for Christian women ready to create rhythms that grow their faith and take confident, consistent steps toward their God-given assignment.

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novacircle

✨ novaRetreat2027: For Such a Time as This

A Spirit-led weekend for Christian women ready to experience a safe, life-giving space to build community and grow their faith

👉 Learn more at https://www.thenovacompany.org/novaretreat

Get the free 5 Daily Rhythms Guide, simple spirit-led practices to start your day rooted in faith: www.thenovacompany.org

Subscribe to The NovaCo Podcast and share this episode with a friend who’s stepping into a new season.

🎸 Intro music produced by Cory Valjien. https://spotify.link/Ot87eEITRDb