Church for Entrepreneurs

Imagine a dad promises to buy a car for his daughter. If the daughter doesn't believe her dad's word, then she is expressing that she feels her dad is lying and untrustworthy. This is the same situation when we don't believe God's written word in the Bible or His spoken word to our spirit: we are basically calling God a liar. Listen to today's Word Training to learn more about this idea.

When God calls you to entrepreneurship, He has called you to a long-term project that will expand your entire life. With this proper mindset, you are able to have the faith and patience necessary to succeed at your calling. In today's Faith Chat, learn more about this idea.

We are concluding our our teaching (for now) on the Word for 2019 of "Radical Giving and Receiving." In today's message, you will learn how to access radical giving and receiving through your marriage.

Last year, we got great feedback from our online Children's Church. We praise God that many kids and families were blessed from it. This year, Children's Church is graduating to its own YouTube channel called "God's Word for Me - Kid Church." Each Saturday, you can expect a brand-new message that teaches your kids the Word of God from a kid's perspective. Usually, we email each Saturday when a new message is released. However, we will shortly begin to phase out the Saturday emails. Therefore, to get notified when a new Kid Church message is live, please subscribe to our new YouTube channel and click the notification bell. Also, please share our YouTube channel with other families.

We are continuing to teach on the Word for 2019 of "Radical Giving and Receiving." In today's message, you will learn how to access radical giving and receiving with your time spent studying the Word of God.

We are continuing to teach on the Word for 2019 of "Radical Giving and Receiving." In today's message, you will learn how to access radical giving and receiving through your business by sowing three types of seeds of financial success in your business.

At the beginning of each year, God shares with me a concept that He desires for those who are connected with Church for Entrepreneurs to focus on for that entire year. For 2019, the concept is "Radical Giving and Receiving." Take a listen to this first message of the New Year to learn more about this concept.

Have a merry Christmas and happy New Year! I pray that your holiday season is blessed and you are able to spend quality time with family and friends. From December 24 to 31 we are taking an end-of-year break, which means our next podcast will not air until January 1, 2019. When we come back, we will minister the Word God has given us for 2019. Talk to you soon.

Christmas is less than 3 days away, and kids across the world are very excited about receiving toys. However, what is Christmas really about? In today's Children's Church lesson, Pastor April teaches about the Glory of Christmas.

Most entrepreneurs are not lazy, but many of us lack diligence, which is focused activity over a significant period of time. We may easily become distracted by other activities or simply get bored of certain tasks. These tendencies cause us to deviate from our calling, which results in slow or no success. Whereas diligence always produces success.

Most times with God, you have to travel awhile along your journey to fully see what God is calling you to do. You begin with partial information, but the vision gets clearer as you take steps along the path. This is exactly what happened to me when I started the Church for Entrepreneurs about four and a half years ago. When I first started, I knew a little, but now I see the vision from God about this ministry. On today's podcast, I am sharing our vision with you. As you are listening, check your spirit to see if God is leading you to partner with our vision.

Usually between where you are now and your next level is a financial gap. For example, you are working a day job and a side entrepreneurial project. The day job is draining, and you're ready to go all in on entrepreneurship. It doesn't make financial sense to quit, but you are so ready to leave the job. In this situation, consider if Holy Spirit is leading you to take a transition step before making the leap into full-time entrepreneurship.

Have you ever heard the saying "I am just an old sinner saved by grace?" This sounds holy, but it doesn't correctly describe your identity in Christ. You cannot be both a sinner and saved. In today's Word Training, discover your true identity in Christ, so you can come boldly to God as a son or daughter and receive your inheritance of success in this life and the next.

When we experience failure in life, if we are not careful, we can harden our hearts towards God. This is dangerous because a hard heart cannot have faith, which is the force by which we receive success from God. In a very real way, a hardened heart towards God blocks your success in life and in your calling.

Christmas is less than 10 days away. In today's Children's Church lesson, Pastor April will teach about Jesus as the gift God gave us for Christmas.

I have a single thought I want to share with you: "God is not the author of confusion." Any area of your life where there is disorder and/or a lack of clarity, God is not the author of that. An author is someone who creates. God creates peace, which is order and clarity, not confusion. Listen to today's Word Training to learn more about this concept and gain insight from Holy Spirit on how to bring peace to all areas of your life and calling.

In today's Faith Chat, I am continuing to share the things God is instructing me to do so my calling can go to the next level. The focus for today is the idea that I need to create better family support systems, which will lead to exponential success in my calling. Take a listen to learn more about this idea and check your spirit for how you can use this information for your life and calling.

