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On a recent weekly prayer call with my staff, I was asked to pray for all of our Godpreneur Christian business leaders. I thought to myself, "man, Alex, you need to be praying moreover your own leadership and those of your followers." I didn't beat myself up over it. Instead, I got to work and started creating a prayer for leading our businesses better. The Bible gives examples of people who prayed for their leaders. The New Testament church and Old Testament prophets were specifically prayed for. In fact, the Bible also gives us specific commands to pray for our leaders. First Timothy 2:1–4 says, "First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." All of us leaders can benefit from receiving prayer, praying for other leaders, and praying on our own, and asking God to help us lead our businesses better. When we pray, we can ask God to grant us wisdom, direction, and discernment (James 1:5). Praying for our ability to lead better brings glory to God. It helps us understand and be grateful for the sacrifices and the responsibility we bear in leading God-first businesses in a fallen world. Prayer also acknowledges that God is the ultimate authority in our businesses. When we pray for ourselves and other Kingdom-driven business leaders, we are asking God to equip the men and women He has placed in marketplace ministry to carry out His purposes. Pray the prayer below for yourself and other Christian business owners. (Begin prayer) Amazing and gracious Father, I thank you for all the business leaders of Daily Godpreneur. Lord, help us recognize that you are our provider and that you did not give us the gift of entrepreneurship to take us away from our relationship with you but to bring us CLOSER to you. Remind us that our businesses and the talents we bring to our marketplaces are simply YOUR gifts to us to deliver YOUR provision. Give us the faith to believe this and the ability to trust YOU. Allow all of us Godpreneurs to become a channel of your blessings. Father, draw us kingdom-driven leaders closer to you and let us have a deeper, more personal walk with YOU. We want to hear your voice in all of our business plans and truly let you guide them as You promised. Also, Father, give us businesses that suit us to have resources to support our families, our employees, our churches, and those who depend on us. Lord God, we pray that you would help us understand Your eternal perspective regarding our vocational calling in this life and help us see the responsibility to steward our working lives well and use it for Your glory. Father, help our God-first business leaders recognize that the calling to lead a business is just as sacred as the pastor’s role and missionaries. Make our business leaders become good soil for your Word and not become greedy as you continue to prosper them. May they support other leaders, Pastors, and missionaries whom you've called for full-time ministries so that the worries of this life and the lure of wealth and desire for things will not prevent them from following you. May you bless and prosper Godpreneurs that support your global ministry. Lord, help us recognize that business is about meeting needs and serving others with humility, respect, and efficiency. Doing work as unto the Lord is worthy of virtuous profit. Help us, Lord, to never use people to build our business, but rather help us get better and become wiser at using our businesses to BUILD PEOPLE, helping them grow into all you intend for them. Father, we want Daily Godpreneur to change the world by bringing the Kingdom of God to the marketplace, so help our business leaders! We declare that all of them will run their businesses and lives so that you will say to them ... 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your Master.' Almighty God, bless and prosper the business leaders who've been faithful to you, who've been faithful in supporting your people and your ministries. Multiply their ventures to continue to support and honor you, Father. For this, we pray in the most precious name of Jesus Christ, Amen! #SharpenLeadership #FindingMyCalling #PrayForYourBusiness ALEX MIRANDA

I love the beginning of the month in my business because it brings new blessings. I get to start over on some goals while using momentum to take other initiatives to new levels. Each new month also allows me to reflect back on the previous month and count my blessings from God and pray for the next month. Every wise Christian entrepreneur should always begin the month with prayers. As the leader of our organizations, God wants us to speak into our new month as we enter into it. When we develop the habit of praying for each new month, we will never be victims of our circumstances for any month. Instead, we experience victory each new month. God always has something new for us Godpreneurs every new month. The Bible says: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:18) The enemy wants to keep us thinking about our past mistakes, ruminating on how things could have been better. But God has set us up with great things for every new month. God has made ways where there was no way, and He wants us to pray our way into them. Every month, you have the choice to carry life or death, success or failure, and blessings and curses into your business. Through prayer, you get to choose the best for every new month in your company. As Godpreneurs, our prayers enforce good over our business lives. Through prayer, we reject every evil that comes with every month, and we get to partner with the Holy Spirit is calling forth all the success that God has planned for the business. I believe every declaration we makeover our business on the altar of prayers every new month becomes our portion all through that month, in Jesus’ name! Imagine if we all secured each new month in prayer. Below is a powerful, God-inspired prayer for your new business month. This prayer will guide you to God's plan for your company in every new month. Prayed earnestly, I believe you will hear the voice of God. Let's pray. Dear Lord, as I enter this new