Special: Ministry in Deed (My Teammate is experiencing extraordinary pain)

 
 

This guide is intended for personal reflection and to help facilitate a meaningful group discussion. Take a moment to watch the video and read over the guide before your group meeting. Be prepared with some personal examples to help encourage discussion. If helpful, before you meet, print out or email a copy of this guide to all those who will attend the meeting.

 
 
 

Discussion Questions

 

Faith Driven Entrepreneurs believe that God has placed us in the marketplace to be salt and light through our actions. We look to love our employees and the broader communities in which we do business in a way that is exemplary and distinctive. Still, the discipline of Ministry in Deed comes by way of practice and intentionality. Here are a few more questions to help your group go even deeper in discussion.

 
 
 

ARE YOU WILLING TO BE INTERRUPTED?

At the end of the day, we have a business to run. And with that comes a host of responsibilities and obligations. Still, we need to remember that our primary purpose as a Faith Driven Entrepreneur lies beyond the P&L statement. It resides with the people we employ and work with day after day.
 

  • Do you find it difficult to tear yourself away from the operations of your business in order to focus on the needs of the people you work with? 

  • What can you do to make people the priority? 

  • How can you embrace interruption as a prompting from God rather than a nuisance?

 
 
 

LOVE NEVER FAILS

 

The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:8 that love never fails. No qualifiers. No exceptions. Just a statement.

  • What would it take for you to institute this kind of approach in your business? 

  • What kind of initiatives or programs could you implement with this in mind? 

  • Is it possible to love your employees with no agenda or expectation in a way that is beneficial to your company as well?

 
 
 
 

5 Ideas to Explore the Mark Further

 

There’s no limit to the ways you can explore the Marks of a Faith Driven Entrepreneur. What we provide below are five ideas we think might lead each one of us to an even greater understanding of our God-given call to create.

  1. Journal: Write down what your next faithful step will be. How can you face the unknown with confidence, not in yourself but in God?

  2. Interact: This month, take the time to face your fears of failure. Pray unceasingly. Ask God for his help and guidance rather than relying on your own strength. How can you embrace your faith in a God who loves you and wants the very best for you?

  3. Consider: During today’s video session, Jessica said that business plans are important. A clear vision is important. But no matter how much we try to close that gap between the known and the unknown, eventually we will need to take the leap. It will require faith every time, no matter how big of a jump it is. Are you ready? What’s holding you back?

  4. Act Differently: Try your best to work from a place of courage this month. This boldness comes from your faith in God and everything you believe him to be.

  5. Learn From Others: Visit faithdrivenentrepreneur.org to learn more or join the conversation by listening to our weekly Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast.

 
 
 
 

Entrepreneurs can travel a lonely road. But you’re not alone. You’re sitting next to a group of like-minded business owners right now. One of the best ways to grow the Faith Driven Movement is to multiply your group.

 
 

Is someone in your group ready to raise his or her hand to start a Faith Driven Entrepreneur Group at a local church? Apply at faithdrivenentrepreneur.org/lead-a-group

 
 
Anna Kwee