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A few years ago, as I was sitting on my bed, an idea was downloaded into my head about a business idea that would glorify God. It was very exciting and as I reviewed the details that were given to me and I asked God to confirm it in this way; I said "Lord if this is something you want me to do, give me the name of it tonight!" I said that in an almost demanding way, which is kind of out of character for me, but that night at about 1:30 in the morning my eyes opened up from my sleep as if I hadn't been sleeping at all. At the same instant my eyes opened up I heard the name of the business so loudly in my spirit, it almost felt like I heard it with my ears. Louder then anything I've ever heard from God before. Every time I think about it I am amazed. The funny and awesome thing is that the name He gave me was a word that I didn't know the meaning of. I have a dictionary under my bed, because that is where I do my studying, so I grabbed my dictionary and ran to the bathroom to read it so I wouldn't wake up my husband. I looked up the word and it was in there and it relates completely to the business. I was in total awe and still am. My issue is this: It's been a few years and I don't know what to do with it. I don't know how to run a business, although I have always desired to run one since I was a little girl. I wouldn't know the first thing about how to get this started. All this time I have been kinda "waiting on the Lord"; but I am wondering if there is something I should be doing to prepare. Shortly after getting this word from Him, I took up an online business class, but strongly felt that wasn't what He wanted me to do (it was taking away my time that I usually spent studying the Bible, and being with my family.) I'm just wondering if anyone else has had a word from the Lord and then quite simply just not know what to do with it afterwards. Please share your experiences and results (if you have any) of what happened. I am wondering how long I should be waiting and if I should do something to get this started.
Thank you!

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Hi Wendy,

I asked Jesus if there was anything He wanted to say to you through me, and this is what came:

You are precious to Me and beloved, a real little sister. With Me and in Me your dreams will come to fruition. As you learn to talk to Me, listen to Me, take in what I am saying, I will eventually guide you in the steps that you need to take to see the vision come to reality. Don't worry if this is taking much longer than you expected, you are still young!

Sounds like it's not time to get the business started - but the more you learn to hear His voice, the more you are preparing for that time.

I too have business ideas, along with a new model of company structure in which investors and workers 'love each other as they love themselves', which I have not yet been able to implement. It can be frustrating but hearing and seeing Jesus close helps!

Roger
Hi Roger,
Thank you so much for this. I do feel I need to be able to distinguish His voice better before this gets started as I want Him to be the one who runs the show and makes all the calls. I want to be able to go to Him with every question and have Him make all the decisions, so for that I want to make sure that I am hearing Him correctly.
Thanks Wendy,

I find it's easier said than done! Jesus keeps telling me to look to Him, all the time. When I do that, I make right decisions. But hours go by when I 'forget' simply to turn the eyes of my heart to Him. Making our seeing Jesus more part of our everyday lives seems to be the key - practising His presence.

You are close to Him already. Keep it up!

Roger
I know it's been months since you posted your dream. I wanted to share with you one way I'm learning more about hearing God's voice and confirming decisions etc. There's an internet radio station where you can listen to interviews with Dennis Cramer, who's been a prophet for 35 years. I'll post a link below to get you started:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/search/dennis-cramer/
You can search that web site for other programs too. But I was much encouraged hearing 2 - 1 hr. programs with him this week.
Blessings to you!

Hi Barbara,

I just now saw your post (almost 4 months later).  Thanks for this, I am looking forward to checking it out.

I have heard of Dennis Cramer so it sounds very interesting.

Hello Wendy and Happy New Year!  Congratulations on being given an opportunity or at least a framework for starting your own business.  I have either started or purchased and sold 3 businesses over the past 10 years or so.  CLU offers an outstanding curriculum in the area of business development and operations.  You might consider looking at these offerings to see if the Spirit leads you to enroll in one of them.  One of these courses taught me 4 important things about business operations: 1) You need a good name; 2) You need to be very disciplined; 3) You need knowledge; and 4) You need a God given opportunity.  Looks like God has already given you the opportunity!  Now, you only need to work on the other three. 

If I can provide assistance in your endeavor, let me know.

 

Blessing to you!

Phillip E. Davis Sr., BA, MBA, Ph.D.

Hi Philip,

It looks like I have two out of the 4 so far because God woke me up telling me the business name.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate you offering your assistance.  That means a lot to me.  A while back I did consider CLU's buisness course, but I forgot all about that.  That is a great idea for me to look into that again.  I think I will, thank you so much.

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