You and your business partner are unique individuals and God is creative in the way He wants to use both of your gifts together. COURSE HERE Finding meaning and purpose in life is one of the most basic human needs that we all desire. Uncovering why our business exists is the most fundamental element of perfectly branding business for growth and success. And now that you’re in a business partnership, God has some fundamental lessons he wants you to discover so you can run a purpose-focused partnership. TAKE COURSE HERE #GodpreneurAcademy #BusinessBibleStudy #BusinessPartnerships

This business Bible study will help you to discover the who, the how, and the why of sharing your entrepreneurial testimony. COURSE HERE Have you ever struggled about telling your testimony in business? It is usual for us to tell our testimonies at Church but how it is when it comes to your business? It may be scary but not as hard as you might think. A testimony is a powerful declaration of what God has done for you personally and regarding the marketplace. As you share the greatness of God with other people you glorify Him and allow other people to hear and see his mercy upon your life. During this course, I’ll be helping you discover the importance of sharing your entrepreneurial testimony as we go towards the lessons. TAKE COURSE HERE #BusinessBibleStudy

I’ve been doing logos and websites since 2005. We used to shoot first and ask later. In other words, I would take people’s money first, get started on projects, and then I would start asking questions as we were producing work. I needed the money, I had my eyes on the green, and I was willing to do whatever to get it as fast as possible. After all, most clients presumably needed their projects 911 fast! It’s no wonder projects took forever, there were tons of changes, and we spent a lot of time having to undo and redo tasks. We would eventually fix things, but it came to be done after a lot of time spent. Another unintended consequence of not planning was that I wasn’t taking the time to consult the client through the big decision they were about to invest in. After all, we’re talking about starting their business and giving them an identity. That’s a big deal for a new entrepreneur. Years later I realized that if I spent more time planning with the client before starting, I could save a lot of time and money not having to go back. Planning literally cut the time of project completion in half. Furthermore, the more time I spent planning with my client, the more I could consult them in the right direction. Before collecting deposits, I had to learn to stop, look, and listen. Do you have a tendency to leap into projects without weighing them carefully? That can be a good thing if the client is under the gun and needs their stuff for a trade show that’s this weekend. However, being impulsive can be fatal for your business if in your haste you are run over by oncoming traffic. Control your impulses and respond prudently. How? I started selling a strategy session BEFORE selling them logos and websites. I broke up projects into 2 parts. You first buy consulting and strategizing. We would work through all the possible scenarios, business options, and creative directions. This lets me slow down the process and intelligently enter the project. With a plan, the execution took HALF the time. Oh, and I got to make money upfront by providing my expertise on brand strategy. The Bible warns against being imprudent. "Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for someone else. If you can’t pay it, even your bed will be snatched from under you". Proverbs 22:26‭-‬27 NLT A careful Godpreneur will not be right in every decision he or she makes, but will not enter into any decision too lightly either. The prudent business owner understands that everything does not turn out the way it seems it will at first glance. So we think our decisions through, especially the ones with wider implications. Godpreneurs weigh our decisions carefully so we can double our profits. We can smear all of our profit in a moment of haste. #SharpenLeadership

OK, we’re going to have the money talk. I want to make millions! Heck, why not go for a cool billion while I’m opening up to you. I don’t know what I’d do with it all. What I do know is that I wouldn’t have college loans looming over me. I wouldn’t have issues paying bills month to month. My credit cards would be paid off. I’d have money for retirement and my kid's college would be paid off. What do all entrepreneurs have in common? One thing is the love of money and dependence on it. This vice affects the successful as well as the struggling business owner. Successful entrepreneurs are burdened by how to keep cash flow and profits and those barely scraping by in their ventures are haunted by how to get money from the next client. To both groups, money can be a curse that plagues them all their lives and affects the way they see things. How do we balance our spiritual lives with the need for money to keep our businesses going? A rich business owner can be poor spiritually and a poor entrepreneur can be rich in his inner being. What drives you? I know very few wealthy business owners who are truly “rich” and yet I know many poor entrepreneurs who truly are independently wealthy in their soul. Which would you rather be? Better yet, what would God want us to be? The Bible says: "First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord ?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name". Proverbs 30:8‭-‬9 NLT We live in a business world of contrasts. I have noticed that money can cause a sort of blindness that is difficult to overcome for any entrepreneur. It makes us self-reliant and creates an illusion of being self-sustaining. It makes me focus on myself rather than why I got in business: to help others. I start serving the master of money instead of my boss: God The more money I make, the harder it becomes to donate my 10% to the church A wise Godpreneur knows that adequate funding does not make us successful any more than having eyes enables us to see. Blindness has many forms. How is your sight? Godpreneur Rule: Don’t let your love of money blind you to what is truly important or valuable in your business. Money is only a tool to help more people—it doesn’t make you rich. #NewEntrepreneurs #MakeMoreMoney

