was working and that felt good, and 5) sometimes I just wanted to escape home life and working is a safe

I’m horrible at accounting. Ok, let me rephrase this.  I took finance and accounting in Cornell and lets just say that I loved the marketing and business organization classes better. In the early days of my company, I ran us into a lot of financial problems.  Backed taxes, overpaying employees, bad accounts receivable, you name the financial mistake, I did it. But I never admitted it to anyone. Mr. Cornell business graduate needs to know everything there is about business and can’t look like a failure. Only my accountant knew the extent of the problems. He tried to sell me on a monthly package where I would come in for consulting but I always declined it and committed to doing better that year.  Things got worst. We have difficulty accepting help from others. It makes us feel weak, incompetent, and vulnerable. Receiving help requires letting go of my self-sufficiency – even if it’s just for a moment, its uncomfortable. Instead of feeling vulnerable, many of us prefer to hide behind a mask of confidence and capability. Sadly, this affects our relationships with our employees, business partners, vendors who want to help, our customers, and even God. Sometimes we have it so “together” that it’s hard for anyone to see we are Christians and we need a Savior. We may think we are being strong, but when we fail to admit our needs and struggles, our employees and partners are often reluctant to share theirs. They may feel inadequate in comparison and compelled to hide behind their own masks. This verse in the bible has helped me tremendously grow as an entrepreneur: “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9) When I realized that all God wanted from me was for me to admit my need for Jesus, then He could begin helping me out. Furthermore, when I showed others my need for Jesus, I was allowing God to work through them to help me out. In 2014 I hired an accounting agency to meet with me every week.  Money is an area of weakness for me, and now my employees know and they step up to help with accounting too.  Since meeting with my accounting firm, my profits have gone up 4000%.  Yes, you’re reading four-thousand.  It’s incredible what God can do when we admit our weaknesses. Godpreneurs, ask God to reveal where you’ve been depending on yourself instead of Him and remember He often meets our needs through others…even the lowliest employee on your team. Godpreneur Rule #44:  Godpreneurs take risks and allow others to help them in areas of major importance — maybe even one of your employees! #HiringtheRightPeople #AccountingHelp #DebtFreedom

That’s the place where you feel safe and secure. It’s where you rest and find shelter. But if we see our next move as a spiritual move – a move to draw closer to God while at the same time

Nehemiah knew that, even if he did succeed in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls, the city could not be safe

Playing it safe will land you nowhere…because you go nowhere.  

The circumstances won’t be the same for everyone, but there will be similarities. But the bible says: Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

I’m supposed to add a little into my savings account and watch the interest grow…over years!. Savings for a goal, budgeting, or investing in the stock market are slow as well. The same is true in our financial management – once you begin the journey of budgeting, paying off debt has a whole bunch of help guiding him, which gives me comfort in knowing I’ll get to my destination safely

Maybe your corner office and a steady paycheck is your safe zone. We’re in the business of saving souls in the marketplace, how can you expect it to be easy? If it were easy, everyone would be saved, and we’d be in heaven.

As strong as the temptation to be distracted may feel, it pales in comparison to the power of God.

And yet time after time I’m confronted with the same fear…the fear of being unique. Being normal is safe. And easy. It doesn’t require much work or effort or change on our part. most people don’t want to ruffle feathers and stay status quo, these companies all end up looking the same

The Bible says: "In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord , will keep me safe".

But 20 years later, Joseph negotiates with his captors the safe passage of his brothers back to their

He wants to refresh our soul and guide us along the right paths for his name’s sake.

I’d feel safe. I’d feel like I don’t have to worry about debt. But if my heavenly father has way more money than that, how come it’s difficult for me to feel that same

However, sometimes I just want to stay in my safe and secure stage of business, but I know I can’t stay