Crafting Your Business in God’s Backyard(Yes, Really)
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By Andrea C Russell
Business Implementation & Financial Accountability Coach Let me guess.
You thought stepping into entrepreneurship would feel like crossing into the Promised Land milk, honey, and consistent Stripe notifications, right?
Instead, you got a divine detour, a mountain of self-doubt, and a budget that makes ramen look luxurious.
Welcome to the club.
This isn’t your average business success story. I didn’t launch from a co-working space with coconut lattes and Pinterest-worthy planners. I launched from my prayer closet. Broke. Bold. Barely breathing. But God? He was already building something in his backyard while I was still crying in mine.
From Brokenness to Boardrooms
Before I ever collected a client, I collected pain. Church hurt. Financial mess. Single motherhood. And a degree in trying to do it all while pretending I had it all together.
Let me be real: I didn’t start a business because I was brave. I started one because God told me to and I was too scared not to obey.
The “aha moment” came somewhere between a crisis of faith and a call from a stranger who found my website and paid me in full. No ad, no pitch, no funnel. Just, favor.
That’s when I realized: I wasn’t building a business. I was answering a Kingdom call.
Business Is Holy Ground
Most of us grew up hearing money is evil, sales are manipulative, and good Christian women don’t chase profit, they wait for manna.
Let me go ahead and break that lie in half.
Profit isn’t the problem. Poverty mindset is. And Scripture? It never told you to stay broke to prove your faith.
In Her Path to Entrepreneurship Anthology, my chapter From Prayer to Profit: Crafting Your Business in God's Backyard shares exactly how I flipped the script, not just in my mindset, but in my methods.
Spoiler alert: It starts with prayer. But it ends with profit on purpose.
My Method Is Messy and It Works
No fluff, no formulas. Just a framework I call S.O.A.R.
Surrender to God’s plan
Overcome obstacles (especially the ones in your head)
Align your actions with His Word
Rise up and walk in purpose
This is the same process I walk through in the Prayer to Profit Workbook. It’s not a “manifest it” vibe. It’s “get on your knees, then get in position.” Because favor falls on action not anxiety.
Faith + Strategy = Unstoppable
This is for the woman who’s tired of asking for permission to prosper. The one who’s scared to raise her prices because the church lady in her head keeps whispering, “Who do you think you are?”
Here’s your answer: You are called. You are capable. You are already on God’s VIP list.
You don’t need another webinar. You need a workbook that holds your hand while pointing you straight to the Throne.
Final Truth Here
Business doesn’t have to break you.
You can build from a broken place, led by peace not pressure, faith not force. My story didn’t start with a strategy, it started with surrender.
So if you’ve been wondering if God can use your story to build something beautiful, let me answer that with every fiber of my being:
Yes, He can. Yes, He will. And yes, it might just start in the backyard.
Want to S.O.A.R. in your business with supernatural favor and God-sized confidence? Grab my chapter in Her Path to Entrepreneurship and let the Prayer to Profit Workbook become your new secret weapon.
Because baby girl, it’s your time to build with boldness, with faith, and yes, with profit.
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