All the major financial teachers out there recommend to take 10% of your income and put it into an “education account.” Like tithing and saving, personal development through education is an essential component of solid financial management. I’m guilty of spending money on things that comfort me instead of educating me and make me wiser. I’ll easily purpose to save money to go to Disney World, but I won’t intentionally save money to go to a business conference. We all do this. We easily spend money on things that comfort us, but it’s a chore to invest in something that will make us wiser. But if we want to grow our character and truly make God first in our businesses, we need to grow wiser. The Bible shows us that it’s wiser to invest in our personal growth. "Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well." (Proverbs 23:23 NIV) God wants you to take some of your money and invest it into yourself and your spiritual growth. It’s why the major financial teachers have you take 10% of your income and put it into an education account. This could be used for attending seminars, buying books, taking courses, and joining membership platforms like GodFirst.Biz to increase your knowledge of business AND God. “Grow in spiritual strength and become better acquainted with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 3:18 God wants you to educate yourself ALWAYS, even after college is over. I’m part of a monthly group of Godpreneurs that gathers to talk about “what’s working now” strategies in our businesses and our walk with God. The investment in time into attending and being part of the group counts towards my education fund. I also pay for monthly subscriptions to 2 different online membership platforms that help me to grow in specific business areas I lack in. We can’t become the Christian business owners God wants us to be without investing time and resources into leveling up our skills and education. When we Godpreneurs invest in anything that helps us grow, we’re telling that our mind is set on knowing and growing closer to Him. He blesses that obedience and brings more resources and opportunities around us. Godpreneur Money Rule #12: Godpreneurs become to God wants us to be by investing in ourselves, and God smiles because we use our money the right way. #BusinessBibleStudy #DifferentiatingMyself #BecomeDisciplined #SharpenLeadership The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management 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

The dictionary defines productivity as “the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured regarding the rate of output per unit of input.” I consider myself a student of productivity.  I’m always trying to figure out how I can produce more value, more websites, more brand launches, more blogging, and more training.  I know I only have a certain number of hours per day, so if I want to do more within that time, as the definition says, I must become more productive. When I’m more productive, I’m able to produce more income for my business and my family, thus directly impacting my ability to manage my finances better.  Productivity is a key to great financial management. We entrepreneurs are naturally productive.  Why?  Because we “produce” our income.  We take our input of time and create an output of a service or product, which then produces income. But if we’re not focused on productivity, and it’s effect on our ability to do more for ourselves and the Kingdom of God, we’re missing out on a tremendous opportunity that God has afforded us. The Bible says: "You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day." (Deuteronomy 8:18 ESV) Productivity comes down to two main concepts that you must keep in mind. Being Productive Produces Wealth Being Productive Is For God To use an extreme example, let’s say you were unemployed and received benefits from the Government.  You’re bringing in income to yourself and your family, but you’re not productive because you are receiving more than you are putting back in. On the other hand, if you can turn a 2-hour investment of time into a $50 service you sell, then you are productive.  And the name of the game is to try to lessen the input (fewer hours), increase the output (better service), and create more wealth (increase in the price of your service). That’s productivity.  That’s healthy financial management. And this productivity is further enhanced when we’re putting God First in our desire to be more productive.  Greed comes when we’re productive, but only for ourselves and our selfish (flesh) desires. Greed if followed by its ugly cousins of pride and envy.  This is why selling drugs can produce a lot of wealth, but for a very wrong reason. But when we’re in our calling, bringing God’s visions to life, and running our businesses His way, we’re productive to produce wealth so that we can give more to others.  We desire to create more jobs, add more value to our industry and marketplaces, and give back more to charitable causes our heart’s desire to support. We have a choice.  We’re either going to be people who take wealth or people to produce wealth.  The more people that take wealth, the less healthy a business is and the more it’s setting itself up for a collapse.  That’s why people who borrow on credit cards more than they produce in services get into bankruptcy.  They took more than they produced.  They were unproductive. Godpreneurs are producers of wealth.  God designed us that way.  And our hearts are aligned with His heart.  This obedience to the way things are supposed to be will help you produce more wealth that you now have to manage correctly. Great financial management keeps productivity top-of-mind because it keeps us focused on the way God created the ability to produce wealth.  It’s His ultimate design for entrepreneurs. Godpreneur Money Rule #15:  Godpreneurs create wealth by creating opportunities to help more people through our ability to produce beneficial products and services.  The more people we help, the more wealth we create, the more Christ-like we become. #BusinessBibleStudy #MakeMoreMoney The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management 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

"Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." (Proverbs 3:9-10) When you tithe, you are showing God that we have our priorities straight in our finances.  You are letting Him that you and your business are committed to keeping the lights on at HIS place of worship – your church.  What God uses your business supports your church. The reason I bring up the tithe as a “membership fee” is so that you would possibly think differently about it.  You’ve probably heard the pastor at your church give all the various verses of tithing, but maybe nobody’s ever put it to you in this way. Personally, if I want to make a change of habit in my life, I have to think differently than I did before to jolt my brain into a new pattern. The same way we put aside money to pay for critical things like rent, cell phone, and car, we need to plan for the tithe in our financial budget. It should be a line item expense that we can’t operate our business without paying. Godpreneur Money Rule #16: Godpreneurs honor God’s plan and purpose for tithing. We allow God to use our business to support our church and it’s growth. #BusinessBibleStudy #BecomeDisciplined #GodpreneurAcademy The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management 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 used to think that entrepreneurship was this glorious career with awesome partnerships and great teams of people working together for something awesome. But this isn’t how it panned out for me. Entrepreneurship was incredibly lonely, especially at the beginning of starting something. Owning a business was lonely for me because I out-worked everyone I partnered with, so I found myself doing more work than I bargained for. I also felt lonely because friends were making more money than me, and here I was playing catchup in the back. This rat race left me working tireless hours, alone, with all my attention on the business. Often, this feeling of being alone has stifled my creativity and sucked all the energy out of me, to the point where I pause my calling or quit on the vision altogether. We all have this calling over our business to bring something remarkable to the marketplace, but for some of us, the thought of going at it alone is just too much to move forward with. Others of us may feel alone in our thoughts because we’ve asked for help and haven’t received it, or we’ve thrown our idea out to others, and nobody is responding the way we expected. We could also feel alone because we don’t want to share our ideas with others because we think of them as competition and they’ll steal the idea. The enemy wants to use this feeling of loneliness and seclusion to kill our calling. But God didn’t design entrepreneurship to be a lonely experience. We’re called to fellowship with one another. There’s a group of Christians God has put around us to bounce ideas off of, get encouragement, accountability, prayer, and support. By design, through our unity in Jesus, we were given to each other to accomplish the work God has set out for each of us individually. We’re not as alone as we may think we are. The Bible says: For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. (Romans 12:4‭-‬8 NIV) God designed entrepreneurs within one body – one family – to break bread together, to share ideas with, support each other’s businesses, and serve each other with our callings. Are you in regular fellowship with the Christian entrepreneurs in your church family? Do you have a support group or mastermind of business owners that meet regularly? If not, this could be the reason why you might be feeling lonely in your calling. Your church family is a great place to break bread with other entrepreneurs. You can also form our crew of God-first business owners to meet with periodically. (Visit www.godfirstmeetups.biz to learn how to form your group with my free resources) If you find yourself thinking thoughts or competition or comparing your success with others, this will only cause you to retreat even more and isolate yourself into this state of loneliness. Instead, recognize that God set the example through Jesus and his disciples of comforting one another and encouraging and building each other up. Jesus designed Godpreneurial families to complete each other, not to compete with each other. We are one in Christ and one powerful body of innovation and hope in our marketplaces. Our calling becomes Spirit-empowered when we bring it in fellowship with the spirit of other Christian entrepreneurs. Imagine if all around the world, we saw the family of God working together to create products and services that move society forward, solve big problems, and better equip us to thrive here while we wait to be called into our next life. Together (not alone), we can intentionally be praying, sacrificing, giving, serving, teaching, and preaching trough our brands so we can fulfill the Great Commission in our respective marketplaces. Together (not alone), we can host conferences, interview each other for podcasts, collaborate on courses, a joint venture on products and services, co-author books, blog to each other, and create a movement. We’re not alone when, together, we further God’s Kingdom and glory through our calling to GODpreneurship. Let’s defeat the enemy of loneliness by purposing to break bread with other Godpreneurs as we lovingly encourage, support, and serve each other through masterminds, meetups, and church gatherings. Together, we can defeat the enemy that wants to kill our calling by fulfilling God’s desire for us to Unite to shine His light brighter in the world. I pray that you find (or create) a Godpreneur family near you to share your abilities and calling! In Jesus name, amen! #FindMyCalling #BusinessBibleStudy #BusinessPartnerships 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

