Grow Your Business with God: A Year-Long Devotional & Prayer Journal

By Alicia Igess Jones

Grow Your Business with God is a year-long devotional & prayer journal with scriptures and testimonials for people to receive guidance to apply God’s word.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Sep 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781973683544

Alicia Igess Jones

As part of my own testimony, I have been in business as a salon owner and hairstylist for almost 20 years without a mentor. I get calls and emails all the time from people asking me for advice as it relates to the beauty industry. In fact, I had one of my former stylists tell me I make it look easy. She went on to open her own salon. When someone asks me “how do I do it?” My response is, I know where my help comes from, I had to tell her it is and has always been GOD. My Lord and Savior prompted me to get Untangle University trademarked and to create the “Grow Your Business” series. The title, “Grow Your Business with GOD” came from the one thing I do daily and sometimes several times a day to stay inspired and encouraged. I wanted to share with the masses what has helped me through daily prayer and journaling.

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Contents

A Note From the Author

Introduction

Start. Stop. Continue – My Journey in Business with God

Love Child

Philippians 4:6-7, MSG

Philippians 1:6, MSG

Proverbs 16:11, MSG

Proverbs 11:1, MSG

Proverbs 14:5, MSG

Matthew 8:22, MSG

Revelation 2:6, MSG

Proverbs 26:17, MSG

Ezekiel 27:15, MSG

Luke 9:60, MSG

Ruth 4:2, MSG

Psalm 11:7, MSG

Ecclesiastes 2:17, NIV

Daniel 12:13, MSG

Micah 6:9, MSG

Deuteronomy 24:5, MSG

Deuteronomy 29:29, MSG

Joshua 2:14, MSG

I Samuel 10:16, MSG

Nehemiah 2:20, MSG

Psalm 131:1, MSG

Proverbs 20:8-9, MSG

Hebrews 11:1, MSG

Proverbs 24:11-12, MSG

Matthew 20:23, MSG

Luke 22:45-46, MSG

Jeremiah 17:21-23, MSG

Ruth 4:7, MSG

I Samuel 17:28, MSG

I Samuel 25:2-3, MSG

I Samuel 29:3, MSG

Psalm 77:7-10, MSG

Ecclesiastes 4:7-8, MSG

Talking to God

Grow Your Business with God

Ecclesiastes 10:5-7, MSG

Jeremiah 17:27, MSG

Ezekiel 20:11-12, MSG

Luke 19:5-7, MSG

Acts 1:7-8, MSG

Acts 19:27, MSG

I Thessalonians 4:11-12, MSG

I Timothy 2:1-3, MSG

Romans 10:1-3, MSG

Genesis 15:13-16, MSG

Deuteronomy 25:13-16, MSG

I Samuel 26:22-24, MSG

I Chronicles 16:30-33, MSG

Job 18:1-4, MSG

Ecclesiastes 2:20-23, MSG

Ecclesiastes 6:1-12, MSG

Isaiah 58:13-14, MSG

Matthew 16:27-28, MSG

Proverbs 7:13-20, MSG

Proverbs 9:13-18, MSG

Ecclesiastes 5:13-17, MSG

Jeremiah 25:4, MSG

Proverbs 23:29-35, MSG

Isaiah 40:12-17, MSG

Isaiah 46:8-11, MSG

Nahum 1:2-6, MSG

Romans 4:13-15, MSG

I Am Made For a Time Such as This

What About the Other Guy?