In today's message, I am answering a question from one of the members of the Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur community. Their question is "Should I be a lender to my brothers and sisters in Christ?" Here is a paraphrase of the question: I understand that debt is not a sin, however being in debt is like being a slave to the lender. The Bible also says we are to be lenders and not borrowers. If debt is so bad, then why shall we lend to others so they can be in debt and therefore be slaves to us? Why not just give and forget and not lend and expect it back from the borrower?

Have you been praying for success in entrepreneurship but it seems like your prayers are not being answered? If so and you're married, then check the state of your marriage. You see, the Word of God teaches us that if our marriages are in disrepair, that will hinder our prayers. This means that there is a direct connection between the success of your marriage and your entrepreneurial success. Listen to today's Word Training to learn more about this concept.

Think about the time when you were in high school. In order to advance to the next grade, you had to pass some tests. In the same way, to advance to the next level in your vision, God is going to give you a test first. In today's message, we'll learn how God tests us to determine if we are ready to advance to the next phase of our calling.

It is the most wonderful time of the year. It's Christmas! In today's Children's Church lesson, Pastor April is teaching about how God loved us so much that He gave us his greatest gift.

Over these last few Faith Chats, God has instructed me to open up about the transition He is leading me through. God desires for the Church for Entrepreneurs (CFE) to go to the next level, but the next level requires me to work at CFE full time. This means I need to leave behind some financial opportunities that have been providing for my family, so I can free up my time to give fully to CFE. As you can imagine, this presents some interesting family challenges with tough conversations. In today's Faith Chat, I am sharing how God has instructed me to approach going to the next level without crushing my family financially. As you consume today's message, listen for how God is uniquely leading you to making your own transition to the next level.

In today's message, I am answering a question from one of our listeners. The question is, "Should Christians be secretive in business dealings?" The scenario behind this question is that this listener and their cousin are starting a Christian radio station. They want to purchase a radio commercial in an effort to learn about the process of selling radio air time and commercials. However, they don't want to reveal to the radio station the real reason behind the purchase of the commercial. They are wondering whether, as Christians, can they be secret shoppers (in a sense), or should they be transparent about their motives?

When God instructs you to take the next step in your calling, your circumstances will give you a million reasons why you cannot do it. These reasons will be really compelling and will cause some emotion stress. However, we must overcome the conflict between our circumstances and our next move. In today's Faith Chat, I am sharing how God is helping me overcome my conflict with the next move He has instructed me to take in my calling. Use my situation to help gain insight into how you can overcome your own conflicts between your circumstances and the next move God has instructed you to take.

We are only a few days away from going into 2019. To achieve all God has called you to do next year, you may need to cut some things that were actually successful in 2018. We need to make room for the new things God has for us to do next year.

As we approach the end of the end of the year, it's a time when we evaluate whether or not we've achieved our goals for the year. If our goals are unmet it is easy to become depressed, which hinders us from setting goals for the next year. However, it is inevitable that along our entrepreneurial journey we will all have unmet goals. In today's Faith Chat, I am discussing how I handle not meeting my goals. I am sharing my response to unmet goals to give you food for thought on how you can approach your unmet goals.

Today's Children's lesson is a rebroadcast from July 2018. In this lesson, your children will learn what faith is, how do we get it, and how do we use it. Also, they will discover that, as believers, we should live by faith and that faith pleases God.

In today's message, I am answering a question from one of our listeners. The question is, "How do I say no to well-meaning people?" The scenario behind this question is that well-meaning people are giving them advice on what they should do to make money so they can provide for their family. However, this advice goes against the calling God has given them. Listen to today's message to discover the danger of following the wrong advice from well-meaning people, and learn how to gently (but firmly) tell them no.

I have discovered through the Word of God that when we have a financial need, asking God to give us money is the wrong prayer to pray. The reason is that God can only give us what He has. Money is a human creation, not a God creation. Therefore, we need to ask God for what He can give, and what God gives is wisdom that leads to you making money.

From advising many Christian entrepreneurs from around the world, I have discovered that most of us already know what God has called us to do. The problem is that we are afraid to do it. Once we overcome the fear and do it, success will flow.

There is a misconception among some believers about the purpose of the Bible. They study it looking to find God's specific plan for their lives. However, they become disappointed when they can't find it. The reason is that God designed the Bible to teach us spiritual principles, not to give us an exact blueprint for our lives and calling. However, if we learn the principles, then with help from the Holy Spirit, we can discover our own blueprint.

Today I am answering the question "How do I know when I'm in God's will?"

Pastor April is off this week for Thanksgiving, so we are rebroadcasting a message from our lesson archive. In this lesson, your children will learn about the benefits God offers us and they will be encouraged not to forget any of them.

