10. Visioning with God: How to Establish and Embody Your Plan for the New Year

What if planning your year wasn't about setting goals you hope God will bless, but about asking Him what He wants to birth through you? In this episode, Jewelle introduces Life Visioning—a spiritual discernment practice developed by Rev. Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith that shifts the question from "What do I want to accomplish?" to "What is seeking to emerge through me?"

Drawing from scripture, Beckwith's teachings, and Danielle Laporte's Core Desired Feelings framework, Jewelle walks you through how to receive God's vision for you, identify the spiritual qualities you're called to embody, choose a theme that captures this partnership, and build a flexible plan rooted in surrender and inspired action.

If you've been setting New Year resolutions that drain you, feel misaligned with who you're becoming, or fizzle out by February, this episode offers an alternative approach to goal-setting - one that honors both God's sovereign plan and your deepest desires, and feels sustainable, spiritually grounded, and deeply aligned.

🔑 Key Message

When we receive vision from God first, our plans and actions gain clarity, direction, and purpose.

✨ What You’ll Walk Away With

• A deeper understanding of Life Visioning as spiritual discernment—how to receive God's vision through stillness, the four foundational questions, and identifying qualities before conditions
• A new approach to annual planning that honors both God's sovereign plan and your deepest desires, helping you choose a theme word that becomes your north star for the year
• Practical tools for surrender and embodiment—how to release attachment to outcomes, take inspired action aligned with your theme, and live the qualities of your vision daily
  

By the end of this episode, you’ll see how:

• Life Visioning positions you as an instrument of divine intelligence, not the architect demanding approval
• Qualities (joy, peace, abundance, radiance) come before forms (the job, the house, the number)—and focusing on qualities keeps you flexible, open to God's surprises, and aligned with what's truly best
• Your annual theme can become a filter for important decisions, a reminder of who you're becoming, and a daily practice of partnership with God

Meant for your reflection:

As you listen, consider:

1. "Where have I been planning FOR God (asking Him to bless my agenda) instead of planning WITH God (receiving His vision and aligning with it)?"

2. "What vision is seeking to emerge through me this year? What is God inviting me to become, not just accomplish?"

3. "How do I want to feel as I steward God's vision? What spiritual qualities am I being called to embody daily?"

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