Luke 16:10-13, MSG

Jeremiah 17:7, MSG

Psalm 40:4, MSG

Psalm 37:5, MSG

Hebrews 11:1-2, MSG

Psalm 115:9, MSG

Proverbs 26:28, MSG

Proverbs 14:22, MSG

Proverbs 16:20, MSG

Proverbs 19:1, MSG

Proverbs 28:25, MSG

Proverbs 29:3, MSG

Mark 5:36, MSG

Exodus 4:1, MSG

I Chronicles 21:8, MSG

Psalm 56:10-11, MSG

Proverbs 25:9-10, MSG

Isaiah 12:2, MSG

Luke 18:27, MSG

Psalm 56:1-4, MSG

Galatians 3:7-10, MSG

I Corinthians 13:13, MSG

II Kings 25:24, MSG

Psalm 62:7-8, MSG

Matthew 19:26, MSG

Luke 8:25, MSG

I Peter 1:8-9, MSG

Matthew 6:6, MSG

Matthew 17:17-18, MSG

Romans 3:31, MSG

Testimony

I John 3:1, MSG

Toothpaste and Faith

Ephesians 1:3, MSG

Matthew 24:13-14, MSG

Romans 9:20-23 MSG

Proverbs 15:20, MSG

Romans 8:5-8, MSG

Romans 12:9-10, MSG

Proverbs 15:15, MSG

Proverbs 22:6, MSG

Proverbs 11:14, MSG

Psalm 17:4-5, MSG

Ecclesiastes 7:7, MSG

Proverbs 16:3, MSG

Jeremiah 17:9-10, MSG

Deuteronomy 23:19-20, MSG

Judges 18:6, MSG

II Samuel 7:3, MSG

II Chronicles 18:4, MSG

Psalm 20:6, MSG

Psalm 25:8, MSG

Psalm 146:10, MSG

Proverbs 10:8, MSG

Proverbs 10:21, MSG

Proverbs 16:25, MSG

Proverbs 16:30, MSG

Proverbs 17:2, MSG

Proverbs 20:27, MSG

Proverbs 21:11, MSG

Proverbs 23:12, MSG

John 14:27, MSG

Testimony

The Love of God

Psalm 12:5, MSG

Proverbs 26:23, MSG

Proverbs 27:17, MSG

Proverbs 27:19, MSG

Ecclesiastes 10:14, MSG

Ecclesiastes 10:15, MSG

Mark 9:29, MSG

Luke 6:5, MSG

Luke 10:3, MSG

Romans 16:27, MSG

Deuteronomy 22:4, MSG

Proverbs 16:9, MSG

Proverbs 28:23, MSG

Proverbs 24:7, MSG

I John 4:7-10, MSG

Proverbs 13:24, MSG

Deuteronomy 6:5, MSG

I John 4:19, MSG

John 15:17, MSG

Proverbs 12:1, MSG

Psalm 136: 4-22, MSG

Psalm 97:10, MSG

Psalm 98:3, MSG

Ecclesiastes 5:10, MSG

Psalm 69:16, MSG

Psalm100:5, MSG

Psalm 118:1-4, MSG

Psalm 136:23-26, MSG

Psalm 145:8, MSG

Psalm 145:20, MSG

Testimony

No Fear

Proverbs 10:12, MSG

Proverbs 11:1, MSG

Proverbs 14:20, MSG

Proverbs 15:9, MSG

Proverbs 14:22, MSG

Proverbs 12:22, MSG

Proverbs 15:17, MSG

Proverbs 16:6, MSG

Proverbs 16:13, MSG

Proverbs 17:17, MSG

Proverbs 20:3, MSG

Proverbs 20:28, MSG

Proverbs 21:10, MSG

Proverbs 22:11, MSG

I Corinthians 16:22, MSG

I Corinthians 16:24, MSG

I John 4:11-22, MSG

I John 4:20-21, MSG

Ephesians 5:1-2, MSG

I John 5:1-3, MSG

I John 4:17-18, MSG

Lamentations 3:22-24, MSG

Malachi 2:17, MSG

Luke 10:27, MSG

Ephesians 6:23-24, MSG

Leviticus 19:18, MSG

Deuteronomy 11:1, MSG

Psalm 25:7, MSG

Psalm 26:3, MSG

Psalm 69:13, MSG

Psalm 30:5, MSG

From Fear to Faith

Two Heads Are Better

Psalm 117:1-2, MSG

I Corinthians 16:13-14, MSG

Philippians 1:9-11, MSG

I John 2:15-17

Matthew 22:37-40, MSG

Proverbs 22:4, MSG

Isaiah 41:4, MSG

Joshua 7:13, MSG

Proverbs 31:10, MSG

Judges 19:28, MSG

Proverbs 14:24, MSG

John 9:10, MSG

Matthew 16:23, MSG

Luke 14:28-30, MSG

Mark 7:27, MSG

Psalm 37:3-4, MSG

Song of Solomon 5:3, MSG

Mark 6:10, MSG

Proverbs 21:25, MSG

Psalm 31:24, MSG

Psalm 34:3, MSG

Psalm 34:19, MSG

Proverb 11:6, MSG

Proverbs 12:27, MSG

Proverbs 13:21, MSG

Proverb 14:17, MSG

Proverbs 20:25, MSG

Proverbs 21:30, MSG

Proverbs 28:20, MSG

Proverbs 28:22, MSG

Proverbs 29:12, MSG

The Valley of the Shadow…

Get Focused

Get Serious

