07| When Your Faith Runs Empty - Proof that God's Provision is Still Alive Today Part 1
🎙️ SHOW NOTES — Episode
Faith-Led Decision Making: How Christian CEOs Hear God in Business
Podcast: CEO — Business, Faith, and Strategy God’s Way
Host: Beverly Parraz
Audience: Kingdom Builders, Faith-Driven CEOs, Christian Entrepreneurs
✨ Episode Summary
Has your faith run low? Have you been praying, waiting, pressing — and quietly wondering if God still shows up the way He did in Scripture?
This episode was made for that moment.
In Part 1 of her powerful 3-part Faith Series, host Beverly opens with raw honesty: faith struggles hit every Kingdom builder — not just once, but often. Whether you're launching a business, leading a team, building a ministry, or raising a family for God, there will be seasons where you question everything. Beverly speaks directly to that tired, stretched, wondering part of you.
She pairs 10 biblical miracles of provision with real, modern-day stories of God's faithfulness from around the world — beginning with the Widow's Oil (2 Kings 4:1–7) and closing with the Feeding of 5,000 (John 6:1–14).
Along the way, Beverly shares the remarkable story of an international student with just £0.07 — seven pennies — who gave it all in the offering plate and watched God respond with a scholarship she never applied for, a job, and a stipend she was told didn't exist. Every bill paid. Not through one miracle, but a cascade of divine provision only God could orchestrate.
What you'll walk away with:
* Why obedience — not perfection — unlocks God's provision
* How God uses unlikely sources, ordinary vessels, and unexpected timing
* What the widow's empty jars and a little boy's five loaves have in common with your business today
* How to keep going when you're at your wit's end and ready to close up shop
* The one question every Kingdom builder must ask: Did God call you to it — or did you call yourself?
The common denominator in every miracle? God. He provides through timing, through wisdom, through connection, through people — and sometimes through the very last thing in your hand.
📍 Resources: christledbusiness.com | ninecrownsofgrace@gmail.com
Scripture references: 2 Kings 4:1–7 | John 6:1–14 | Proverbs 3:5–6 | Hebrews 11
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🧭 Coaching Session: Reflection Questions
Take a moment to sit with these. Journal your answers. Let God speak.
1. When was the last time your faith felt genuinely low? Not just a bad day — but a season where you questioned whether God was still present in your business, your calling, or your vision? What triggered it?
2. What is in your hand right now? The widow had olive oil. The little boy had five loaves and two fish. What gift, skill, resource, or opportunity are you holding that feels too small — but God may be asking you to pour out anyway?
3. How many "empty jars" have you collected? The widow had to knock on doors and ask for help before the miracle happened. Where have you been too proud or too afraid to ask for what you need?
4. Are you building from pressure or from presence? Beverly asked this directly — are you rushing the process, or are you truly leading by wisdom and the Holy Spirit?
5. This is the big one: Did God call you to it — or did you call yourself? And if God called you to it, what would it look like to fully trust Him with the outcome instead of trying to control every step?
6. Where is God already showing up that you haven't acknowledged? In your finances. In your business. In your leadership. In the people He keeps placing in your path. What miracles are hiding in plain sight?
🛠️ Practical Application for the Week
Faith without works is dead. Here's your assignment, Kingdom Builder:
1. Do a "What's In My House" Inventory
Just like Elijah asked the widow, "What do you have?" — this week, write down every resource, skill, connection, gift, and asset you currently have. Stop focusing on what's missing. Start with what God has already placed in your hands.
2. Knock on Three Doors
Identify three people, organizations, or resources you've been hesitant to reach out to. This week, make contact. Ask for the empty jars. You never know which door holds your next miracle.
3. Journal Where God Is Showing Up
Each day this week, write down one specific place where you saw God's provision — in your business, your leadership, your finances, or your relationships. Train your eyes to see the cascade of small miracles before the big one arrives.
4. Pray Proverbs 3:5–6 Over Your Business Daily
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
Write it on a sticky note. Put it where you work. Say it out loud before you open your laptop.
5. Make One Decision From Faith — Not Fear
What is one decision you've been delaying because you're waiting until you have more money, more time, or more certainty? This week, take one step forward in obedience — even if you can't see the full staircase.
🙏 Prayer from the Episode
Lord, we come before You as Kingdom Builders trusting that You are still our source. Where our faith feels small, remind us that You are sovereign. Where we feel stalled, remind us that You are still moving. Give us the courage to pour out what's in our hands, the patience to wait on Your timing, and the boldness to build exactly what You called us to build — without wavering. We trust You, Jesus. Amen.
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💛 Final Blessing
May God fill you with clarity, courage, and supernatural peace as you make decisions this week.
You are a CEO God’s way — and He is leading you every step.
