KBN Weekly Devotionals

✝️The declaration of Jesus as King upset a lot of people and threatened the established world order of political power💪, religious power, and economics. Entrepreneurs whose businesses depended on the current belief saw their businesses at risk, and leaders who depended on the acceptable worldview felt threatened.

⏳In 1492, Christian monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain issued the edict that all Jews should be driven out of Spain and its territories in an attempt to protect Christians from Judaism. That year, the entire Jewish community, some 200,000 people, was expelled from Spain. Tens of thousands of refugees died while trying to reach safety....

🔱To subdue means to control. This simple word gives man the authority to harness the earth’s resources and to take control of ideas, instruments of production, and instruments of distribution. God’s original intent, however, was not that we are to use those resources, ideas, production and distribution tools solely for our own...

✖️Our God loves to multiply things. In fact, it is a mark of His blessing on us when He does so. The entire creation story rests on the ability to multiply. When God creates things, His intent is that they will grow and expand. The same principle applies to us as His sons and daughters. 👨‍👧‍👦

📯According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, man's foundational needs are physiological. These needs--such as food🍝, drink☕️, and clothing👕--are the literal requirements for human survival. If they are not met, the human body cannot continue to survive. Although Maslow's hierarchy is incomplete (including the fact that it does not...

🔱In tough economic times, individuals and businesses can be tempted and distracted from their primary purpose and mission. They can also be tempted to give up on their assignment altogether. Why continue when the forecast looks bleak or you are facing rising unemployment, negative growth, market failure, decreased sales revenue, etc.?

Since you usually cannot pass down your job to your children 🤶👶 if you work for an employer, one of the key benefits of operating a kingdom business is that your children can inherit the business.🙌

🛫Attitude is the way you carry yourself or behave. It is based on the information you receive, which passes through your value system. Our attitude must be based on our personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. 🙌 Our Christ-like attitude will determine our altitude. Attitude is displayed by the way you treat others, while altitude...

🏡🏠 The word "asset" is one of the least understood economic terms by Christians and the most important term when it comes to generating wealth.💰 Revenue generation begins with an asset; without the ability to generate revenue wealth cannot be built. Many Christians operate beneath their financial potential🔒, not because of their lack...

To be condemned means to be found guilty, sentenced to punishment, disapproved, or under judgment. 😰 Guilt is a burden and a weight that holds us back from realizing our destiny and potential. Though we have been declared free from sin through the grace of Jesus Christ, many of us still carry with us the guilt of our past sins and...

🙏All that we do when we have been justified by faith through Jesus Christ should be the result of a grateful heart for what God did for us.🙌 They are all fruit or evidence of our righteousness, not deeds that make us righteous. Being made innocent of all wrongdoing should make you want to shout God’s goodness for all to hear.👂...

🙌 Many in America enjoy freedom from oppression and freedom from government tyranny, but do not enjoy true freedom. There are people in China, Cuba and even Sudan who enjoy greater freedom than some people in America. The only thing the American Declaration of Independence did was affirm in writing the rights of the citizenry in America to...

Joseph was the eleventh son of an entrepreneur named Jacob and a young dreamer who dreamed of one day becoming a great man. 🧑 He was so confident of his dreams that he told his family about them. Due to the grandeur of the dreams, he was ridiculed and sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. 😤 Little did he know that this act of jealousy...

I know, you are wondering what the word "Godfidence" means. ☝️ It is a word that I made up by the leading of the Holy Spirit. 🙌 It’s the best word I have found to express what I want to share with you. As entrepreneurs and marketplace ministers, we are very familiar with the importance of having confidence. 👈

📋 I remember a meeting I had with a client that led to a decision to make him one of the partners CEO of the company. The immediate reaction of the partner who was made CEO was, “I cannot do it. I don’t have the time or the experience.” I reminded him that by stepping up📈 he could save the company, and he did. God’s...