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. (Proverbs 21:5 NIV) Financial planning in business is about keeping track of 4 things How much money you owe (debt) What you own (assets) How much money you make (sales revenue) What your costs are for making that money (fixed and variable expenses) Having an excel spreadsheet that you look at almost DAILY is the key to developing amazing financial management skills. If reading the Bible every morning is the most important thing you do, then reading your financial status needs to be the 2nd most important thing you do daily. YES… IT’S THAT IMPORTANT! See, if you only glance at your money once in a while, it will be gone before you know it. The Bible says “Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. (Proverbs 23:5 NIV) If you aren’t sure how to budget for your business, see an accountant or pick up a book on accounting for business. Maybe reach out to a successful Godpreneur and take them to lunch and ask them what they do daily, weekly, and monthly to manage the books in their business. We can’t just glance at money. We have businesses. We Godpreneurs are passionate about our calling, but we need to be more passionate about selling our calling!! How much further can our calling get if we focus on being financially responsible every day! Godpreneur Money Rule #17 – Godpreneurs tell their money where to go and what to do by keeping strict financial accounting. #BusinessBibleStudy #MakeMoreMoney #GodpreneurAcademy The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management 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’ve suffered in my entrepreneurial career from the frustration of unrealized dreams. There’s so much more I want to do and be, and at times I let my mind get stuck in a pattern of anger, disappointment and failure because of where I’m at now and where I want to be. I am naturally an ambitious visionary, and there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s actually my gifting. What’s wrong is when I allow my mind to live and exist in that space in the future. It’s fine to go there in your mind in terms of vision planning; it’s not fine to stay stuck there. Why? Because it’s fake. It’s not reality. It’s not today. It’s tomorrow, and today has its beauty. God never guaranteed us tomorrow, only what we have now. When we live in ambition, we rob ourselves of what’s most important: serving the people that He’s put around us today, TODAY. The Bible says: "A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished." (proverbs 28:20) Again, there is nothing wrong with healthy discontent of where we’re at financially or in rankings, but we cannot always live in the world of our aspirations; sometimes we must live in the world of our present circumstances. Has your ambition gotten you down? Are you angry with God for the realities you face from day to day? Do you need a way out of your failure and disappointment? What is your greatest ambition? Are you willing to let it go to serve God fully and wholly today in and through your business? You are masterful and wonderful today. You are doing better than you think you are. The only reason you don’t feel good today is because you’re trying to live in a non existent future version of your business, and that’s not God’s design. Today, there are clients and employees that believe in you most. Gaining their approval and satisfaction is more important than your aspirations. Godpreneurs always do their best TODAY, knowing that God will lift us up and never let us fail. #NewEntrepreneurs #EnhanceFocus