Since the beginning days of Christianity, believers have had disagreements over the meaning of various spiritual principles in the Word of God. A lot of these early disagreements are actually documented in the New Testament. What is amazing about these early disagreements is that God did not step in and correct everyone. Instead, He left it up to us to correctly discover spiritual truth from His Word. Therefore, when you are listening to other believers and ministers interpret the Word of God, you are bound to hear contradictions and disagreements. When this happens, we have to resist the desire to enter into fruitless arguments. In a real sense, to grow spiritually, we have to graduate from needing other Christians to agree with us.

Today the USA celebrates Thanksgiving. It is a time for family gatherings and reconnecting with old friends. However, what is the meaning of thanksgiving? Well, it is more than food and fellowship. In today's Word Training, learn the biblical purpose of thanksgiving and discover the spiritual power behind giving thanks.

Back in September, I recorded a faith chat discussing how multiple streams of income could derail your calling. After that message aired, a listener submitted a question asking me to explain Ecclesiastes 11:2, 6, which appears to encourage the creation of multiple streams of income. Therefore, on today's podcast I will answer the question, "Does the Bible teach having multiple streams of income?"

Many believers with entrepreneurial callings have a list of unfinished instructions from God. It is tempting to go back and try to finish the list; however, the season for those particular assignments may have passed. God is a right now God. Instead of going backward, find out what God is asking you to do now because the anointing on your unfinished assignments might be gone.

God knows exactly where He wants us to be with the vision He has given us. However, typically, He progressively revealsHis will to us because He knows we can only receive so much at a given level of spirit growth. To give you an example of this, in today's Faith Chat, I share a personal story how God progressively took from his acceptable will to His perfect will in a particular area of my calling.

We are continuing our lesson series in Children's Church today called, "Focus on God." In this series, your children will learn the importance of focusing on the Word of God and how to prevent Satan from distracting them with his negative words.

When God called you, He knew that you would not perfectly implement the vision. He called you because He knows that you will listen to his corrections when needed. When you do make mistakes, because He loves you He will do everything in his power (including stopping the sun) to help you correct those mistakes.

It's the many little decisions we make on a daily basis that move us forward or backward. This is because these little decisions lead to big game-changing decisions. However, many of us are losing the battle of the little decisions because our default decision-making process has a limited, worldly mindset that's telling us we don't deserve success and are worthless. We need to reprogram our default decision-making process daily with the Word of God, so we can win in our little decisions each day. Listen to today's Faith Chat to learn more about this concept.

On today's podcast we are answering the question "Should we use 'Christian Owned' as a marketing strategy?"

To achieve great things in our calling, we need to set goals. However, many believers set random goals that they are just making up, and then they try to apply faith to their made-up goals. This does not work. We can only have correct faith in a goal when we get the goal from God, not ourselves. If we want to increase the rate at which we achieve our goals, we need to consult God first, before we set goals. Listen to today's Faith Chat and learn more about this concept.

Reaching the next level of success in your calling usually occurs through a divine opportunity. These opportunities are from another person or organization who has noticed your current success, and they help you reach higher levels. However, to be noticed, you must be in diligent pursuit of the right course of action. Through today's Word Training, discover your right course of action, so you don't miss your opportunity to accelerate to your next level of success.

Today's Children's Church lesson is a rebroadcast from May 2018. In this lesson, your children will learn about speaking in tongues and discover that kids can also speak in tongues.

If you desire to build something great, then you need to collaborate with other brothers and sisters in Christ. You may know this is true, but many of us work solo because working with others, especially believers, can be hard and frustrating. Nonetheless, God has placed people with different gifts within the body of Christ and He deserves to see these different gifts work together and create great things. Listen to today's Faith Chat, and learn how to successfully collaborate with other believers.

We have learned that fear produces a life of failures, and this is a life we don't want. Since fear is a dangerous spiritual force, we need to remove it. In today's Word Training, discover the root cause of fear and the solution to remove it from your life.

Fear is a dangerous mindset that creates a future you don't want. It's a future of failure, frustrations, and unachieved goals because fear robs you of the faith required to succeed in life and business. Therefore, we must guard our mind and emotions against fear so we can succeed in the calling God has given us.

Many Christians question their ability to lead their calling to success because they are looking at their natural credentials and past track record. However, if God has called you to do it, then He has anointed you to lead it. It's not about your natural ability; you will succeed in leading because of the leadership anointing that God has placed on you.

I am in the process of increasing my faith for finances. However, the method I was using was completely wrong, and Holy Spirit had to remind me of the proper way to get faith for finances. Of course, I should have known better :) but we all need reminding. In today's Faith Chat, learn (or be reminded of) the proper way to get faith for finances.