ANOINTED FOR BUSINESS STUDY GUIDE WEEK 12 REPORT

Answers to YOUR DESTINY: WHY GOD WANTS YOU TO DECLARE CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY

1. In the spiritual world, bankruptcy is the inability to meet God's standards.

2. It is essential that you be transparent and examine yourself in the areas of deceit, incompetence or a deadlock.

3. Failure to be transparent with God and with each other causes us to lose control and to be disciplined.

4. The wages of sin is death. Sin is serious,dangerous and lethal. Yielding to sin drives you away from God, His love and provision. Because sin is so destructive, God will use whatever means to bring us to a point of repentance.

5. Spirituality in the Scriptures is when we implement God's will on Earth, rather than try to subtact ourselves from it and its problems.

6. What is the difference between "carnal" and "spiritual tools?
Carnal tools rely simply upon human wisdom, spiritual tools are supernaturally empowerment by God for you to minister in business His way.

7. Noah received a special anointing to build the ark; Joseph received one to run the Egyptian empire, Moses received one to led the people of Israel through the wilderness; Joshua received several to take Jericho and the Promised Land; Daniel received one to be the prime minister of Babylon; Nehemiah received one to repair the wall. Each of these people operated at a level of supernatural efficiency made possible only by the Spirit of God that was in them.

8.It is not enough to allow maketplace ministers to participate in ministry. They need to become ministry peers. Furthermore, they should have a similar right to become partners. Ultimately, they must be welcome to lead.

B. Reflection and Discussion

1. Discuss your experience with deceit, incompetence and spiritual deadlock and why these issues force a Christian into spiritual bankruptcy.
Those present shared their personal experience with deceit, incompetence and spiritual deadlocks in their workplace and their business and how they were forced into spiritual bankruptcy.

2. Many marketplace Christians face spiritual bankruptcy because they do not believe that they can hear God's voice at work. What are some of the benefits of hearing God's voice at work and some of the detriments of not hearing it?
Benefits: we can be assured that we are doing what God us to do and that He will bring them to pass with His resources and assurance of His promises. There is no need to go and seek after prophets in the churches as we can also hear God in the marketplace.

Detriments: We could be doing things using carnal tools or human wisdom alone and be deceived that God only speak to us through in the churches and the prophets.

3. With another person, read and pray through the first and second points of "A Spiritual Business Plan".
Together we read and prayed through the entire spiritual business plan and spent time praying and ministering to each other.