month, I ask that you use my business to draw me closer to you than I knew possible. Please lead and guide me. Please go before my team and me and make the rough roads smooth. Help me order my days, run my business to the fullest, and take nothing for granted. Thank you for knowing my business's needs before I ask and for being by my side in everything I will face. I want to be a blessing to other business owners and point the way to you. I love you, Lord, and I commit this day and month to your hands. Father, I thank you for granting me the grace to see this new month. Thank you for your mercies and your grace in my business life. I declare that all through this month, no weapon formed against me shall prosper, in Jesus name. I declare that all my business encounters this month shall be safe. I declare that opportunities shall favor me this month. Lord, every evil arrow targeted against me and my business this month, I command you to return to the sender. Every evil plan of the devil against my company this month shall fail in Jesus' name. In this new month, I will celebrate my blessings more than ever. And everything I couldn't achieve last month, I shall achieve them this month. Lord, cause me to be at the right place at the right time this new month. You alone, God of new beginnings, open fresh doors of prosperity for my business. O Lord, give me anointed sales and marketing ideas and lead me to new paths of blessings this month. Let any wasted time and efforts last month be restored to multiple blessings this month. My business finances will not enter into the clutches of financial hunger this month. I reject every spirit of financial embarrassment. Father God, bring honey out of the rock for me and let my entrepreneurial spirit find the way where men say there is no way. I declare null and void all the evil words I have spoken against my choice to be an entrepreneur. This year, I will not give up at the edge of my business miracles. Let every architect of hatred, hostility, and conflict in my business be paralyzed. I command every limitation to my health, finances, and business growth to be removed. Let all inherited limitations to obtaining good things for my organization depart, in the name of Jesus. O Father God, arise and disgrace every power challenging my entrepreneurial progress this month - I refuse to eat the bread of sorrow. I destroy every spiritual opposition in my business to make way for you to do something new through my company in this prayer session that will change my business life for good, in the name of Jesus! Lord, deliver me and my business from all evil in this new month. I will not beg for money or anything else this month. Instead, I will draw closer to you than ever before. Thank you for answering my prayers. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. NEED MORE PRAYER? At Daily Godpreneur, we believe that for a Christian business owner to be successful in the marketplace, he/she must be given the Word of God and prayers. The business prayers on our website are topical, so it's easy to pray for a specific need or season. Our prayer team desires to improve your prayer life over your business. We care about our members, and we want to see the hand of God rest upon you and your business as you pray. CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL PRAYERS Click here to submit a prayer request. #TrustOnGod #PrayForYourBusiness

Are you struggling to see clearly and make decisions in your business? It could be because you can’t understand or see God's purpose or plan for you and your entrepreneurial walk. First, we have to choose to believe that God does have a plan, and it's a plan that He expects us to discover and walk-in. The Bible says “I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.” (Psalms 57:2 ESV) By design, God set up prayer in supplication as the key to understanding God’s plans. God has numbered the days of your business and will fulfill every purpose He has for you. Imagine if we all earnestly and dependently looked to God alone for the power and possibility of the future of our businesses. Start by praying this prayer for understanding God's purpose and plans for your entrepreneurial walk. **** BEGIN PRAYER **** Father God, I confess it's been difficult to fully let go of my anxieties as an entrepreneur and in my business when I can’t see evidence of all that you’re doing – when I can’t understand or see your purpose or plan - what I was born to do. Today, I pause and remind myself of my dependency on you. I know in my heart that my circumstances and plans are touched by your hands. Isaiah 55:8 reminds me that my thoughts are not your thoughts – and that my ways in business are not your ways. When I am struggling to see my calling clearly and decide which direction I should take, I'm not alone, and that inner peace is something only you can supply. So today, Lord, I purposefully, even urgently, say again that I choose to believe in you and that through the Holy Spirit, I will be revealed what I was born to do in business. I know that it’s often in the most cloudy, confusing, and challenging times you are most at work. Thank you for being the one who gives me the strength to help and serve others in the marketplace and to see distinctly the choices I face. As I scan my horizons, I know that I also must look to you alone for the power and possibility that is the future of my business. I ask for your guidance so that I might pilgrimage fully in your entrepreneurial path – a path that you have blessed. I also ask for your face to shine on me – individually and on my team and partners. Please bring to fulfillment all that you have given me to do in the weeks, months, and years ahead. Give me a heart of wisdom to hear your voice, and then make my footsteps firm. Please make me strong through your favor and grace. #TrustOnGod #PrayForYourBusiness

