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Resurrecting from Loss: Facing Setbacks
(Intro Video) The silver market crashed 40% in 24 hours. Sixty thousand dollars—30% of my account—evaporated overnight. As a Kingdom business advocate who helps others convert prophetic purpose to marketplace results, the nagging thought haunted me: This is my fault. It was the foundation for an accusation!
Here’s what I discovered in the Council the next morning: Kingdom business isn’t guaranteed success—and believing otherwise is one of the most dangerous myths holding Christian entrepreneurs captive.
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The Myth of the Invincible Kingdom Business
We’ve been sold a lie, wrapped in prophecy and tied with a bow of supernatural expectation. If you’re truly operating in Kingdom purpose, you’ll never face setbacks. If you’re really hearing from God, your investments will always prosper. If you’re genuinely anointed, failure isn’t in your vocabulary.
There is a belief that Kingdom Business never has setbacks… it’s not true!
What I expected was condemnation. What I received was a course correction from a loving Father. He adjusted a flawed paradigm poisoning my understanding of what it means to co-labor with God in business. We all experience both success and failure. Conversations in Heaven’s Courts and Council are where we resurrect and learn from our failures. The second topic is how we multiply from our victories. Business and life require a strategy for both success and failure. Pretending failure isn’t a possibility is just not a Kingdom reality.
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What “Success” Really Means
The success metric isn’t just outward success or failure. It’s keeping in step, following the Lamb. It’s daily bread—conversations, not breadcrumbs. It’s not pass/fail or success/failure. The real question is are you doing what Father is doing? Are you co-laboring on His purpose or chasing your own rabbits? Real failure for Sons is getting out of sync with your Father.
I had been measuring success by gains, by percentage returns, and by prophetic insights about market movements. But that’s not how Father measures success.
Kingdom success is staying in sync with Father’s purpose. It’s asking, “What now?” and hearing “Just follow the Lamb, trust Father’s provision.” It’s getting the next step in Council, because—and this is critical—stuff happens. Even to sons and daughters. Even in Kingdom business.
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Prophetic Breadcrumbs vs. Council Conversations
Father exposed something critical: Believers are prone to operate on “prophetic breadcrumbs” rather than genuine Council conversations. It could be a phrase they heard in their spirit, a word from a respected prophetic voice, or a faddish and contagious religious, business, or political psyop currently making the rounds on social media.
Breadcrumbs are snapshots—bite-sized prophetic words shaped into our image, conformed to our desires; it’s our way of giving God an assignment, a decree. They’re manipulative declarations disguised as faith: “Silver is going to $500!” “Wealth transfer is coming!” “God controls markets!”
Council conversations are about Father’s heart and purpose. They’re Living Words that open doors on earth, keys to the Kingdom (Matthew 16:19). They don’t include the presumption inherent in breadcrumbs. They don’t guarantee windfalls or protect us from market corrections.
The keys to the Kingdom are Living Words from Heaven. They do open and shut doors (Isaiah 22:22), but they’re fundamentally about following the Lamb, not commanding markets to obey our decrees. Council conversations focus on my actions to co-labor with Father’s purpose. Breadcrumbs degenerate to Father’s actions to fulfill my desires. Prayer degenerates to a wish list for Santa Claus.
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The Earthen Vessel Paradox
Father reminded me: I am a son—powerful, anointed, called, protected, and connected. Yet simultaneously in an earthen vessel—vulnerable, fragile, fearful, and fallible.
Both are true. Both are real.
Psalm 23 isn’t a promise that you’ll never walk through valleys. It’s a promise that in the valley, you won’t be alone. He does guide us to right paths, but it’s for His Name’s sake, not just ours. His rod and staff (mid-course corrections) comfort me. What the enemy meant for evil, Jesus redeems for our good; that’s the power of resurrection life.
Sons are fundamentally powerful. And sons fundamentally face setbacks and strategic warfare. Resurrection isn’t just theology—it’s lifestyle. “Gain” did not heal my loss, but a Council session did.
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The Resurrection Life
I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation (Psalm 118:13-14).
Your might and courage come from Living Words, Council conversations. The rest is bluster.
Resurrection is part of your heritage. Part of the lifestyle of every son. Sons resurrect from loss. Sons multiply from victory. Both come from the same source: staying in step with Living Words from Council.
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Moving Forward
If you’ve faced a setback in your Kingdom business or life; a failed launch, a lost client, a market crash, a partnership that imploded, or an unexplainable delay—hear this clearly: You’re not disqualified. You haven’t failed at Kingdom business. Father hasn’t abandoned you, but there is this thing called warfare!
You’ve discovered the difference between operating on stale breadcrumb prophecies and receiving Living Words in Council. The difference between demanding God bless your plans and co-laboring with His purpose. The difference between measuring success by outcomes and measuring it by keeping in step with the Spirit (Gal 5:25) and following the Lamb wherever (Rev 14:4).
Always get the full story from the full conversation—Council versus breadcrumbs. Put Kingdom purpose first, whether it’s success or setback.
Your story is one of those who follow the Lamb. Always landing on their feet. Pioneering Father’s heart. Unsinkable, indefatigable.
Not because you never fall. But because resurrection is part of who you are, a normal part of sons experiencing life in Christ.
1Pet 4:12 – Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you,
as though something strange were happening to you.
13)Â Â But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings,
that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
This blog was inspired by two Council sessions you may enjoy:
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Take the Next Step:
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Cutting Room Floor
From Crumbs to the Council
Understanding Spiritual Breadcrumbs (Intro Video)
#1).  Spiritual Breadcrumbs can relieve tension from the Holy Spirit trying to speak to us. It’s not a conversation, but it is a word, and when we get one, we’re prone to declare victory and stop the conversation.
#2).  Spiritual breadcrumbs are typically heard as promises of what God will do for us. We add a convenient interpretation to charismatic impressions and hope God solves all our problems. We skip the checks and balances from full Council conversation with Father, Jesus, and the 7 Spirits. Those conversations are centered around co-laboring – what we do, not just what God will do!
#3). Â Breadcrumbs are premised on the Holy Spirit coming to us or dwelling in us. He does do that, but not to the exclusion of sons ascending to the Courts and Council of Heaven. Contenting yourself with a still small voice (impressions, hunches, intuition) misses the access Jesus redeemed to Father, the garden walks, full conversations that include Jesus and the 7 Spirits.
#4).  We do get breadcrumbs from the Holy Spirit. It’s a good thing. But it’s really a topical invitation to the Council for nine full conversations with Father, Jesus and 7 Spirits.
#5).  Father loves to reveal His purpose, strategy, and tactics to His sons and daughters—but you have to come to the Council to receive it. It’s banquet, not a breadcrumb!
#6).  The breadcrumb mindset creates dependence on external confirmation (fellowship with other breadcrumbers) rather than Council intimacy. Our clarity and confidence is partial because we’re missing 90% of Heaven’s strategy and making up the difference with human wisdom.
#7).  Breadcrumbs keep you in crisis management mode; Council access moves you toward a strategy related to Father’s reformation.
