Entrepreneurship...A Calling Emerges

Are you an entrepreneur?

Have you the heart to build God's kingdom in your lifetime?  Do you want the lines between business, church, family, God and yourself all fade away making everything you do BE Kingdom driven?  ME TOO!!!

I think the greatest challenge for entrepreneurs is focusing inwardly on what burns within each of us in order to express things which will build God's kingdom.  

Why is that hard?  Well it's not...but it's quite a process to get the thing from the realm within us to the world beyond our mind, will, emotions and body.  

Ideally, an entrepreneur is one who STARTS new things.  I remember Dr. Ben Carson mentioning that small business and entrepreneurs are the driving engine of our economic structure.  Imagine entrepreneurs free to release into our world the stunning, new, innovative things which will help God's Kingdom expand!  

I am working on a special segment of our site here in order to offer materials, resources, tips, encouragement, stories as well as hopefully a community where we can share ideas.  

In the mean time to help assuage my massive entrepreneurial energy I signed up for the free e-course over at Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur.  I'm on session three and so far it is AWESOME!!!  It's giving me language for what's already been happening in my world.  Check it out if you think it might be your thing too!!!  

Making Money Doing What You Love

Are you interested in doing what you love to do FOR others while getting something FOR yourself and your family?  Small business might be right for you.  

Of all I've read, researched, prayed and thought about, I think this video hosted by Dave Ramsey is super helpful.  Click below to watch the video now.

How To Grow Your Side Business

Dave mentions this book and it sounds great.  I'll be reading it next week.  

I'd love to hear your thoughts!  Please share by leaving a comment below!

A Gift for You!

Have you experienced The Passion Translation yet????



Thanks to John and Lisa Bevere and Dr Brian Simmons, you can enjoy a sneak peek of it here.

Fear = Control Is It Wise & Healthy???

Sometimes, when we're afraid we try to control stuff.  It's a very normal response.  

What can create trouble for us is when we have no one to attune to us to tell us frankly, "You're afraid."

Learning how to handle our six right brained emotions (that are God given and VITAL for our healthy existence) takes time, effort, energy and some skill.   If you're new to the idea, you might like the Disney Pixar animated movie Inside Out, which depicts well five of the six.

Often those who have the skill do not even know they have it.

It's not good to try and control our surroundings because of fear unless we're aware of what we're doing...unless we're mindful or "conscious" of what we're doing and why.

There are oodles of examples through history, fiction, etc where fear caused people to control.  We try to control ourselves and our surroundings.  Sometimes we even try to control others.

It's really helpful to learn, "I try to control ___________ because I am afraid."  That can be the beginning of a healthy process which can be learned in the first years of life if we're surrounded by someone with that skill.  If we're not...well...it can take a while.

I love to help people learn this by coaching them to learn how to feel their own feelings. Check out my Coaching page if you're interested in learning more.  

As a help, here is a video from a couple of guys who have seemed to learn the art of equipping and empowering people rather than trying to control them.  The video is free, lasts about 53 minutes and can be watched right away by clicking here.

For those of you who prefer written articles, here's a good one on fear.

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Pleasure Building Stories

When reared as a disciple of doing in order to please others, I am finding building my pleasure center to be QUITE fun and altogether enjoyable.  

In my free time when I'm not tending to my six children, their educational and character development, overseeing meals, housekeeping (which is mostly done by them) or tending to myself and my husband, I spend my free time obsessing about emotional maturity (or lack therefore) and helping people get things sorted out so they can prosper inwardly with the hopes that eventually they will have outward fruit for others to enjoy.  To me, that's what making disciples looks like.  

When I'm not doing that?

One of my favorite things is to be engrossed within the fiction of my current preference.  Not just any fiction mind you...but fiction which depicts the very best in character, story, plot and so on.

I happen to be an absolute fan of the Inklings as well as other writers from that land mass.  It seems somehow to nurture THE best story tellers ever known to mankind (in my opinion!).

Recently I revisited my obsession with the Hobbit story and spent a long while savoring videos created by one of directors I respect more than any other as he shares blogs from the filming which spanned over three years.

The Hobbit Production Diaries (1-10) Full 1080p

                  

As I try and figure out how to lead others (which is within my design yet has been sort of squashed out of me -for now) I LOVE watching as PJ describes the processes involved with the presentation of the films which are now already in the annals of film history.  Watching the creative people and ALL that these skilled artists DO for the sake of telling an amazing story is something which gets all of my inner juices flowing.

For what purpose?  PURE PLEASURE so far. And I think getting a feel for being able to bring people together for a course of action is part of what I'm here for.  Who are they?  I have a hunch.  Artists with the spirit of wisdom.  For what purpose??  The Training Center probably.  How?  NO idea....but sitting on my tail end while my body rests and my mind and heart wander throughout the universe for God's answers is part of MY process as I learn and grow and allow my innards to awaken to reality.

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                                                        The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey - ORCRIST Letter Opener

What do YOU like to do that has nothing to do with helping or building up anybody else???