My former business partner and I used to get into huge fights. Tempers start flaring over a project, tensions rise over the direction we’re headed in, and anger boils over from past missteps. Anger feels good for 15 seconds and then it fades into guilt. At least for me, it does. As I’ve matured in Business leadership, I know that clear and effective communication is important. And when I get angry in business (it’s rare now), I realize it communicates a lack of self-control and frustration. I see it frequently through other entrepreneurs. I used to see it a lot with irate clients. I had this one client that was the angry screamer. This is essentially a lot of yelling and intimidation but very little, if any, actual progress on the project. I wasn’t a screamer. I was a leaker. I would just treat you terribly, rush a project, avoid calls, and not follow up after projects were complete. My biggest secret to controlling anger is avoiding the fight from the start. I try to look at the good before the bad. I give the benefit of the doubt. I put myself in people’s shoes. The Bible says: "Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling." Proverbs 20:3 NLT But I’ve controlled anger now because I’ve learned a lot through experience, through the word of God, and through God’s coaching. Think about how God works as your coach. He gives us the information through His Word, shows us how to do it by the many examples in history and through leaders, and then He lets us go out and try it. Consequently, there is a lot of failure among Godpreneurs. I expect Christian business leaders around me to fail—don’t you? That tells me they are learning and trying new things. So when we fail in business, God is not angry. He just helps us get back on our feet and lets us try again—sometimes without learning our lesson because that is up to us. He can only create the opportunity for us to learn—He does not control how we will process it. When any entrepreneur lets anger get out of control, he can lose credibility. So if you are angry, watch out! It can have some serious consequences and can actually cause a project or entire business to fail. I never met a successful entrepreneur who could not control his temper. Uncontrolled anger is a sign of weakness—not leadership. A Godpreneur’s uncontrolled anger may give us a moment of satisfaction but a lifetime of regret. #BecomeDisciplined #StrengthenIntegrity

Maybe some of you like your periodic meetings with your accountant. I didn’t particularly care for them. But I know they are 100% necessary, and the more often they are, the better. Accounting meetings always represented stress because from very early on in my business we had struggled to be profitable. Typical for starting businesses, but after 5 years you should have your stuff together, right? But inevitably, you have bad weeks. You have times when you made some mistakes, sales were low, lose a contract, payout too much, or get behind on bills. TRY THIS: The next time you get the bad news or see the numbers are not good, SMILE. Tell your accountant it’s going to be all good. Of course, fix the problems that are happening, but don’t let that circumstance stress you out to making bad decisions. Make smart decisions led by the spirit. It's these stressful moments when we need to call on God to give us an inner strength and faith that allows us to be patient and calm. Great leaders of their businesses NEED to have this skill. When we have faith in God, circumstances will no longer dictate our peace and contentment in our business. We are able to be patient and wait on God’s timing instead of forcing our own agenda…especially when we know we were called to be entrepreneurs!. If you often find yourself overwhelmed and frightened as you lead your business, consider where you are putting your trust. Few of us will be challenged to obey in as dramatic a fashion as Joseph, but we can let his faithful example inspire us to lead your business in calmness and faith. #AccountingHelp #DebtFreedom #MakeMoreMoney

Entrepreneurs do ordinary things extraordinarily well. Entrepreneurs take on one day at a time, excelling in the day’s goals, knowing that tomorrow will bring a new set of challenges that you’ll get to tomorrow. I love Proverbs 31 because excellence in entrepreneurship is seen through the eyes of the woman described here. "Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life". Proverbs 31:10‭-‬12 NLT What is the value of excellence in entrepreneurship? Excellence inspires trust, loyalty, and respect, it also establishes a personal brand reputation that will follow you wherever you go and as long as you live an entrepreneurial career. I see the woman in these verses leading the family like I would lead a business. She did it with excellence. My “family” I’m being called to lead is my business and my tribe. God desires excellence from me, no matter what my situation. I’ve been at the entrepreneur lifestyle almost my whole life. I still haven’t sold a company for millions of dollars I’ve felt the pain of my financial situation constantly. At times I was full of sorrow and angry with God for the burdens He had placed on me. Then I realized that this is who I was and where I was. Could the valleys of my entrepreneurial life be seen as a gift and actually be vital for the mature Christian business leader God intended me to become? I asked God to begin to show me how to live out my life in my situation, and this was a major turning point for me. And when I saw entrepreneurs coming and going from the career path, I realized that my own story was going to inspire others so long as I continued to do things with excellence. Proverbs 31 also says: "Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!” (Proverbs 31:28‭-‬29 NLT) Today I get people saying things like “I don’t know how you do it man, but I admire your energy and you inspire me.” I get this because I’ve taken on the attitude of excellence in entrepreneurship. The woman of Proverbs 31 excelled in whatever she was given to do each day. God gives her to us by way of Scripture to show us excellence, strength, and beauty in entrepreneurship. It is a perfect picture of what God wants from Godpreneurs of all ages and industries; be the business owner He created you to be and excel regardless of your situation. Godpreneur Rule: Celebrate excellence in entrepreneurship and discover God’s world of opportunities for your business. #NewEntrepreneurs #LaunchingMyBusiness

