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Is your business running smoothly and generating profit? What should your attitude be during this profitability phase?<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Are you living comfortably, enjoying the fruits of your labor? Is your business running smoothly and generating profit? What should your attitude be during this profitability phase?"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>You made it! After experiencing the ups and downs of the startup phase, after all the long hours and late nights, after overcoming road blocks, after pushing through the discouragement, after pressing forward with endurance \u2013 you finally arrived at the profitability phase! <strong>The profitability phase is the season when the business is creating margins with consistency while generating a quadruple (people, planet, profit, eternal impact) bottom line.<\/strong> You are constantly making more than you spend, and you are you doing it in a way that honors the Lord. Congratulations, it\u2019s time to celebrate!<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"You made it! After experiencing the ups and downs of the startup phase, after all the long hours and late nights, after overcoming road blocks, after pushing through the discouragement, after pressing forward with endurance \u2013 you finally arrived at the profitability phase! <strong>The profitability phase is the season when the business is creating margins with consistency while generating a quadruple (people, planet, profit, eternal impact) bottom line.<\/strong> You are constantly making more than you spend, and you are you doing it in a way that honors the Lord. Congratulations, it\u2019s time to celebrate!"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>But be careful. You may still have challenges, although they may not be profitability issues. <strong>It\u2019s important to remember in this season what the purpose of wealth really is and to remember the One who enabled you to get to this phase.<\/strong> In this stage, your challenges may come in the form of pride, misplaced trust, and selfishness. The moment you shift your focus from the Giver of wealth to wealth itself, you have ventured into dangerous territory: \u201cBeware that you do not forget the Lord your God\u2026\u201d<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"But be careful. You may still have challenges, although they may not be profitability issues. <strong>It\u2019s important to remember in this season what the purpose of wealth really is and to remember the One who enabled you to get to this phase.<\/strong> In this stage, your challenges may come in the form of pride, misplaced trust, and selfishness. The moment you shift your focus from the Giver of wealth to wealth itself, you have ventured into dangerous territory: \u201cBeware that you do not forget the Lord your God\u2026\u201d"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>Take the time to thank God and to be grateful for His provision and gifts that He has given you to enjoy. Prayerfully look for ways to do good, turning your resource wealth into a \u201cgood works\u201d wealth. Have a heart and a company culture of generosity, and use your resources to store up eternal treasure.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"Take the time to thank God and to be grateful for His provision and gifts that He has given you to enjoy. Prayerfully look for ways to do good, turning your resource wealth into a \u201cgood works\u201d wealth. Have a heart and a company culture of generosity, and use your resources to store up eternal treasure."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>The profitability phase of a Kingdom business has the following characteristics:<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"The profitability phase of a Kingdom business has the following characteristics:"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/list","render":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It may take about 5 years or longer to achieve profitability.<\/li><li>The entrepreneur and the company are enjoying some level of success.<\/li><li>The company should be building cash reserves.<\/li><li>Revenue is being reinvested into the business to provide for growth.<\/li><li>The company has enough margin to allow for giving.<\/li><li>The previous mentality \/ organizational culture of poverty is being addressed and is changing.<\/li><li>The company\u2019s profitability margin is commensurate to the industry standard.<\/li><li>If the company\u2019s margin is not in line with the industry standard, there is a justifiable reason for why this is the case \u2013 for example, the company is operating in more ethical ways than the industry. If this is the case, the company should be developing and executing creative methods to meet and exceed the industry profitability standard in an ethical, moral manner.<\/li><\/ul>","content":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It may take about 5 years or longer to achieve profitability.<\/li><li>The entrepreneur and the company are enjoying some level of success.<\/li><li>The company should be building cash reserves.<\/li><li>Revenue is being reinvested into the business to provide for growth.<\/li><li>The company has enough margin to allow for giving.<\/li><li>The previous mentality \/ organizational culture of poverty is being addressed and is changing.<\/li><li>The company\u2019s profitability margin is commensurate to the industry standard.<\/li><li>If the company\u2019s margin is not in line with the industry standard, there is a justifiable reason for why this is the case \u2013 for example, the company is operating in more ethical ways than the industry. If this is the case, the company should be developing and executing creative methods to meet and exceed the industry profitability standard in an ethical, moral manner.<\/li><\/ul>","data":{"listType":"unordered"},"style":{"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>During the phase, it is important to be cautious as the business could turn into a prison for the entrepreneur. Many entrepreneurs, upon achieving profitability, struggle with taking time away from the business without the business losing its profitability.&nbsp; In other words, the profitability of the business becomes completely dependent on the entrepreneur\u2019s involvement. This means that entrepreneurs who reach this profitability stage can find themselves in the same circumstances as they were when they worked a 9 to 5 job. It\u2019s important for an entrepreneur to delegate as the organization grows to avoid this situation.<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"During the phase, it is important to be cautious as the business could turn into a prison for the entrepreneur. Many entrepreneurs, upon achieving profitability, struggle with taking time away from the business without the business losing its profitability.&nbsp; In other words, the profitability of the business becomes completely dependent on the entrepreneur\u2019s involvement. This means that entrepreneurs who reach this profitability stage can find themselves in the same circumstances as they were when they worked a 9 to 5 job. It\u2019s important for an entrepreneur to delegate as the organization grows to avoid this situation."}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}},{"type":"core\/paragraph","render":"<p>My prayer for you today is that you would not fall into the trap of getting comfortable or prideful, trusting in uncertain riches, but that you would celebrate this phase with a humble, trusting attitude, while looking for ways to \u201cbe rich in good works.\u201d<\/p>","content":[{"type":"text","data":"My prayer for you today is that you would not fall into the trap of getting comfortable or prideful, trusting in uncertain riches, but that you would celebrate this phase with a humble, trusting attitude, while looking for ways to \u201cbe rich in good works.\u201d"}],"data":[],"style":{"textAlign":"left","color":"","dropCap":false,"parent_style":{}}}],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"bb_access":{"can_access":true,"restrict_message":null},"app_access":{"can_access":true,"restrict_message":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehemiahecommunity.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}