The Power of Co-Laboring:
Why Dunamis Flows from Living Words, Not Good Intentions

(Video) – The Christian business world is exhausted. We’re grinding out “good works” with depleted spirits, wondering why the Kingdom power we read about in Acts feels so distant from our Tuesday morning reality.

Here’s the truth: most “business” is runs on Soulish Self-Reliance. We’ve replaced Council conversations with intellectual formulas and religious performance. Then we wonder why we’re exhausted despite our success. We don’t even expect to see God’s power in the business mountain.

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The Wrong Source of Power

Paul didn’t mince words: “The Kingdom of God is not in logos but in Dunamis” (1 Corinthians 4:20). Not in word, but in power. Dunamis (G1411) refers to miraculous power, mighty works—the “greater works” Jesus promised.

But Dunamis doesn’t originate with your gifts, business acumen, or sincere intentions. Dunamis flows from Living Words received from Heaven’s Council and implemented on earth through co-laboring with Father.

When you operate from intellect leading the charge, even with biblical principles, you’re building on deception. You’re pretending you can figure out God’s purposes through logic. It’s the ancient temptation—”be like God”—in a Christian business suit.

Father isn’t against intellect. But it’s meant to support your creativity, not define your purpose. When intellectual assumptions influence our theology and business strategy, we close the door to actual Council conversations. We settle for prophetic breadcrumbs instead of daily bread.

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What Sonship Actually Means

Sonship is functional, not just theological. It’s demonstrated by willingness to be in the Council—to receive Living Words and convert them into reformation on earth.

Jesus modeled this: “The Father has given me a commandment—what to say and how to say it” (John 12:49). He said what Father was saying, when Father was saying it. The result? Dunamis. Miraculous power that turned the world upside down.

The same pattern is available to us. But it requires shifting to sonship, from self-reliance to co-laboring.

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The Dunamis Pattern

Exercise your spirit. Not just your mind analyzing Scripture. Your spirit connecting with God’s Spirit (Pro 20:27). Go to the Council. Hear and see what Father is doing. Receive Living Words—specific revelation about your business and next steps.

Heb 5:13 – For everyone partaking of milk is unskillful in the Word of Righteousness, for he is an infant.
14)   But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, even those who because of use
have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Implement what you received. Not what sounds good or worked for others. Do what Father showed you, at the time He showed you (Kairos time). This is co-laboring—doing what Father is doing when He’s doing it.

Dunamis flows. Not because you worked it up, but because you aligned with what Father was already doing. Power originates with the Living Words. Righteous is being on the same page with Father. Your co-laboring creates the channel for Father to add to your business.

Signs follow. The Word (logos) is confirmed by signs (Dunamis). Heaven backs up what it initiated. Signs don’t originate with believers manufacturing results—they confirm believers following the Lamb.

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The Contrast Could Not Be Clearer

Christians doing good works in their own strength: Lead with intellectual assumptions. View the Bible as a book of godly principles (rules). Strategize based on what worked for others. Implement through willpower and human initiative. Experience burnout and diminishing returns. Measure success by human metrics. Wonder why God’s power feels distant.

Sons co-laboring with Father’s purpose: Lead with Council conversations that produce Living Words. Strategize based on what the Spirit of Wisdom revealed. Implement through co-laboring with Father. Experience his supernatural adds and confirmations. Measure success by transformation and tangible Dunamis. Expect regular occurrences via the miraculous power of Father co-laboring with them.

The first approach produces religious activity. The second produces reformation.

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From Breadcrumbs to Daily Bread

Many Christian business owners survive on prophetic breadcrumbs. These are valuable, but they’re not the fullness Father offers.

Daily bread means Council access. Regular conversations where you hear Father’s heart and receive Living Words that translate to concrete action.

This isn’t mystical—it’s the most practical and fruitful business strategy available. When you know what Father is doing, you can do it with Him. When you co-labor rather than grind, Dunamis flows and Heaven adds what you could never manufacture.

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The Call to Sons

Jesus is leading a movement in Heaven right now. Sons discovering their seats in the Council. Business leaders learning to exercise their spirits to perceive what Father is doing. Entrepreneurs converting Living Words from Heaven into reformation on Earth across the seven mountains.

I found it helpful to notice what Father miraculously adds to my life and business. I keep a weekly diary of what said in the Council, the initiatives I take, How Father Intervenes, and even the Warfare that accompanies Kingdom Business.

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The blog was inspired by a Council Session – 2026-02-14 Council – Dunamis

 

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