I don’t know about you, but when someone loans me something, I treat it better than my own stuff! For example, if someone lets me stay at their apartment when I’m on a trip, I’ll walk around more carefully, always have the dishes done, and I’ll leave the place cleaner when I leave than when I got there. I guess I’m like this because I want to continue to be trusted in the future in case I want to stay there again. I want my friend to know that he made the right decision in lending me his apartment. The people that work as money managers on Wall Street have the same view about money. They know you’re lending it to them, so they want to take care of it, grow it, and have you come back and continue investing in them. In both of these cases, the attitude toward the “borrowed” possession was the same: it’s not mine, I’m simply watching out for it, and I want to treat it especially well so I can be trusted again. So if we believe that all money belongs to God, then logically, we’re simply stewards of that money while we’re here. The question is: are we treating it as our own possession or as a trusted loan from God, watching out for it doing good with it? How come when it comes to money, we aren’t recognizing that it’s all a loan from God? We have this possessive attitude towards money like it’s our property to use at our disposal and defend at any extreme. Is it possible that we could worry less about money, and focus more on our calling? I love the story of the master who left his servants in charge of his possessions because it echoes my point. “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey". (Matthew 25:14‭-‬15 NIV) This master entrusted his wealth to the servants. It wasn’t theirs, they were being called to steward it. Steward means “manager” in old English. Every dollar that comes into your company is God’s. You’re only the manager of it right now. There were many managers before you, there are many around you competing to manage it better, and there will be many after you to manage it. You might say “But wait, I hustled hard for that money. I ground this business out. I closed the deal. It was my sweat and tears that built this business.” Yes, you labored, but God provided you your body, your mind, the opportunities, and the vision and passion within you to pursue your dreams. It’s all His. It’s all a gift from God, you don’t own it, it’s all on loan. We Godpreneurs are called to be money managers for the 60 or so years of our entrepreneurial careers. Just like we manage the bodies we are in, the relationships we have, and our various business opportunities, we must also have the attitude of managing money correctly. True possession is actually taking on the attitude that God possesses everything and everything we have is on loan. Then God will trust us with MORE, thus we will possess more of His money to manage. In the story of the master and his servants, the servant that managed the money the best got more money to manage. I know that I’ve forgotten this important rule when I worry about money. When I’m feeling pressured and stressed, and I leave to work earlier and get home later and sacrifice time with my family, I know I’ve got myself in a possessive attitude and I need to stop and pray. This is a pressure God didn’t intend for us to have. The enemy is at work and wants to convince us that it’s ours and we can solve this by working more to make more money. Listen, money management is a spiritual battle, therefore it’s a discipline we must study and master. If the enemy can use it against us with divorce and taking us from what we were born to do, then we need to educate ourselves even more in this area. God is watching us and our ability to handle his money and to see what more he can trust with us, both here and in Heaven. It’s also pressure, but it’s a positive pressure and something amazing to look forward to! Godpreneur Money Management Rule #2: Godpreneurs remember that God is the owner of the money and we are the managers. #BusinessBibleStudy #EnhanceFocus #MakeMoreMoney The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management in God’s way. Heard of the Godpreneur Academy? Grow Your Business, God’s Way! Bible-Based Video Courses for Entrepreneurs Putting God First In their Businesses Click here to create a Free Account

I can’t express how much I depend on my morning time with God. Since developing the habit of reading the Bible daily and journaling my thoughts, I’ve created a mechanism that’s brought my mind peace and given me direction for my business. Almost every time I’ve had a bad day, I can say that morning I didn’t do my devotional. It’s not surprising, of course, that when I snap at someone or something is off with my feelings, it’s also likely that I’m a little disconnected from the Spirit. As Godpreneurs, we’re called to bear the loving fruit of God. Loving our clients, employees, and vendors and loving God is the greatest commandment. When we’re full of this love, we reveal God’s nature through our management style, our products, and our services, which in turn, glorifies Him in the world. However, the origin of this love comes from our connection to God. If we’re starved of this love, then anything we do in business is going to be affected by this lack of connection to God. If we’re feeling spiritually depleted, then it will be tough for us to be in our calling. The bible says: So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. (Galatians 5:16‭-‬18 NIV) Maybe the reason you do not see the calling so clearly is that you’re not connecting with God as you should be. Maybe the reason you’ve strayed away from your calling is that you’re not spending time with God like you used to. The solution is simple. You need to spend more time with Jesus. You have to develop the habit of spending time with God every MORNING (Not at night, once the day is already gone, and you’ve previously interacted with everyone.) Finding your calling AND staying in it will all depend on the quality of your