Entrepreneurs are plagued by FOMO - fear of missing out. Stock traders probably go through this. I wouldn't know; I don't trade stocks, but I could imagine if I were, every day I'd be like, "oh man, I'm going to get this stock because I don't want to miss out on the value going up." If we're honest, we do the same thing in business. One reason we get in a hurry and ignore the spirit's nudge for us to wait is that we think we’re falling behind. A competitor is coming out with a similar product or service. Our friend got this big piece of software, so I probably need it too. The guy in the office down the hall is expanding to take up two more suites, and I better call the landlord to get another suite too before there are no more. We have to get into eCommerce, or we are getting behind, left out of the wave. Well, here's what my grandma taught me: what has your name on it will not go to anyone else. What belongs to you will not go to another person. I'll never forget preaching I heard about King David. David was out in the shepherd’s fields when the prophet came to his house to anoint one of the sons as the next king. David’s father Jesse didn’t even bring David in. He thought, “there’s no way it’s David. He’s too young.” When Samuel went to pour the oil on the other seven sons, the oil wouldn’t flow. What I took from this as a business owner was that no matter how hard someone tries to get what’s mine, they may manipulate, connive, ignore, leave me out; the oil is not going to flow to them. Godpreneurs, what has your name on it is coming your way - the employee, the partner, the contract, the opportunity, the invention cannot go to anyone else. God called YOU specifically to something; it’s your birthright. That's how a calling from God works. This is why we don’t have to live jealous or envious of other business owners. "Well, Alex, my former business partner took my idea and ran with it, and that's not fair." Listen, Godpreneurs, if that product, service, or invention were supposed to be yours, you would have it. #WaitingOnGod

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Normally, this Bible verse is used to help new mothers and fathers understand their role as parents. In this case, I’m showing it to you to reinforce the fact that YOU were trained as a child the way you should go with your finances, and you’re not departing from it because that’s how God designed us. What if we were trained WRONG? Then we have some UNTRAINING to do. Unfortunately, for the 80% of the world that lives paycheck to paycheck, you’re not able to get out of the pattern you’re in because you were taught from a very young age to invoke wrong money thoughts and habits. Whether you have thousands, millions, billions, your income hardly ends up deviating from the levels that were set for you in your childhood. Why? Because your mind regulates your money habits like a thermostat. If your thermostat is set too low, as soon as you get your hands on some extra cash, you throw your money around. But, if your thermostat is set on high, that is, on wealth, you immediately offset a money shortage by saving and usually make sure your wealth grows. The sad reality is that most Godpreneurs are programmed from childhood to earn a low income, which means we all have the potential to be trusted with a lot of money – but very few of us manage to keep the money and accumulate lasting wealth. In contrast, billionaires (Christian or not) may lose unspeakable quantities of money at times, but they always regain their wealth because they think like billionaires. Godpreneur Rule: Godpreneurs learn to disregard our old thought patterns and overwrite them with Kingdom thinking. #MakeMoreMoney #BusinessBibleStudy Secrets of the Millionaire Mind A Christian entrepreneur’s book summary of the New York Times best-seller Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. 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