Get Started

Trust

Ezra 10:4, MSG

Psalm 34:1, MSG

Psalm 34:14, MSG

Psalm 41:10, MSG

Psalm 69:18, MSG

Proverbs 14:33, MSG

Proverbs 16:16, MSG

Proverbs 19:3, MSG

Proverbs 20:12, MSG

Proverbs 20:22, MSG

Proverbs 21:27, MSG

Proverbs 29:26, MSG

Matthew 22:14, MSG

John 5:8-9, MSG

Psalm 32:1, MSG

Proverbs 21:6, MSG

Proverbs 21:7, MSG

Mark 9:29, MSG

Romans 12:20, MSG

Psalm 17:4-5, MSG

Ecclesiastes 8:14, MSG

Jonah 1:12, MSG

Isaiah 33:2-4, MSG

Genesis 27:20, MSG

Psalm 96:10, MSG

Proverbs 11:15, MSG

Proverbs 15:13, MSG

Proverbs 20:18, MSG

Proverbs 22:24, MSG

John 15:11, MSG

A Light in the Darkness

Patience

Proverbs 22:24-25, MSG

Proverbs 28:7, MSG

Proverbs 28:13 MSG

Ecclesiastes 7:5 MSG

Haggai 2:4-5, MSG

Luke 6:24, MSG

Luke 11:9, MSG

Exodus 10:16-17, MSG

Ephesians 5:6-7, MSG

Ezekiel 3:22, MSG

Psalm 148:1-5, MSG

Psalm 147:1, MSG

Psalm 150:1-6, MSG

Psalm 69:34, MSG

Psalm 56:10-11, MSG

Psalm 95:1-2, MSG

Psalm 146:1-2, MSG

Psalm 97:12, MSG

Psalm 98:4, MSG

Psalm 98:6, MSG

Psalm 100:4, MSG

Luke 19:40, MSG

Romans 16:27, MSG

Psalm 65:1-2, MSG

Psalm 117:1-2, MSG

Psalm 145:1, MSG

Psalm 145:21, MSG

Jeremiah 20:13, MSG

Psalm 113:1-3, MSG

Testimony

Humble Beginnings

Psalm 64:9-10, MSG

I Chronicles16:34-36, MSG

Psalm 63:2-4, MSG

Psalm 148:1-5, MSG

Psalm 149:1-4, MSG

Psalm 57:9-10, MSG

Psalm 99:1-3, MSG

Psalm 115:17-18, MSG

Isaiah 12:5-6, MSG

Jeremiah 31:7, MSG

Luke 2:13-14, MSG

Luke 18:42-43, MSG

Psalm 71:12-16, MSG

Psalm 102:18-22, MSG

Jeremiah 29:10-11, MSG

Psalm 18:1-2, MSG

Ephesians 6:10-12, MSG

Deuteronomy 31:6, MSG

Nehemiah 8:10, MSG

Psalm 121:1-2, MSG

Ecclesiastes 7:19, MSG

Hebrews 11:1, MSG

Psalm 42:5, MSG

Psalm 25:21, MSG

Psalm 31:24, MSG

Psalm 62:5-6, MSG

Proverbs 13:12, MSG

Psalm 33:18-19, MSG

Psalm 131:3, MSG

Genesis 49:18, MSG

Proverbs 11:7, MSG

Proverbs 11:20, MSG

Proverbs 20:28, MSG

Proverbs 11:3, MSG

Job 27:1-6, MSG

Job 6:28-30, MSG

Job 31:5-8, MSG

Proverbs 2:20-22, MSG

Being Lost

I Timothy 4:11-14, MSG

II Timothy 3:14-17, MSG

Acts 2:43-45, MSG

Zechariah 1:20, MSG

Genesis 15:1, MSG

Habakkuk 2:2-3, MSG

Philippians 4:13-14, MSG

Isaiah 41:10, MSG

Deuteronomy 31:6, MSG

I Corinthians 10:13, MSG

Exodus 15:1-8, MSG

Deuteronomy 20:4, MSG

II Corinthians 12:7-10, MSG

Joshua 1:9, MSG

II Timothy 1:7, MSG

Isaiah 12:2, MSG

Matthew 11:28-30, MSG

Isaiah 40:29-31, MSG

Psalm 27:1, MSG

Psalm 31:24, MSG

Psalm 73:26-28, MSG

Mark 12:30-31, MSG

Nehemiah 8:10, MSG

Psalm 46:1-3, MSG

Habakkuk 3:19, MSG

Psalm 29:11, MSG

From the Cradle

John 16:33, MSG

Matthew 6:33, MSG

II Timothy 4:17-18, MSG

Psalm 111:4, MSG

II Thessalonians 3:3, MSG

I Corinthians 13:4-7, MSG

I Corinthians 16:14, MSG

I John 4:8-10, MSG

John 13:34, MSG

Colossians 3:14, MSG

I Peter 4:8-11, MSG

I Corinthians 13:13, MSG

Learning Through Trials

Ephesians 4:2-3, MSG

Proverbs 12:9, MSG

I John 4:16, MSG

Luke 3:1-6, MSG

Romans 13:3-10, MSG

Hebrews 11:1, MSG

Hebrews 11:6, MSG

Mark 11:22-23, MSG

James 2:19-20, MSG

Luke 1:37, MSG

Ephesians 2:8-10, MSG

Proverbs 3:5-12, MSG

II Corinthians 5:7, MSG

Psalm 118:24-25, MSG

Romans 15;13, MSG

Romans 12:12-13, MSG

Hebrews 12: 2-13, MSG

My Everything

No Time Like