daily connecting and dependency on the Holy Spirit. When I first started my Daily Godpreneur movement, it came about because I started developing this morning habit of daily bible reading. At first, I had to force myself to do it. But when I started seeing the bible as a business self-help book, I began to look forward to my morning time. Since I knew other entrepreneurs struggled with spending time with God in the mornings, I started my daily devotional for Christian entrepreneurs. Subscribe at www.dailygodpreneur.com/subscribe. It will help you develop the habit like it has for thousands of others. Is your love for your clients or employees going away, gone, or never even found? Do you find your self-ish-ness for fortune or fame standing out more than your self-less-ness? Are you noticing your criticism choking out your compassion? Are you just filling time with your agenda? All of this will leave you feeling empty and dried up. This will kill your calling. These are signs that you’re spiritually depleted. You’re just disconnected from depending on Jesus. We Godpreneurs are first called to Christ. Before our entrepreneurial calling, our first calling is to walk with Christ. That’s why if we’re feeling spiritually depleted, things are going to go wrong and our ability to focus and stay in our calling will be threatened. All of us Godpreneurs have been there and done that—too many times. But it’s time we all wise up and fill up on the spiritual juice we need to pursue our calling. It’s time we all live worthy of the calling in business we have received. We are called to be a reflection of Jesus every day in our businesses. We need to use every moment to draw a closer connection to God by simply talking to Him daily. And when we’re the daily Godpreneur God wants us to be, the opportunities we desire will be shown to us as we’ll begin to feel and reflect the calling we need to move forward with. Let me pray for you! Lord God, I pray that Godpreneurs truly want You. I pray that they want to know You more, and develop the daily devotion to You that You desire. I pray their businesses to glorify Your name in everything they do and draw many in their industries to Your Son, Jesus Christ. #BusinessBibleStudy #FindMyPurpose The 7 Calling Killers Overcome the Enemy's Plan to Steal, Kill, and Destroy the Entrepreneurial Calling Over Your Life. Heard of the Godpreneur Academy? Grow Your Business, God’s Way! Bible-Based Video Courses for Entrepreneurs Putting God First In their Businesses Click here to create a Free Account

At the end of 2014, I decided that I was going to go in a radically different direction with my business. I knew God wanted so much more for my business. I knew the company had a bigger purpose…and I was on a mission to discover it. I was led to read the book of Nehemiah in the Bible. It led me down the path of Restarting my business from the ground up. I spent all of 2015 rebuilding my company, Creative Complex. Towards the end of 2015, my church started a series on the book of Joshua from the Bible. At service, God spoke to me through the pastor that it was time for me to take what’s been built and go to market with it. It was time to conquer my niche, make a name for my company, expand my market, and step into the promises I KNOW God has for me and my business.  We entrepreneurs can spend a lot of time building our businesses. God has sustained us, but we know we’re meant for so much more. But we are cautious. We’ve been burnt in the past.  We’ve been down this road.  We’ve tried and failed in the past.  The road ahead is difficult, we know it. Maybe you’re a 9-5 employee and you’ve spent a lot of time writing your business plan, coming up with your invention, building your app, but you’re not sure when to pull the trigger to start the business. Maybe you started your business and have been cautiously growing, but you know you haven’t given it your all-out potential. Maybe you’re like me. You’re on version 4.0 of your business. You’ve learned a lot through this 10-year roller coaster ride. You’ve restructured the business, put God first, and now it’s time to grow. This can be a scary point for any entrepreneur. The risk is high. But I’ve discovered the blueprint to grow my business and conquer my market, God’s way. It’s the roadmap to success for any business looking to enter into financial freedom…the land of milk and honey for all entrepreneurs. The book of Joshua 1:1-5 starts out: "After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord , the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory." The first thing we see is that God will call you when it’s your time. I remember there being times when I was Restarting my business that I wanted to get out and start growing the business, but I didn’t feel it was the right time. I was waiting on God to let me know when. The second thing we see is that God keeps his promises. You may have started and failed a couple of times, but you know that you are supposed to make this work.  You know God has plans for you to prosper.  He’ll keep those plans. Third, we see that God is very specific in his visions for you, and they are BIG. I have a whole document written out of all the places I want my business to go. My visions are huge, but so is this land of Cannan that God is commanding Joshua to enter.  This is a land that covers 210 miles long and 120 miles wide. God has set everything up for a day like today. You’re ready. You’ve spent enough time building up the dream in your mind. If we trust that God has commanded us for a day like today. He’s asking you to rise up and take what is yours. #FindMyCalling #TargetMarketAndNiche