Sometimes I wish I worked for a big advertising agency where leads were handed to me, the operation was already a well-oiled machine that others manage, and I just had to come in with the big idea, say a few words, drop the microphone, and be on with my day. What a dream! For those of you that aren’t in the Marketing world, I pretty much laid out the perfect situation that almost anyone would want to be in. Lately, I’ve been experiencing this wonder in my businesses around the concept of “You don’t have to do marketing if you’ve been marked by God.” What’s been happening to me is that if I stay in line with what my purpose is in business, and I’m able to pick up on the opportunities that are all around me already, I don’t have to struggle with finding clients…they come to me! We all have a “dream scenario” we wish was the case in our businesses. And I believe we all have the opportunity to make this dream come to life, but there are a couple of things that need to line up. First, we need to be doing what we were born to do. When I consult my clients in finding their brand identity, I’m trying to find what they were “born to do” and help them adjust their business towards that higher purpose. Write down your perfect dream scenario, your perfect client, your perfect prospect. That’s likely to be what you were born to do. Second, you have to see the opportunities around you. God isn’t trying to make life hard for you, we do that to ourselves. There is plenty of money in this world, plenty of people that need what you have to offer, but we’re the ones not obeying and responding to the opportunities. Yes, that means calling back that person that’s been wanting to work with you, that you’re passing off in your mind as a non-opportunity. That’s God, knocking with opportunity. In the book of Acts chapter 10, we see Peter being guided by God to go visit Cornelius. But before that, we see Cornelius being instructed to go get Peter. They didn’t have Internet, there was no way of Peter knowing Cornelius's men were coming, and there was no way Cornellius knew his men would be well received. They were both responding to the spirit. In the same way that Peter and Cornelius were open to the opportunity that God was lining up, he wants to do the same in our entrepreneurial lives. But realize that both Peter and Cornellius 1) were doing what they were born to do, and 2) responded without question to the spirit. As a Godpreneuer, you make yourself available to God for anything. He’s the boss, you’re the superstar employee that follows directions. He’s the visionary, you’re the executor of His great plan and purpose. He has people He needs you to be in a relationship with because He needs them to see Him in you. God could send anyone else to sell Him the service or product you provide, but instead, He wants to use you. Are you ready to answer the call? Godpreneur Rule #46: Godpreneurs pursue spirit-led opportunities. #BusinessBibleStudy #MarketingMyServices

Business is something I can control. I can hire and fire, change prices, go in a new direction, implement a new system. Life doesn’t seem to be so “controllable” for me. I feel more need for God in my LIFE than in my business. But this is a LIE. If we allow, a business can be a veil we can hide behind. Yes or no: Business can equal Busy-Ness. Right? 2 Corinthians 3:18 says: "So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord’s Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord." I’ve decided that there is more distinction between business and personal. It's all God’s, and the veils we hide behind need to be lifted for the world to see. #WhatBusinessIShouldStart #GainConfidence

I remember wanting to know God’s will for my business life in very specific areas: who to hire, who to fire, what niche to serve, what business partner to joint venture with, what personal development coach to hire. I wanted to know what God wanted me to do in particular situations, and I wanted to know NOW! While there were times when the message came loud, clear, and immediately, most of the time God doesn’t work this way. Instead, knowing God’s specific plan for my business became a matter of digging into a deeper understanding of HIS specific plan for the world. What I’ve come to realize is that this is God’s movie, and I’m an actor. I’ve been cast the part of coming up with this business because He’s directing a big blockbuster hit. The problems come when I go off the script. Even worse problems arise when I don’t even know what the current scene is all about and how it ties into the movie. Imagine that sometimes I forget I’m even in the movie! I use this metaphor to make my point: I understand what the Lord’s will is in the entire world, not just my business. Understanding is more than superficially knowing that I’m here to do logos and websites for people. The Bible says: "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms," Ephesians 1:18‭-‬20 NIV From these verses, I see that God’s ultimate purpose is to unite all things in Christ. I am called, first, to follow Christ. From that calling, I then begin to see the secondary calling (my business) and all of the decisions I need to make. Seeing my secondary calling through my primary calling helps me understand my business, expands my mind, shapes my heart, moves me, and gives order to everything else I think about in my business. The more I understand, truly and deeply, God’s will for the entire world, the more I understand His will for my clients. The brand story that I come up with for my clients is shaped by God’s own story for their lives, His purpose becomes their purpose, and my heart becomes His own. It’s through this beautiful exchange that I’ve come to understand my own secondary calling: to help rid the world of an identity crisis by revealing to my clients what they were born to do. I pray God continues to give me a spirit of wisdom and revelation so I can know Him better. In knowing Him better, I know my clients better. #BusinessBibleStudy #FindingMyCalling