When I started my first business, it was my two best friends and me. We set out to build an amazing agency. One was (still is) an extremely talented graphic designer. The other was (still is) a genius in digital marketing. When one of them left for a full-time position at another company, I was hurt. Then when the other followed him a few years later to the same company, I was crushed. I struggled for years to find my identity again. I was lost and alone. The partnership had its flaws, but I preferred it over being by myself and losing what they brought to the table. We complemented each other’s talents. It seemed like we’d be together forever. We all have a past that we still hold on to. Some of us are holding on tight. Others of us have learned to let some of it go, but we all have residue. Through life, we’ll have relationships in our business and personal life that we’re going to lose. Breakups happen. Sometimes they come to a sudden end and we’re hurt and stuck at that moment for years. If we’re stuck with thoughts with an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, that hurt can be causing harm today if it’s not dealt with. If it's memories of former partners, ex-employees, past clients we used to depend heavily on for money, then we have to deal with that and also let it go. If we want to experience breakthroughs in our business and marriage, we need to make sure past relationships aren’t keeping us stuck in the past and unable to move as fast as we need to today. Today, we can ask God to see us through that pain. The bible says Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. (Psalms 27:10 NIV) The Word of God says to depend on no one, not even our own mothers and fathers. Seems pretty extreme, right? That’s the point the Psalmist is making here. It’s critically important that you stand and lean on God alone because misaligned relationships with other humans (partners, vendors, contractors, employees, prospects, former spouses, former boyfriends, and girlfriends) can threaten to keep you from your breakthrough! Even Psalms 118:8 says “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” You need to be determined that no matter what, you’ll depend on God during difficult periods of time in your business and marriage. Sometimes, difficulties can cause you to transport back in time to a happy place in a previous partnership when things were awesome. This is dangerous territory. It’s a self-defense mechanism. You avoid the pain of dealing with the issues today by going back in time. Listen, your tears are only temporary. Tomorrow brings a fresh set of opportunities. God’s going to bring your business and marriage to new levels in due time! Maybe the breakthrough isn’t coming because you’re not trusting and following God fully in your business and marriage? It’s time to let it go and live again! We’ve all lost a relationship both in our business and personal life, and that loss tore a piece of our heart and soul out. But we need to begin to ask God to bring that part of our life back. We need to let go of the pain and let God replace it with joy. We have to let go of the moment we lost someone that was important to us and leave the past in the past. God’s doing a new thing in our business and marriage! He’s taking our past and turning it into good! Imagine if we all believed God could do this. Imagine if all of us married Godpreneurs trusted and depended on Him and Him alone. I pray that Godpreneurs worldwide would receive this message and that God would do a new thing in all of our businesses and marriages. Godpreneur Rule: Godpreneurs remove any dependence on people or the past. Instead, our businesses and marriages are filled with God’s presence. #BusinessBibleStudy #MarriedEntrepreneurs 21 Days of Breakthroughs in Business and Marriage This course provides needed strength and faith, in the truth of God’s holy Word, for breakthroughs in both your business and marriage. Heard of the Godpreneur Academy? Grow Your Business, God’s Way! Bible-Based Video Courses for Entrepreneurs Putting God First In their Businesses Click here to create a Free Account

I once served the nightlife, but God rescued me, and now I serve the day life. I used to think I ran a typical web and graphic design shop, but God gave me an identity, and now I run a branding agency bringing entrepreneur's visions to life. I used to do branding for anyone and everyone, but God called me to work with purpose-focused entrepreneurs to help bring their message to the world. God rescued me. God gave me an identity. God called me. And now, I found meaning and purpose in the work that I do. And I tell prospects this redemption story over and over, and I end with "He wants to do the same for you and your business." See how it works? It took me a while to be able to articulate this and write it out. I started including it on my website, in my sales scripts, and even some social media posts. It’s part of my company’s key messaging strategy. We all have a good testimony to share. Every Godpreneur has a story of redemption - how God is using your business for His glory. We need to outline it, write it out, and commit it to memory. The Bible says, "And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it." (Habakkuk 2:2 ESV) Many times in scripture, God has someone to write something important down. In this case, God had a big vision that He wanted Habakkuk to write down and deliver it to the people. It’s a message that will impact them at a future time. In the same way, writing down your business testimony is a vision of the future that God gave you specifically. You need to write down the visions God gives you for your business and be willing to not only take action on them but share them with others as your testimony of faith. How to Write Your Business Testimony Every good story has three parts: A character has a problem: Business testimony: what problem did you personally have with the way things work in your industry? Product testimony: what problem does your potential client have? God comes along to inspire change: Business testimony: how did God convert your business into a God-first business? Product testimony: what solution did God inspire you to come up with? Victory is achieved (transformation): Business testimony: how is your business now bringing you more joy Product testimony: how are your products bringing real change in the marketplace, giving you meaning and purpose behind your work? Once you’ve identified your business and product testimonies, you write them out in one or two sentences. Business Testimony = character + solution + transformation Product Testimony = character + solution + transformation Your hero journey is the most powerful tool in your bag to sharing the gospel and winning more hearts and minds towards Christ. God will do the transformation in their lives, but He needs you to show and tell. An acupuncturist who puts God first can say something like, "I used to run a typical acupuncture business. One day I helped a bedridden woman walk again, and it was the best feeling in the world. That's when I knew God gave me Jesus' gift helping people walk again. That's my calling now." If you notice in the example above, it's such a simple statement. It's noticeable. It's shareable. It's unique. And it will help this acupuncturist authentically grow her business. God will bless her business and continue to bring her more in business because she's walking in obedience and sharing her testimony. If Jesus redeemed and rescued us in our business, we Christian entrepreneurs must include the story in our brand messaging! We must weave that story into any part of the business we can. What if we all knew how to tell our "God first" business story and shared Jesus with others during our time with clients? Imagine that! Here are some questions to help draw your story out. Questions What's your simple statement like the acupuncturist's "I help bedridden people walk again." How has Jesus rescued you in the marketplace? What's your "nightlife to day life" story? Why did you decide to follow Jesus, and how did it impact your business? #GainConfidence #AgencyOwners #ShareYourTestimony

Recently, I bought a loaf of bread from a local shop in my neighborhood, and while eating it, I chewed sand twice. That was too ridiculous and unbearable for me. What went through my mind immediately was that the Baker or Producer must be an irresponsible fellow. Checking through the nylon packaging, I spotted the producer’s contact and sent the following message. “Dear sir/ma’am, there is no time I eat your bread without chewing sand. Today’s experience was bad. Please pay more attention to your hygiene. Perhaps, this feedback will help you do better.” That was about the third time I bought and ate that particular bread due to necessity. It was not my usual brand from the supermarket. Not quite long after my message, the producer appreciated my feedback and apologized for the lousy service delivery. While in the discussion, he passed on the blame to the local shop. This aspect got me disgusted because the bread is usually delivered to the local shop already wrapped. I had expected him to take full responsibility for the poor services rather than trade blames. I interjected by saying to him, “so you don’t like customer complaints?” He recalled himself and made a remarkable statement, “You are my customer. I cannot consume all the bread I produce.” However, the call ended on a good note. I waited for a few days afterward to see if the man would call again to follow up and find out if I had bought another bread and what my latest experience was. He never did, though I never rebought the bread. He lost me and may lose others or the business in the long run. I want to assume, therefore, that; he had done nothing to improve the quality of his product. Sometimes or occasionally, we can have something go wrong with the products or services we offer. What makes the difference is the attitude we give to it and how much care we volunteer to the customer. The quality of our responses to customer complaints or feedbacks determines customers’ loyalty and the market share we can command. The Bible says, “Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men” (Proverbs 22:29 Amp). Businesses can go as far as the entrepreneur’s diligence can permit it. Diligence is more than hard work. It speaks of efficiency in our processes. A bad customer experience is a negative publicity to any business. Products and services consumers just want their exact needs met, and how they are served goes a long way to show how much care they have received. Diligence can settle all this. The Bible also says about responding to an unhappy customer; “A gentle response defuses anger, but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire” (Proverbs 15:1 MSG). Dear Christians entrepreneurs, I shared this personal consumer experience to draw your attention to your business and the customer’s following truth in a quick summary. You are in business because there is a consumer somewhere willing to buy your products or services. The consumer is the reason you launched your business idea. The consumer is your source of money. When a customer gives complaints, he wants to stick with you, therefore seeking satisfaction. Do not see complaints as the customer nagging. Take full responsibility if things go wrong, with a promise to remedy the situation. One dissatisfied customer can shut down your business in these days of social media, where information spread fast. Always work on customer feedbacks intentionally. Pay a visit, if need be, and let them know the improvement you have made. Do your best to retain your customers and consumers (end users). Business is not all about you but about the customer. Your decisions must be a reflection of what the customer wants and not what you want. Think from the customer’s mindset. Structure quality control systems in your business. Never allow negative images and publicity in your business. We can have better businesses where the customer is happy to relate with us regularly. By the grace of God, we can afford to be diligent in our businesses and enjoy growth by how much we increase the quality of our customer relationships. #DifferentiatingMyself

I’m not kidding, but the guy who quoted “Don’t Follow Your Dreams, Chase Them” is a gentleman by the name of Richard Dumb (look it up, not kidding). And there’s no coincidence here….because it’s plain dumb thinking.  In fact, you’re supposed to follow your dreams and STOP chasing them. When I hear the word chase, I get a negative connotation.  Most of the time I’m using or hearing the word chase, it's in a bad way.  Chasing means something is running away from me. We’re all chasing something, right?  We chase our dreams, we chase the girl or boy, we chase for the next accomplishment. But what does God say about chasing? Proverbs 12:11 says: Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense. Instead of chasing after God, we should be working on the current assignment he has given us. Instead of chasing after money, we should be working the current income we’ve been blessed with. Instead of chasing after the next shiny bright object in your entrepreneurial career and in your business, you should be working the current business you’ve been given. Land back in the day was inherited.  So it was understood that you work your inheritance, which was given to you free from being part of the family.  It was your birth right. And when we as Godpreneurs take up our calling to follow the entrepreneurial steps God has ordained for us, we too inherit a land (business) to work. Godpreneur rule #29:  Godpreneurs work in their gifting and God-breathed identity and don’t chase after what looks to be better. #BusinessBibleStudy #FindMyCalling

I've heard the phrase "that’s what I was born to do” my whole life in different situations. Athletes say it all the time when talking about their career choice. Musicians use it to explain their amazing talents. I’ve even heard entrepreneurs tell it to me in regards to the business they are starting. When I say I’m “born to do” something means that I’m stinking good at it! It’s borderline bragging, but humbly. It’s a confidence in my gifts and talents, letting the others around me know I can be trusted in this particular area. I believe we were all born to do a particular business, it’s just some of us have found it, others are still searching, and even more, have no idea they were born… created… for something great. So how can we all discover exactly what we were born to do? First, we need to understand the exact words…. Born… To… Do? The Bible says: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb". (Psalms 139:13 NIV) When you say you were born to do something, you’re saying 3 things: Born – God knit you together. He created you. He ordained your life to be born. He made it so that Alex Miranda would be born on October 22, 1980. To – You have been pre-positioned. In God’s great plan, your existence was thought of and planned out. Do – You’ve been called to live out the very thing you were fashioned in the womb for. A calling is an act to stand up, go, and do it. To even say the words “I was born for this” is an acknowledgment that something out there pre-thought about your existence and is allowing you to exercise that calling today. You might have heard people saying “I was born for this,” but do they really know what they are saying? Culturally, you say it as normal street language, but if you sit down to think about it, every time someone says it, Christian, or not, they are acknowledging the existence of a creator. The Bible says: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord , “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV) The biggest problem humanity has our desire to take the credit for everything in our life, and not give credit to where credit is due. When we find ourselves lost in a sea of endless to-do lists, bombarded with opportunities, and distracted by technology, it will be easy for us to get overwhelmed and wonder – what’s this all for, and I missing out on something more? This is exactly where God wants us today! He wants us in a place of total dependence on Him and His calling over our business lives. It’s at this exact point where you acknowledge and recognizes that He has a plan, and it’s your job to uncover, discover, and recover what has been yours from birth! Today, we begin a journey to discover what God has us born to do in business. He created us Godpreneurs uniquely. To do this, our first step is to acknowledge and believe the words BORN TO DO are true in every sense of the individual words and the phrase altogether. It’s totally giving credit to the inventor, the creator, the originator of life. When we give credit to where credit is due, our mindset changes about everything! Our focus changes as we connect our entire business’s existence to the way we were personally designed by God. To find out exactly what we were born to do, we must be transformed by the renewing of our minds (Rom 12:2). Once our minds acknowledge our birthright, every decision can be tested against that calling. And once we're in that zone, we can throw off everything that hinders us from letting us run with perseverance the race marked out for us (Hebrews 12:1) Welcome to what I was born to do….welcome, to the Born to Do Method. #BusinessBibleStudy #FindMyCalling The Business God Created You To Start Have you ever wondered why you received the talents and gifts you have been given? We, as entrepreneurs, were born to do. Heard of the Godpreneur Academy? Grow Your Business, God’s Way! Bible-Based Video Courses for Entrepreneurs Putting God First In their Businesses Click here to create a Free Account

Entrepreneurs, who do you follow on your social media accounts? Are you following that entrepreneur that’s making tons of cash, but you know he’s up to no good? Are you following that business owner who’s always posting about the new shoes he bought, but doesn’t have your same morals and beliefs? The cheater? The stuck-up? The crook? The mean guy?  The stranger? Who to Follow and Unfollow The more wise and knowledgeable the persons you follow are, the better your chances at staying on track with the vision that was set out for YOUR life, as opposed to wishing to have the life of someone else. Who are you going to unfollow, and follow today? Which social media account do you need to take a break from? Here are some resources of good people to follow: The 10 Most Influential Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter 40 Incredible Entrepreneurs to Follow on Instagram Without good direction, us entrepreneurs lose our way. Your Entrepreneurial Compass, Alex Miranda #FindingMyBrand #BuildMyPersonalBrand